A private treasure house from the 17th century – the predecessor of the museum
The "Wormianum Museum" is a treasure house purchased by the 17th-century Danish physician, natural historian and antiquarian Ole Worm, built in Copenhagen. The collection ranges from indigenous artifacts collected in the New World to animals stripped from taxidermy to fossils, including minerals, plants, animals and man-made objects.
The painting, which recorded what his house of treasures looked like, was included in the catalogue of the Wormianum Museum, a book he later published about his house of treasures.
Worm also included his collection of engravings of related treasures, as well as his speculations about their significance, which was published after his death in 1654. The book contains a detailed description of the natural history cabinet. The text is divided into four parts, the first three dealing with minerals, plants and animals, and the fourth with detailed archaeological and ethnographic projects.
Cabinets of treasures (also known in German as Kunstkabinett, Kunstkammer or Wunderkammer; Also known as the "Miracle Cabinet" and "Wonder Room") refers to the collection of various items in a certain order and classification. The term "treasure cabinet" originally described a room rather than a piece of furniture. Its storage and display is particularly inclined towards rare, eclectic and esoteric things. By selecting objects, people tell a specific story about the world and its history.
The classic cabinet of treasures appeared in the 16th century and is an early ancestor of modern museums. But its popularity waned in the 19th century as it was gradually replaced by official institutions and private collections.
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