these collections originally as a "cabinet of curiosities." A catalogue of the 17th century collection of John Tradescant the Elder and his son John Tradescant the Younger was the founding core of the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford. It was published as Musaeum Tradescantianum: or, a Collection of Rarities. Preserved at South-Lambeth near London by John Tradescant (1656). References Further reading M MacLeod, Roy, The Library of Alexandria: Centre of learning in the ancient world, 2000. El-Abbadi, Mostafa, The life and fate of the ancient library of Alexandria, 1990. Canfora, Luciano, The Vanished Library: A Wonder of the Ancient World, 1987. Young Lee, Paula, "The Musaeum of Alexandria and the formation of the 'Museum' in eighteenth-century France," in The Art Bulletin, September 1997. Ptolemaic Alexandria Defunct museums in Egypt Former buildings and structures in Egypt History museums in Egypt Museology Types of museums Museums in Alexandria