Two Requests!

[venomebat]

1.) My boyfriend and I are planning a trip to Philadelphia at the end of the summer with a group of friends. The entirety of this group collect bones/fossils/pelts/etc. Dead things.
I was wondering if anyone knew of any "dead thing" shops in Philadelphia.
Our main attraction is the Mutter Museum so anything in that area would be especially

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[klgaffney]

hi there! you're gonna love the mutter musuem, it's amazing. i used to live in philly--i'm in nj now, and while i can't think of any dead things shops off the top of my head, but the the academy of sciences/museum of natural history has a fantastic taxidermy collection, and dinosaur bones. if you're into old/possibly haunted places, you'll probably love the eastern state penitentiary. philly also has it's own ghost tour.

and of course, the philadelphia museum of art--you could lose several days there it's so huge. and right near there is the rodin museum. antique shops generally run along pine st, if i remember correctly, which is a very pleasant stroll. my favorite comic shop from when i was in college lives on south st., and while you're there, you can check out the magic gardens. *ponders* there's also the edgar allen poe house.

[venomebat]

That all sounds amazing, I'm going to have to check into all of it. I've heard of a few of them but "the magic gardens" and "the edgar allen poe house" are two I haven't heard of, so those are probably on the top of my list to google first haha.
Thank you so much!