Power of the exhibition Dr. Wang Qi Department of the Architecture and Built Environment

Curiosity – the force behind knowledge  From Private Realm to the Public Realm  To keep and pass down the Knowledge  To form Social Identification  To Mediate the Gaps  To Challenge the Limit

From Private Realm to the Public Realm  The Private Cabinet of Curiosity Ferrante Imperato’s Natural History Cabinet Naples Private Citizen’s Cabinet

From Private Realm to the Public Realm  The Private Cabinet of Curiosity From the Museum Wormianum ---- Ole Worm’s cabinet of curiosities th Century, Denmark Scholarly Cabinet

From Private Realm to the Public Realm  From Privacy to the Public Sir Hans Sloane,1660 – 1753 Montagu House, 1759 – 1840s, British Museum

From Private Realm to the Public Realm  From Privacy to the Public Walter, 2 nd Baron Rothschild,1868 – 1937 Natural History Museum at Tring

To keep and pass down the Knowledge  Knowledge  Myth  Memory British Museum ---- Enlightenment Room Jewish Museum, Berlin

To Form Social Identification  Who Am I? Family Tree ---- MY history = the greatest curiosity

To Form Social Identification  Who Am I? Henan Province Museum, China ---- a lost identification of Chinese The Origin of Chinese civilization on the back of elephants

To Form Social Identification  Who Am I? National Museum of American Indian, Washington D. C.

To Mediate the Gaps  Gaps between times (Anachronism)

To Mediate the Gaps  Gaps within distance (Anachorism) Cast Court, V & A Museum, Trajan Column and other artcrafts Sun in Tate Modern

To Mediate the Gaps  Gaps on Psychological aspect

To Challenge the Limit ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! !!!!!

Thank you very much!