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The Menagerie Oddities Market at the Mackay Mansion Museum in Virginia City happening Saturday

Event Date: 
June 22, 2024 (All day)

The extravagant, lauded and inimitable Menagerie Oddities Market, whose credo is, “This Ain't Yer Grannies Craft Fair”, comes to the Mackay Mansion Museum in Virginia City, Nevada on Saturday, June 22, 2024, from 11 am to 7 pm.

Calling all seekers of the strange and unusual; Be amazed by wondrous and incomparable things at Nevada’s most iconic haunted mansion… Witness the bizarre, mystifying, and unusual as the most paranormal building in the Silver State hosts the most immersive, innovative, full sensory, multi-interdimensional, experiential, daring, interesting, magnificent and highly curated oddities and curiosities market west of the Mississippi.

ART: On display will be 40 artisans, creators, and purveyors of strange and unusual craftings, baubles, trinkets, ornaments, novelties, knickknacks, ephemera, elegant jewelry, clothing, accessories, medical and scientific specimens, antiques, photography, home decor, taxidermy, works of fine art, and other collectible oddities and curiosities created from components, parts, pieces, bugs, bones, items and elements hand-made, foraged and found. The Menagerie Oddities Market™ draws a jolly band of nomadic and dedicated, awesomely awe-inspiring, anomalously aberrant, distinctively divergent as well as idiosyncratic and individualistic misfit artists from near and as far away as New York, South Carolina, Portland, and Los Angeles who participate in 2024’s 17 annual fantastical themed Curiosities Shows, Residencies and Festival events.

MUSIC AND LIVE ENTERTAINMENT: General admission includes live entertainment, dazzling roaming performances from the Renegade Circus, tarot card readings, an elixir bar, music from Ms. Wunderkammer, and Kellsey Long (Soprano). Join Dr. Paul Koudounaris for discussions on topics from his world famous and highly sought after books, including his forthcoming fall release: Faithful Unto Death: Pet Cemeteries, Animal Graves, and Eternal Devotion. Also participate in a butterfly and moth pinning workshop with Kristin Silver of Silver Moon Curiosities (requires ticket upgrade). Offering timed ticket entry to ease attendee traffic and provide patrons with the most enjoyable experience. Advance ticket purchase is highly recommended. ALL AGES admitted. Under 5 years of age get in FREE.

The market is ADA Accessible - The mansion is not ADA Accessible. Free Parking. Outdoors: Rain or Shine. In-and-out privileges with hand-stamp.

What: The Menagerie Oddities & Curiosities Market at the Mackay Mansion Museum
Where: The Mackay Mansion Museum, 291 South D Street, Virginia City, NV 89440 - https://www.therealmackaymansion.com/
When: Saturday, June 22, 2024
Time: 11 am - 7 pm
Directions: Google Maps: https://maps.app.goo.gl/t8Emh8g1EoodYAJZ7
Tickets: $10 to $95
Buy Tickets: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/virginia-city-oddities-show-tickets-7918749...
Facebook Event Page: https://www.facebook.com/events/884458253374315
Founded in 2019, the Menagerie Oddities Market is a Latina-owned business.

Website, Social Media, Event Tickets, Email Sign-up, etc., please visit the Menagerie Linktree Gateway: https://linktr.ee/themenagerieodditiesmarket

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