"Mummy Cat," A Picture Book Presentation and Signing with Illustrator Lisa Brown
Saturday, December 5th, 3 pm, FREE, More info here.

Common Shade: Marking Our Graves
Tuesday, December 8th, 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm. ***Off-site at Green-Wood Cemetery. Tickets and more info here.

Forensic Pathology 101: All About Death Certificates: An Illustrated Lecture with Jay Stahl-Herz, MD, Medical Examiner and Forensic Pathologist
Wednesday, December 9th, 8 pm, $8. Tickets and more info here.

Wonderland's Cutest Couple: Alice and The Hatter - 2 Weird + 2 Be = 4Real: An Irrationally Illustrated Lecture with Ted Enik
Wednesday, January 6th, 7 pm (lecture will start at 7:15 pm sharp), $8. Tickets and more info here.

Placebos, Nocebos and Voodoo Medicine, An Illustrated Lecture with Mark W Green MD, FAAN Professor of Neurology
Friday, January 8th, 7pm (lecture will start at 7:15 pm sharp), $12. Tickets and more info here.

As Above, So Below: Art of the American Fraternal Society, 1850-1930, An Illustrated Lecture with Bruce Lee Webb and Lynne Adele
Wednesday, January 20th, 8 pm, $8. Tickets and more info here.

Rasputin and the Empress screening on 16mm Film
Thursday, January 21st, 7 pm, $8. Tickets and more info here.

Midcentury Stereopanorama with Eric Drysdale: Look and see the 1950s in 3-D!
Wednesday, January 27th, 8 pm, $20. Tickets and more info here.

Midcentury Stereopanorama with Eric Drysdale: Look and see the 1950s in 3-D!
Wednesday, February 17th, 8 pm, $20. Tickets and more info here.

The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari on 16mm with live music by M.V. Carbon
Wednesday, February 24th, 7 pm, $12. Tickets and more info here. 

Morbid Anatomy Anthology Second Edition Release Party
Friday, December 11th, 8 pm, $5. Tickets and more info here.

Strange Wreckage with Author Naomi J. Williams and Poet Robin Beth Schaer
Tuesday, December 15th, 8 pm, $8. Tickets and more info here. 

Psychedelics and Death: A Brief Introduction, with Dr. Neal Goldsmith Ph.D
Thursday, December 10th, 8 pm, $8. Tickets and more info here. SOLD OUT

Morbid Anatomy Anthology Second Edition Release Party
Friday, December 11th, 8 pm, $5. Tickets and more info here.

Anthropomorphic Mouse Taxidermy Class with Amber Maykut
Saturday, December 12th, 12 pm to 4 pm, $120. Tickets and more info here.

Kraftwerk Party with Stephen Vesecky
Date: Saturday, December 12th, 8 pm, $8. Tickets and more info here.
SOLD OUT

A Desire for Dramaticism: Semiotics of the 1980s Goth Subculture, An Illustrated Lecture with Andi Harriman
Monday, December 14th, 8 pm, $12. Tickets and more info here.

Strange Wreckage with Author Naomi J. Williams and Poet Robin Beth Schaer
Tuesday, December 15th, 8 pm, $8. Tickets and more info here.

Annual Krampus Costume Party sponsored by Hendrick’s Gin
Saturday, December 19th, 8 pm to 11:55 pm. Tickets and more info here.

Wet Specimen Class with Katie Innamorato
Saturday, December 19th, 12 pm to 2 pm, $100. Tickets and more info here.

Victorian Hair Art Workshop with Master Jeweler Karen Bachmann
Sunday, December 20th, 11 am to 6 pm (with one hour lunch break), $150. Tickets and more info here.

As Above, So Below: Art of the American Fraternal Society, 1850-1930: An Illustrated Lecture with Bruce Lee Webb and Lynne Adele
Wednesday, January 20th, 8 pm, $8. Tickets and more info here.

Criminally Insane: From Bedlam to Broadmoor, Bellevue, and Beyond- An Illustrated Lecture with Judy Jackson
Date: Monday, December 21st, 8pm, $8. Tickets and more info here.

Wonderland's Cutest Couple: Alice and The Hatter - 2 Weird + 2 Be = 4Real: An Irrationally Illustrated Lecture with Ted Enik
Wednesday, January 6th, 7 pm (lecture will start at 7:15 pm sharp), $8. Tickets and more info here.

Placebos, Nocebos and Voodoo Medicine, An Illustrated Lecture with Mark W Green MD, FAAN Professor of Neurology
Friday, January 8th, 7pm (lecture will start at 7:15 pm sharp), $12. Tickets and more info here.

Ermine Taxidermy Class with Divya Anantharaman
Saturday, January 9th, 12 pm - 7:30 pm, $200. Tickets and more info here.

Zen and The Art of Dying, Documentary Screening with Director Broderick Fox
Thursday, January 14th, 8 pm, $8. Tickets and more info here.

Drawing in the Morbid Anatomy Library with Artist and Master Jeweler Karen Bachmann
Friday, January 15th, 6 pm to 8 pm, $20, LIMITED TO 20 PEOPLE. Tickets and more info here.

Ritual in Scent: An Illustrated Lecture with Alexis Karl
Tuesday, January 19th, 8 pm, $8. Tickets and more info here.

Rasputin and the Empress Screening on 16mm Film
Thursday, January 21st, 7 pm, $8. Tickets and more info here.

Bat Skeleton Articulation Class with Wilder Duncan
Saturday, January 23rd, 1 pm to 6 pm, $200. Tickets and more info here.

Midcentury Stereopanorama with Eric Drysdale: Look and see the 1950s in 3-D!
Wednesday, January 27th, 8 pm, $20. Tickets and more info here.

Deathly Contemplation: 17th Century Dutch Vanitas Paintings: An Illustrated lecture with Lauren Davis
Thursday, January 28th, 8 pm, $8. Tickets and more info here.

Drawing in the Morbid Anatomy Library with Artist and Master Jeweler Karen Bachmann
Friday, January 29th, 6 pm to 8 pm, $20, LIMITED TO 20 PEOPLE. Tickets and more info here.

The Executioner, Unhooded: An Illustrated Lecture with Alison Kinney
Saturday, January 30th, 8 pm, $8. Tickets and more info here.

Midcentury Stereopanorama with Eric Drysdale: Look and see the 1950s in 3-D!
Wednesday, February 17th, 8 pm, $20. Tickets and more info here.

The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari on 16mm with live music by M.V. Carbon
Wednesday, February 24th, 7 pm, $12. Tickets and more info here.

Fancy Rat Taxidermy Class with Divya Anantharaman
Saturday, February 27th, 12 pm - 6 pm, $200. Tickets and more info here.

European Starling Taxidermy Class with Divya Anantharaman
Sunday, February 28th, 12 pm - 7 pm, $275. Tickets and more info here.

SAVE THE DATE Anatomy Anatomy Weekend at Amsterdam's Vrolik Museum
Friday, April 15 – Sunday, April 17th. More info here.

SAVE THE DATE Anatomy Vienna Anatomy Weekend at the Narrenturm Pathological Museum and the Josephinum Museum
Friday, April 22 – Sunday, April 24th. More info here.

According to well respected art writer Tom Patterson’s Raw Vision Magazine review of the extensive monograph I produced with Marquand Books and distributed by DAP Artbooks, “Charles Dellschau is widely acknowledged as an Outsider master in the same league as Adolph Wolfli, Henry Darger and Martin Ramirez.” The first exhibition of Dellschau’s works was mounted in a Manhattan Gallery in May of 2000. Since then Dellschau has been included in group exhibitions at the High Museum in Atlanta, The American Folk Art Museum, White Chapel Gallery, London, The Menill Foundation of Houston Texas, The Pinacoteca Agneili of Turin, and The American Visionary Art Museum in Baltimore among others.

While we know very little about Dellschau’s life, records indicate he immigrated to the USA in 1849 as a political refugee from Prussia, and upon his arrival he drifted from Galveston through Houston, where he spent most of his life, finding work as a butcher and raising a family and losing most of them to illnesses. Dellschau fought in The Civil War, and upon his discharge settled into Houston, and at the age of 68 began what would obsessively occupy him for his remaining years until 1923.  In those year, secluded in the back room of his niece’s house and living off the generosity of his decedents, Dellschau produced close to 5000 watercolor and collage artworks, of which approximately 3500 have survived. These watercolors were hand sewn into 12 massive volumes and sometime in the mid 1960’s were discarded and made their way to the dump, only to be immediately rescued by a picker named Fred Washington. They later found their way into the collection of the Menil Foundation who, in 1969, exhibited Dellschau’s works in a group show at Rice University. The remaining works were collected by a local UFO enthusiast by the name of Pete Navarro, who obsessively studied them for 20 years, making detailed field notes which are in their own right beautiful works of art.  The remaining Dellschaus in Navarro’s collection were eventually either gifted to local museums or sold to private dealers who introduced them to the mainstream art world to wide initial acclaim, including feature length articles in several art magazines as well as the New York Times. 

Dellschau’s earliest sketches from 1898 describe how a letter to the editor in the Houston Press prompted him to begin these memoirs, in which the author claimed that his design of “a perfect Airship,” that would, if ever constructed, successfully navigate "the air in any direction at will of operator... most emphatically end all wars, [and] be the means of disbanding the vast standing armies of the world, for one ship alone, in the cover of night could destroy any army by using culminate of mercury or any high explosive.” For the next 25 years, Dellschau argues via his artworks that the many airships of the Sonora Aero Club were superior in design to that  proposed by the author W.H. Brown. 

The artworks themselves, made between 1898 and 1921, tell the story of a group of men who lived in the Sonora dessert in California between 1854 and 1859 during the gold rush, and met every Friday evening as a drinking club calling themselves “The Sonora Aero Club.” Their mission was to discuss designs of the very first navigable air crafts which were powered by a secret anti gravity substance called “Suppa.” Dellschau was the Aero Club’s appointed draftsman.

But was Dellschau ever really in Sonora? Did the Sonora Aero Club ever actually exist? Despite exhaustive searches of historical records, there is no definitive proof either way.  Dellschau’s art is what the cultural anthropologist and one of the greatest art writers of the 21st century Thomas McEviley refers to as “Charles A.A. Dellschau’s Aporetic Archive.” In the monograph of Dellschau, McEvilley, in his final published essay, writes: 

One of several major questions surrounding the secrets of Dellschau has to do with the historical value of the account given in his various formats—the three volumes of memoirs and the twelve known books of Plates. Attempts have been made to find other records or evidences of the Sonora Aero Club, or Peter Mennis or George Newell or any other character of the many named, but the results have not been satisfying… The idea that Dellschau’s yarn is fiction somehow does not resolve the issue, since fiction has many modes. Is it fiction in the way a work of art is fiction? Or the way an outright lie is fiction? Or the way confusion may produce a kind of fiction? Different opinions have been registered on all this. And after considering them all, one must acknowledge that the evidence simply doesn’t provide a clear answer to this question. It is one of many questions that just have to be lived with as questions— or ignored.

Some will try to escape the dilemma by asserting that a question that does not have an answer is not a real question. Question and answer are a mutually dependent pair, like yes and no or true and false or up and down. In such a pair neither proposition can be meaningful in a universe where the other is not also meaningful. The idea that, lacking an answer, one should live with the question as a question, like an acquaintance whose name one does not know, may seem frustrating, but at least one major artist, James Lee Byars, has hypothesized the idea of Question; his oeuvre is posited on a universe in which Question rules, which he feels will be more open and creative than one in which Answer rules. Question, after all, is wide open; it could be pointing to anything in the universe. But Answer is closed, it appears as one thing and continues to do so.

Can it be that accepting a question as a question is inwardly, hiddenly, a kind of answer? Or is it just a kind of shrug? Dellschau’s twelve massive books of words and pictures may be no more than an old man’s lonely daydreams. They are pretty daydreams, which imply a pretty question mark, pretty and somehow deep, as one question behind the Aeros is the choice between ascent and descent. The breath-like striped spheres floating by may remind one of a line from a poem of e.e. cummings: “In Just-/ spring when the world is mud-/luscious the little/lame balloonman/whistles far and wee.” The little striped spheres float silently onward. What is their destination?”

Charles Dellschau (1830 - 1923): American Visionary continues through Feb 15 2016 at Stephen Romano Gallery in Brooklyn.  www.romanoart.com

A remarkable discovery was made in 2011 when the crypt at the Loreto Church in Prague was opened for the first time in centuries. What they discovered was a burial chamber ornately decorated in black and white memento mori frescos from 1664 created by an unknown artist.

The crypt is not open to the public, but a recreation of the main chamber is on display at the Loreta Praha Museum. The exhibit entryway is flanked by puti and curtained like a sideshow attraction in a red light district. A volunteer told me the curtains are there as a warning to families as the exhibit proved unsuitable for certain families. Indeed, two little girls dragged their mother out of the curtains, screaming whilst running away just as we approached!

The replica is to-scale. The room is dimly lit and quite narrow with low ceilings. Skeletons, hourglasses, and Catholic allegories depicting the passage of time and the resurrection adorn every wall. The few lights in the room serve to highlight the more macabre imagery, rather than replicate how the chamber would’ve historically appeared when lit for a burial or a requiem mass. It’s all very atmospheric – less accurate than theatrical. Gone is a room for somber, Catholic reflection and devotion. In its place is a wonderful sideshow of sorts. No wonder the little girls found the exhibit too scary!

The crypt exhibit alone is worth visiting the Loreta Praha, but you must wander through the complex to see the sacred treasures on display, in particular a mummified foot (see bottom image) encased in a casket that forms the base of a crystal reliquary cross from the early 18th century.

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Deformed unfortunates trudge back and forth, in a darkly-lit procession, over a map of Great Britain as the soundtrack sounds anxious notes of alarm. That extravagantly horrific scene introduces the Die englische Krankheit (The English Disease), a 13-minute black-and-white health education film, produced during wartime, under the supervision of Nazi authorities, by Universum Film AG (“UFA”), the largest German film studio of the time. After a censorship board approved it as suitable for adults and children, it premiered in Berlin in April of 1941.

Made under conditions of mass mobilization—at a time when Great Britain and the Third Reich were battling fiercely over the skies of England and Germany and at sea in the Mediterranean—Die englische Krankheit is an odd specimen, an eccentric example of the wayward features that sometimes accrued to instructional and health education films in the Nazi period. With its peculiar, almost grafted-on, opening—strident Nazi propaganda pumped up with gloomy lighting, disturbing music, and a scene of grotesque deformity—for a few moments, but only a few, Die englische Krankheit looks like it will dwell in the tonal register of the UFA and Universal Pictures scary horror films that were so popular in the 1920s and 30s. (Great Britain, the enemy, as the site and spreader of monstrous disfigurement).

But then it settles down to do the work that health films typically do: show the treatment and prevention of disease. In the case of Die englische Krankheit that means shifting from horror to animated scientific diagrams, x-ray images and sunny scenes of children playing outdoors: the “English Disease” was rickets, a disease that could be easily prevented by a regular diet of nutritious food, vitamin D supplements, and plentiful exposure to sun.

Die englische Krankheit can be seen on NLM’s Medical Movies on the Web, along with an essay by film scholar, Anja Laukötter (Max Planck Institute, Berlin). Leonhard Link supplied the German and English subtitles. You can find out more about it here.

In his 1936 essay Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction, Walter Benjamin writes, “that which withers in the age of mechanical reproduction is the aura of the work of art.” Clearly he’d never tried a Stereo Realist 3D Camera System. If he had, his whole thesis might be different since there is a huge amount of aura inside one these little antique devices. The 3D image quality is truly amazing. It creates an uncanny, hyper-realism beyond HD television.

Lucky for us, Eric Drysdale (writer for The Late Show with Stephen Colbert,The Daily Show) collects vintage Stereo Realist 3D devices and the amazing images that go inside. He will provide each attendee their own 3D Realist device with a specially curated set of slides to enjoy. Eric will be on hand to provide all the historical and technical information to enhance the experience.

This event is always a fun group exploration of retro technology where everyone shares reactions and insights.

Henrick's Congress for Curious People in Madrid, Co-presented by The Morbid Anatomy Museum and Atlas Obscura
Dates: Wednesday, February 3 - Sunday, February 7
Times: Variable
Admission: Variable

Hendrick's Gin is pleased to present the "Congress for Curious People" in Madrid, a cultural week from February 3-7 dedicated to discovering the most unusual places in the capital of Spain. This Congress will be directed by Pablo Raijenstein (mentalist and Hendrick's Gin ambassador in Spain) and Felipe Trigo (an Spanish events producer, historian and cultural guide) in collaboration with The Morbid Anatomy Museum and Atlas Obscura.

The Congress will feature special activities and events; walking tours devoted to Madrid during the baroque era and the Masonic influence in Madrid; exclusive visits to museums of natural sciences, medicine and anatomy; and talks by Morbid Anatomy creative director Joanna Ebenstein and Atlas Obscura's co-dirctor Dylan Thuras. This new edition of "Congress" promises to be spectacular with a night of mentalism by Pablo Raijenstein and a carnival gala at the palace Duarte, the "Surrealist Ball", with Lady Bon Bon, the main performer in Kriminal Kabarett.

Following is full is of events with links to find out more.

Morbid Anatomy Day of Anatomy and Anthropology
Wednesday, February 3
https://www.facebook.com/events/1654831934775859/

"MORBID ANATOMY DAY" special visit to the museums of Anatomy and Anthropology of the "Universidad Complutense de Madrid".
Wednesday, February 3, 5:00pm, Faculty of Medicine (plaza Ramón y Cajal, Madrid)

With the collaboration of Joanna Ebenstein, creative director in the Morbid Anatomy Museum from New York. The day will include a combined tour and visit to two museums with priceless jewels.First, we will visit the Museum of Anatomy "Javier Puerta" where we will meet the director, Fermin Viejo. This collection is very important for its spectacular series of wax figures from the 18th century, commissioned by the Royal College of Surgery ("Real Colegio de Cirugía de San Carlos"). Later, we will continue the day at the Museum of Medical Anthropology, Forensics, and Forensic Paleopathology "Reverte Coma", located in the same Faculty of Medicine. Guided by a specialist, we will discover the secrets of a true cabinet of curiosities created in the twentieth century. Among countless examples, we will see an impressive collection of Egyptian mummies, vestiges of evolutionary anthropology and ritual body modification.

Important notice: it is strictly forbidden to take pictures in both museums.

Madrid in the Baroque Era: A Theatrical and Spectacular city
Thursday, February 4
https://www.facebook.com/events/1525048727794782/

Starting and schedule: Equestrian monument of Felipe IV, Plaza de Oriente. 5:00 p.m.

In this itinerary between the Plaza de Oriente and Calle Toledo we relive an era, the Baroque, in which theatricality and spectacle were omnipresent in all facets of daily life, as a sign of artistic, royal and ecclesiastical patronage. Patronage was also mass propaganda. Discover those passages in the history of Old Madrid and the first Bourbons in which the illusory, wonder and extravagance were present in the capital, where the streets and squares were used as true scenarios.The tour begins with a special visit to the Royal Monastery "de la Encarnación" to contemplate the fabulous collection of relics, one of the most comprehensive in the world, and also the treasure with the blood of San Pantaleon. The route continues through the old town, where we will focus on other subjects like alchemy and cabinets of curiosities, the symbolism of the Puerta del Sol, theatrical performances, Inquisition trials and Carnival splendor in the era of the Habsburgs. We end our tour with a visit to the Institute of San Isidro (former Imperial College) where we discuss the relationship between the Jesuits and the Baroque culture of spectacle.
 

Strange Phenomena: A Night of Mentalism
Thursday, February 4
https://www.facebook.com/events/1512179665751602/
Starting point and time: Calle Santa Ana 6. 10 p.m.

We are pleased to announce "Madrid Strange Phenomena", the first show of mentalism that takes place in a space where strange events have occurred.

With the help of those attending this evening, the mentalist Paul Raijenstein will evoke one of the most shocking events in the history of Madrid: the tragical fire that destroyed the "Novedades" theater in 1929.

This experience, with a capacity of 30 people per session, takes place in the antiques shop "Santa y Señora", the old emergency exit in the former theater. Attendees will discover that they are also a key instrument to clarify the strange events that occur in this unusual space. The show mixes collective hypnosis and mentalism recreating a seance that will leave the audience speechless

This experience was released in January 2015 and has enjoyed unprecedented success for the unique characteristics of the proposal.

The Secrets of the National Museum of Natural Sciences
Friday, February 5
https://www.facebook.com/events/525895254240681/
Starting point: corresponding to the "tickets" doors in the museum (Calle Jose Gutierrez Abascal 2) door 7:00 p.m.

For the first time, we present a unique and exclusive visit to the Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales, where a specialized guide will reveal the best kept secrets inside an institution that holds millions of pieces invisible to the general public. We will have a different view of the museum, highlighting the art of taxidermy, the incredible journeys of naturalists and the surprising story of the most emblematic museum specimens. This is the oldest natural sciences museum in our country, with its origin in the Royal Cabinet of Natural History founded in the eighteenth century. Under this cabinet we can admire a restricted public basement where a prodigious collection of species of mammals and birds is stored. This event will have a similar character to the "Morbid Anatomy Museum" special tour organized in the "American Museum of Natural History" in New York.

Special Visit to the XIX century Homeopathic Hospital of "San Jose" and Lectures
Saturday, February 6
https://www.facebook.com/events/1541395092838627/Starting point and time: Eloy Gonzalo Street, 3. 10:30 a.m. Only for guests. Send an e-mail to: curiouscongressmadrid@gmail.com

In the XIX century Homeopathic Hospital of "San Jose" will take place the lecture of the main speakers at the "Hendrick's Congress for Curious People". Previously, with the help of a guide, we will discover the rooms inside the Homeopathic Hospital of "San Jose" as well as the palace of the Marquis del Salado, both great examples of architecture of the first decade of the Spanish Restoration (between 1874 and 1883). Through the small Museum of Homeopathy we discover the origin and practices of this controversial discipline of medicine with many supporters and detractors from the eighteenth century until today.

Then, in the building of the Hospital we will begin our series of lectures with the following speakers:

Joanna Ebenstein, director of "Morbid Anatomy Museum," a New York institution dedicated to the study of anatomical and funerary art. She will tell us the exciting process of creating the museum and her journeys around the world in search of the sublime and the macabre.

Dylan Thuras, director of "Atlas Obscura," the largest virtual compendium of unusual places and secrets around the globe. We will talk about the incredible career of "Atlas Obscura" and the forthcoming book edited by this institution, to be published in mid-2016.

Hendrick's Gin cocktails will be served.

CARNIVAL GALA: Surrealist Masked Ball in the Palace Duarte
Saturday February 6
https://www.facebook.com/events/1541959866115116/
Starting point and time: Palace Duarte, street Mancebos 5
Palace Opening: Saturday February 6 9:30 p.m.. Closing: 2:00 a.m.

Enjoy with us the most unusual and extravagant Carnival in Madrid inside the Palace Duarte, where the gala of the "Hendrick's Congress for Curious People" will take place.Inspired by the memorable "surrealist balls" organized by Salvador Dali in Paris and New York, our Masquerade show will feature Lady Bon Bon, one of the best artists of cabaret and burlesque in our country famous for her performances in "Kriminal Kabarett" more venues in Europe. The "Surrealist Ball" also includes a brief theatrical tour dramatized to discover the history behind the walls of the Palace Duarte, a mansion built in the XVII century. The evening will be accompanied by an eclectic soundtrack (opera, classical, swing revival, lounge, exotika) and a Dj session (80s, new wave, electro vintage).

Dresscode welcome: Any stylish and transgressive attire inspired by the past will be welcome. For the more adventurous, we suggest constumes inspired in surrealist artists or designers: Salvador Dali, Max Ernst, Otto Dix, Paul Delvaux, Schiaparelli, Alexander McQueen ... More suggestions: 1920-1930 fashion, cabaret, dandies, feathers, masks, animal kingdom, African tribes, Orient Express, fetish-glam ... Use your imagination and surprise us!

Included with the entry: Hendrick's Gin cocktail in the palace.

Madrid and Freemasonry
Sunday February 7
https://www.facebook.com/events/163737973998341/
Starting and schedule: Egyptian Temple of Debod, 11 a.m.
A surprising and complete itinerary where we will show you the history of Freemasonry and its privileged relationship with Madrid through politics, society, culture and the arts. We will begin our route in the Egyptian temple of Debod to discuss the myths about the origin of Freemasonry and the meaning of its symbols. We will continue our walk through the Plaza of Spain and the Plaza de Oriente and the neighborhoods of the historic center, ending in front of the Congress of Deputies. We will speak about numerous aspects of Freemasonry in Madrid: their first steps in the eighteenth century and its boom in the Napoleonic era, the last persecutions of the Inquisition, its height and splendor from the revolution of 1868, the controversial history of this institution under various regimes of the twentieth century and his return after 1978. An exclusive opportunity to rediscover a key institution in the history of Europe that often changed the course of art, science, architecture and philosophy.

Midcentury Stereopanorama with Eric Drysdale: Look and see the 1950s in 3-D!

Wednesday, January 27th, 8 pm, $20. Tickets and more info here.

Deathly Contemplation: 17th Century Dutch Vanitas Paintings: An Illustrated lecture with Lauren Davis
Thursday, January 28th, 8 pm, $8. Tickets and more info here.

The Executioner, Unhooded: An Illustrated Lecture with Alison Kinney

Saturday, January 30th, 8 pm, $8. Tickets and more info here.

Anthropomorphic Mouse Taxidermy Class with Amber Maykut
Saturday, January 30th, 12 pm to 4 pm, $120. Tickets and more info here.

Victorian Hair Art Workshop with Master Jeweler Karen Bachmann

Sunday, January 31st, 11 am to 6 PM, $150. Tickets and more info here.

The Other Paris: The Shadow Side of 19th Century Paris, Lecture and Book Signing with Luc Sante, Author of Low Life

Wednesday, February 10th, 7 pm, $5. Tickets and more info here.

Insect, Arachnid and Reptile Petting Zoo with NYU Biology Student Aaron Rodriguez

Monday, February 29th, 7pm, $12. Tickets and more info here.

Vanitas, Fleeting Time, A Camera Obscura Workshop and Inquiry with Artist Amy-Claire Huestis

Saturday March 5th,12 pm to 5 pm, $85. Tickets and more info here.

The Cult of Fashion, An Illustrated Lecture with Alexis Karl

Thursday, March 17th, 7 pm, $8. Tickets and more info here.

Alchemy and Dream: The Lunar Realm of Alchemy, An Illustrated Lecture with Brian Cotnoir

Monday, April 4th, 7 pm, $10. Tickets and more info here.

Save the Date for the Second Annual Morbid Anatomy Museum Gala and Afterparty

Tuesday, April 12, 2016 at The Bell House (149 7th Street, Brooklyn). More info here.

Demystifying Shamanism: An Illustrated Presentation with Dr. Stanley Krippner

Thursday, April 14th, 7 pm, $15. Tickets and more info here.

Life After Near Death, An Illustrated Lecture with Debra Diamond

Thursday, April 21st, 7 pm, $5. Tickets and more info here.

Goth 101: A History of the Postpunk and Goth Subculture, 1978 - 1992, An Illustrated Lecture with Andi Harriman

Wednesday, April 27th, 7 pm, $12. Tickets and more info here.

The Work of the Dead: A Cultural History of Mortal Remains, An Illustrated Lecture with Historian Thomas W. Laqueur, University of California at Berkeley

Monday, May 2nd, 7 pm, $5. Tickets and more info here.

Morbid Anatomy Day of Anatomy and Anthropology

Wednesday, February 3, 5:00pm, Faculty of Medicine (plaza Ramón y Cajal, Madrid) 16 euros. Tickets and more info here.

Madrid in the Baroque Era: A Theatrical and Spectacular City

Thursday, February 4, Equestrian monument of Felipe IV, Plaza de Oriente, 5:00 p.m. 22 euros. Tickets and more info here.

MADRID Strange Phenomena: A Night of Mentalism

Thursday February 4, Calle Santa Ana 6, 10 p.m. 17 euros. Tickets and more infohere.

The Secrets of the National Museum of Natural Sciences

Friday, February 5, Starting point: corresponding to the "tickets" doors in the museum (Calle Jose Gutierrez Abascal 2) door 7:00 p.m. 20 euros. Tickets and more info here.

Special Visit to the XIX century Homeopathic Hospital of "San Jose" and lectures

Eloy Gonzalo Street, 3. 10:30 a.m. Only for guests.

Carnival Gala: Surrealist Masked Ball in the Palace Duarte
Palace Duarte, street Mancebos 5, Palace Opening: Saturday February 6, 9:30 p.m to 2:00 a.m. Tickets and more info here.

Madrid and the Freemasonry

Egyptian Temple of Debod, 11 a.m. 14 euros. Tickets and more info here.

Here Lies Fluffy: Hartsdale Pet Cemetery, A Final Resting Place: An Illustrated Lecture with Elizabeth Broman

Thursday, February 4th, 2016, 7 pm (lecture will start at 7:15 sharp), $8. Tickets and more info here.

Death is in Our Hearts: Meditations on Death's at Tractional Force, an Illustrated Lecture with Carl Abrahamsson

Friday, February 5th, 7 pm, $12. Tickets and more info here.

Jackalope or Traditional Rabbit Shoulder Mount Taxidermy Class

Saturday, February 6th,12 pm to 6 pm, $250. Tickets and more info here.

The Other Paris: The Shadow Side of 19th Century Paris, Lecture and Book Signing with Luc Sante, author of Low Life

Wednesday, February 10th, 7 pm, $5. Tickets and more info here.

The Flapper Revolution: An Illustrated Lecture With Mel Gordon, Author of Voluptuous Panic

Thursday, February 11th, 7 pm, $8. Tickets and more info here.

Horizontal Collaboration: The Erotic World of Paris, 1920-1946 with Mel Gordon, author of Voluptuous Panic, Sponsored by Overland Distillery, Proud Makers of Trinity Absinthe

Friday, February 12th, 7 pm, $12. Tickets and more info here.

If You Feel It, Peel It: 42nd Street Peepshow Films and Beyond programmed by MM Serra and Josh Lewis

Saturday, February 13th, 7 pm, $10. Tickets and more info here.

Anthropomorphic Insect Shadowbox Workshop: Valentine Day's Special with Daisy Tainton, formerly Senior Insect Preparator at the American Museum of Natural History

Sunday, February 14th, 1 to 4 pm, $75. Tickets and more info here.

Beggar's Banquet: The History of Sin Eaters: An Illustrated Lecture with Karen Bachmann
Tuesday, February 16th, 7 pm, $8. Tickets and more info here.

Midcentury Stereopanorama with Eric Drysdale: Look and see the 1950s in 3-D!

Wednesday, February 17th, 8 pm, $20. Tickets and more info here.

Surrealism and Alchemy: More Than Just a Pretty Picture: An Illustrated Lecture with Brian Cotnoir

February 19th, 7 pm, $10. Tickets and more info here.

Mole Mount Taxidermy Workshop with Katie Innamorato

Sunday, February 7th, 12 pm to 6 pm, $250. Tickets and more info here.

Mütter Museum Presents: The Skin She Lived In: Anthropodermic Books at College of Physicians of Philadelphia: Illustrated Lecture by Beth Lander, Introduced and Moderated by Daniel K. Smith

Monday, February 22nd, 7 pm, $8. Tickets and more info here.

The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari on 16mm with live music by M.V. Carbon

Wednesday, February 24th, 7 pm, $12. Tickets and more info here.

Morbid Academy Presents: Stalking Weird History: A Conversation with Robert Damon Schneck and Mitch Horowitz

Thursday, February 25th, 7 pm, $10. Tickets and more info here.

Fancy Rat Taxidermy Class with Divya Anantharaman

Saturday, February 27th, 12 pm - 6 pm, $200. Tickets and more info here.

European Starling Taxidermy Class with Divya Anantharaman

Sunday, February 28th, 12 pm - 7 pm, $275. Tickets and more info here.

Insect, Arachnid and Reptile Petting Zoo with NYU Biology Student Aaron Rodriguez

Monday, February 29th, 7pm, $12. Tickets and more info here.

Tarot Reading, Palmistry and Astrology with The Tarot Society

Monday, February 29th, 6 pm to 8 pm. Sliding scale. More info here.

From Grand Guignol to the Classic Horror Movies of the 1930s: Elliot Passantino's History of Horror Film, Part 1

Tuesday, March 1, 2016, 7 pm, $8. Tickets and more info here.

Vanitas, Fleeting Time, A Camera Obscura Workshop and Inquiry with Artist Amy-Claire Huestis

Saturday March 5th,12 pm to 5 pm, $85. Tickets and more info here.

Morbid Anatomy Flea Market at the Bell House

Sunday, March 6th,12 pm to 6 pm (11 am for members). More info here.

The Good Death: An Exploration in Dying in America: An Illustrated Lecture with Ann Neumann

Thursday March 10th, 7pm, $5. Tickets and more info here.

Architecture of Initiation: Alchemy and the Theater of Memory: An Illustrated Lecture with Brian Cotnoir

Friday, March 11th, 7pm, $10. Tickets and more info here.

Morbid Academy Presents: The Real Paranormal: A Conversation with Stacy Horn and Mitch Horowitz

Wednesday, March 16th, 7 pm, $10. Tickets and more info here.

The Cult of Fashion, An Illustrated Lecture with Alexis Karl

Thursday, March 17th, 7 pm, $8. Tickets and more info here.

Katherine Bauer's "Psycho Pussy Slaughter" and other Fatal, Feline Rites and Rituals: Screening with 16mm film and live music!

Wednesday, March 23rd, 7 pm $10. Tickets and more info here.

Alchemy and Dream: The Lunar Realm of Alchemy, An Illustrated Lecture with Brian Cotnoir

Monday, April 4th, 7 pm, $10. Tickets and more info here.

Morbid Academy Presents: Tales from the Crypt: A Conversation with Ptolemy Tompkins and Mitch Horowitz

Wednesday, April 6th, 7 pm, $10. Tickets and more info here.

The Witch of Lime Street: Séance, Seduction, and Houdini in the Spirit World: An Illustrated Lecture with David Jaher

Monday, April 11th, 7 pm, $5. Tickets and more info here.

Save the Date for the Second Annual Morbid Anatomy Museum Gala and Afterparty

Tuesday, April 12, 2016 at The Bell House (149 7th Street, Brooklyn). More info here.

Atomic Doomsday Battle of the DJs: 78 Records vs. 16mm Film

Wednesday, April 13th, 7 pm, $10. Tickets and more info here.

Demystifying Shamanism: An Illustrated Presentation with Dr. Stanley Krippner

Thursday, April 14th, 7 pm, $15. Tickets and more info here.

Bringing Back the Cabinet of Curiosities, Including a Brief and Wondrous History of the Wunderkammer: An Illustrated Lecture with Susan Harlan

Tuesday, April 19th, 7pm, $8. Tickets and more info here.

Life After Near Death, An Illustrated Lecture with Debra Diamond

Thursday, April 21st, 7 pm, $5. Tickets and more info here.

Goth 101: A History of the Postpunk and Goth Subculture, 1978 - 1992, An Illustrated Lecture with Andi Harriman

Wednesday, April 27th, 7 pm, $12. Tickets and more info here.

Murnau's Faust (1926) on 16mm Film With Live Music by Bradford Reed and Geoff Gersh

Friday, April 29th, 7 pm, $12. Tickets and more info here.

The Work of the Dead: A Cultural History of Mortal Remains, An Illustrated Lecture with Historian Thomas W. Laqueur, University of California at Berkeley

Monday, May 2nd, 7 pm, $5. Tickets and more info here.

Morbid Academy Presents: Things that go Bump, a conversation with Shannon Taggart and Mitch Horowitz

Wednesday, May 18th, 7pm, $10. Tickets and more info here.

• An atmospheric, quiet place to work with free wifi and unlimited access to the Morbid Anatomy Library collection of books and artifacts
• One free event (under $10) for each shift worked
• $20 off book purchases in the gift store for every five shifts you work, per exhibition
• Preview of upcoming exhibitions for docent training
• Docent party for each exhibit in which you volunteer three or more times

Second Annual Morbid Anatomy Museum Gala with Honorary Chair Parker Posey

Tuesday, April 12, 2016, 7 PM (6:30 for VIP)

$250 (Regular Ticket), $500 (VIP Ticket with champagne toast at The Museum); $2500 (Table for 5, includes VIP champagne toast); $5000 (Table for 10, includes VIP champagne toast) Tickets and more info here.

Gala Afterparty with DJ Set by Electronic Music Pioneer Vince Clarke and Complimentary Beer Courtesy of Sixpoint Brewery

Tuesday, April 12, 2016, 9 pm till late, $50. Tickets and more info here.