Drops in the Vase is presenting the World Premiere of FEEJEE MERMAID by Clay McLeod Chapman. FEEJEE MERMAID is set on the eve of the 19th Annual International Taxidermy Championships. See photos from ...

It has a scaly tail with long, jagged spikes, and ribs that protrude from its midsection. Its head is akin to the skull of a monkey’s, with piranha-like teeth that stick out of its jaw. And the arms?

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. This engraved printing plate was ...

From my vantage point in the corner of the room, I watch dozens of people lay eyes upon the Feejee Mermaid for the first time. Each person steps up to the exhibition table, radiating enthusiasm. Each ...

Last summer while exploring museums in London, I encountered three different notorious fakes on display. Grotesquely combining a half-fish, half-mammal body, these Fiji mermaids crept among the ...

Clay McLeod Chapman digs into the dusty steamer trunk of mono-stories from his cult indie theater fave The Pumpkin Pie Show, resuscitating some old faves to send chills down the audience's spine ...

The 2,200-square-foot venue is located about ten miles inland from Ocean City, in the town of Berlin, Maryland. Alyssa Maloof Photography / Mermaid Museum Mermaids loom large in popular imagination, ...

Although it helped make him a fortune, Phineas Taylor Barnum admitted that he wasn’t too proud of the spectacle: this tiny monkey severed at the waist and stitched to the mummified tail of a fish. But ...