Mr. Wilson's Cabinet Of Wonder: Pronged Ants, Horned Humans, Mice on Toast, and Other Marvels of Jurassic Techno logy

I am uneasy with Wilson's flagrant invention of history and the blending of fact and fiction in his museum. I certainly understand the perspective that this book has taken, but I am not sure how sympathetic I am to its views. In all fainess, this is an extremely thought-provoking book, which most definitely expanded my concept of museums and their relationship to "wonder." ...more

I am uneasy with Wilson's flagrant invention of history and the blending of fact and fiction in his museum. I certainly understand the perspective that this book has taken, but I am not sure how sympathetic I am to its views. In all fainess, this is an extremely thought-provoking book, which most definitely expanded my concept of museums and their relationship to "wonder." Cabinets of curiousities provide a poignant example of the relationship between the sense of wonder and the desire to possess or dominate.......It's interesting that a sense of wonder is often immediately followed by the desire to possess or dominate the wonder-inspiring object.   hide