London and Rome 2019

The Kircherian Museum was a public collection of antiquities and curiosities ( Wunderkammer ), founded in 1651 by the Jesuit Father Athanasius Kircher in the Collegio Romano . Considered the first museum in the world, it disappeared and its collections were dispersed when the Society of Jesus was suppressed in 1773 .
The Kircherian Museum was a public collection of antiquities and curiosities ( Wunderkammer ), founded in 1651 by the Jesuit Father Athanasius Kircher in the Collegio Romano . Considered the first museum in the world, it disappeared and its collections were dispersed when the Society of Jesus was suppressed in 1773 .
February 14, 2019
Edgar Durbin