The cabinet of curiosities was a peculiar 19th century innovation. Part natural history museum, part magician’s cupboard, the curious minds of the Age of Enlightenment created these spaces from a desire to edify, seduce and astound. A trompe l’oeil wunderkammer inspired by antique engravings, Curiosities is a museum in miniature—each artifact, book, and memento invites closer study, beckoning the viewer to return again and again.