Woolly Mammoth Chicago

Woolly Mammoth Chicago: vintage taxidermy and curiosity cabinet items

Woolly Mammoth Chicago is a brick and mortar store in Chicago that presents itself as a curiosity cabinet: a shop of odd, singular, and eclectic items resurrected from the past. Its activity focuses on the sale of collectibles and antiques, with a selection that combines the historical, the scientific, and the unusual.

Specialty: taxidermy, anatomy, and medical items

The store declares itself to specialize in vintage and antique taxidermy, anatomy items, medical stuffs, books, toys, skulls, bones, and skeletons. This specialization coexists with other categories that the store itself lists: military, funerary, art, charts and maps, tools, specimens, natural history, science, culture, and industrial.

A catalog of items resurrected from the past

The assortment is built around antique and period pieces rather than contemporary production. The store groups its offerings into areas such as:

• Vintage and antique taxidermy.
• Anatomy and medical items.
• Skulls, bones, and skeletons.
• Books and toys.
• Military and funerary.
• Art, charts, and maps.
• Tools and specimens.
• Natural history, science, culture, and industrial.

Search for pieces on request

In addition to direct sales, the store offers its customers the possibility of requesting specific pieces: if someone is looking for a particular object, they can leave their request so that the shop adds them to a wishlist and searches for it on their behalf.

Hours and operation

The establishment is open every day, Monday through Sunday, from 12:00 to 17:00. It remains closed on most US federal holidays, and any other occasional closures are announced through its social media channels.

Location and contact

1513 West Foster Avenue, Chicago, IL, 60640, United States · Phone: 773.989.3294 · Email: woollymammothchicago@yahoo.com