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The Morbid Anatomy Library

nobody@flickr.com (astropop) — Thu, 30 Sep 2010 02:03:18 -0700

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Muséum national d'histoire naturelle, Gallery of Palaeontology and Comparative Anatomy, Paris, France, Established 1793

nobody@flickr.com (astropop) — Thu, 20 May 2010 13:11:55 -0700

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Muséum national d'histoire naturelle, Gallery of Palaeontology and Comparative Anatomy, Paris, France, Established 1793

nobody@flickr.com (astropop) — Thu, 20 May 2010 13:11:47 -0700

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Bird Collection, “La Specola” (Museo di Storia Naturale), Florence, Italy

nobody@flickr.com (astropop) — Thu, 20 May 2010 13:41:17 -0700

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Plaster Models in Pathological Cabinet, The Museum of the Faculty of Medicine at the Jagiellonian University, Krakow

nobody@flickr.com (astropop) — Thu, 20 May 2010 13:36:01 -0700

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Fetal Skeleton Tableau, 17th Century, University Backroom, Paris

nobody@flickr.com (astropop) — Thu, 20 May 2010 13:35:51 -0700

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Natural History Museum Backroom, United States

nobody@flickr.com (astropop) — Thu, 20 May 2010 13:10:14 -0700

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Backroom, “La Specola” (Museo di Storia Naturale), Florence, Italy

nobody@flickr.com (astropop) — Thu, 20 May 2010 13:11:26 -0700

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Photo © Joanna Ebenstein, from The Secret Museum Exhibition, Observatory, 2010.

Image may not be reproduced in printed form without express written permission.

An exhibition exploring the poetics of hidden, untouched and curious collections from around the world in photographs and artifacts, by Joanna Ebenstein, co-founder of Observatory and creator of Morbid Anatomy.

Photographer and blogger Joanna Ebenstein has traveled the Western world seeking and documenting untouched, hidden, and curious collections, from museum store-rooms to private collections, cabinets of curiosity to dusty natural history museums, obscure medical museums to hidden archives. The exhibition “The Secret Museum” will showcase a collection of photographs from Ebenstein’s explorations–including sites in The Netherlands, Italy, France, Austria, England and the United States–which document these spaces while at the same time investigating the psychology of collecting, the visual language of taxonomies, notions of “The Specimen” and the ordered archive, and the secret life of objects and collections, with an eye towards capturing the poetry, mystery and wonder of these liminal spaces. In tandem with this exhibition, Ebenstein has organized a 2 week “Collector’s Cabinet” at the The Coney Island Museum, which will showcase astounding objects held in private collections, including artifacts featured in her Private Cabinet photo series of 2009.

To download press release, which includes sample images, please click here.

On view from April 10th-June 6th

Observatory

543 Union Street at Nevins, Brooklyn, New York (click here for directions)
3-6 Thursday and Friday
12-6 Saturday and Sunday

Natural History Museum Backroom, Netherlands

nobody@flickr.com (astropop) — Thu, 20 May 2010 13:11:08 -0700

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Venus Endormie (breathing wax model), Spitzner collection Collection Spitzner, Musée Orfila, Paris Courtesy Université Paris Descartes

nobody@flickr.com (astropop) — Thu, 20 May 2010 13:12:27 -0700

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Wax Department Store Mannequin From the Home Collection of Evan Michelson, Antiques Dealer, New Jersey

nobody@flickr.com (astropop) — Thu, 20 May 2010 13:12:01 -0700

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Photo © Joanna Ebenstein, from The Secret Museum Exhibition, Observatory, 2010.

As seen in the Private Cabinets Exhibition of 2009. More on that here.

An exhibition exploring the poetics of hidden, untouched and curious collections from around the world in photographs and artifacts, by Joanna Ebenstein, co-founder of Observatory and creator of Morbid Anatomy.

Of, or relating to, the Morbid Anatomy Blog.

Musée Fragonard d'Alfort, Ecole Nationale Vétérinaire d’Alfort, France

nobody@flickr.com (astropop) — Thu, 20 May 2010 13:12:14 -0700

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"Anatomical Venus" Wax wodel with human hair and pearls in rosewood and Venetian glass case, "La Specola” (Museo di Storia Naturale), Florence, Italy " Probably modeled by Clemente Susini (around 1790)

nobody@flickr.com (astropop) — Thu, 20 May 2010 13:10:00 -0700

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Photo © Joanna Ebenstein, from The Secret Museum Exhibition, Observatory, 2010.

Image may not be reproduced in printed form without express written permission.

As seen in Anatomical Theatre Exhibition of 2007; more on that here.

An exhibition exploring the poetics of hidden, untouched and curious collections from around the world in photographs and artifacts, by Joanna Ebenstein, co-founder of Observatory and creator of Morbid Anatomy.

Of, or relating to, the Morbid Anatomy Blog.

Backroom, “La Specola” (Museo di Storia Naturale), Florence, Italy

nobody@flickr.com (astropop) — Thu, 20 May 2010 13:11:34 -0700

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Natural History Museum Backroom, Netherlands

nobody@flickr.com (astropop) — Thu, 20 May 2010 13:10:56 -0700

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Natural History Museum Backroom, Netherlands

nobody@flickr.com (astropop) — Thu, 20 May 2010 13:10:44 -0700

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Natural History Museum Backroom, Netherlands

nobody@flickr.com (astropop) — Thu, 20 May 2010 13:10:20 -0700

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Natural History Museum Backroom, Netherlands

nobody@flickr.com (astropop) — Thu, 20 May 2010 13:11:02 -0700

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Specimen, The Grant Museum of Zoology at University College, London

nobody@flickr.com (astropop) — Thu, 20 May 2010 13:11:18 -0700

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Photo © Joanna Ebenstein, from The Secret Museum Exhibition, Observatory, 2010.

Image may not be reproduced in printed form without express written permission.

For more on this collection, click here.

An exhibition exploring the poetics of hidden, untouched and curious collections from around the world in photographs and artifacts, by Joanna Ebenstein, co-founder of Observatory and creator of Morbid Anatomy.

Opération de la Cesarienne, (wax model of Caesarean section) Collection Spitzner, Musée Orfila, Paris. Courtesy Université Paris Descartes

nobody@flickr.com (astropop) — Thu, 20 May 2010 13:12:34 -0700

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