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The Viktor Wynd Museum of Curiosities, Fine Art & Natural History
Part cocktail bar, part cabinet of wonders in Hackney. Upstairs: absinthe and oddities; downstairs: a dense, dim grotto of taxidermy, shells, bones, erotica, folklore and pop-culture fragments. Labels skew laconic; the pleasure is in gawping, then noticing patterns—Victorian collecting habits, tabloid myth, memento mori. It’s intimate (and delightfully weird). Allow 30–60 minutes, plus a drink.
Opening Hours
Sunday: 12:00 PM – 10:00 PM
Tuesday: 3:00 PM – 11:00 PM
Wednesday: 3:00 PM – 11:00 PM
Thursday: 3:00 PM – 11:00 PM
Friday: 3:00 PM – 12:00 AM
Saturday: 12:00 PM – 12:00 AM
What's not to miss inside?
Descent to the Grotto
Atmosphere as exhibitLow ceilings, crimson walls and jam-packed vitrines recreate the 19th-century ‘wonder room’ in miniature.
📍 Basement museum
Taxidermy & Nature
Beauty, mortality, displayButterflies, birds and beasts meet cabinets of shells and minerals in lush, theatrical arrangements.
📍 Basement cases
Bar & Absinthe
Aperitif to the uncannyShort, eccentric cocktail list ties the upstairs mood to the museum’s dream logic.
📍 Ground floor
Inspire your Friends
- Run by the Last Tuesday Society, the museum began as a private collection turned public curiosity cabinet—more salon than state museum by design.
- Displays deliberately mingle high and low—fine art prints might sit beside seaside oddments—to parody Victorian taxonomies and Instagram-age collecting alike.
- Entry can be cheaper if you pre-book a cocktail table—because here, hospitality is part of the museology.
