Collector’s Cabinet gallery
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The Collector’s Cabinet gallery is a display space within Leeds City Museum that showcases an eclectic mix of unusual, rare, and curious objects in the style of a traditional “cabinet of curiosities.”
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | museum gallery ⓘ |
| audience |
families
ⓘ
general public ⓘ school groups ⓘ |
| building | Leeds City Museum building on Millennium Square NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| category |
gallery in a museum in England
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
tourist attraction in Leeds ⓘ |
| collectionScope |
local objects from Leeds
ⓘ
objects from around the world ⓘ |
| contains |
archaeological objects
ⓘ
decorative art objects ⓘ ethnographic objects ⓘ natural history specimens ⓘ social history objects ⓘ |
| country | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| curatorialApproach |
cross-collection display
ⓘ
object-focused interpretation ⓘ |
| displayFeature |
dense object display
ⓘ
eclectic mix of objects ⓘ mixed disciplines ⓘ |
| exhibitionStyle |
cabinet of curiosities
ⓘ
traditional cabinet of curiosities ⓘ |
| governedBy | museum policies of Leeds Museums and Galleries service ⓘ |
| hasFunction |
display unusual and curious objects
ⓘ
educate visitors about collecting practices ⓘ evoke historical cabinets of curiosities ⓘ showcase breadth of museum collections ⓘ |
| hasLanguageOfSignage | English ⓘ |
| heritageContext | inspired by early modern cabinets of curiosities ⓘ |
| interpretationStyle |
minimal text labels
ⓘ
visual emphasis on objects ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Leeds City Museum NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInCity | Leeds NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInNation | England NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInRegion | West Yorkshire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| museumTypeContext | city museum gallery ⓘ |
| operatedBy | Leeds City Museum NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ownedBy | Leeds City Council NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | permanent displays of Leeds City Museum ⓘ |
| publicAccess | open to the public ⓘ |
| safetyStandard | museum conservation standards ⓘ |
| subjectOf |
Leeds City Museum promotional materials
ⓘ
museum visitor guides ⓘ |
| theme |
curiosities
ⓘ
eclectic collections ⓘ rare objects ⓘ unusual objects ⓘ |
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