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Memento Mori Oddities Shop

Bournemouth, England

A genuine Little Shop of Horrors. 

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Crown of Bones made by Matthaeus Ball Memento Mori (Memento Mori )
Crown of Bones made by Matthaeus Ball Memento Mori (Memento Mori )
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Opened in 2013 by photographer Mattaeus Ball and model Starla Rose, The Memento Mori (now Decorus Macabre) store presents a vast collection of odd antiques, macabre artefacts and modern artworks, as well as a large array of flea market treasures that the artist used to provide through his Etsy store. 

Pay a visit and you’ll be struck by the melancholic beauty of Lizzie – the Victorian skeleton and mascot of the shop who lies in a glass coffin like a morbid version of Snow White, a bouquet of dead flowers in her hand. Unique in the area, Memento Mori is a mandatory stop if you are in the Bournemouth area for a treasure hunt revolving around old and antique things, specialising in the macabre.

Update 2018: Memento Mori is now closed and Decorus Macabre has taken its place, specializing mainly in human bone articulation and ethically sourced oddities and antiques. You can find them at www.decorusmacabre.com. 

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Now online and private viewings only. You can usually find Decorus Macabre at tattoo conventions and the like.

wonder cabinets purveyors of curiosities collections
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