To The Haldimand Press
HALDIMAND—Just in time for Halloween, The Spiritorium – A Cabinet of Curiosities exhibition has opened at Edinburgh Square Heritage & Cultural Centre in Caledonia.
Cabinets of curiosities, or Wunderkammern, were first created in the 16th century and were early precursors of today’s museums. Cabinets of Curiosities stored and exhibited a wide variety of objects from the unusual to the extraordinary, all drawn from the natural, artificial, or manufactured worlds.
The Spiritorium Collection on display at Edinburgh Square depicts a present-day version of the traditional Cabinet of Curiosity and consists of hundreds of items – including a mummified cat named Henry, a jack-in-the-box, taxidermy specimens, fossils, a vampire hunting kit, and historical relics – that allow visitors the ability to interpret each piece in the exhibition in their own way and leave with a sense of wonderment.
The exhibition will be on display at Edinburgh Square Heritage & Cultural Centre until November 30. The centre is located at 80 Caithness Street East, Caledonia and is open Tuesdays through Fridays from 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. and on Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
For more information, please email museums@haldimandcounty.on.ca or call 905-765-3134.
