Entry No. 197 — the Denver file — filed under: oddities

The Terrorium Shop (Terrorium Annex classroom)

This Denver oddities shop runs hands-on insect-pinning and taxidermy classes in a separate classroom space called the Terrorium Annex, a few blocks from the Yates Street storefront. Sessions cover things like pinning and displaying a tarantula or other specimens, alongside terrarium building and bone-cleaning workshops (using their dermestid beetle colony). New class dates are listed about every couple of months and full classes drop off the site, so offerings rotate. It is the kind of place where a date night involves preserving a real specimen together rather than sipping wine.

The move: Book a two-person insect-pinning slot and each mount and pin your own beetle or tarantula to take home as a matching pair of framed specimens.

📍 Before you go Classes are posted bi-monthly and book by the session, not drop-in; the classroom (Annex, 3611 W 49th Ave) is a different address from the retail shop. Confirm a date and the specimen type before going.

• 📍 Sunnyside / Berkeley, Denver
• 💸 $$
• ⚡ Up for anything
• 🌗 Indoors

Where: Shop: 4416 Yates St, Denver, CO 80212; classes at the Terrorium Annex, 3611 W 49th Ave, Denver, CO

Hours: Added 2026-06-23 — confirm current hours before you go.

⚠ Seasonal or scheduled — always check before you go.

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Proof: source 1 · source 2 · source 3 · source 4

last checked: 2026-06-23