A House of Curious Experiments

A research institute stacked in three floors of timber rooms against a stone wall. At the top left, scientists argue around a round table beneath hanging rulers and keys, with filing drawers behind. The attic hall at the right shows a guide explaining a tall brass apparatus to a group of visitors, among display cases and portraits. The middle floor has a time room with clocks, hourglasses and a stone on a plinth before seated listeners, a stair room where researchers unroll a long scroll, and a colourful temperature lab with thermometers and a glowing lamp beside loaves of bread. Below, a lock room has cabinets, a balance and a seated woman; a cold room has a snowy cabin picture and a jar being examined; and a magnifier room studies dots on a chart. Rugs and tiles set each room apart.