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In love and taxidermy: Brooklyn's Morbid Anatomy Museum holds Kittens' Wedding

If you've never witnessed the union of two taxidermy kittens, then you haven't lived. Luckily, The Morbid Anatomy Museum in Brooklyn, New York, has got you covered. In a new, bizarre exhibition, the museum seeks to "illuminate the strange and profound human connection to preserved animals", through showcasing a variety of taxidermy from private collections.

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Two taxidermy kittens posed as a bride and groom in Walter Potter's Victorian wedding tableau, with decorated animals visible in the blurred background

At the centre of the exhibition is The Kittens’ Wedding, described as "the final and perhaps most unforgettable of all of the works of Walter Potter, completed in the 1890s".

"The Kittens’ Wedding was created by Walter Potter, a self-trained British Victorian country taxidermist best remembered for a series of anthropomorphic tableaux in which he posed stuffed animals such as kittens, rabbits and squirrels as if engaging in human activities.

"These works were exhibited for nearly 150 years until the museum he founded was divided at auction in 2003. The pieces then moved to the homes of private collectors around the world, most of them never shown since." For taxidermy fans, this is not to be missed. Discover more at morbidanatomymuseum.org.

Via The Creators Project | All images copyright of The Morbid Anatomy Museum

Taxidermy kittens dressed in ornate Victorian clothing and jewellery, including red ribbons and gold embellishments, arranged as wedding guests in Walter Potter's 1890s tableau
Walter Potter's Kittens' Wedding taxidermy tableau featuring a ginger kitten in a navy velvet jacket surrounded by white kittens in ornate period dress
Three taxidermied kittens dressed in Victorian clothing posed around a small white wedding cake, part of Walter Potter's 1890s Kittens' Wedding tableau
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