A "curiosity cabinet" refers to a collection of unusual or interesting objects that someone has gathered together to satisfy their curiosity or to display. It is like a small museum or exhibition of intriguing items. Full definition
Posted at September 15th, 2014, CaroL Caldas talk about Eccentric Curiosity Cabinet as Sign of Science Movement in Your Home. (apcconcept.com)
The artist's spectacular and often fantastical curiosity cabinets, modeled on Wunderkabinetts of the 16th Century, exalt atypical orderings of objects and specimens. (slought.org)
As written in Ampersand Gallery's press release about their last exhibition with Hall, «[his] finely detailed assemblages bring to mind the dioramas & curiosity cabinets of natural history museums, yet on a deeper level they allude to the ritualistic strangeness of reliquaries, thereby serving as an intersection where notions of religion, science, folklore & quackery collide with the artist's imagination.» (beautifuldecay.com)