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Museum Press Rollout Events
- 2nd Annual Maker's Holiday Pop-Up
- 1122 Gallery, Dec. 15, 2019 2-6 PM
- Hellraiser Homemaker Pop-Up
- AFRU Gallery, Nov. 30, 2019
- Rose City Art-Song Project
- Valentine's, Nov. 8, 2019
- Two cantos from Hotel Zymoglyphic set to music by Christopher Corbell (Cult of Orpheus)
- Airstream Poetry Festival
- Sou’wester Historic Lodge and Vintage Travel Trailer Resort, Seaview, WA, Oct. 25, 2019 (sponsored by Mother Foucault's Bookshop)
- Jason Squamata reads from his "Indestructible Object" in The Zymoglyphic Anthology
At the Museum
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- Zymoglyphic Museum and Mushroom Tasting March 3, 2018
- "An exploration of artifacts and art from the Zymoglyphic region, paired with a five-course mushroom sampler." The dishes were themed around the historical eras of the Zymoglyphic region.
Sponsored by Atlas Obscura - Photos of the event by staff photographer
- Food photos by diners here and here
- Under the Hawthorne Bridge (2015-2016)
- First Friday events with the Bathtub Art Museum and 3 gallery shows at the museum's first Portland location
- San Mateo (2000-2014)
- Annual open days, Obscura Days, and visits from esoteric societies
On the Road
Curious Gallery 2016/photo: Dillon Pilorget/Oregonian
The museum's roadshow unit has a booth with sample exhibits, as well as books and prints for sale.
- Curious Gallery 2017
- Portland's annual celebration of all things wunderkammer, with esoteric presentations, purveyors of curiosities, and an art show! This year featured Corviid's monumental WunderKreature and a preview of the work-in-progress Portland Insectarium!
Curious Gallery 2016- The curator was quoted in the Oregonian's coverage of the event. The diorama appears briefly in KOIN-TV's coverage
It's a good thing [the curator] was on the other side of the table, because this got me so excited that I probably would have humped his leg with glee otherwise. -- attendee Elizabeth Metz
- Curious Gallery 2015
- The curator made a presentation about the museum and was part of a panel discussion on "Morbid Curiosities"
Maker Faire - May 18-19, 2013- San Mateo County Fairgrounds, San Mateo, CA
"The greatest show and tell on earth", this event showcases the modern do-it-yourself movement.
The museum presented a roadshow with emphasis on "Creating and curating your own museum".
Space was shared with Laura Mappin's Belly Button Museum
Book Arts Jam - October, 2010-2013- Foothill College, 2010/2011; Lucie Stern Center, Palo Alto, 2012/2013
- This annual event is organized by the Bay Area Book Artists.
- The museum presented prints and books from the Zymoglyphic Museum Press as well as a sample of exhibits.
Blog entries: 2011 - 2012
In Art Shows
Items from the museum's collections have been included in a modest number of gallery shows
- "Zodiac" - June/July, 2019
- Splendorporium
- Two collages shown in which the night sky consists of actual constellations instead of mere stars
- "Byte Me 7.0" (March 2018) and "Byte Me 8.0" (March 2019)
- AFRU Gallery
- Annual show of art and technology, where the Cybernetic Aquaria versions 1 and 2, respectively, made their debut
- Video of show
- "Mail/Art/Book" - February through April, 2014
- San Francisco Center for the Book
Mail art show including a Zymoglyphic Museum postcard - "The Mushroom and Hot Dog Basement Show" - May 17-June 28, 2012
- Art show at Musee 16 in Los Angeles
Included a collage and a drawing from the museum's collections that had mushroom-like elements - "Obsessions: Selected Personal Collections" - Sept. 27-Dec 4, 2008
- An exhibit at the Peninsula Museum of Art about local collectors and collections. It featured the museum's Xenophora collection as a collection of collectors.
- "Curiosity Cabinet of the Collective Unconscious" - 2005
- A repurposed library card catalog was refitted with miniature scenes in the drawers in place of the cards.
The museum contributed a "crustacean mini-diorama" The card catalog was on display at the Hive Gallery, Los Angeles, in August of 2005 and as part of the Funhouse at Burning Man 2005 - "Boxes" - 1991
- California Crafts Museum, San Francisco
Exhibit included an early diorama, "Bug Wars", and a Rust Age artifact