Abstract
The article considers the history of the emergence of Cabinets of curiosities in Western and Central Europe. The works of museologists, historians, art critics, architects on the topic are analyzed. The expositions of the National Museum of Arts named Bogdan and Varvara Khanenko (Kyiv), the National Museum of Medicine in Kyiv, the Pharmacy Museum of Podil'sk district of Kyiv, the Lviv National Art Gallery named Boris Voznitsky, the Pharmacy-Museum "Under the Black Eagle" of Lviv, the funds and expositions of the State Historical and Cultural Reserve of the city of Ostroh of the Rivno region were involved. It turned out that the first "Collections of curiosities" meetings appear in the Middle Ages. Varieties of Cabinets of curiosities in Europe are known in the XVI—XVIII centuries. Museum treatises of that time were analyzed. The definition of the concept of "Cabinet of curiosities" during the Renaissance and Enlightenment is considered.
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