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Joanna Ebenstein

The Morbid Anatomy Museum's exhibit The Art of Mourning included this shadow-box art made from human hair. During Victorian times, mourners would often make jewelry and other objects using hair from deceased loved ones.

The Anatomical Venus was one of the most complex wax figures used in training physicians. The internal organs of these sleeping beauties could be removed to illustrate the female reproductive system.

Wax figures, called moulages, were popular as teaching tools for doctors in the 18th and 19th centuries. These display the symptoms of lupus and leprosy.

The centrepiece of a Morbid Anatomy Museum taxidermy exhibit was Walter Potter's famous diorama The Kittens' Wedding, made circa 1890 with 15 kittens. At that time, taxidermy was much more popular than today as a home art form.