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Curious, curious! The world as a chamber of wonder

Looking back into history, many curiosities emerge – whether medieval torture instruments or ancient hygiene articles, lonely unicorns or daring circus artists. What was familiar to past generations often seems strangely enigmatic from a distance. Conversely, many a curiosity has lost its curiosity over the centuries, but not its fascination. Look with the German Digital Library into a kaleidoscope of miraculous things and stories of this world and be amazed!

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Curious, curious! The world as a chamber of wonder

Quiz: What's this? Interesting and curious finds from the Deutsche Digitale Bibliothek

Patent Drawings from the 19th Century: A Journey Back to the Future of Technology

The Unicorn: On Magical Misunderstandings, Virgins and Jesus Christ

Cinema – About Dark Chambers, Magic Lanterns and the Fascination of Moving Images

„Eine Folterkammer des Ungeschmacks“: Gustav E. Pazaurek und seine „Sammlung der

Discretion is a matter of honour - (almost) hot-off-the-press personals from the newspaper portal

From the collections: Photographers Fritz Zapp and Peter H. Fürst in the Rheinisches Bildarchiv of

The mysterious disappearance of the Vikings from Greenland

Cabinets of Curiosities

„Zauberei ist des Teufels selbs eigen Werk“ - Hexenglaube und Hexenverfolgung in Hessen

From the Archivportal: "Focus on – A Priest wants to go to Heaven in his Lifetime"

Kirchenpatrone, Pferde und Volksbelustigungen. Die Geschichte der Cranger Kirmes

Objects on the move. From the Kunstkammer into the museum

Neu im Stadtarchiv. Neuzugänge aus den Jahren 2020-2022

Fantastische Tierwesen in der Graphik des 15. bis 18. Jahrhunderts