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WOOLLY MAMMOTH CHICAGO

Woolly Mammoth Chicago is a curiosity cabinet of odd, amusing & eclectic items resurrected from the past. We specialize in vintage & antique taxidermy, anatomy items, medical stuffs, books, toys, skulls, and more...

WHO WE ARE/ WHAT WE’VE GOT

Woolly Mammoth Chicago is a brick and mortar retail store and curiosity cabinet of odd, amusing & eclectic items resurrected from the past. We specialize in vintage & antique taxidermy, anatomy items, medical stuffs, books, toys, skulls, bones, skeletons, military, funerary, art, charts, maps, tools, specimens, natural history, science, culture, industrial.

View fullsize Yikes! I took the trash out and an Alley-gator almost got me! (Actually, I’m not 100% it was an alley-gator, if it’s still there after a while, then I guess it’s probably a crocodile…) #afterwhilecrocodile #seeyoulateralliga
View fullsize Assassinated President William McKinley dressed in a Masonic apron, decorated with an all-seeing eye, with his hand resting next to the Square and Compass. McKinley was shot at close range by Leon Czolgosz shortly after Czolgosz heard a speech by Emm
View fullsize One extra-large sheep skull please!…leave the skin on, hold the mayo, and make it extra Satan-y! #haveityourway #satany #comingrightup
View fullsize Here’s a fun snippet of a convo I overheard… #facepalm #chicagopride #serialkiller #jfc
View fullsize CASSOWARY BONE DAGGER …are made by indigenous tribes in Papua New Guinea. The daggers are crafted from the leg bones of the large, flightless and dangerous cassowary bird. Cassowaries were believed to possess supernatural strength which could
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View fullsize Hey Gang! Yer ole pal Duckulum here!..quack quack…just a bills up, Woolly Mammoth will be closed Thursday, July 4th…we will be busy setting off loads of fireQUACKERS! QUACK QUACK QUACK! #duckducknoose
View fullsize I’m looking forward to the Pride Parade today to celebrate my bi-son. (I’ve been recycling this post for the @chicagoprideparade for like 4 years now, and I have no intention of stopping) #pride #chicagopride #dadjokes #bison
View fullsize Nailed it. #pietà #michelangelo #rescueanne
View fullsize This spotlight came out of Chicago’s oldest gay bathhouse Man’s Country! Think of all the genitalia this bad-boy illuminated before they closed in 2018…First $200 takes it. Own a piece of Chicago history! (I really really don&rsquo
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View fullsize The Marabou Stork, aka The Undertaker stork or the Grim Reaper stork is one of my all time favorite creatures. Just so you don’t think I’m lying, the last pic is a tattoo of one I have on my shoulders. I like them for symbolic reasons. S
View fullsize Vintage match books from gay clubs, mostly in Chicago, but also Milwaukee, Houston, and a couple from the west coast. The perfect matches to lite all your Pride fires! #pride
View fullsize #babybird Open daily 12-5pm! #birdbrain
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View fullsize This is one of very few (if any other?) burial sites for a fictitious character in the world. It’s hard to see it, but the headstone reads: Paul Bunyan Born- 1794 Died- 1893 Here lies Paul, and that’s all The stone is at the end of 20&r
View fullsize #zing #rimshot #isthisthingon #cheese
View fullsize After work beers with the boys @spitefulbrewing! #cheers
View fullsize Prohibition was wild. Here’s a photo of a guy in a fedora (presumably an authority?) smashing a still in front of a truck filled with other smashed stills and booze making materials. #prohibition #speakeasy #moonshine #1930s #still #whiskey #bo
View fullsize We rescue animals dead (taxidermy) or alive! This morning we were able to save a litter of kitties that were abandoned in a ditch alongside a road! #poorlilfella #kitties #rescueanimals #lookatourhalos

Give us a call at 773.989.3294 

Store Hours

We are open everyday, closed most US federal holidays. We will post any other closings on our social media feed.

Monday-Sunday 12-5

Woolly Mammoth Antiques & Oddities is a curiosity cabinet of odd, amusing & eclectic items resurrected from the past. We specialize in vintage & antique taxidermy, anatomy items, medical stuffs, books, toys, skulls, bones, skeletons, military, funerary, art, charts, maps, tools, specimens, natural history, science, culture, industrial.

Store Hours:
Monday-Sunday 12-5

1513 W. Foster Ave. Chicago, IL 60640

Give us a call at 773.989.3294 

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