Cabinet was originally a word for a room. The Cabinets were more like really crowded rooms full of preserved specimens of "curiosity"
according to Wikipedia "three types of item were indispensable in forming a "Kunstkammer" or art collection: firstly sculptures and paintings; secondly "curious items from home or abroad"; and thirdly "antlers, horns, claws, feathers and other things belonging to strange and curious animals"
they acted like museums for people to check out. Lots of pride amongst those who maintained a "cabinet of curiosity"
On of the most famous cabinets was maintained by "Old Worm"
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