Entry No. 15 — the Phoenix file — filed under: oddities

Curious Nature

A natural-history emporium of skulls, wet specimens, and framed insects run by a former vet tech who describes it as "a museum, but you can take it home with you." Between retail hours it runs scheduled hands-on classes taught in the store itself — build your own jackalope or rat shoulder-mount, or sit in on human osteology, palmistry, or tea-leaf-reading crash courses.

The move: Grab two seats in the taxidermy jackalope class ($350) or the rat class ($300) and leave the shop holding a genuinely strange, slightly disturbing piece of shared handiwork.

• 📍 Phoenix (Melrose District)
• 💸 $$
• ⚡ Up for anything
• 🌗 Indoors

Where: 4346 N 7th Ave, Phoenix, AZ 85013

Hours: Added 2026-07-19 — confirm current hours before you go.

⚠ Seasonal or scheduled — always check before you go.

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Further reading: Official site · phoenixnewtimes.com

last checked: 2026-07-19