AZArizona field entry
Curious Nature
Phoenix, AZ
A Phoenix natural-history shop where taxidermy, skulls, exotic plants, antiques, occult goods, minerals, books, jewelry, and preserved specimens share the shelves.
Curious Nature mixes the atmosphere of a small natural-history museum with the inventory of a plant shop, antique store, occult retailer, bookshop, jewelry counter, and taxidermy cabinet.
Field notes
Why it belongs
Taxidermy shop, natural-history cabinet, plant store, occult shop, antique store, bookstore, mineral shop, and gift store all occupy the same curious little universe.
The inventory can move from a preserved animal or insect to a botanical specimen, antique object, mineral, book, jewelry piece, or occult item without ever settling into one normal retail category.
Curious Nature is a Phoenix science-and-natural-history emporium built around the strange, beautiful, preserved, and collectible. Its shelves mix taxidermy, skulls, bones, wet and framed specimens, insects, plants, antiques, books, minerals, jewelry, home goods, occult material, and other curiosities. Workshops and events deepen the museum-like quality of a shop designed as much for browsing and learning as buying.
Store contents
What you will find
Directory categories
Known for
- Taxidermy
- Skulls and bones
- Preserved specimens
- Insects
- Exotic plants
- Gems and minerals
- Unusual workshops
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