One of the internet’s primordial New Media experiences is the Wiki Game – an asymmetrical “racing sim” where you navigate from one Wikipedia page to another by clicking on the fewest number of links. A similar experience awaits in the Museum of All Things, a nearly-infinite virtual museum generated from Wikipedia, available for free on Itch. Created by Maya Claire using the Godot Engine with audio from Neomoon’s Willow Wolf, this museum offers a unique way to explore a vast public resource, depending on your approach.
The Museum dynamically generates new exhibition spaces from individual Wikipedia pages as you explore. Its scale is limited only by your device’s cache memory settings, and an internet connection is required. The simulation doesn’t hide its procedural generation; rather, it highlights it with a graceful display of self-assembly. As you enter rooms, marble displays, captioned imagery, and overhead light fittings smoothly come into view. Instead of traditional hyperlinks, there are signs with arrows directing you to relevant exhibits.
While the Museum of All Things celebrates Wikipedia, offering options to jump to pages in a browser, its visual allure quickly becomes more captivating than the information retrieval itself. As you explore, the steady hum of the air conditioning accompanies you through a non-Euclidean layout, where entire schools of thought and ancient wisdom are compactly stored within small spaces.
The museum’s space feels both vast and confined, with each room’s architecture composed of the same assets, elegantly rearranged. The polished wooden floors reflect exhibits, yet your reflection is absent. A distorted background tone occasionally intrudes—perhaps a tannoy announcement or distant singing. In a rush, you might find yourself navigating through a series of exhibits like “Butter Tea”, “List of Butter Dishes”, “Dish (food)”, “Eat”, “Chewing”, and finally “Teeth”. Pausing before a diagram, you may feel a peculiar connection to the display, as if the museum has drawn you in completely.
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