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What We’ll Do
Anatomical figures rendered in lifelike wax, prosthetic glass eyes peering up from medical trays, elaborate human hair wreaths memorializing the dearly departed. For Ryan and Regina Cohn, preserving these curious and often misunderstood objects is as much about honoring the past as learning from it.
What warnings can we heed from medical science’s fraught history? How can the Victorian view of death and the era’s mourning practices help us face our own fears of the unknown? Join us as Atlas Obscura’s brand-new series takes viewers inside Ryan and Regina’s extensive private collection and brings the fascinating stories of its beautiful, macabre, and even mundane objects to life.
In this hour-long virtual event, the co-founders of the wildly popular Oddities Flea Market open their doors and welcome you into their home. Enjoy exclusive access to rarely-seen objects, peruse rare artifacts up-close, and experience this unconventional collection in an intimate setting.
Where We’ll Do
Zoom!
What Else You Should Know
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About Your Host
Ryan Matthew Cohn and Regina M. Rossi
Ryan Matthew Cohn is best known for his educated opinions and consultation on the Science Channel show "Oddities." However, it is Ryan’s ability to prepare, create, craft, and provide unparalleled attention to detail in this subject matter that makes him a true artisan. It’s his stunning preparations, which have helped him in beginning to solidify a place in the fine art world. Ryan’s unique approach to the exploded skull has pushed his career from exploration and learning to create unique fine art commissions. Aside from his artistic accolades, Ryan specializes in rare and unique antiques and artifacts predominantly relating to science, anatomy, and natural history.
With an extensive background in fashion, Regina Marie Cohn runs the Oddities Flea Market, curates events at Brooklyn’s House of Wax Bar, and works with her husband Ryan buying, creating, restoring, and selling one-of-a-kind pieces of osteological work, antiques and oddities. Regina’s eye for the strange and unusual brings the Oddities Flea Market to life.