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Arts & Culture

Back From The Dead: Morbid Anatomy Finds A New Home In Brooklyn

GREEN-WOOD CEMETERY – After the closing of Gowanus’ beloved Morbid Anatomy Museum [/where-the-brooklyn-spirits-play-the-morbid-anatomy-museum-celebrates-its-one-year-anniversary-parkslopestoop/] in December 2016 [/morbid-anatomy-museum-in-gowanus-has-closed-rebirth-promised/], fans of its collection of art, artifacts, books, and ephemera about death, religion, medical history, oddities, and the arcane were at a loss. “I think the museum really hit a chord with a lot

Arts & Culture

Morbid Anatomy Museum In Gowanus Has Closed; ‘Rebirth’ Promised

Photo via Stephen Romano / Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10210080580245113&set=a.1170970488510.26784.1655450184&type=3&theater] The challenging, at times disturbing, deliciously wry, and always invigorating Morbid Anatomy Museum [http://morbidanatomymuseum.org/] (423A 3rd Avenue at 7th Street) has closed its doors

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Cabinets Of Curiosity: ‘House Of Wax’ At The Morbid Anatomy Museum

From the House of Wax exhibition at the Morbid Anatomy Museum. (Photo by Daniel Schvarcz)The Morbid Anatomy Museum [http://morbidanatomymuseum.org/] ( 424 3rd Avenue at 7th Street) celebrated its first anniversary earlier the summer [/blog/art-music/where-the-brooklyn-spirits-play-the-morbid-anatomy-museum-celebrates-its-one-year-anniversary] , and the exhibits, events, lectures, and classes continue to fascinate. And the