In October 2019, Museum educator Bernadette Hoffman attended a workshop on basic taxidermy using a mouse. The workshop was hosted by the Adirondack Experience at Blue Mountain Lake. Participants could either create a standard piece or an anthropomorphic one. Bernadette is a cat lover and thought her little mouse could be a “cat lady” with adoring felines at her feet.

Definition of anthropomorphic. 1 : described or thought of as having a human form or human attributes anthropomorphic deities stories involving anthropomorphic animals. 2 : ascribing human characteristics to nonhuman things anthropomorphic supernaturalism anthropomorphic beliefs about nature. (merriam-webster.com/dictionary/anthropomorphic).