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From the Voyage Vaults, Object No. 30 5 Nov 2010 | 08:47 am
Just as I was about to head out the door of the tourist-filled St. George’s Basilica in the Prague Castle (Pražský hrad), I found myself face to face with a skull and pleasingly arranged assortment of...
Hollow Bones 17 Sep 2010 | 08:53 am
On offer today we have a short personal interlude – last month D and I were asked to curate an installation of our art and objects from our personal collection for The Widow’s Watch, an art salon in t...
An Ocean of Bottles 25 Jul 2010 | 02:23 pm
Dear readers, this absence of late is unforgivable! But if we may plead our case, we (D and M) have had a most busy of years, with D working on the Atlas Obscura, and M making her way in the world of...
Insect Month: Boston Science Museum 27 Mar 2010 | 08:14 am
The Boston Science Museum is full of wonders; it’s like a children’s museum for adults (although kids seem to like it too.) We especially love the gigantic models of insects. Giant Housefly Model An...
Insect Month: Naturhistorisches Museum 16 Mar 2010 | 10:00 am
One of the first museums we visited when we began Curious Expeditions nearly three years ago was the fantastic Naturhistorisches Museum in Bern, Switzerland. Though we tend to be drawn to museums enve...
From the Voyage Vaults, Object No. 29 11 Mar 2010 | 07:23 am
March is insect month here at Curious Expeditions in celebration of our group art show, Entomologia, up until April 4th at Observatory! La Specola in Florence, Italy, is most famous for its world cla...
Entomologia Lecture Series This Month 9 Mar 2010 | 08:49 am
The opening night of the show I curated, Entomologia, was a great success! Thank you to all who made it out despite the snowstorm that night. Here are a few images from the show. There is still plenty...
Entomologia: A group show of insect art 12 Feb 2010 | 05:45 am
We are extremely excited to announce Entomologia, a group show of insect art; curated by our very own Michelle Enemark and on view at our event/gallery space, Observatory. We believe that science and ...
Painless Parker’s Dental Circus 9 Feb 2010 | 11:00 am
Show girls, singing and dancing. A band with blasting bugles. A dental chair poised at the ready in the bed of a horse-drawn wagon. And there at the center of it all is Painless Parker, dressed to the...
The Sun and the Moon: The Incredible Moon Hoax of the 1830s 25 Jan 2010 | 05:57 am
Where must one go to hear a tale of man-bats, Edgar Allan Poe, lunar telescopes, PT Barnum, newspapermen, a massive hoax, unicorns, 1830s New York, and a 161-year old woman, all wrapped into one amazi...
