Science / Museum Review

Nineteenth-Century Clickbait

The exhibition “Mermaids and Monsters” explores hoaxes of yore.

by Deb Lucke via The New Yorker on January 20, 2024

A pink admission ticket.

Silhouettes of people waiting on line in the rain and holding umbrellas.

Man and woman looking at an orangutan's skull with a baboon's jaw and salmon tail.

Three people looking at a FeeJee mermaid in a glass case.

Two batwinged people flying and Cardiff Giant and Centaur of Tymfi walking with a legless bird.

Man talking about exhibit behind him.

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