#Museums

#IndianHeritage #IndianMythology #History #Heritage #Painting #IndianHistory #Museums #Paintings #MastoArt

8 hours ago

Battle between #Hindu monkey God Hanuman & Demon Kumbhkaran from the #Ramayana

c1810 CE #Pahari #IndianMiniaturePainting from #Kangra #HimachalPradesh #India now at Mount Holyoke College #Art #Museum of USA.

https://www.eventbrite.ie/e/the-cross-of-cong-art-archaeology-and-history-of-a-medieval-treasure-tickets-714485624737 #museums #lecture

11 hours ago

Online Lecture: The Cross of Cong - the art, archaeology and history of a medieval Irish treasure

Dr Griffin Murray, Lecturer in Archaeology and Museum Studies, University College Cork will discuss the creation of the Cross of Cong to mark the 900th anniversary of its creation. This lecture will explore the origins of the cross, its art and archaeology.

1pm on Wednesday, 4 October.

12 hours ago

Online talk: Wild Atlantic Voices

Join Irish Folklife Curator, Noel Campbell, for an online talk exploring his work on the development of a gallery dedicated to traditional Irish boats of the Atlantic coast on Thursday, 28 September, from 1pm to 1.30pm. Admission is free. Booking required.
https://www.eventbrite.ie/e/wild-atlantic-voices-tickets-715934247607 #museums #NationalMuseumOfIreland

12 hours ago

'Viaduct near Estaca' by Georges Braque (1908), and a photograph of the artist #art #arts #arthistory #impressionism #impressionist #impressionists #history #artwork #painting #paintings #modern #modernart #artlover #artlovers #artmuseum #artmuseums #museum #museums #inspiration #motivation #artist #artists

#Museums #Texas #UTAustin #Atx

17 hours ago

👉German Museum Staff Get Police Protection | Jakarta's National Museum Ravaged By Fire | Why Do US Museum Workers Want To Quit? | Museums Unlikely Heroes In Societal Collapse | More Museum News http://www.globalmuseum.org #museums #globalmuseum #museumnews #news #museumjobs #jobs #artgallery

Itamar Medeiros

21 hours ago

Spending a fun day at the #MercedesBenzMuseum in #Stuttgart #Germany #cars #sports #history #museum #museums #photography

Alex Wild

1 day ago

Today, the renovated Texas Memorial Museum reopens as the Texas Science and Natural History Museum.

https://www.texasmonthly.com/being-texan/austin-texas-science-natural-history-museum-renovation/

Clemens Vasters' Pictures 📷

1 day ago

DB Museum Nürnberg #photography #bahn #db #deutschebahn #deutschland #germany #history #museum #museums #nuremberg #nürnberg #rail #railways #highlight (Flickr 08.07.2020) https://www.flickr.com/photos/7489441@N06/50096812608

Edwinek 🌍

#photography #Museums #anniversary #SingerLaren

A great afternoon at the, as always, excellent Singer Museum, followed by a lovely dinner at Vis Atelier in Laren. I've had worse Fridays.

S piece of fried monkfish with a couple of carrots and a few cockles

Clemens Vasters' Pictures 📷

Dr. Victoria Grinberg

I've been asked an interesting question yesterday that stumbled me first and made me think: which #museums do I like most?

There are certain topics that draw me in: Asian art, ancient history (and art), everything art nouveau & symbolism, old Dutch masters, design, Jewish stories, etc.

But what I like most is to learn something interesting and fascinating about something I did not know I was interested in before. To get my eyes opened to something.

How would you answer the question?

'The Resurrection of Christ / 'The Ascension of Christ' by Rembrandt (1636-1639) #art #arts #artist #artists #christian #christianity #artlover #artlovers #inspiration #motivation #spiritual #spirituality #christ #artnet #artmuseum #artmuseums #museum #museums #arthistory #painting #paintings

'Der maler auf einer waldlichtung, unter einem schirm liegend (The painter in a forest clearing, lying under an umbrella)' by Carl Spitzweg (c.1850) #painting #paintings #art #arts #nature #naturelover #naturelovers #artist #artists #arthistory #romantic #romance #love #relax #relaxing #calm #calming #artmuseum #artmuseums #museum #museums

Archdaily : Hangzhou Riverfront Public Space -the Fengyuan Station / TJAD Original Design Studio https://www.archdaily.com/1007141/hangzhou-riverfront-public-space-the-fengyuan-station-tjad-original-design-studio #LandscapeArchitecture #CulturalArchitecture #Museums&Exhibit #visitorcenter #Pavilion #Learning

@990000@mstdn.social

👀
“There’s No Such Thing as an Ethical Museum”
https://conversationalist.org/2023/09/14/ethics-museums-metropolitan-museum-of-art-american-natural-history-shelby-white-sackler/

#Museums #Ethics

Allysse Riordan

#BlackAndWhite #BNW #Monochrome #MastoArt #Museum #Museums #Galleries #Photography #BlackAndWhitePhotography #MonochromePhotography

People in museums.

A horizontal black and white photograph of a white person walking up stairs. The scene is high key, the person has dark hair and a dark jacket.

A vertical black and white photograph of a person in a gallery watching an unseen work of art. The person is seen from the back, they are wearign a dark coat and trousers. They have shoulder length blond hair. The scene is high key.

Museums Association Conference 2023: The Power of Museums

Our hybrid annual Conference 2023 will be held at The Glasshouse (formerly the Sage Gateshead) on 7-9 November 2023, and is also available online for remote attendees.

With museums facing multiple financial, ethical and practical challenges, we need a new vision for the sector http://www.museumsassociation.org/events/conference-2023/ #museums #conference

Tommaths (he/him)

I had an inspiring chat this morning with someone who's developing an #art & #music activity for a #museum...

...and wants to make sure that the young people who will take part will see the #maths that exists within it too.

Often, #museums can help visitors to explore #mathematics without creating anything new; they just need to open their eyes, hearts and minds a little wider.

Patrick O'Beirne

@IanMoore3000 @TeamMidwest
So did I - slightly disappointed that it's not an abbreviation of Glamorous 😏

"#GLAM is an acronym for #galleries, #libraries, #archives, and #museums, and refers to #cultural #institutions with a mission to provide access to knowledge"
I'd use the direct method - google for the national / city institutions of interest and email them.
Eg island.is
#mastodaoine

'Vendredi II' by Auguste Herbin (1951) #abstract #abstractart #modern #art #arts #artist #artists #arthistory #modernart #artgallery #artgalleries #artmuseum #artmuseums #museum #museums #inspiration #shapes #forms #motivation #artlover #artlovers

'Jason with the Golden Fleece' by Bertel Thorvaldsen (1828) #sculpture #sculptures #art #arts #greek #ancientgreece #greece #artmuseum #artmuseums #museum #museums #artlover #artlovers #sculptor #sculptors #myth #myths #mythology

Lukas Fuchsgruber

#museum #digitalmuseum #museumpolitics #museums

"Could our ‘inclusive’ best practice in fact be perpetuating long-standing exclusions, given the structural racism and colonial logics inherent in the broader museum project and its conventions, histories, and infrastructure?"

Ananda Rutherford - Provisional Inclusion
https://museumdatalaundry.com/2023/09/13/provisional-inclusion/

Deirdre Spencer

#art #SFBA #artists #museums #exhibition #salon #deYoungMuseum #sanFrancisco

Art for today. I'm taking my daughter to the the opening celebration of the second triennial de Young Open 2023 salon exhibition on September 30, and am really looking forward to seeing SF Bay Area artists' work there.

Wish they did this annually!

https://www.famsf.org/exhibitions/de-young-open-2023

'Cesar s'ennuie' by Henri-Paul Motte (1880) #painting #paintings #artist #artist #realism #rome #ancientrome #roman #artlover #artlovers #arthistory #artnet #history #artmuseum #artmuseums #museum #museums

Hyperallergic

#Art #Museums #LosAngeles

Just weeks after reopening after a $5M upgrade, the California African American Museum remains closed due to flood damage caused by Tropical Storm Hilary.

https://hyperallergic.com/845436/california-african-american-museum-remains-closed-after-flood-damage/

Atlas Obscura

John Brown Memorial Park and Museum in Osawatomie, Kansas

Explore the cabin where the famed abolitionist once lived and the site where he fought the Battle of Osawatomie.#battlefields #undergroundrailroad #stateparks #history #parks #museums #abolitionists #abolitionsim #section-Atlas
John Brown Memorial Park and Museum

IHC

https://praticasdahistoria.pt/collaborative-practices

✍️ The call for papers for the themed issue of Práticas da História — Journal on Theory, Historiography and Uses of the Past dedicated to "Collaborative practices: rethinking narratives and musealisation processes" is now open.

The editors are Rita Juliana Soares Poloni (UFPel), Diego Lemos Ribeiro (UFPel), and Elizabete Mendonça (UNIRIO).

@histodons
@museum

#Histodons #Museums #CallForPapers #OpenAccess #UsesOfThePast #CollaborativePractices #Musealisation #CFP

Dezeen : Open Architecture designs "extraterrestrial-looking" space museum in China https://www.dezeen.com/2023/09/20/space-crystals-museum-open-architecture-china/ #Culturalbuildings #OpenArchitecture #Architecture #Cultural #Museums #Space #China #News #all

Will Buckingham | 白忠修

Writing a paper about #museums for an upcoming conference. It's been so long, I'm not sure I really remember how to write a conference paper, so I'm compensating by putting in jokes about bad museum cafés.

Screenshot of text, reading —

"Beyond learning: And this raises a question: how should we see this curious business of visiting museums? Is it a way of learning? In part, perhaps. But learning doesn't entirely capture what is going on. It is not that we don't learn from visiting museums. We may learn many things: the history of art, or of slavery, or of colonialism, or of early civilisation; the fact that we are impatient with others' children and indulgent with our own; the melancholy truth that cakes in museum cafés are not dependably fresh; the painful realisation that we no longer climb the museum stairs with the energy we did as a child; the dawning awareness that sometimes, museums can be pretty boring, but if we continue to hang around despite this, we often find they become interesting again. And so on."

Martin Rundkvist

Do you like #museums? I just learned the three golden rules of museums in the kids section of Stavanger Archaeological. We should all keep them in mind.

* Do not shout
* Do not shove other visitors
* Do not run around

#IndianHeritage #Art #IndianHistory #History #IndianMythology #Religion #Hinduism #Paintings #Museums #Delhi #MastoArt #Hindu #JammuAndKashmir #Delhi #Heritage #IndianReligion

'The Holy Family'.

Lord #Shiva with wife Parvati and sons God #Ganesha & the six-headed Kartikeya in this c1750 CE #Pahari #IndianMiniaturePainting from #Basohli or #Mankot #Ramkot near #Jammu now at National #Museum #NewDelhi

#HappyGaneshChaturthi (Birth Celebrations of God #Ganesh) to those celebrating today.

Atlas Obscura

Deane Winthrop House in Winthrop, Massachusetts

The oldest continuously inhabited home within the United States.#history&culture #museums #houses #section-Atlas
Deane Winthrop House

Robin

#museum #museums #copyright

I was poking through #DigitalNZ (as I thought it could be a good way to add things to @ExhibitExplorer without having to write an API interface for each one) however I discovered so much there is marked 'All Rights Reserved'.

I know that DNZ is just reproducing what was given to them by the source, but for example Teviot museum with its less than a thousand pictures of old things like this https://digitalnz.org/records/47527339/iron-kerosene-domestic-iron oughtn't be restricting their use, it serves no purpose as far as I can see. Or University of Otago (hmm, I probably can figure someone to prod - @micheinnz are you still around there?), which has 38,000 images. Of which 44 are shareable. That's pretty shameful.

On the other hand, DNZ allowing me to filter on this is pretty great, will have to take a couple of evenings and do some deeper exploring. It'd be good to just be able to review a source from them and switch it on by adding a config entry or something.

MetaFilter

#collections #museums #attractions #collecting #weird #WeirdCollections #hobbies

Seeking More Weirdo’s Hoards Of Treasures

"My absolute favorite genre of museum/attraction is 'eccentric rich person’s oddly sorted collection of items related to their special interest(s).'" Mefi member ActionPopulated asks where to scratch this itch.

image via mercermuseum.org: a huge stone walled vaulted room filled with a cacophony of items on the floor and hanging from the side galleries and rafters: statues, wooden boats, sleds, tables, chairs sleighs, carriages, wheels. etc.

#IndianHeritage #IndianHistory #Hinduism #Religion #History #Heritage #IndianMythology #Museums

Potbellied yet dignified this c800-900 CE Buff Sandstone statue of 'Dancing #Ganesha' from a #Hindu temple at #Rajasthan or #MadhyaPradesh is now at Mount Holyoke College #Art #Museum USA.

It is a stolen item from #India & Holyoke maintains that this idol is with them on 'loan' but has refused to divulge who the owner is.

#HappyGaneshChaturthi (Birth of Lord #Ganesh) to those celebrating today.

The Japan Times

6 days ago

The art market in Asia is changing — with Japan beginning to assert itself once again. For Pace Gallery CEO Marc Glimcher, that shift is long overdue. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2023/09/11/art/pace-gallery-ceo-asia-art-market/?utm_content=buffer4abc7&utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=bffmstdn #culture #art #art #pacegallery #hongkong #china #southkorea #tokyo #japaneseart #museums

#MementoMori #histodons #histodon #twittermigration #history #histmed #histsci #museum #museums

6 days ago

NYT Architecture : Raymond Moriyama, Designer of Humane Public Spaces, Dies at 93 https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/18/arts/raymond-moriyama-dead.html #WorldWarII(1939-45) #Deaths(Obituaries) #Moriyama,Raymond #Toronto(Ontario) #Discrimination #Architecture #Museums #Japan

Dr Lindsey Fitzharris

6 days ago

Carved from wood, this 16th-century figure shows a corpse inside a coffin. The body is decaying and worms are spilling from the stomach. The coffin is a memento mori, an object that reminds the viewer of the shortness of human life & the inevitability of death.

A small wooden coffin with a wooden corpse inside.

The National Museum in Jakarta, housing hundreds of thousands of ancient artifacts, including prehistoric treasures, suffered a devastating fire on Saturday evening, resulting in substantial damage & the potential loss of national treasures https://jakartaglobe.id/news/national-museum-that-houses-prehistoric-artifacts-ravaged-by-fire #museums #fire #Jakarta

😎 How Much Money Should A Museum Director Make? | Weak Cataloguing System Made It Easy to Steal From The British Museum | Chinese TikTok Hit Amplifies Calls For Return Of Artefacts | More Museum News http://www.globalmuseum.org #globalmuseum #museums #news #museumnews #jobs #museumjobs

https://histotravel.com/best-history-museums-to-visit-in-montreal-quebec/

Best history museums to visit in Montreal, Quebec

#historicalsites #history #travel #historicalattractions #tourism #heritage #historicplaces #monuments #architecture #historic #montreal #quebec #canada #museums

politicscurator

We're recruiting for an archives assistant in case anyone is interested (fixed term, 2 years, based in London at LSE Library). It's a great entry level job if you're interested in getting into archives https://jobs.lse.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/5647/0/404074/15539/archives-assistant

#jobs #archives #libraries #GLAM #London #LSE #museums #archivists

londondreamtime

Hello I’m going to do another #introduction
I’m Vanessa a full time professional storyteller. I work with adults and children in various settings like #museums #galleries and festivals and once I did a TEDx talk about finding magic!
My interests are # #london #weirdStuff #esoteric #pagan #occult #folklore #folktale #myths #legends #UntoldStories

PS I have a family of foxes in the garden who regularly try and become our pets by coming into the house and following us around.

Archdaily : Lizhuang Museum of Cultural Preservation in World War ll / TJAD Original Design Studio https://www.archdaily.com/1006704/lizhuang-museum-of-cultural-preservation-in-world-war-ll-tjad-original-design-studio #CulturalArchitecture #Museums&Exhibit #CulturalCenter #Museum

Letterform Archive

#Ephemera #Museums #SpecialCollections #IndustrialRevolution

The first artists and printers to call themselves “designers” advertised their work in the mid- to late 19th century. Their printed ephemera brought color and design innovation to the masses. Soon, thanks in part to a generous donation from collector Richard Sheaff, thousands of fine examples of this blossoming graphic design will join Letterform Archive.⁠

See more of the Richard Sheaff Ephemera Collection: https://letterformarchive.org/news/richard-sheaff-vintage-ephemera/

A collage of 10 items of ephemera – tags, labels, trade cards – all with bright colors and decorative lettering.

Mia

https://zenodo.org/record/8269842

Toward a National Collection (TaNC)'s interim Impact Evaluation Report is online

'A GLAM (#Galleries, #Libraries, #Archives, #Museums) sector survey, engagement sessions and secondary analysis produced key findings about TaNC’s impact on cultural institutions'

#MuseTech #TaNC

Dr Lindsey Fitzharris

#histodons #histodon #histmed #histsci #animal #museum #museums #venice

In January, I stumbled upon a cabinet of 19th-century animal specimens at the Natural History Museum in Venice. Unfortunately, there was very little information about the collection, but it did feel like walking into the office of an obsessive Victorian professor.

A colorful photo of a preserved animal heart with specimens behind it.

Various preserved animal specimens. At the front of the cabinet, there appears to be a small skeletal hand.

Mike Jones

My latest for The Conversation > What Manchester Museum’s return of 174 Indigenous artefacts tells us about the future of museums https://theconversation.com/what-manchester-museums-return-of-174-indigenous-artefacts-tells-us-about-the-future-of-museums-213147 #museums #histodon #collections #repatriation #research

Hyperallergic

https://hyperallergic.com/843886/museum-lifts-ban-on-photographing-picassos-guernica/

Madrid’s Museo Reina Sofía has lifted its historic photography ban on Pablo Picasso's "Guernica" painting.

#Art #Museums #Picasso

Bob Greene

https://www.gardnermuseum.org/experience/presence-of-plants-in-contemporary-art/gallery-guide

A wonderful multimedia installation, Antoine’s Organ, by Rashid Johnson is the centerpiece of the Presence of Plants in Contemporary Art show at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in #Boston MA. Hidden inside the structure is a piano, where jazz pianists perform filling the gallery with music. Here are a couple of my snapshots. (2/2)

#Art #Museums #ContemporaryArt #MultiMedia #Jazz

“This image shows a massive structure that forms a three-dimensional black metal grid, nine levels high. The structure is longer than it is wide. The grid is filled in with objects, especially plants. There are a variety of plant species of various sizes scattered throughout the grid. The plants are all in pots, ranging from unique ceramic pots to common clay pots. Wand-shaped bright LED lights are attached to various points on the grid, horizontally and vertically. The grid also contains bust-shaped yellow sculptures, stacks of books, and a few videos playing on small analog tv sets.” (text from the Museum website)

Looking at Antoine’s Organ by Rashid Johnson at an angle, showing individuals viewing the installation with a bank of windows behind them.

Bob Greene

#Art #Museums #Architecture #Garden
https://www.gardnermuseum.org/

A few snapshots from the lovely atrium of the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in #Boston MA. (1/2)

Looking down from the second floor at a sculpture of a woman is surrounded by green, purple, and white plants. A small tree is prominent in the foreground. Ornate stone archways and windows are behind the sculpture.

A sculpture of a woman is surrounded by green, purple, and white plants and framed by an archway. A small tree is behind the sculpture.

On the second floor, looking straight across the atrium. On the other side, a woman in white standing at an ornate stone balcony is taking a photo.

Looking from a hall through an archway into the atrium. There are strong shadows in the hallway. A large plant that’s growing into the hallway is prominent in the foreground. In the distance, two people are sitting in one of the arches that make up the hallway.

iangriffin

An incredible panel discussion @tuhuraotagomuseum exploring diversity in STEM with former astronaut Heidi Stefanyshyn-Piper and some inspiring women from Dunedin #STEM #museums #NewZealand

Rob Lancefield

#MuseTech #AI #Museums #MetMuseum

Six faves from the #MCN2023 program in chrono order, 3/6:

Artificial Intelligence and Museum Learning: Friends or Foes?

https://mcn2023.sched.com/event/1RYOk

Ulpia Traiana Sarmizegetusa – the capital of the Roman province of Dacia
https://histotravel.com/ulpia-traiana-sarmizegetusa-the-capital-of-the-roman-province-of-dacia/

💙😎#historicalsites #history #travel #historicalattractions #museums #churches #tourism #heritage #historicplaces #monuments #architecture #historic #UlpiaTraianaSarmizegetusa

Trajan's Forum and the ruins of Ulpia Traiana Sarmizegetusa, with the Archaeology Museum in the distance

#historicalsites #history #travel #historicalattractions #museums #churches #tourism #heritage #historicplaces #monuments #architecture #historic #sarmizegetusa #DacianKingdom

Sarmizegetusa Regia, the capital of the Dacian Kingdom
😎https://histotravel.com/sarmizegetusa-regia-the-capital-of-the-dacian-kingdom/

Sarmizegetusa Regia temples and the solar andesite disk

History of #Worcester, #Massachusetts, with historical tourist attractions
😋https://histotravel.com/history-of-worcester-massachusetts-with-historical-tourist-attractions/

❤️💛#historicalsites #history #travel #historicalattractions #museums #churches #tourism #heritage #historicplaces #monuments #architecture #historic

The Worcester City Hall and Common, the Bigelow Monument, and the Bancroft Tower

#historicalsites #history #travel #historicalattractions #museums #churches #tourism #heritage #historicplaces #monuments #architecture #historic

The modern history of #ShetlandIslands, with museums and other historical tourist attractions
💙https://histotravel.com/the-modern-history-of-shetland-islands-with-museums-and-other-historical-tourist-attractions/

The County Buildings in Lerwick, St Ringan's Church, and the Lerwick War Memorial

🤠👉https://histotravel.com/history-of-waco-texas-and-historical-sites-to-visit-here/

History of #Waco, #Texas, and historical sites to visit here

#historicalsites #history #travel #historicalattractions #museums #churches #tourism #heritage #historicplaces #monuments #architecture #historic

The Texas Ranger Hall of Fame and Museum, and The McLennan County Courthouse

FINOkoye

#Printing #museums #LocalMuseums #Norwich #LocalHeritage

For anyone in the #Norwich area this weekend, the Norwich Printing Museum has some fab, hands-on events as part of the Open Heritage Days: https://norwichprintingmuseum.co.uk/events/ - do check them out and get yourself a free poster in the process 😉

A bundle of letterpress blocks with a banner that reads 'Norwich Printing Museum' laid across them

'Wild cat' by Rosa Bonheur (b.1822-d.1899) #art #arts #cat #cats #catsofmastodon #painting #paintings #artists #artist #arthistory #realism #painting #paintings #artlover #artlovers #museum #museums #artmuseum #artmuseums #wildlife #environment #environmental #conservation #animals #artwork

#historicalsites #history #travel #historicalattractions #museums #churches #tourism #heritage #historicplaces #monuments #architecture #historic

#Shetland Islands – prehistoric, ancient and medieval history, with ruins and historical sites to visit
❤️😎https://histotravel.com/shetland-islands-prehistoric-ancient-and-medieval-history-with-ruins-and-historical-sites-to-visit/

The Broch of Mousa, The Scalloway Castle, and the St Olaf's Church, Unst

👉 https://histotravel.com/mount-sinai-and-the-saint-catherines-monastery-in-egypt/

Mount Sinai and the Saint Catherine’s Monastery in #Egypt

💙#historicalsites #history #travel #historicalattractions #museums #churches #tourism #heritage #historicplaces #monuments #architecture #historic #MountSinai #SaintCatherine #monastery

Saint Catherine's Monastery and the chapel on the top of Mount Sinai

#historicalsites #history #travel #historicalattractions #museums #churches #tourism #heritage #historicplaces #monuments #architecture #historic #usa #usahistory

Chicago, Illinois, in the 1900s – history, tourist attractions and things to do
❤️ https://histotravel.com/chicago-illinois-in-the-1900s-history-tourist-attractions-and-things-to-do/

The Victory Monument, the Statue of The Republic, and the 35 East Wacker, with the skyline of Chicago in the background

😎 https://histotravel.com/history-of-chicago-in-the-1800s-and-historical-landmarks-from-that-period/

History of #Chicago in the 1800s and historical landmarks from that period 🙂😋

#historicalsites #history #travel #historicalattractions #museums #churches #tourism #heritage #historicplaces #monuments #architecture #historic

A photo of old Chicago mixed with that of the Henry B. Clarke House

Leanne J

4 weeks ago

World's Largest Collection of Smallest Versions of Largest Things 😁
https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/worlds-largest-collection-of-smallest-versions-of-largest-things #AtlasObscura #travel #museums

Cameron MacLeod

#Ontario #ONPoli #ScienceCentre #Museums #Privatization

How underfunded is the Science Centre? They took an exhibit from 1996 out of storage to fill an area because so many exhibits are broken. It’s filled with ancient grainy video, and several interactive components in it are also broken and screwed shut.

So depressing.

You can see “A Question of Truth” listed as a current showcase exhibit, *and* you can read a journal article about its creation in 1996, here: https://duckduckgo.com/?q=%22ontario+science+centre%22+%E2%80%9Ca+question+of+truth%E2%80%9C&t=fpas&ia=web

Photo from 1996 exhibit with super-contrast cool font and ancient dolls in a display case about racism.

Cameron MacLeod

#Ontario #ONPoli #ScienceCentre #Museums #Privatization

An actual rainforest, with suspension bridge and waterfall, *inside the Ontario Science Centre*.

Go see it if you haven’t. Because Doug is going to tear it down soon, and the new SciencePlace™️ (brought to you by Pepsi®️ and Deco Labels®️ and Doug’s Friends Development Inc.®️) won’t be as cool.

Rainforest with suspension bridge and waterfall, inside the Ontario Science Centre.

'Ixion' by Jusepe de Ribera (1632) #art #arts #artists #artist #arthistory #artlover #artlovers #painting #paintings #museum #museums #artmuseum #artmuseums #drama #myth #myths #mythology

Mia Q.

https://about.flipboard.com/inside-flipboard/baltimore-museum-of-art-guards/

Museum guards spend hours with the artifacts they watch over, so of course they’re going to have opinions about #art and #curation. Get to know 2 of the guards who participated in the Baltimore Museum of Art's 2022 show, “Guarding the Art.” They’re not just protecting the art; they’re in a relationship with it and how people react to it. Just talking about the profound impact of art moved one guard to tears, and for that alone, I love this interview.

#museum #museums

Bearded white man with long hair and close-up on white woman's face with the words "Baltimore Museum of Art Guards" and "The Art of Curation" on a red staircase-like background.

Dr. Abbie ⛄️

https://careers.msu.edu/en-us/job/515902/public-programs-coordinator-educational-program-coordinator-i

Come work alongside me and the fantastic team at the MSU Museum in East Lansing! We're exploring the intersection of science, art, culture, and technology, and pushing the boundaries of what it means to be a 21st century museum.

#Museum #Michigan #MSU #Museums #Education

Robin

I'm looking for #museums to add to @ExhibitExplorer - if anyone knows of a #museum with a good open API for their catalogue please let me know.

I'd especially like ones outside the angloshere/Western Europe for variety, but any suggestions will be added to my list, my research tends to cover English and European ones but I can't tell if it's because that's what searches show up or they are more likely to have public APIs. I don't mind if I have to request a key.

Sadly the #Powerhouse museum seems to have deactivated their API so there's now a hole to fill. If you happen to know who to ask about that, it'd be also useful, my email went unanswered.

Please boost for coverage.

ProPublica

#Repatriation #Schools #Universities #NativeAmerican

We Carry the Burden of Repatriating Our Ancestors. Here’s What It’s Like to Report on the Process as an #Indigenous Journalist.
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Mary Hudetz describes the financial cost and emotional distress that #tribal communities face as they continue to wait for the return of the remains of their ancestors, thousands of which are held in #museums across the country.

https://www.propublica.org/article/what-its-like-to-report-on-repatriation

mk30

#museums #MuseumStudies #America

also at the museum of science and industry, you can walk into a United Airlines plane where this is the scene that greets you:

(note, i did not add the music. it was playing in the exhibit.)

a surreal scene inside the united airlines exhibit at the museum of science & industry in chicago

mk30

#foucault #science #STS #MuseumStudies #ScienceStudies #museums

update: turns out that it's probably leon foucault, not michel!

also, some of the halls at the museum of science & industry have names of famous inventors etc. in big letters at the top of the halls (see pic 1).

and just on accident, i spotted foucault's name among them! i wonder how our boy would feel having his name among the Great Names of Science, in a science museum! it's actually kind of funny imo.

you can see names of great scientists, etc., on the wall above the 2nd floor in this photo.

foucault's name was right above me on the other side of the hall lol.

Carissa Chew

On the Cultural Heritage Terminology Network website you will find hundreds of equalities, diversity, and inclusion resources, with special focus on inclusive description and indexing projects that I am constantly updating. #critcat #inclusivedescription #heritage #metadata #libraries #archives #museums https://culturalheritageterminology.co.uk/resources/

Yilin Wang

#NameTheTranslator #QiuJin #WritingCommunity #Translation #Academia #museums

Some friends have started this petition to support me and to hold the British Museum accountable for their use of my translations of Qiu Jin's poetry without permission, credit, or pay in an exhibit for over a month.

Please sign it and share!

https://www.change.org/p/hold-the-british-museum-accountable-for-copyright-and-moral-rights-infringement-and-the-erasure-of-feminist-poet-qiu-jin

Karen E. Lund 💙💛

Over the course of eight days (Thursday to Thursday) I visited five museums. Kinda high number, even for me. Some good exhibitions and inspiration for a forthcoming newsletter article.

At the Staten Island Museum I had to grab this shot of a Mastodon to share here.

#museums #mastodon

A mounted mastodon (half of one, really) emerges from a pained scene on a museum wall. It might look cute and cuddly but for the two large tusks.

A brick wall and window are visible to the left.

AI6YR

Apologies for the #Trump mention, but what the heck. #antiquities #museums #theft #archeology https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/2023-07-18/ty-article/.highlight/israeli-antiquities-remain-stranded-at-trumps-estate-as-authorities-fail-to-retrieve/00000189-6448-dc6b-a3f9-ee593e850000

Haaretz | Israel News
Israeli Antiquities Are Stranded at Trump's Florida Estate as Authorities Fail to Retrieve Them

Israeli clay lamps, intended for a brief exhibition in Washington D.C. in 2019, got stranded in the U.S. due to the pandemic. Recently, they were found at Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida

Nola :ir:

Hello and welcome to my #introduction 👋I am a mid-thirties, late diagnosed #ADHDer, with an #autistic partner. Coming up to my diagnosis 1-year anniversary 🥳 and learning lots every day, having regular “aha” moments. I work PT #burnout in a library and spend my free time trying to coral my unruly curiosity fairly unsuccessfully.

A snippet of my many waxing and waning interests include: #cacti #succulents #cats #dogs #budgies #astronomy #zoology #economics #tech #psychology #neurodiversity #spoontheory #streetart #modernart #arthistory #sculpture #crafts #museums #artgalleries #urbanspaces #heritage #architecture #snailmail #books #libraries #archives #forteana #documentaries #podcasts #zooniverse #googlecrowdsource #miscellanea

British Museum Launches Stolen African Artifacts Into Space | “It’s best for everyone if no one can have them,” British Museum chair George Osborne said | The Onion https://www.theonion.com/british-museum-launches-stolen-african-artifacts-into-s-1850596748 #museums #TheOnion #humour #humor #satire

#IndianHeritage #IndianHistory #Games #Art #Museums #Heritage #Paintings #Entertainment

#DelhiRains
It is raining heavily today too, breaking a 41 year record. Just 2 days of #Monsoon #Rain has completed more than its average for #Delhi for the entire month of July!

Since I can't go outside, I might as well stay indoors and play Yo-yo.
(Lonely people must amuse themselves).

Like in this c1770 AD #Mughal style #IndianMiniaturePainting from #Bundi or #Kota #Rajasthan & now at Brooklyn #Museum

Flipboard Art & Photo Desk

🔎This Week In Global Museum | A National Snapshot of United States Museums | Visitors Own Everything Inside New Museum | Titanic Museums Memorials Mocked | Chinese Museums Exorbitantly Cash In | More Museum News http://www.globalmuseum.org #museums #globalmuseum #museumnews #news #museumjobs #jobs

https://www.theatlantic.com/culture/archive/2023/07/biblioteca-ambrosiana-milan-art-da-vinci-drawings/674625/

Milan's Biblioteca Ambrosiana receives just 180,000 visitors a year — a tiny number compared to, say, the Vatican Museums, which welcome that many in a week. Yet it houses paintings by Botticelli, Caravaggio, Titian, Bruegel and da Vinci, and a nine-foot cartoon by Raphael that takes up the wall of one gallery. Here's the story of this extraordinary museum and the many treasures it holds. [Story may be paywalled]

#Art #Museums #Italy #Travel

Kathy Reid

Hi folx! It's been a minute since I did one of my #ConnectionList #Introduction #TwitterMigration posts, where I hand-pick accounts that you might like to follow, using my reach to more richly connect the #Fediverse :fediverse:

Dr @josephguillaume is a #researcher at the @ANUFennerSchool where he specialises in #model-based #science and #decision support. Joseph was a key contributor to the @AlgFuturesLab series of workshops 👋 🇦🇺

@ANUResearch is a new arrival to #Mastodon - great to see #ANU have an official presence here! This account posts about #research and #TechnologyTransfer and #ResearchTranslation 👋 🇦🇺

Dr @michealaxelsen is a Senior Lecturer in #InformationSystems at UQ #UniQueensland 👋 🇦🇺

Prof Janet Vertesi @cyberlyra is a #professor of #sociology at #Princeton @princeton specialising in #STS 👋 🇺🇸

@erici is a #soil #science student in #Naarm / #Melbourne, who is interested in #Microbiology and #BioInformatics 👋 🇦🇺

Professor Anne Pasek @Aepasek is a Professor at #TrentUniversity where she specialises in #ClimateChange, #DigitalInfrastructure and #EnergyPolitics 👋 🇨🇦

Dr @katrinagrant is an #ArtHistorian and #DigitalHumanities #researcher at #ANU, interested in #maps, #GLAM, #landscapes, #gardens and #museums 👋 🇦🇺

@datasociety is the non-profit #research institute that studies the social implications of #data-centric technologies and #automation #STS 👋

That's all for today!

🌞Protest Tells Meta to Stop Deleting Art | Conserving Art While Conserving Energy | Fossil Shows Sticking Your Neck Out Is Dangerous | Where did you get THAT? | Mütter Museum Collection Review Matters For Disability Representation | More Museum News http://www.globalmuseum.org #museums #globalmuseum #news #museumnews #museumjobs #jobs

Kriszta Satori

#Moscow #museums close to the #Kremlin are being evacuated: #Tretyakov gallery, the #Pushkin museum, cultural centre #GES-2, and the shopping centres Mega Belaya Dacha and Kvartal

In cities across #Russia #Wagner billboards are being dismantled
#Prigozhin #putin

#MastoArt #IndianHeritage #IndianHistory #Museums #Paintings #IndianCulture #Religion #Hinduism #Hindu #Painting #Celebration #RememberanceDay #IndianReligion #IndianMiniaturePaintings #IndianMythology

You see, that Star up there, that is my Father!

Deeply remembering my father on this #fathersday today with this lovely c1780 AD #Rajput #Rajasthani #IndianMiniaturePainting from #Kishangarh #Rajasthan #India now at #Harvard #Art #Museum

'Radha & #Krishna on a Terrace'.

@pvonhellermannn

Marquis de Geek

Today, my @museumPASSmusee expired. In the last year I visited 50+ #museums in 3 separate #Belgium trips

It's not a record, but as I travelled from the UK, and relied on public transport for every trip, it's a big commute!

Where next? What other countries have a similar scheme?

🌏 British Museum Drops Rosetta Stone Plans | Deity Transformed Into Obscene Pink Museum Mascot | Biologist About To Literally Eat His Words | Transplant Patient Sees Own Heart In Museum Display | More Museum News http://www.globalmuseum.org #globalmuseum #museums #News #Jobs #museum

These breathtaking stoneware bowls are exhibited in the Asian Civilization Museum in Singapore in a very creative way https://artsaisuo.com/post/changsha-ware #Singapore #museums #AsianCivilizationMuseum #chineseceramics #ceramics