Jenny Haniver ⚓ A Jenny Haniver is the dried, modified carcass of a ray or skate, shaped to resemble a fantastical creature such as a demon or dragon. From the 16th century, they were collected by sailors and enthusiasts as curiosities and displayed in cabinets of oddities.

Cold-painted bronze sculpture of a cat killing another cat, likely by Franz Xaver Bergmann (1861-1936).

Hardee's Fries Advertising Statue. 🍟 On display at the Museum of Curiosities, Dublin.

Deformed mermaid 🧜‍♀️ Specimen recovered by a fisherman off the coast of a Caribbean island. The subject is a two-headed infant mermaid, exhibiting bifurcated cranial development.

This horned Asmat skull, decorated with shells, originates from Papua New Guinea. It was used in rituals to honour ancestors and ward off spirits.

Turtle Boy 🐢 A curious half-turtle, half-boy hybrid was discovered on the Galápagos Islands during a long-forgotten expedition. The finding followed a series of unusual discoveries in the region, including the Komodo dragon and the marine iguana.

Dodo Skeleton 🦤 This is a cast made from a real dodo skeleton in France, though even this skeleton would have been assembled from bones of multiple dodos, as complete skeletons are exceptionally rare.

Sheep Lady. 🐑 I found this in a charity shop one day. I should not have taken it home. Things were never the same.

The Snagfish 🐟 A hideous, man-faced deep-sea dweller accidentally fished out of the depths of the ocean, horrifying all who witnessed the spectacle.

Unknown Number.

Secret Drinker 🍷 This 1920s Austrian carved wooden figure of a smiling man holding an umbrella conceals a glass decanter inside, serving as a secret flask.

80 Year-Old Sweets 🍬🍭 A 1940s salesman’s sample case from Trebor, used by travelling representatives to demonstrate sweets directly to shopkeepers, hotels, and other buyers so they could inspect quality before placing orders.

Baby Face Soap 🧼 Norton’s Baby Face Soap, produced in the 1930s, took the unsettling form of a crying infant’s face.

Lega Bwami mask from the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Spider Hairdryer, 1930s. This 1930s Supreme Pedestal Hairdryer features a striking Art Deco design with spider-like metal arms, adjustable prongs that surround the head and deliver heat evenly.

Henry the Horse 🐴 Apparently, this toy, which is over 100 years old, was made from real horse hair and skin.

The Lionfish, part of our "Creatures of the Deep" display upstairs. 🌊

Haunted clown sleeping bag. Sweet dreams.

Sometimes they try to escape.

Porcupinefish 🐡 The Porcupinefish is a tropical and subtropical marine fish closely related to pufferfish that defends itself by rapidly inflating its body into a large, spiny sphere when threatened, using both its expandable stomach and sharp external spines.

Thanatophoric Piglet. This piglet was affected by thanatophoric dysplasia, a rare genetic condition that causes a disproportionately small ribcage and extremely short limbs.

Winged Lamb 🪽 A rare and enigmatic creature of legend, this hybrid bears wings yet cannot truly fly and is said to guard sacred meadows. It has the body of a lamb and the wings of a turkey.

Haunted Hotel Key 🔑 Late 19th century room key from Chicago’s Congress Hotel. Famed for its vintage charm, it is also known as Chicago’s most haunted hotel, with reports of unexplained sounds, eerie sights, and entire floors sealed off due to paranormal activity.

Devil Inkwell 😈

Look into my pie. 🥧

When pigs fly. 🐷🪽

i woke up like this.

Evil-eye Doll 👁️ Collected in Turin in the 1940s by a now-deceased fortune teller, the doll is believed to represent a malocchio, or Italian evil eye. Unlike protective charms, this was intended to harm: a curse directed at a woman, possibly a sentence of death or suffering.

Mechanical wind-up bunny rabbit with carrot and metal teeth, West Germany 1940s. 🥕

Do something different this weekend and get yourselves down to the Museum of Curiosities to witness the unbelievable 💀🧜‍♀️