The ancient Greek meaning of wonder, understood as a dwelling in everyday life, has changed over time. Wonder in this sense was initially understood as a form of thinking or meditation on the unknown and an acceptance of a state of unknowing. Over the millennia, wonder has moved closer to curiosity and astonishment and entered the sphere of the rational. In the shadow of the feeling that all knowledge is now possible, mystery and concepts of the unknowable have ceased to exist. This loss of relatively modern wonder can be seen in the history of the museum and its transition from the Cabinets of Curiosities (or Wunderkammer) of the 16th and 17th centuries to the birth of the modern museum in the late 18th century. In this article, I argue that unlike the Wunderkammer which sought to arouse curiosity, museum approaches to exhibition need to be reconsidered to encourage the return of wonder. Museums undermine the possibility of wonder by presenting their collections in forms that reflect linear historical narratives or taxonomic groupings considered more important or informative than the singular objects themselves. (Kaulingfreks, et al., 2011, pp. 311-312) I suggest that the attitude of discouragement towards the wonder manifested in the museum is shared by the educational system in general, because contextualization has long been the untouchable paradigm of museum organization. The conventional museum approach is to show works surrounded by others from the same period and origin, or to communicate a linear, rational narrative. (Martin, 2012)In the early modern period (c. 1500-1800), curiosity was understood by European philosophers as a crucial aspect in the search for knowledge. Cabinets of curiosities ...... middle of paper ......555.Kaulingfreks, R., Spoelstra, S. & ten Bos, R., 2011. Wonders without wounds: On the singularity, the museum and the 'organization. Management & Organizational History, Vol 6(3), pp. 311-327. Martin, J.-H., 2012. Theater of the world: The Museum of Enchantment versus the Docile Museum. In: Theater of the World. Hobart: Museum of Old and New Art, pp. 11-19. Roberts, D., 2014. Coral, “Curiosity” and the influence of surrealism on contemporary exhibition. [Online]Available at: https://www.academia.edu/6153279/Coral_Curiosity_and_the_Influence_of_Surrealism_on_Contemporary_Display._Exhibition_Review_Coral_Something_RIch_and_Strange._Manchester_Museum_Nov._2013-March_2014[Accessed May 20, 2014].Robinson K, ., 2008. RSAnimate: Changing the paradigms of 'education. [Online]Available at: http://www.thersa.org/events/rsaanimate/animate/rsa-animate-changing-paradigms[Accessed May 20 2014].