
She lived inside someone’s locket
Categories: Curiosities, history • Tags: face, heart, love, nostalgia, photography, vintage
Categories: Curiosities, history • Tags: face, heart, love, nostalgia, photography, vintage
Categories: Contemporary Art, Curiosities, history, Museums • Tags: collection, history, institution, museum, nostalgia, outsider art, suitcase
Categories: history, Museums • Tags: criminal, daniel lohill, daniel tohill, humor, mug shot, museum, new zealand, nostalgia, photography, time, victorian era
Leeches have been used for bloodletting for centuries. In fact, they became so popular in the 18th and 19th centuries that they were almost farmed to extinction in Europe. Although falling out of fashion in the later half of the 20th century, their medical use is making a comeback in microsurgery and reconstructive surgery due to the anti-coagulant properties of their secretions, which is useful for reducing blood clots and venous pressure from pooling blood, and for healing skin grafts. […]
Categories: Curiosities, history • Tags: advertisements, ephemera, illustration, images, leeches, medicine, nostalgia, science, unsettling, victorian era
A monument to broken hearts and lost loves, the clever Museum of Broken Relationships features objects related to former romantic relationships, anonymously donated by broken-hearted people all over the world. The museum was originally conceived by Olinka Vištica and Dražen Grubišić as a travelling exhibition, and now has a permanent home in Zagreb, Croatia. Featuring diverse love tokens such as teddy bears, wedding dresses, underwear, and even an axe, the collection becomes a physical manifestation of the heartache, nostalgia and […]
Categories: Ideas, Museums • Tags: humor, institution, love, museum, nostalgia
Categories: Contemporary Art, Ideas • Tags: art, body, children, history, images, nostalgia, photography, time