A Portable Cabinet of Curiosities

Before there were museums, there were wunderkammern. These Renaissance-era curiosity cabinets held all manner of weird and wonderful specimens, from narwhal tusks and pickled creatures to celestial globes and burial figurines. But broad as they were in curatorial purview, these collections were closed to the general public. Visiting wunderkammern was strictly the prerogative of the elite. (These days, visiting a museum in New York can feel the same.)

Now, for the price of $299, you can show off your very own cabinet of curiosity. Created by former toy designer Hans Fex, the Mini Museum is a clear Lucite slab set with 26 natural and human-made relics.