Micro-post #76: Finding out about the Bone Museum in Bushwick

After finding out there is, indeed, a Bone Museum in Brooklyn, I was asked by my spouse to share what I found. It's certainly a thing.

Everything posted here is being reproduced for posterity purposes only (and maybe for some morbid laughs, if I'm being totally honest). If you have any questions, please take it up with the original commentors, thanks...

Picture by Matthew Schwartz (Unsplash)

The Bone Museum's entry on Atlas Obscura: (in full)

"Opened in 2022, The Bone Museum is a rare repository of real human skeletons, which is dedicated to explaining their use throughout medical history. Founder Jon Pichaya Ferry started collecting human remains mostly from medical professionals while still living in a dorm room at Parsons School of Design. Under the label JonsBones, previously displayed his macabre assortment in his Williamsburg apartment, before relocating to a 175-square-foot space in Bushwick.

The Bone Museum has recently undergone a relocation to the esteemed McKibbin Lofts, where it now proudly occupies a 1,000-square-foot space. While it might seem a tad morbid, Ferry insists that it's largely for educational purposes and that all of the bones are certified by a forensic anthropologist to make sure their provenance is legal. To date, his collection includes nearly 100 human skulls, 120 spinal columns, and eight full skeletons. The space covers the history of the medical bone trade." - Masha Potemkin

Some other people's thoughts regarding the Bone Museum from a Reddit thread about its ethical practices:

The first one is from- u/EquivalentIll1784, who later comments that they stood corrected about the AAM status and that there's nothing wrong with Jon-Jon's outgoing nature yet still finds it bizarre that "Dildo Boy" had an extensive bone collection in the first place:

The second comment of note, from u/Slut_for_Bumblebees, makes a very strong argument that this all might not be as ethically-sourced as advertised:

Make of this as you will but I do actually wonder: how does somebody have their own bone museum ethically?