wunderkammer

plural wunderkammers

1. Alternative letter-case form of Wunderkammer.

plural Wunderkammers · plural Wunderkammern · alternative wunderkammer

1. historicalA cabinet of scientific curiosities, especially during the late Renaissance.

   Despite the frequent bric-à-brac dimension to such collections, these theatres of nature invited an appreciation of nature rather different from the Renaissance Wunderkammer which had preceded them.

   2002, Colin Jones, The Great Nation, Penguin, published 2003, page 207

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   Tucked into a small storefront on Venice Boulevard, the museum has been called a modern-day wunderkammer and is the subject of a 1995 book, Mr. Wilsons Cabinet of Wonders (Pantheon), by Lawrence Weschler.

   2007 November 4, Carol Kino, “Boldly, Where No Dog Had Gone Before”, in The New York Times

   Synonyms: cabinet of curiosities, kunstkammer, kunstkabinett

2. broadlyA place where a collection of curiosities and rarities is exhibited.