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WANTED: Intern for Upcoming London-Based 10 Day Festival of Curiosity and...
WANTED!Frighteningly organized interns for upcoming (30 August - 8 September) festival of curiosity and curiosities programmed by Morbid Anatomy, Strange Attractor, and The Coney Island Museum at a...
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The Victorian Art of Hair Mourning Jewelry! New Taxidermy Classes! Mermaid...
I am delighted to announce a variety of Morbid Anatomy events taking place over the next few months.This Sunday, June 2nd we will be hosting our popular Victorian art of memorial hair jewelry class...
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Wax Wounds! Victorian Memorial Hair Jewelry! Bat Skeletons in Glass Domes!...
Morbid Anatomy is delighted to be bringing some of the best of our Morbid Anatomy Art Academy from Brooklyn to the rainy climes of London, with a series of workshops and classes in the arcane and the...
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Learn to Make Convincing Wax Wounds in Workshop with Medical Artist Eleanor...
This photo just in from Eleanor Crook, instructor for Sunday's "Wax Wound Workshop" at The Last Tuesday Society. This is what she has to say about it: "Modelling up a face for the wax wounds workshop...
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Death and Wax Anatomies! Music Driving Women Mad! Dissection and...
Dear Londoners.If you are interested in learning more about art, death and wax anatomical sculptures; why music has long been thought to drive women mad; the relationship between human dissection and...
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The Neapolitan Cult of the Dead! Speaking Reliquaries and Death's Head...
Dear friends of London:Are you interested in learning more about the "The Neapolitan Cult of the Dead" (TONIGHT! top image)? Or perhaps the history of bizarre live theatrical performances "from...
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In Search of Medical Museum Books
On the heels of the publication of the new book Medical Museums: Past, Present and Future, I am working to assemble a master list of all known medical museum books and catalogs. Many of these museums...
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The Victorian Love Affair with Death! Dissection and Magic! Future...
Dear Londoners:Are you interested in learning more about "the Victorian love affair with death" this Monday, June 17th? Or, perhaps you might be more curious to find out about the relationship between...
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New Documentary Film About Victorian Anthropomorphic Taxidermist Walter...
As many regular readers know, these last few months I have been hard at work on a new book about Walter Potter, the British Victorian anthropomorphic taxidermist best remembered for such epic tableaux...
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Morbid Anatomy in Brooklyn: Newly Announced Classes and Workshops in the...
Morbid Anatomy is delighted to announce a number of new Brooklyn-based workshops taking place in the weeks and months to come! Offerings include anthropomorphic insect shadowboxes, wearable and...
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Tonight and Beyond: Virtual Tour of the Vrolik Anatomical Museum! Galvani's...
Hello London Friends! Are you interested in learning about the incredible holdings of Amsterdam's Vrolik Museum (top three images) with its "two skeletons of dwarves, rare Siamese twins, cyclops and...
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Coveted Object #438: Skull Memento Mori Locket Ring, 17th Century, Gold,...
SKULL MEMENTO MORI LOCKET RINGEngland, 17th century Gold, enamel, diamonds and ruby. Solid, narrow hoop terminating in scrolled shoulders each set with a diamond. The bezel consists of a relief modeled...
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Morbid Anatomy Lecture Series at Last Tuesday Society in Yesterday's "Hackney...
Kill time at death talks: Morbid Anatomy lecture series at Last Tuesday SocietyBatty events for those with grave concerns take in such subjects as the Neapolitan cult of the dead and London’s folk...
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"Case Studies of Medical Portraiture Concluding Workshop," King's College,...
Thanks so much to Anna Maerker for drawing my attention to the wonderful sounding "Case Studies of Medical Portraiture" workshop taking place at King's College on Friday, July 12. It features a number...
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Trip to Mexico with Morbid Anatomy for Day of the Dead, Anyone?
Hi there! Interested in taking a little trip down to Mexico for Day of the Dead this year under the guidance of Mexican writer and history of death in Mexico scholar Salvador Olguín and organized by...
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Morbid Anatomy in Brooklyn and Mexico (!!!): Workshops, Lectures and Field...
Taxidermy classes galore! Anthropomorphic insects! The Australian Terra Nullius! Day of the Dead Field trip to Mexico (must sign up by July 20) !!! Following is a complete list of upcoming Morbid...
View ArticleVictorian Anthropomorphic Taxidermist Walter Potter Documentary Teaser
Here is a rough graphic treatment for some of the stills along with the musical tone by the ever amazing Real Tuesday Weld - just a quick fun little piece - if we can raise some additional funds i...
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Danse Macabre and Santa Muerte (Saint Death!) in Week Devoted to...
The Morbid Anatomy Lecture SeriesMacabre-minded Brooklynites Morbid Anatomy pay a flying visit to London, to deliver a series of talks. Cinematic vampires, folk medicine, mythical beasts and the cult...
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Morbid Anatomy in Brooklyn and Mexico (!!!): Upcoming Classes, Lectures and...
Taxidermy, ex voto, Terra Nullius, insect shadowboxes and A TRIP TO MEXICO FOR DAY OF THE DEAD!Following is a complete list of upcoming Morbid Anatomy Presents events based in Brooklyn and Mexico. Hope...
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Museum of Hunting and Fishing (Deutsches Jagd und Fischereimuseum), Munich,...
One of my favorite people in all the world--the delightful and intrepid Eric Huang (aka dinoboy)--took a trip to the Munich Museum of Hunting and Fishing (Deutsches Jagd und Fischereimuseum) a few...
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