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Humanizing a Museum’s Ancient Mummies

by Allison Meier May 10, 2017May 10, 2017

“The story of mummification begins with a person’s death,” starts the Mummies exhibition now at the American Museum of Natural History in New York.

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Comparing the Afterlives of Peruvian and Egyptian Mummies

by Allison Meier September 10, 2015September 12, 2015

Chicago’s Field Museum is touring its mummies for the first time, and their inaugural stop is the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County.

Detail of Dora Budor, "Our Children Will Have Yellow Eyes" (2015), screen-used miniature rooftop from 'Johnny Mnemonic' (1995), steel armature, epoxy clay, infected silicone prosthetics, acrylic polymer with pigment suspension, sfx and weathering paint, and assorted metal hardware
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A Sculptural Sequel for Blockbuster Movie Miniatures

by Benjamin Sutton July 6, 2015

The Swiss Institute’s basement gallery space looks like the set for an avant-garde science fiction movie right now.

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