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Vesalius Continuum: Conference Commemorating the 500th Anniversary of Andreas...
I am delighted to be speaking as part of "Vesalius Continuum," a conference celebrating the 500th anniversary of "father of modern anatomy" Andreas Vesalius! Organized by friends Pascale Pollier and...
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Ticket to an Anatomical Lecture with Cupids and Human Skull, 1809
Ticket to an anatomical lecture given by Doctor Alexander Ramsay (ca. 1754-1824), dated 1809, which granted Samuel A. Bradley Esquire, "admission to 'Anatomy and Physiology or the 1st Course No. 13'...
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Animal Madness! Charles Willson Peale! Possession and Prophets! Insect...
We at Morbid Anatomy are very excited to announce a score of parties, lectures and workshops taking place in the weeks and months to come!Tomorrow night--Wednesday June 11--we hope you'll join us for...
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Dentures, Death and Fashion: Waterloo Teeth: 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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Morbid Anatomy Museum Grand Opening Celebration and Art of Mourning...
Hand colored daguerreotype of a mourning woman fromthe collection of Stanley B. Burns MD, author of Sleeping Beauty and founder of The Burns Archive. We are beyond excited to announce that the Morbid...
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Morbid Anatomy Museum Seeking Volunteer Docents!
We at the Morbid Anatomy Museum are currently seeking volunteer docents for both our temporary exhibition The Art of Mourning and The Morbid Anatomy Library (seen above). Shifts run from 11:45 AM until...
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Oaxaca: A Decapitated Native American Princess and Morbid Anatomy Day of the...
Following is a guest post by Morbid Anatomy Library scholar in residence--and guide of the Morbid Anatomy annual Mexican Day of the Dead trip--Salvador Olguín. This year's trip will be take us to...
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Beauty and Anatomy; Necrophilia Laws in the USA; And From "Holy Gore" to...
The Morbid Anatomy Museum is now open every day (including tomorrow, the 4th of July!) from 12-6 (excepting Tuesdays), and we would like to announce a number of events which we hope will tempt you to...
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Singles Night! A Taxonomy of Ghosts! Cabarets of Death with Mel Gordon! The...
We have dozens of events in the week and months to come at the newly opened Morbid Anatomy Museum!Tonight we hope to see you at our (back by popular demand!) singles night, sponsored by Hendrick's Gin....
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A Case of Missing Identity: Researching a Phrenological Bust: A Guest Report...
Liza Young--a museum studies student at St. John's University--took interest in an enigmatic recent acquisition to The Morbid Anatomy Library: the 19th century plaster phrenological death mask bust...
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Behind the Scenes Tours, Special Access, and Private Events: Become a Morbid...
The Morbid Anatomy Museum (see above) opened its doors two weeks ago, against all odds. Since then, we've had attendance well over our expectations, with enormous interest from our core community,...
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Dental casts of the Extraordinary Aztec Children, 1853 : Guest Post by...
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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A Trip to Hell at Tiger Balm (Haw Par) Gardens, Hong Kong : Guest Post by...
The delightful Eric Huang (aka dinoboy) recently paid a visit to a theme park which quite simply defies imagination: Tiger Balm (Haw Par) Gardens of Hong Kong. This attraction, built in 1937, is a sort...
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Ward Hall King of the Sideshow! Mexico Day of the Dead Field Trip! Skull...
We have many great upcoming events at the newly opened Morbid Anatomy Museum!In the "Just Announced" category: On Thursday, July 24, we are so very excited to be hosting a book party for Ward Hall:...
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Holy Gore! Ghostly Taxonomies! King of the Sideshow! Anatomical Drawing...
We have a very busy week at the newly opened Morbid Anatomy Museum, with events nearly every day and night!First up: tomorrow night--Tuesday July 22--we hope to see you at From “Holy Gore” to Santa...
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Walter Potter: The Man Who Married Kittens Press Viewing and Private Museum Tour
On Thursday, August 14th, the Morbid Anatomy Museum will be hosting a special, private press viewing of filmmaker in residence Ronni Thomas' wonderful "Walter Potter: The Man Who Married Kittens!" This...
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"Arctic Theatre" Magic Lantern Show! New Jon Ronson Documentary Film Series!...
We have scores of great events coming up at the newly opened Morbid Anatomy Museum!First up: this Friday, August 1, we are beyond excited to be hosting The Arctic Theatre Royal: a narrated magic...
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Anatomical Venuses at Mildred's Lane: Lecture this Saturday, August 2
For any those in the vicinity of rural New York/Pennsylvania: I am beyond honored to be giving a talk this Saturday night as part of "Social Saturdays" at the fabulous Mildred's Lane, founded by...
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Tales from the Celluloid Coffin! Demonically Possessed Cats! Parisian Fin de...
We have loads of great events coming up at the Morbid Anatomy Museum!First off: Tomorrow night--Monday, August 4th--we have the night one of "Tales from the Celluloid Coffin," a four-part series of...
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The History of Cremation! Future Dead Body Technology! Cabarets of Death!...
Please excuse us, but our last event listing was embarrassingly incomplete; following is a complete list of upcoming events taking place this week and beyond at the Morbid Anatomy Museum!This week we...
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