Article ID: CBB000076363

Education and the cabinet of curiosities at the Francke Foundations (1997)

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Müller, Thomas J. (Author)


Caduceus
Volume: 13 no.1
Issue: 1
Pages: 4-5

Description “When August Hermann Francke built a large and spacious complex of buildings to house the famous Halle orphanage and its associated schools, he added a cabinet of curiosities for the instruction and edification of students.”


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Authors & Contributors
Ballestriero, Roberta
Mascardi, Chiara
Edwards, William G.J.
Ambrosi, Moira
Carraro, Sabina
Pieraccini, Giuseppe
Journals
Journal of the History of Collections
Atti e Memorie, Rivista di Storia della Farmacia
Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography
NTM: Zeitschrift für Geschichte der Naturwissenschaften, Technik und Medizin
Journal of the History of the Neurosciences
Caduceus
Publishers
L'Erma di Bretschneider
Quod Manet Press
Manchester University Press
Lit
Concepts
Museums
Medicine
Anatomy
Wax modeling
Science and art
Human anatomy
People
Hunter, John
Francke, August Hermann
Calza, Luigi
Fanzago, Francesco Luigi
Brunetti, Lodovico
Caldani, Leopoldo Marcantonio
Time Periods
18th century
19th century
Early modern
Renaissance
17th century
Places
Florence (Italy)
Italy
England
London (England)
United States
Europe
Institutions
University of Padua
Reale Museo di Fisica e Storia Naturale di Firenze
Ashmolean Museum, Oxford
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