Tuesday, August 26, 2008

"Seeking Collectors of Medical Curiosities"

Filed under: Art

Morbid Anatomy, a site known to us as a goldmine of all things artsy in medicine, is looking for folks who have interesting private collections that are dying to be photographed (the pun is, indeed, intended).

From Joanna Ebenstein:

As some of you already know, I recently mounted an exhibition called Anatomical Theatre: Depictions of The Body, Disease, and Death in Medical Museums of the Western World, a photographic survey (see above) of artifacts held in great medical museums of Europe and the United States. This blog is an offshoot of that project.

For my next project, I would like to photograph similar types of curiosities, ephemera, and artifacts, but in this case only those residing in private rather than public collections. If any of you out there have collections that you think might be of interest, or know of anyone else who might, I would love to hear from you. All leads appreciated! All locations considered!

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