Wunderkammer Museum
Welcome to the Wunderkammer Museum
A world of cultures and myths to explore.
Categorical boundaries yet to be defined.
"There ’ s some order here — there are boxes with labels — but its not an order we ’ re used to seeing. Is it aesthetic? Phylogenetic? By location? Is there a clear line between human and animal, natural and artificial?"
— Dr Albrecht Hilary- Wunderkammer Founder
Our Vision, Mission and Values
The Wunderkammer is a fictional museum, event and exhibition space where history and the biases with which it is presented to the general public are unraveled, examined, critiqued and parodied before being packaged up for your education and entertainment.
A peculiar marriage of an academic background in the history of art and a career background in museum marketing alongside a lifelong passion for history and heritage, the Wunderkammer is a passion project that hopes to share the vitality of our past and critically examine the way we interact with our past as seen through the lens of museum spaces. Visit the blog to learn more about the mystery of history, read reviews on heritage sites and stay up to date with our ongoing archive project and our soon-to-be exhibition: Facing Staircase House.
Keep in touch via our sporadically updated social media accounts or email redactedmuseum@gmail.com to speak to our illustrious Founder, Senior Curator, Head of Collections, Development Officer and Marketing Lead. They also do our blog.
Go free for [redacted] months
Become a member and by donating the price of entry via monthly payments and see up to one exhibition free a month!
Events and activities in the near future
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Impossible Machines
3:20pm - 3:30pm
Join us for Impossible machines. A fascinating talk by Dr Weathers Reparte, who explores the rare and sometimes inconsequential machinations that were made corporeal by the hands of some of oddest inventors ever to not quite make it onto the map.
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Amoebas & Me!
12:30am - 1:30am
Children and their adults are invited to join us at Amoebas and Me!
This fascinating workshops will get families up close and personal with amoebas, germs, microbes and bacteria in never before seen and not at all safety tested family fun experiments and activities!
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In focus: Tatton Hall’s Leech Pool
7:00am - 8:00pm
The infamous Leech Pool at the notorious Tatton Hall was well-known among fans of corporeal punishment during its heyday.
Join Ms Kitty Standards, curator at the Hall to explore the origins and remains that have been found at the depths of the pool.