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"Machina del Mondo," Etching with Hand-Coloring, 1675-1710
"Machina del Mondo, ogn'un cerca di star sopra il compagno;" etching with hand-coloring, 1675-1710Described on the British Museum website thusly: "A pyramid of ten persons climbing on top of each...
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Bodysnatching in Old New York; Selfies At Funerals; Barcelona Curious...
This week at Morbid Anatomy we hope you'll join us for "Hierarchies of the Dead: Bodysnatching in Old New York" with Bess Lovejoy, author of Rest in Pieces: The Curious Fates of Famous Corpses (This...
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Death in a Nutshell! Forensic Entomology! The Uranian Phalanstery! The...
This week at Morbid Anatomy, we hope you'll join us for our much anticipated "Death in a Nutshell: Frances Glessner Lee and the Nutshell Studies of Unexplained Death" with Bruce Goldfarb of the Chief...
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Congress for Curious Peoples, Barcelona Begins Tonight in the Royal Academy...
Hope to see you tonight at night one of the Congress for Curious People Barcelona 2014 with "Medicine and Science in Old Barcelona" taking place in the Royal Academy of Medicine's sumptuous 18th...
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Help Make The Morbid Anatomy Museum a Reality: Morbid Anatomy Museum...
Since 2007, we at Morbid Anatomy have been excavating and celebrating the obscure, the forgotten and the macabre via a blog, lectures, workshops, parties, and open to the public research library. We...
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The Museo Roca, The Parade of Monsters, and Spanish Popular Anatomical...
Last week, we celebrated day one of the Barcelona Congress for Curious People with a special "Medicine and Science in Old Barcelona" walking tour; it featured a variety of anatomically-themed...
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Scholar in Residence Richard Barnett! Morbid Anatomy Anthology Party!...
We have are delighted to announce a number of very exciting upcoming events in the months to come at Morbid Anatomy!This April, we are thrilled to be welcoming Dr Richard Barnett--London-based author,...
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The Morbid Anatomy Anthology Release Date and Launch Party!
The Morbid Anatomy Anthology--a 500 page, lavishly illustrated hardbound book featuring twenty eight essays based on some of the most memorable lectures hosted by Morbid Anatomy since 2008--now has an...
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Bedbugs! Egyptian Beer Mythology! In Search of "Nature Music!" This Week and...
This week, we hope to see you at Forensic Entomology and Bedbugs: an illustrated lecture and live show and tell with Louis Sorkin, entomologist at the American Museum of Natural History (This Tuesday,...
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"Ink and Silver: Medicine, Photography, and the Printed Book, 1845-1880,"...
Stephen E. Novak--Head, Archives & Special Collections at A.C. Long Health Sciences Library at Columbia University Medical Center--just sent word of this wonderful looking free lecture on 19th...
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Calling All Taxidermists: The Secret Science Club Carnivorous Nights...
We are absolutely thrilled to announce that the wonderful Secret Science Club Carnivorous Nights Taxidermy Contest--after a much regretted long hiatus--is returning on Sunday, April 6 at the Bell...
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The Uranian Phalanstery, The Klan in America, And Morbid Singles Night Take...
We have scores of great events coming up in the months to come at Morbid Anatomy! First, we have a newly announced lecture and artifact show and tell with Mike Zohn of TV's Oddities on The Surprising...
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Job Opening: Morbid Anatomy Museum Cafe Manager!
Interested in the role of Morbid Anatomy Museum cafe manager (on which full details below)? If so, please send resumes to colin [at] morbidanatomymuseum.org. Review of applications will begin...
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Two Allegorical Figures, Lithograph, Wellcome Images
Two allegorical figures: a skeleton holding a scythe and a ball of fire stands next to a female figure. Lithograph. Via Wellcome Images.
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Heroic Figure of Death with Three Female Allegories, Pen and Ink, 18th Century?
An heroic figure of Death with three female allegories. Pen and ink drawing. 18th Century? From Wellcome Images.
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The Morbid Anatomy Museum is Coming Soon and it Needs Your Help!
For over six years, Morbid Anatomy has been showcasing, preserving, and championing forgotten and liminal artifacts, art, and ideas, providing a home for those things which would otherwise fall through...
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On Saint Agatha and Preserved Breasts: Guest Post by Evan Michelson, TV's...
Below is a guest post by Evan Michelson, board member of The Morbid Anatomy Museum and co-star of TV's "Oddities," from our recent trip exploring the history of the preservation and display of the...
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Picturing the Shattered Faces of War: A Guest Post by Kristin Hussey,...
Kristin Hussey--Assistant Curator of the Hunterian Museum at the Royal College of Surgeons with responsibility for the Odontological Collection--has kindly agreed to write a series of guest posts for...
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"Sending your Prayers to Me Will Cure the Ailment of the Soul" or The Bayer...
One of the more intriguing new additions to the Morbid Anatomy collection is this glow-in-the-dark Bayer Aspirin Prayer card. Its donor, Enric H. March of the wonderful Barcelona history blog Bereshit...
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Death in Ancient Egypt! Baltimore Nutshell Death Case Field Trip! The Sublime...
We have scores of great events coming up in the months to come at Morbid Anatomy! Tonight, we very much hope you join us for The ‘After’ Life: Death in Ancient Egypt with Ava Forte Vitali (Thursday,...
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