Talk:Cabinet of curiosities

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Kottke? Who cares?
"Internet blogger Jason Kottke describes his popular site as a wunderkammer, as it is comprised primarily of links to things that are interesting."

Is that really encyclopedic? 129.94.6.29 06:47, 30 March 2007 (UTC)


 * weell - he does have Google rank 8, which is a lot more than most of the other modern "manifestations" . Take it out if you don't like it. Johnbod 09:35, 30 March 2007 (UTC)


 * I added a couple of other highly ranked blogs and moved them all to the external links section with a general statement in the In Contemporary Culture section. That seemed more appropriate. Grhabyt 23:37, 31 October 2007 (UTC)

Which External Links are Appropriate?
Some of these are just blogs or just art exhibits. I don't think that's a problem. Any comments? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Grhabyt (talk • contribs) 07:37, 13 December 2007 (UTC)


 * It is periodically necessary to remove accumulating links which are just blogs, or which are collections or exhibitions of original art. It is the 5th law of blogging that all cultural blogs eventually describe themselves as "Cabinets of curiosities" - that does not earn them a place here. Johnbod (talk) 11:52, 13 December 2007 (UTC)

Wooden weapon
I wonder if the information on the wooden weapon is correct if the Dutch did not arrive in the East Indies before 1597? Taksen (talk) 18:10, 24 February 2008 (UTC)

When Albrecht Dürer visited the Netherlands in 1521, apart from artworks he sent back to Nuremberg various animal horns, a piece of coral, some large fish fins and a wooden weapon from the East Indies.[8]

Plenty of others had. The "East Indies" included India & many other places at that date. Johnbod (talk) 18:39, 24 February 2008 (UTC)

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Volume as unit
It seems that this article uses the word "volume" as a unit of measurement. Anyone having an idea what it is? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 193.224.72.252 (talk) 15:27, 7 September 2016 (UTC)
 * It's a book - see Volume (bibliography). Did you try a dictionary? That way you get the answer straight away, instead of having to wait a month. Johnbod (talk) 04:08, 27 September 2016 (UTC)

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Category for people who owned/maintained a Cabinet of Curiosities
There does not appear to be a Wikipedia category for people with a cabinet of curiosities. I think such a category should be created, as a subcategory of Category:Collectors. Thoughts? Category:Natural history collectors is similar, but it's not the same thing. 121.45.117.23 (talk) 07:07, 7 November 2017 (UTC)


 * Yes. 138.207.143.125 (talk) 16:58, 25 October 2023 (UTC)

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- The opening sentence should be swapped with sentence #3 giving the reader a good introduction to what they are reading. - In United States subtitle a picture of Thomas Dent Mutter can be inserted with a picture of the Mutter Museum. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Panajungla21 (talk • contribs) 00:21, 22 October 2019 (UTC)