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Bearizona, Arizona
Leslie and I went to Bearizona back in March, when we were roadtripping to Albuquerque. We got there the day after a huge Flagstaff snowstorm, so I got to be in way more snow than I could have anticipated. I LOVED IT (both the snow and Bearizona).
Because it was the day after the storm, and the park was largely abandoned, there were no shows scheduled, so we weren’t able to catch any of those, but having the entire place largely to ourselves was an excellent substitute.
I gotta to admit, most of my favourite animals there were not bears.
My actual pictures from Bearizona are in this blog post on Tumblr.
More about Bearizona on Roadtrippers, and on their own website.
The Wagner Free Institute, Philadelphia
As much as I loved the Mütter Museum, my favourite part of my time in downtown Philadelphia was actually the Wagner Free Institute of Science. It’s a Victorian science museum that’s been largely untouched since 1891, except for the occasional necessary restoration(like the one ongoing for the entomology collection, after a dermestid beetle infestation in the 1990s).
It’s basically cabinets upon cabinets of meticulous, systematically organized, specimens and lots of old taxidermy, some of which is maybe not particularly great(part of the charm, really).
An interesting note, Joseph Leidy was also the person who exhumed/discovered the Soap Lady’s body at the Mütter Museum. He’s a pretty big deal, and is considered the father of american vertebrate paleontology…but I still don’t feel bad calling him a hottie, because he sort of was.
It’s honestly difficult to capture how beautiful the place is, so here is a picture(theirs – the no photography rule is very strict).
More on the Wagner Free Institute on their website and on Atlas Obscura.
The Mutter Museum, Philadelphia
I was lucky to have been able to visit the Mütter Museum(in Philadelphia) with my awesome comic friends, alisonwilgus, careydraws and mollyostertag .
It was without a doubt, one of the most compelling museums I’ve ever been in, and I’m still thinking about it. Like the comic says, the gift shop was kind of jarring to me, but the rest of the museum was fascinating, respectful and solemn.
For more information on the Mütter Museum, visit their website.
Emerald City Comic Con – Seattle, Washington
