Horror lectures and events in Toronto. (Hitting rest, back soon!) Named after Scotland Yard's infamous murder exhibit, The Black Museum began in Fall 2012.
Featuring a range of speakers and topics from film theory to genre studies to hands-on workshops by professionals in the biz, The Black Museum is a place where horror professionals of all kinds share their experience, knowledge and love of the genre in a casual and interactive atmosphere. Join curator Gina Freitag (and co-founders Paul Corupe and Andrea Subissati) for an evening of frightful fun! No prerequisites necessary.
07/06/2021
Beloved Followers,
We're taking a vacay and using the heatwave downtime to cook up some hot stuff for Fall programming.
Enjoy your summer too, Museumites: keep the horror movies flowing, don't forget to hydrate, and slather on that sunscreen!
See you soon!
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Cheers to Stephanie Graves for last night's fabulous lecture on camp and q***r horror TV, and to all our fantastic viewers and supporters - lots of love to you all!
06/23/2021
🚨 New blog post! 🚨
Guest lecturer Stephanie Graves shares some opening thoughts to prime you for tomorrow night's main event (RSVP for free - https://www.facebook.com/events/138329364939340)!
"An Affinity for Camp" reflects on Susan Sontag, the notion of 'camp' as critique, and more!
Read on: http://theblackmuseum.com/news/an-affinity-for-camp/
06/21/2021
Have you saved your seat at the table for our next free lecture yet?
Don't keep us waiting...
June 24th | "Artifice & Exaggeration: Camp Sensibilities and Q***r Horror TV" with Stephanie A. Graves
RSVP for free: https://tinyurl.com/dsxjxte4
06/17/2021
We're a week away from Stephanie A. Graves' lecture, "Artifice & Exaggeration: Camp Sensibilities and Q***r Horror TV"
Are you joining us? It's gonna be a scream...
RSVP free: https://tinyurl.com/dsxjxte4
06/14/2021
Do not adjust your set!
On June 24, Stephanie A. Graves looks at how camp has shaped horror media and influenced q***r representation in some of your fave horror TV series!
"Artifice & Exaggeration: Camp Sensibilities & Q***r Horror TV"
RSVP for free here: https://tinyurl.com/dsxjxte4
Tune your attention in and please stand by: upcoming lecture news is almost upon us!
In the meantime, save this date: Thursday, June 24th
05/21/2021
A big ol' THANK YOU shout-out to librarian Megan Rosenbloom for her fascinating lecture last night on "Dark Archives", human skin books in history and pop culture, and to all our viewers and supporters!
Stay tuned for info about our June event!
05/18/2021
🚨 New Blog Post!
"Fleshing Out a Curiosity" - our curator talks her own interest in anthropodermic books and the melding of history and pop culture. Read on: http://theblackmuseum.com/news/fleshing-out-a-curiosity/
(Image: “Burke and Hare Grave Robbers and Murderers”, by James E McConnell
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RSVP free to our lecture on May 20th: "Books of the Dead: The Real & Fictionalized Horrors of Anthropodermic Bibliopegy", with librarian and author Megan Rosenbloom: https://tinyurl.com/2waj8mhz
05/13/2021
We're a week away - stop resisting the urge to save your spot at our next virtual lecture!
May 20 | "Books of the Dead: The Real and Fictionalized Horrors of Anthropodermic Bibliopegy" with Megan Rosenbloom, followed by a screening of Sam Raimi's EVIL DEAD II (1987)
RSVP for free here: https://tinyurl.com/2waj8mhz
05/13/2021
Anthropodermic books "have important lessons to teach us - if we're willing to reckon with their dark past and all that it tells us about the culture in which they were created.”
Pick up your copy of Megan Rosenbloom's own chilling book, 'Dark Archives', before our next lecture: https://tinyurl.com/4vszybjs
05/12/2021
Awwww yiss, fun mail day! Time to switch from library e-book to personal copy, now in the flesh!
Anyone else reading Megan Rosenbloom's before her lecture with us next week?
(RSVP free: https://tinyurl.com/2waj8mhz)
