France's "House of Horrors" - The Fragonard d'Alfort Museum

In this video, Jessica the Museum Guide (that’s me!) explores the horror and the wonder of the truly macabre Musée Fragonard d’Alfort in Paris. This museum is filled with horrific veterinary specimens, oddities, and the infamous écorchés – flayed humans preserved with wax and fat. 👉🏻Join me for exclusive content ONLY on my Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/themuseumguide - an extra museum tour every month! 👉🏻Don’t forget to like, comment, and subscribe. Leave a comment and let me know your thoughts about this museum and medical museums in general. 👉🏻As always, thanks for watching. If you enjoyed this virtual museum tour, then please consider leaving me a tip at www.paypal.me/jessicatourguide or buy me a coffee at https://www.buymeacoffee.com/JessicaGuide 👉🏻Interested in the camera I use for filming in museums and churches? It's the Osmo Pocket 3 - find it here: https://amzn.to/3BO4SEb Remember – I guide private museum, oddities, and graveyard tours in London. Get in touch at [email protected] 0:00 - Introduction to the tour 2:49 – The history of the Maisons d’Alfort Veterinary School and Museum 4:17 – The importance of studying horse anatomy in 18th century Paris 6:16 – A porpoise écorché 6:35 – A two-headed calf, 10-legged lamb, and circus sideshow gaffs 8:53 – The “Cyclops:” a one-eyed colt 9:20 – The skeletal menagerie 10:22 – What are wet specimens? 11:25 – Equine and bovine intestines and stones 13:05 – A dog with bone lesions 13:56 – Entering the ‘chamber of death’ – the écorché room 14:10 – The life and times of mad scientist Honoré Fragonard 18:21 – What happened to the other écorchés? 18:49 – A long tradition of death and art 20:07 – How did he do it? Fragonard’s écorché method 21:40 – Looking at each specimen in-depth – Horseman, Samson, dancing foetuses and more 24:25 – BodyWorlds, Gunter von Hagens, and the ethics of displaying corpses 26:32 – A Beauchêne or ‘exploded’ skull Thank you so much to my Patreon Patrons at all levels. Shout out to: Kathryn Johnson, Alanna Butler Gallagher, Kelly Henry, Edith Furlong, Kirstie Hayes, Christina Knevitt. Eve the Oracle, and Sophie Watson They're members at the Museum Aficionado level or higher. Thanks so much for your support! Like The Museum Guide on Facebook! https://www.facebook.com/themuseumguide You should really join the London Urban Oddities Facebook group to submit your favourite weird places in London. https://www.facebook.com/groups/2037408773114764 Hana Elvy creates my thumbnails – you can hire her to make your YouTube thumbnails here: https://www.peopleperhour.com/hourlie/design-youtube-thumbnail/856969