Happy Holidays! We have lots of exciting upcoming news and events to announce!
First off, we are delighted to announce that our current exhibition,The Art of Mourning, has been extended until Friday, January 16th and will be ushered out with, suitably, a mourning-themed costume party featuring a final tour of the exhibition by co-curators Evan Michelson (TV’s Oddities) and Joanna Ebenstein (Morbid Anatomy Museum Creative Director); music by DJ in residence Friese Undine; traditional mourning foods by Rachel Ridout and wax sealed traditional mourning biscuits by funeral director Amy Cunningham; ; mourning film clips curated by David Cory and Meg Moseley; as well as complimentary drinks and snacks. Many of the collectors will be on hand to answer your questions, the museum will be free and open for the duration, and guests are encouraged to come in their own take on mourning attire. You can find out more--and buy tickets--here.
We also also thrilled to announce our next exhibition,The Collector's Cabinet,the first of a series of exhibitions which will showcase extraordinary objects hidden in private collections, with labels for each object written by the collectors themselves. and the artifacts includedwill include Weimar erotica belonging to Mel Gordon, author of Voluptuous Panic;a pre-1800 wax memento mori figurine depicting a decaying corpse crawling with vermin from the collection of Evan Michelson (TV’s Oddities); an anthropomorphic taxidermy tableau once exhibited at Cress Funeral Home from the collection of Mike Zohn (TV’s Oddities); A pair of rare 19th centuryRowland Ward baboon arm candlesticks from the collection of John Whiteknight, author of Under Glass: A Victorian Obsession; early plastic lamp finials from the collection of artist Mark Dion; A copy of Physica Sacrafrom the collection ofMorbid Anatomy CEO Tracy Hurly Martin; a Victorian scrap book filled with human hair from ephemera collector David Freund; and the title page to Frederik Ruysch’s Thesaurus Animalium Primus newly addedto The Morbid Anatomy Museum permanent collection n (as seen above).
Other participating collectors will include Ryan Cohn ofTV’sOddities; “Collector of Death” Richard Harris, Daniel and Sommer Santoro of Black Gold, magic collector Rory Feldman, board member Jennifer Butkevitch, author Catherine Crawford, and more.The show will be on view from January 23 until March 29, 2015. Also, please save the date for an opening party to take place on Friday, January 23!
We also have scores of wonderful upcoming events, a full list of which follows. We very much hope very much to see you at one or more!
All museums rely on donations to survive, and ours is no exception. If you like what we do, please consider us in your end of year charitable giving! Tax deductible donations can be made via our fiscal sponsor Brooklyn Arts Council by clicking here.
NEWLY ANNOUNCED
- A Mystical Exploration in the Fairy Land of A. E. Waite. An illustrated Lecture with Stuart Sudekum
Wednesday, January 7th, 8pm, $8, Tickets (and more info) here
- Passionaries paperback book launch and signature with New York Times bestselling author Tonya Hurley
Saturday, January 10th, 4pm - 6pm, FREE, more info here
- Art of Mourning Closing Party, Curator’s Tour, and Museum Late Night
Friday, January 16th, 7 – 11 PM, $25/$15 member, Tickets (and more info) here
- Guided tour of Metropolitan Museum of Art’s exhibit “Death becomes Her” a Guided Tour with Scholar in Residence Karen Bachmann
Saturday, January 17th, 11am, $25, Tickets (and more info) here
- Collectors Cabinet: Exhibition Opening Party Save the Date
Friday, January 23, 8 – 11 PM, more soon!
DIRECTLY UPCOMING EVENTS
- A Mystical Exploration in the Fairy Land of A. E. Waite. An illustrated Lecture with Stuart Sudekum
Wednesday, January 7th, 8pm, $8, Tickets (and more info) here
- Anthropomorphic Mouse Taxidermy Class with Divya Anantharaman
Saturday January 10th, 12pm - 5pm, $110 one headed/$125 two headed, Tickets (and more info) here
- Passionariespaperback book launch and signature with New York Times bestselling author Tonya Hurley
Saturday, January 10th, 4pm - 6pm, FREE, more info here
- Jackalope Skeleton Workshop with Wilder Duncan
Sunday, January 11th, 1pm - 6pm, $200, Tickets (and more info) here
- Our Invisible Oceans in Peril. An Illustrated Lecture and Screening with Mara G. Haseltine
Monday, January 12th, 8pm, $8, Tickets (and more info) here
HANDY LIST OF ALL UPCOMING EVENTS
- A Mystical Exploration in the Fairy Land of A. E. Waite. An illustrated Lecture with Stuart Sudekum
Wednesday, January 7th, 8pm, $8, Tickets (and more info) here
- Anthropomorphic Mouse Taxidermy Class with Divya Anantharaman
Saturday January 10th, 12pm - 5pm, $110 one headed/$125 two headed, Tickets (and more info) here
- Passionariespaperback book launch and signature with New York Times bestselling author Tonya Hurley
Saturday, January 10th, 4pm - 6pm, FREE, more info here
- Jackalope Skeleton Workshop with Wilder Duncan
Sunday, January 11th, 1pm - 6pm, $200, Tickets (and more info) here
- Our Invisible Oceans in Peril. An Illustrated Lecture and Screening with Mara G. Haseltine
Monday, January 12th, 8pm, $8, Tickets (and more info) here
- Art of Mourning Closing Party, Curator’s Tour, and Museum Late Night
Friday, January 16th, 7 – 11 PM, $25/$15 member, Tickets (and more info) here
- Guided tour of Metropolitan Museum of Art’s exhibit “Death becomes Her” a Guided Tour with Scholar in Residence Karen Bachmann
Saturday, January 17th, 11am, $25, Tickets (and more info) here
- Anthropomorphic Rabbit Taxidermy Class with Divya Anantharaman
Saturday, January 17th, 12-6pm, $300, Tickets (and more info) here
- Shrouds Then and Now: An Affectionate History of Winding Sheets and Burial Garments. An Illustrated Lecture by Amy Cunningham
Monday, January 19, 8pm, $8, Tickets (and more info) here
- Collectors Cabinet: Exhibition Opening Party Save the Date
Friday, January 23, 8 – 11 PM, more soon!
- The Anatomy of Hysteria: Clinical Collaborations and Coercions in 19th Century Paris Part I: Creating the Perfect Hysterical Specimen: Illustrated Lecture with Asti Hustvedt, author of Medical Muses, Hysteria in Nineteenth Century Paris
Wednesday, January 28th, 8pm, $8 ($20 for the 3 Lectures on Hysteria), Tickets (and more info) here
- The Anatomy of Hysteria: Clinical Collaborations and Coercions in 19th Century Paris Part II: The Photographic Iconography of Hysteria: Illustrated lecture with Asti Hustvedt, author of Medical Muses, Hysteria in Nineteenth Century Paris
Wednesday, February 4th, 8pm, $8 ($20 for the 3 Lectures on Hysteria), Tickets (and more info) here
- Victorian Hair Art Workshop with Master Jeweler Karen Bachmann
Saturday, February 7th, 11am - 6pm, $150 and includes admission to the Art of Mourning, Tickets (and more info) here
- Chipmunk Taxidermy Class with Divya Anantharaman
Sunday, February 8th, 12-6pm, $185, Tickets (and more info) here
- Fancy Chicken Taxidermy Class with Divya Anantharaman
Sunday, February 15th, 12-6pm, $400, Tickets (and more info) here
- The Anatomy of Hysteria: Clinical Collaborations and Coercions in 19th Century Paris Part III: Hysterical Demons and Pathological Saints: Illustrated Lecture with Asti Hustvedt, author of Medical Muses, Hysteria in Nineteenth Century Paris
Wednesday, February 11th, 8pm, $8 ($20 for the 3 Lectures on Hysteria), Tickets (and more info) here
- Boneyards: There's a Little Taphophile in All of Us: A 3 part play by Jeffrey A. Stanley
Friday February 20th, Friday February 27th, Friday March 6th, 8pm, $20, Tickets (and more info) here
- Anthropomorphic Mouse Taxidermy Class with Divya Anantharaman, Taxidermist in Residence
Saturday, March 21st, 12pm – 5pm, $110 one headed/$125 two headed, Tickets (and more info) here
- Fancy Pigeon Taxidermy Class with Divya Anantharaman, Taxidermist in Residence
Saturday, March 28th, 12 to 6pm, $275, Tickets (and more info) here