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Mr. Wilson's cabinet of wonder

by Lawrence Weschler

This study examines the Museum of Jurassic Technology in Los Angeles and its idiosyncratic exhibits. It explores the history of museums to sixteenth-century cabinets of curiosities, investigating the roles of imagination and authority in art and science.

Accession 34872 ISBN 0679439986 Publisher Pantheon
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