Boing Boing

Boing Boing

Share this post

Boing Boing
Boing Boing
American Science & Surplus in peril: 88-year-old beloved curiosity shop asks for help
Copy link
Facebook
Email
Notes
More

American Science & Surplus in peril: 88-year-old beloved curiosity shop asks for help

Ellsworth Toohey
May 30, 2025
∙ Paid
8

Share this post

Boing Boing
Boing Boing
American Science & Surplus in peril: 88-year-old beloved curiosity shop asks for help
Copy link
Facebook
Email
Notes
More
1
Share

American Science & Surplus

An 88-year-old temple of scientific wonders and glorious oddities is fighting for survival, and they're asking the community of "Surpies" who love them to help keep the lights on.

American Science & Surplus — that magical emporium where you might find mule-branding kits alongside telescopes and "wooden German wig heads" — has la…

Keep reading with a 7-day free trial

Subscribe to Boing Boing to keep reading this post and get 7 days of free access to the full post archives.

Already a paid subscriber? Sign in
A guest post by
Ellsworth Toohey
Contributor to Boing Boing
Subscribe to Ellsworth
© 2025 Happy Mutants LLC
Privacy ∙ Terms ∙ Collection notice
Start writingGet the app
Substack is the home for great culture

Share

Copy link
Facebook
Email
Notes
More