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A Place Tattooed in History

Tattoo artist George Dobson draws the outline of a tattoo.

Staffers are a tight-knit group who say they established the museum four years ago after being frustrated with their former jobs.

"We just realized that we know the history, and we know the art, so why not have a museum?" says artist Dobson.

They started by "throwing things on the walls, and we just continually kept adding stuff," Dobson says. 

 Although the museum is relatively new, the artists say they have a solid following and have gotten calls of support from as far away as New Zealand.

Reilly says people have come to trust the museum and its artists, who also do body piercings.

"We don't advertise," she adds. "We don't need to."

 

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Photos and text by Fanen Chiahemen
Published Friday, May 9, 2003


Copyright © 2003 University of Maryland Philip Merrill College of Journalism

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