Book
Possessing Nature: Museums, Collecting, and Scientific Culture in Early Modern Italy
Paula Findlen, University of California Press, 1994
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Findlen on the cabinet of curiosities as an intellectual institution. The cabinet is the Academy's direct ancestor, more than any modern museum.
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The Academy · May 27, 2026
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