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STUFF: Taxidermy

DATE: Nineteenth and twentieth centuries

Taxidermy

Hermes created his homemade versions of natural history museum dioramas in our living room upstate.The case is original to the house and held shooting trophies and gun racks and supported enormous gold plastic fret work panels... They must have seemed like a good idea in 1964 - they probably worked well with the eight chandeliers...

World Series of Taxidermy

World Series of Taxidermy Taxidermy competitions Enough said

DEYROLLE (PARIS)

DEYROLLE (PARIS)The most famous purveyor of taxidermy and the bits and pieces that go into it - glass eyes, rubber tongues - is Deyrolle, located in Paris' 7th Arrondisement

NY Times: Masters of Taxidermy

NY Times: Masters of TaxidermyBilled as The Greatest Taxidermy Show on Earth, check out the photos and video.

Creel and Gow (NYC)

Creel and Gow (NYC)Fascinating and exquisite objects sourced from all around the world by Paris based Jamie Creel and former Sothebys expert Christopher Gow

Klaus Pichler - Skeletons in the Closet

Klaus Pichler - Skeletons in the ClosetPhotographer Klaus Pichler's beautiful series, "Skeletons in the Closet"

MUSEUM DIORAMAS

MUSEUM DIORAMAS6 minutes on the creating of the dioramas of the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County.

CLAUDE NATURE (PARIS)

CLAUDE NATURE (PARIS)Our favorite resource is the charming Claude Nature on the Left Bank

THE GUARDIAN-taxidermy for beginners

THE GUARDIAN-taxidermy for beginners"Taxidermy for Beginners"

LIBRARY OF CONGRESS-ROOSEVELT AFRICAN SAFARI

LIBRARY OF CONGRESS-ROOSEVELT AFRICAN SAFARIFrom the Library of Congress - - A silent film dated 1909 of Theodore Roosevelts African safari. Skip to 8:30 for Camp Roosevelt - strewn with animal carcasses. And although the captions refer to Zulu warriors, the Zulu were a couple of thousand miles south - these are Masai.

ANDY WARHOL MUSEUM (PITTSBURGH)

ANDY WARHOL MUSEUM (PITTSBURGH)The Andy Warhol Museum (Carnegie Museums - Pittsburgh) did a show on Andy's pets - including Cecil, a stuffed Great Dane.

JONAS BROTHERS (NEW YORK)

JONAS BROTHERS (NEW YORK)The fanciest taxidermist I know of on this side of the Atlantic is Jonas Brothers. They did/do all the heavy hitter East coast hunters.

JARDIN DES PLANTES (PARIS)

JARDIN DES PLANTES (PARIS)The world's great natural history museums teach evolution through their collections of mounted animals, amphibians, and insects. One of the most beautiful is the Parisian Hall of Evolution in the Jardin des Plantes.

New york public library DIGITAL

New york public library DIGITALThe trophy room at Sagamore Hill, Teddy Roosevelt's house.

1stdibs

1stdibsThis market went from zero to one hundred in about 5 years. Once you couldn't give it away...

FIELD MUSEUM (CHICAGO) TAXIDERMY PODCAST

FIELD MUSEUM (CHICAGO) TAXIDERMY PODCASTA PodCast from the Field Museum on Taxidermy

CREATION MUSEUM (KENTUCKY)

CREATION MUSEUM (KENTUCKY)At the opposite end of the evolutionary pole, we have the Creation Museum (Petersburg, Kentucky), where "Biblical history is the key to understanding dinosaurs

POTTER'S MUSEUM

POTTER'S MUSEUMMr. Potter, in England in the 1950's and 1960's, created "veritable poetic works of art" -- Some would argue with that "review" of his art. Love the announcer's plummy accent in the 1965 video.

The Breathless Zoo

The Breathless Zoo"The Breathless Zoo" by Rachel Poliquin. Check out her website, www.RavishingBeasts.com.

SQUIRREL LAMP

SQUIRREL LAMP"FUN! Make this squirrel lamp"

HEADS OR TAILS - DOCUMENTARY

HEADS OR TAILS - DOCUMENTARYHeads or Tails, a documentary (18 minutes) on taxidermy including the points of view of both animal rights activists and taxidermists

THE AUTHENTIC ANIMAL

THE AUTHENTIC ANIMALAn absorbing read! Who'd have guessed?