The City Reliquary

Today's item from the archives: part of the first haircut photo collection! Al Criscillo, a barber in Williamsburgh for over 5 decades, offered parents a free photo of their child's first haircut. His photos, preserved in the City Reliquary's collection, show a changing community in an unchanging institution. Keep on preserving: cityreliquary.org/join or link in bio Testimonial from Patrick O.: "A belief in this priceless community forum that always inspires dialogue and wonder on a wide variety of subjects."

Happy Halloween! Today we recall the ghost of City Reliquary Past: the apartment window on Grand and Havemeyer that started it all! Help it continue at cityreliquary.org/join Photo: Exterior of the City Reliquary 1.0, featuring a collection of lunchboxes. Testimonial from Sheryl I.: "This is my favorite museums and I recommend it to everyone that visits NYC. It's so special and unusual and must be preserved!"

Howdy from the City Reliquary! There's less than a month left in our push to generate enough sustainable funding to allow the City Reliquary to reopen to the public! cityreliquary.org/join or link in bio. Photo: one of the many vintage postcards featuring the Statue of Liberty, the secular saint of the New York harbor and subject of our largest collection. Testimonial from Jacob F.: "One of the few places still infusing New York City with serious quirk. Please keep it alive."

We have SOLD OUT three shows of THE SPIRIT OF NYC: A Really Creepy Very Scary Halloween Variety Party at the City Reliquary!! Thanks to every member, especially the new sign ups! Wish you were catching all the magic, dancing, and fun on Halloweeen night? Become a member today and all our events are free! For only $10 a month catch multiple, safe, outdoor events a month, PLUS free entry for you and your household to The City Reliquary every weekend! Link in the insta bio, find... us on WithFriends, or visit our website for more info. @venuhhhtrix @jointhefuturenow #museumnyc #halloween2020 #ifyoudare #didwementiontheopenbar #signuptoday #itsaparty

Did you know that the City Reliquary played a crucial role in a Guinness World Record? In 2005, volunteers at a City Reliquary event, documented by the NY Times, counted the restaurant menus in Harley Spiller's vast collection, certifying the total of over 5,000 for Guinness! Harley's love of oddball collections has led to many collaborations with the City Reliquary over the years - you can read more about them in this week's message: https://mailchi.mp/cityreliquary/cn0520_gen-9452208

Artist and all-around fabulous person LuLu LoLo talks about her history with the City Reliquary - check it out! https://mailchi.mp/cityreliquary/cn0520_gen-9446268

It's ALIVE!!! Did you know THE SPIRIT OF NYC literally lives in the dusty, dimly lit corners of our little museum? Inside each artifact, rock, and subway coin? Floating through each event we hold in our halls and backyard? That is why it is more important NOW more than ever to BECOME A MEMBER! To KEEP THE SPIRIT OF NEW YORK CITY ALIVE!! And support being civic, community reach, history keeping, and local art! Start with the link in our bio, and find yourself exclusive access ...to our museum and events. Not to mention being part of a community of true New York City lovers and enthusiasts! Do it before Halloween and then sign up for tickets to THE SPIRIT OF NYC: A VERY SCARY REALLY WEIRD CREEPY HALLOWEEN VARIETY PARTY! For FREE! And did we mention... FREE BEER! Free beer..? Also burlesque, magic, clowns, a creepy museum hanted walk through, poetry, music, and more! This is a can't miss event with limited capacity - sign up to be a member today!

Come see Cookie Tongue this Halloween at our VERY SCARY* REALLY WEIRD CREEPY HALLOWEEN VARIETY PARTY!!! Cookie Tongue is a theatrical freak folk musical menagerie with puppetry, animation, butoh-inspired dance, and ritual magic, featuring original songs and whimsical interludes inspired by Cookie Tongue's surreal mythology, fairy tales, childhood, ghost stories, and a sprinkle.of the occult. Performed with guitar, singing saw, glockenspiel, organ, bells, drums, experimental ...percussion, and orphaned toys to send you tumbling down the Cookie hole, through sugar ash and rolling sleeves of starlight, "spellbound, tasting of a world just beyond." Become a member now for only $10 a month and the ticket price is free! This is an open air and socially distant event! https://withfriends.co//the_spirit_of_nyc_a_really_weird_m #halloween #nycbackyard #freaky #weird #museum

Need an open air event this Halloween?? Look no further - The City Reliquary is having : THE SPIRIT OF NYC A VERY SCARY... REALLY WEIRD CREEPY HALLOWEEN VARIETY PARTY! Join us for @cookietonguemusic , magic, clown acts, burlesque and more on the 31st! This is a limited capacity event with socially distant seating. Reserve you and your friends a table today! This event is for members only - You can sign up for one month or one year! Either way, membership awards you admission to the historic City Reliquary, access to our eclectic events, and a part of a dynamic community of NYC enthusiasts! Get your friends together and let's get REALLY SCARY VERY CREEPY this Halloween! Membership/ticket link in the bio or visit the blog on our website for more info.

Let’s keep the momentum going! We ONLY NEED 2 more sustainable members before our next email goes out on Tuesday at 2:00 in order to stay on track toward our goal of 300 members by 11/22! You can help us reopen the museum doors by becoming a member here: https://withfriends.co/cityreliquary/join... Photo: hand signals for flagging a moving train, from a 1972 MTA Safety Rules book.

What's the connection between Rodin and the City Reliquary? It runs through our Resident Geologist Emeritus Nik Sokol. Nik's great-grandfather, Josef Kratina, was Rodin's lead apprentice prior to emigrating to NYC in 1907. Kratina's sculpture studio was at 81 Prospect Place in Brooklyn, and there he worked on the bust of Teddy Roosevelt that is usually on view in the City Reliquary's back gallery (along with a photo of Kratina in all his mustachioed glory). Nik talks more about his family and love for the City Reliquary in this week's message, which you can read in full here: https://mailchi.mp/cityreliquary/cn0520_gen-9439616