Brooklyn’s Bone Museum has hundreds of anatomical specimens, rows of bones, and one very unusual staff member: a tuxedo cat named Bone Jovi.
Bone Jovi is the resident feline at The Bone Museum in Brooklyn, where he serves as the unofficial guardian of the museum’s collection of human bones and anatomical specimens, according to ABC News.
The cat has become an attraction of his own. Operations Director Masha Potemkin told ABC News that some visitors come specifically to see him, while others arrive for the museum and leave just as excited about the cat.
It is an unlikely workplace, but Bone Jovi seems built for it. Around skeletons, spinal columns, display cases, and curious visitors, he moves through the museum like a small black-and-white host who happens to own the place.
Bone Jovi Arrived Through an Adoption Event
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Bone Jovi joined the museum after being adopted from Best Friends Animal Society during an adoption event held at the museum last June. Potemkin said staff noticed him immediately because he was the “chubbiest” and calmest cat there.
The museum’s own page says Bone Jovi quickly made himself at home, exploring exhibits, greeting staff, and slipping into daily museum life as if he had always belonged there.
The Museum Cat Became Part of the Experience
ABC News reported that Bone Jovi spends much of his time roaming the galleries, greeting visitors, and keeping watch over the collection.
He wears a bone-shaped collar and has been seen playing with a skeletal fish toy, making him a natural fit for a museum where the setting is already unusual.
The Bone Museum says cats have historically had roles in museums, libraries, and archives because they helped protect collections from rodents and pests. Bone Jovi carries that tradition with more charm, more social media attention, and a name visitors remember.
Visitors Now Look for the Cat, Too
Best Friends Animal Society described Bone Jovi as a former shelter cat who became the museum’s mascot, greeter, tour guide, and social media attraction.
The group reported that he originally came to New York from a shelter in Georgia before finding his home at the museum.
On any given day, the museum says visitors may find him patrolling the hallways, asking for attention, meowing until he is noticed, or napping in his designated chair at the front desk.