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Curiouser & Curiouser exhibit

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Part Of
Cortes Island Museum & Archives Society fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
electronic records
Date Range
2019-2020
Scope and Content
File contains two catalogs of the "Curiouser & Curiouser" exhibit in the Cortes Island Museum, 2019/2020, curated by Christian Gronau. Modelled loosely on the fabled cabinets, boxes, rooms and chambers of the Renaissance, this exhibition was an invitation to reawaken the unreserved and almost childlike interest and curiosity of age when Europeans shook off the shadows of the Dark Ages and awoke to the fascination of the external world. When people of intellect and time to spare went (for better and for worse) in search of adventure, discovery and illumination, to all the corners of the Earth. They came back with stories full of wonder and brought back specimens full of mystery and promise. Their curiosity changed forever the ways in which humans look upon the world.
Part Of
Cortes Island Museum & Archives Society fonds
Description Level
File
Creator
Cortes Island Museum & Archives Society
Fonds Number
2021.001
Series Number
2
File Number
1
Material Type
electronic records
Responsibility
Written by Christian Gronau
Date Range
2019-2020
Scope and Content
File contains two catalogs of the "Curiouser & Curiouser" exhibit in the Cortes Island Museum, 2019/2020, curated by Christian Gronau. Modelled loosely on the fabled cabinets, boxes, rooms and chambers of the Renaissance, this exhibition was an invitation to reawaken the unreserved and almost childlike interest and curiosity of age when Europeans shook off the shadows of the Dark Ages and awoke to the fascination of the external world. When people of intellect and time to spare went (for better and for worse) in search of adventure, discovery and illumination, to all the corners of the Earth. They came back with stories full of wonder and brought back specimens full of mystery and promise. Their curiosity changed forever the ways in which humans look upon the world.
Name Access
Gronau, Christian
Subject Access
Historical research
Documents

Curiouser-Curiouser-Catalogue-1.pdf

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Curiouser-Curiouser-catalogue-2.pdf

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Memories of Refuge Cove - Norm Gibbons

https://collections.cortesmuseum.com/en/permalink/descriptions15362
Part Of
Cortes Island Museum & Archives Society fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
graphic material (electronic)
Date Range
1956-2023
Scope and Content
File contains digitized copies of photographs from Norm Gibbons' photograph album of Refuge Cove. For the stories behind the photos, see 2003.007.001, a recording of Norm and Lisa Gibbons talking about their experiences living at Refuge Cove.
Part Of
Cortes Island Museum & Archives Society fonds
Description Level
File
Creator
Gibbons, Norm
Fonds Number
2021.001
Series Number
5
File Number
2
Material Type
graphic material (electronic)
Date Range
1956-2023
Physical Description
47 images (electronic) : col & b&w
Scope and Content
File contains digitized copies of photographs from Norm Gibbons' photograph album of Refuge Cove. For the stories behind the photos, see 2003.007.001, a recording of Norm and Lisa Gibbons talking about their experiences living at Refuge Cove.
Name Access
Gibbons, Norm
Gibbons, Lisa
Geographic Access
Refuge Cove
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