Staff Report | Oct 6, 2022
Early October brings a series of international observances that happen to coincide with steampunk interests. But it appears that 2022 will be the last year the world celebrates one of those occasions, Ada Lovelace Day, at least as an organized event.
Staff Report | Jun 24, 2021
The Brick Store Museum, host of the Southern Maine Steampunk Fair, received a Leadership in History Award for its Century Saturdays virtual exhibitions. The exhibitions included steampunk content.
Bay Area artist Eric Kelly exhibited his work in a historic mansion during Marin Open Studios
Staff Report | Jun 9, 2021
Readers of The Steampunk Explorer are likely familiar with the work of Eric Kelly, who transforms Victorian-era photographs into surreal portraits and dreamscapes. It got a recent showing in San Rafael, California.
A look at sixteen historical figures who are steampunk inspirations, or maybe should be
Staff Report | Mar 6, 2021
Now it can be revealed: The identities of the historical figures in our new social media banner. Most lived their entire lives in the 19th century, and each was prominent in some way, as an author, artist, social reformer, or head of state.
Retrofuturistic images from France and Germany offer a historic glimpse into the Year 2000
Staff Report | Oct 28, 2020
Back around 1900, several artists created whimsical images depicting life in the year 2000. They showed great imagination, but also demonstrated the ways in which artists are constrained by their cultural environments. We’ve compiled a gallery.
Staff Report | Aug 14, 2020
Denis Shiryaev worked his video restoration magic on a 1902 film of the Wuppertal Suspension Railway, aka The Flying Train.
Staff Report | Jul 17, 2020
Radioactive stars Rosamund Pike as the groundbreaking scientist.
Staff Report | Jul 3, 2020
Mementos from some of history’s top inventors and scientists can be yours, but you may have to mortgage your airship to afford them.
Title pages from old insurance maps are models for steampunk and neo-Victorian design
Staff Report | May 21, 2020
Old maps might seem like an unusual source for design inspiration. But the fire insurance maps published in the 19th and early 20th centuries by the Sanborn Map Company have had a big influence on steampunk and neo-Victorian design.
Staff Report | Mar 20, 2020
AI tools have transformed old film footage into a virtual time-travel experience to North England in 1900 and 1901.
