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A beautiful old tradition of dyeing Easter eggs using onion skins ...

2026-04-03T19:16:47Z

A beautiful old tradition of dyeing Easter eggs using onion skins and leaves to create natural patterns

[📹klosterbaldegg] #globalmuseum #Easter #eastereggs

Reflections on reuse. Sculpture Journal Volume 35, Number 1 Open ...

2026-04-02T19:17:01Z

Reflections on reuse.
Sculpture Journal
Volume 35, Number 1
Open Access👇
https://liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk/doi/10.3828/sj.2026.35.1.02 #globalmuseum #sculpture #art

How Google Maps is shaping where we eat. Josh Toussaint-Strauss ...

2026-03-21T17:05:44Z

How Google Maps is shaping where we eat.
Josh Toussaint-Strauss discovers that great restaurants are disappearing on Google Maps, despite having lots of reviews and high ratings, so he sets out to get to the bottom of it and finds out that what Google Maps shows us isn't necessarily what we want to see
https://www.theguardian.com/world/video/2026/mar/19/how-google-maps-is-shaping-where-we-eat-video?utm_source=globalmuseum #globalmuseum #googlemaps #restaurants

The Man Who Went Shopping For Dining Chairs and Accidentally ...

2026-03-20T17:27:57Z

The Man Who Went Shopping For Dining Chairs and Accidentally Bought Stonehenge.

On September 21, 1915, a British barrister named Cecil Chubb was given a very simple task by his wife, Mary. She sent him to a local auction in Salisbury with strict instructions: buy a nice set of dining chairs for their home.

But as Chubb sat in the auction house, he got distracted. "Lot 15" came up for sale, a 30-acre plot of land featuring a crumbling, dilapidated ring of ancient rocks.
@VisionaryVoid

An ancient technique for lifting giant stone blocks using a Lewis ...

2026-03-19T19:50:23Z

An ancient technique for lifting giant stone blocks using a Lewis tool

@sciencegirl #globalmuseum #history #construction

The art of Pysanky: traditional egg decorating from Europe ...

2026-03-18T16:55:37Z

The art of Pysanky: traditional egg decorating from Europe

[📹vilsonpessanka] #globalmuseum #craft #Pysanky

March 14 was International Save a Spider Day, and this year, Te ...

2026-03-17T16:53:07Z

March 14 was International Save a Spider Day, and this year, Te Papa taken a closer look at an iconic group of New Zealand spiders – the tunnelwebs. Not only were these spiders the inspiration for the design of Shelob in Peter Jackson’s Return of the King, but their family is also unique to New Zealand.
https://blog.tepapa.govt.nz/2026/03/17/save-a-spider-day-2026-the-tunnelweb/ #globalmuseum #spiders #museums

The oldest written #hummus recipe in the world is 776 years ...

2026-03-16T18:01:20Z

The oldest written #hummus recipe in the world is 776 years old...

It was written in Aleppo, Syria in 1250 CE by a historian named Ibn al-'Adeem. Not a chef. A historian. Who also happened to document one of the most extraordinary cookbooks of the medieval period.

The base of the recipe is identical to what you make today. Chickpeas, tahini, lemon, garlic, salt. That part has not changed in 776 years.

@histories_arch #globalmuseum #recipes

There's a widespread myth that medieval people used spices to ...

2026-03-16T17:08:04Z

There's a widespread myth that medieval people used spices to cover up the taste of rotten meat.

The whole story traces back to one book. In 1939, a scientist named J.C. Drummond published The Englishman's Food and suggested that medieval recipes were so heavily spiced because the meat was frequently tainted. No evidence. Just an assumption. One sentence in one book published 85 years ago.

@Dr_TheHistories #medieval #spices #food #history

A late 19th-century radiator featuring an integrated warming ...

2026-03-12T16:44:24Z

A late 19th-century radiator featuring an integrated warming oven. This ornate cast iron masterpiece was designed to keep plates warm and ready for service in grand Victorian dining rooms. #globalmuseum #Victorian

From 1757 to 1998, the Pantheon's doors couldn't be fully ...

2026-03-09T17:56:20Z

From 1757 to 1998, the Pantheon's doors couldn't be fully opened or closed.

In 1757, during an attempt to remove the doors to replace their pins, an 8.5-ton door fell on the foreman, Corsini, killing him. After this incident, no one dared to touch the doors again. The right door remained completely jammed, while the left door could only open halfway. Things stayed this way for 241 years. It wasn't until 1998 that the doors were finally set back into place using soap and custom-made plates.

Who is Emily Kam Kngwarray? This prolific Aboriginal artist began ...

2026-03-09T17:20:58Z

Who is Emily Kam Kngwarray?

This prolific Aboriginal artist began making art in her 60s—and produced nearly 3,000 works before her death. Kngwarray was deeply connected to her community and their land. She took the name of the pencil yam, a crucial crop for the Anmatyerre people.
https://www.nga.gov/stories/articles/who-emily-kam-kngwarray?utm_source=National+Gallery+of+Art&utm_source=globalmuseum #globalmuseum #Aboriginalart #art

At the Monterey Bay Aquarium, crabs began disappearing without a ...

2026-02-27T17:27:28Z

At the Monterey Bay Aquarium, crabs began disappearing without a trace. The surprise culprit? A tiny red juvenile octopus hidden in the rocks, likely brought in by accident. Master of camouflage, it hunted at night for months—outsmarting one of the world’s most carefully maintained aquariums.
#globlamuseum #octopus #aquariums

Mountain photographer stumbles on one of the largest ever ...

2026-02-20T16:37:20Z

Mountain photographer stumbles on one of the largest ever collections of Triassic dinosaur prints.

A newfound site in the Italian Alps holds one of the largest collections of Triassic dinosaur footprints ever seen

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/photographer-finds-thousands-of-triassic-dinosaur-prints-on-sheer-mountain/ #globalmuseum #dinosaurs #Triassic

Welcome to Trilobite Tuesday! Pictured is Asaphus kowalewski. ...

2026-02-18T15:55:48Z

Welcome to Trilobite Tuesday! Pictured is Asaphus kowalewski. This 450-million-year-old species stands apart from other trilobites with its eyes perched atop 2-in- (5-cm-) long stalks. To some, Asaphus kowalewski may look like an animal from a distant galaxy!
@AMNH #globalmuseum #fossils #trilobites

‘Hell’s Heels’ in North Street had one of the worst ...

2026-02-12T15:53:08Z

‘Hell’s Heels’ in North Street had one of the worst customer service reputations in the shoe sales industry - 12th century, KBR Ms. 9916-17, f. 87v
@MedMilMedicine #globalmuseum #humor #humour #manuscript

Rebinding old book into a treasure @Rainmaker1973 #globalmuseum ...

2026-02-10T17:04:23Z

Rebinding old book into a treasure
@Rainmaker1973 #globalmuseum #bookbinding #conservation #books

Lioconcha hieroglyphica is a species of saltwater clam, it has ...

2026-02-07T17:29:15Z

Lioconcha hieroglyphica is a species of saltwater clam, it has brown angular markings, often with the appearance of cuneiform characters from ancient scripts, or hieroglyphs.
@sciencegirl #globalmuseum #shells #clams #ecology

The Coffee Pot in Austin, It opened in 1928 and was demolished in ...

2026-02-03T16:37:59Z

The Coffee Pot in Austin, It opened in 1928 and was demolished in the 1960s. This photo was taken in the 1940s.
@archaeologyart #globalmuseum

Watch as this traditional felt Top Hat is meticulously ...

2026-02-02T18:12:57Z

Watch as this traditional felt Top Hat is meticulously handcrafted the old fashioned way
@TheFigen_ #globalmuseum #hats #costume #hatmaking #crafts

Who else would use this 1900s foldable bread slicer over a modern ...

2026-01-23T16:41:04Z

Who else would use this 1900s foldable bread slicer over a modern one?

@xmuse_ #globalmuseum #bread #kitchen

World’s oldest cave art discovered in Indonesia. A red stencil ...

2026-01-21T23:26:38Z

World’s oldest cave art discovered in Indonesia.
A red stencil of a hand pressed against the wall of an Indonesian cave is the oldest rock art ever discovered, scientists said Jan 21, and sheds light on how humans first migrated to Australia.

The cave art dates back at least 67,800 years, according to research published in the journal Nature by a team of Indonesian and Australian archaeologists

https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/worlds-oldest-cave-art-discovered-in-indonesia?ref=top-stories #archaeology #globalmuseum

Fossils of sea lilies can be found in rivers in England, and they ...

2026-01-20T19:00:51Z

Fossils of sea lilies can be found in rivers in England, and they were once believed to be fairy coins. They are also called "star stones" and are said to bring victory over enemies.

@BiancoDavinci #globalmuseum #fossils

Scientists Just Rewrote the Story of the Dinosaurs’ Final Days. ...

2026-01-19T18:21:24Z

Scientists Just Rewrote the Story of the Dinosaurs’ Final Days.

Fossils reveal dinosaurs were flourishing in diverse ecosystems right up until the asteroid impact ended their reign. Their abrupt extinction reshaped Earth’s ecosystems and set the stage for mammals to rise.

https://scitechdaily.com/scientists-just-rewrote-the-story-of-the-dinosaurs-final-days/ #globalmuseum #dinosaurs

Beneficial Insects for a Healthy Garden 🐝🌿 Beneficial ...

2026-01-15T16:18:31Z

Beneficial Insects for a Healthy Garden 🐝🌿

Beneficial insects play an essential role in pollination and natural pest control. Encouraging these insects helps create a balanced garden ecosystem while reducing the need for chemicals #Globalmuseum #insects #gardening

Something lovely for the weekend! Minoan cups made by Bronze Age ...

2026-01-12T16:53:35Z

Something lovely for the weekend!

Minoan cups made by Bronze Age potters some 3,800 years ago!

Heraklion Archaeological Museum, Crete. 📷 by @AlisonFisk

#Archaeology #globalmuseum #BronzeAge #history #ceramics #pottery

An impressive demonstration of focus, balance, and physics at ...

2026-01-10T19:18:22Z

An impressive demonstration of focus, balance, and physics at work.

#globalmuseum #performance #balance #physics

The Porcelain Source Museum is located on the former site of ...

2026-01-10T18:32:41Z

The Porcelain Source Museum is located on the former site of Longsheng Village in Deqing County, Zhejiang Province. To the north of the site are the remains of primitive #porcelain kilns dating from the Shang through the Warring States periods, while a small river runs along the southern edge, spanned by the Wukang Shishe Bridge, originally constructed during the Yuan dynasty.
https://www.archdaily.com/1037508/porcelain-source-museum-atelier-deshaus #globalmuseum #museums #architecture #China

A rare glimpse of Edwardian Halifax on a cold January day in ...

2026-01-08T16:42:52Z

A rare glimpse of Edwardian Halifax on a cold January day in 1902. Cows and horse drawn carts share the roads with electric trams, children fascinated by the camera, gentlemen in hats and ladies in long skirts. One of Britain’s earliest surviving films, now over 120 years old.

@HistoryGirlBW #Globalmuseum #history #film

⭐ JOB POSTING⭐ Community and Volunteer Engagement Manager – ...

2026-01-08T16:19:57Z

⭐ JOB POSTING⭐
Community and Volunteer Engagement Manager – Severndroog Castle, SE London
Salary: £16,375 per year (equivalent to £32,750 FTE)
Hours: 20 hours per week
Severndroog Castle is a much-loved Grade II* listed historic site, saved by the community and now run by a passionate charity committed to heritage, learning, and local engagement.
Closing date: 12:00 am, 31 Jan 2026👇
https://aim-museums.co.uk/job-vacancies/community-and-volunteer-engagement-manager-severndroog-castle/ #globalmuseum #museumjobs #museums

Only Nature could get away with this ~ my favourite outrageous ...

2026-01-06T16:45:25Z

Only Nature could get away with this ~ my favourite outrageous caterpillar, the spectacular Saturniidae (Marco Fisher)

@artinsociety #globalmuseum #caterpllars

Diver convince octopus to trade his plastic cup for a seashell ...

2025-12-30T16:52:36Z

Diver convince octopus to trade his plastic cup for a seashell 🐙

@NatureUnedited #globalmuseum #octopus #pollution #Plastic

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2025-12-25T19:08:20Z

Sumerian birth certificate. A clay tablet found at the Sumerian ...

2025-12-04T18:10:15Z

Sumerian birth certificate. A clay tablet found at the Sumerian city of Nippur in southern Iraq.

Estimated to be around 2000-1600 BC. Contains a birth announcement, its gender, the names of its parents, and a footprint of the newborn.

@menavisualss #globalmuseum #history #Sumerian #archaeology

A book from the 19th century that depicts the Rhine Valley by ...

2025-12-02T18:59:49Z

A book from the 19th century that depicts the Rhine Valley by creating an impression of three-dimensionality and spatial distance.
@MasayukiTsuda2 #globalmuseum #books #travel #19thcentury

A family of cheetah sleep with the forest guard every night. This ...

2025-11-18T18:23:04Z

A family of cheetah sleep with the forest guard every night.
This is what the camera recorded.
(the Cheetah Experience, an endangered animal breeding centre in Bloemfontein, South Africa") #globalmuseum #cheetah #animals

This is how hard it is to fly again after healing your wounds ...

2025-11-18T16:35:39Z

This is how hard it is to fly again after healing your wounds
Source: Lucia Solis
#birds #globalmuseum #conservation

Lucas Museum sets opening date: Take an exclusive first look ...

2025-11-13T18:39:09Z

Lucas Museum sets opening date: Take an exclusive first look inside.
After nearly four years of delays, the Lucas Museum of Narrative Art on Wednesday announced that it will open Sept. 22, 2026
https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/story/2025-11-12/lucas-museum-opening-date-inside-look-photos #globalmuseum #museums #LucasMuseum

New #pterosaur species discovered in previously overlooked ...

2025-11-13T18:21:23Z

New #pterosaur species discovered in previously overlooked specimen of dinosaur regurgitalite.

The discovery also offers a glimpse into ancient food chains in the region. The regurgitalite is fairly clear evidence of pterosaurs serving as prey to larger dinosaurs.
https://phys.org/news/2025-11-pterosaur-species-previously-overlooked-specimen.html #dinosaurs #globalmuseum #fossils

Delightful detail from the Roman “unswept floor” mosaic by ...

2025-11-11T16:23:48Z

Delightful detail from the Roman “unswept floor” mosaic by Heraclitus, showing a mouse nibbling a walnut.
Superb use of darker tiles for subtle shadow effect!
2nd century AD. Vatican Museums https://museivaticani.va/content/museivaticani/en/collezioni/musei/museo-gregoriano-profano/Mosaico-dell-asarotos-oikos.html
#MosaicMonday #Archaeology #globalmuseum @AlisonFisk

And now for something REALLY POSITIVE. ❤️ Steve Walker ...

2025-11-10T18:42:38Z

And now for something REALLY POSITIVE. ❤️
Steve Walker recorded this incredible kākā by chance (he simply wanted a flying kākā pic) on Rakiura / Stewart Island a couple years back.
TURN UP THE SOUND.
#naturelovers #birds #environment #nature #birdsong #kaka #birdphotography #newzealand

Pluto’s ice mountains, frozen plains and layers of atmospheric ...

2025-11-10T17:29:34Z

Pluto’s ice mountains, frozen plains and layers of atmospheric haze backlit by a distant sun, as seen by the New Horizons spacecraft.

📸: NASA/JHUAPL/SwRI @wonderofscience #globalmuseum #Space #Pluto

A German family has lived in the same place for 3,000 years ...

2025-11-09T20:00:53Z

A German family has lived in the same place for 3,000 years

Scientists have discovered that the Huchthausen family from the village of Förste (Lower Saxony) has lived there continuously for around three millennia, Bild reports.

DNA analysis showed that the ancestors of Manfred Huchthausen lived just two kilometers away — in the Lichtenstein Cave, where archaeologists found human remains buried around 1000 BC, along with bronze jewelry, animal bones, and traces of funeral pyres.
#globalmuseum

Scientists discovered the world’s largest spiderweb, covering ...

2025-11-07T16:28:26Z

Scientists discovered the world’s largest spiderweb, covering 106 m² in a sulfur cave on the Albania-Greece border.
Over 111,000 spiders from two normally rival species live together in a unique, self-sustaining ecosystem—a first of its kind.

@Rainmaker1973 #globalmuseum #spiders #science

A baby echidna is called a puggle. 📽: Taronga Zoo ...

2025-11-05T16:50:50Z

A baby echidna is called a puggle.
📽: Taronga Zoo #globalmuseum #zoos #Australia #animals

Discovered in 19th Century Toledo, Spain, a city famed for its ...

2025-10-30T17:28:45Z

Discovered in 19th Century Toledo, Spain, a city famed for its master swordsmiths, this artifact is a marvel of concealed #weaponry. Crafted with exquisite skill, it features a flexible, double-bladed rapier ingeniously housed within a #silver ring snake sheath.

This design allowed the weapon to be worn discreetly as jewelry, its deadly nature hidden in plain sight.
@histories_arch #globalmuseum

Ever seen witches’ butter? It’s found in forests around the ...

2025-10-24T16:34:00Z

Ever seen witches’ butter? It’s found in forests around the world growing on dead branches, where it feeds on other #fungi. Researchers are studying it for the potential medicinal value of its bioactive compounds, including possible anti-inflammatory & antiallergic properties.

American Museum of Natural History
@AMNH #globalmuseum

Dragonfly cleaning morning dew off itself @Moonlighhy ...

2025-10-23T17:48:56Z

Dragonfly cleaning morning dew off itself
@Moonlighhy #globalmuseum #dragonflies #insects #photography

Every ancient library that burned left behind only what ...

2025-10-19T23:57:02Z

Every ancient library that burned left behind only what bookbinders made strong enough to survive
@CultureExploreX #globalmuseum #bookbinding #collections #museums #history #libraries

Tawny frogmouth named 2025 Australian bird of the year winner ...

2025-10-18T16:03:52Z

Tawny frogmouth named 2025 Australian bird of the year winner
Perennial runner up finally claims the crown in the biennial Guardian/BirdLife #Australia poll, ahead of Baudin’s black cockatoo and gang-gang cockatoo.
1.Tawny frogmouth
2. Baudin’s black cockatoo
3. Gang-gang cockatoo
4. Willie wagtail
5. Bush stone-curlew
6. Laughing kookaburra
7.Southern emu-wren
8. Spotted pardalote
9. Wedge-tailed eagle
10. Little penguin
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/oct/16/tawny-frogmouth-2025-australian-bird-year-winner?utm_source=globalmuseum #globalmuseum #birds

New Zealand photographer Jay Lichter takes stunning photos of ...

2025-10-07T16:24:25Z

New Zealand photographer Jay Lichter takes stunning photos of tiny mushrooms 🧵
Super tiny Mycena roseoflava #Mushrooms #globalmuseum #photography

An image of a magnificent frigatebird silhouetted against a total ...

2025-09-30T18:53:09Z

An image of a magnificent frigatebird silhouetted against a total solar eclipse by Canadian photographer Liron Gertsman was chosen from more than 25,000 images as the grand prize-winner in 2025’s largest bird #photography competition
https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2025/oct/01/bird-photographer-of-year-2025-in-pictures?utm_source=globalmuseum #globalmuseum

BREAKING: James Comey posts a video statement following his ...

2025-09-26T20:07:11Z

BREAKING: James Comey posts a video statement following his indictment
"My family and I have known for years that there are costs to standing up to Donald Trump, but we couldn't imagine ourselves living any other way.
We will not live on our knees, and you shouldn't either.
Somebody that I love dearly recently said that fear is the tool of a tyrant. And she's right. But I'm not afraid. And I hope you're not either. #JamesComey #Trump #democracy

A remarkable 387 year-old handwritten shopping list, dated ...

2025-09-26T17:48:05Z

A remarkable 387 year-old handwritten shopping list, dated October 1633, was discovered beneath the floorboards of a London home. Penned by Robert Draper, the letter details various household necessities, including greenfish, pewter spoons, and a frying pan. Now preserved in the National Trust collection. Global Museum (npub1pzt…apvp) #shopping #history

Railway’s 200th anniversary festival weekend gets underway. ...

2025-09-26T17:16:31Z

Railway’s 200th anniversary festival weekend gets underway.
Bicentenary celebrations include the reopening of Station Hall at the National Railway Museum
https://www.museumsassociation.org/museums-journal/news/2025/09/railways-200th-anniversary-festival-weekend-gets-underway/# #trains #globalmuseum #museums #rail #history #transport

Study of 1m-year-old skull points to earlier origins of modern ...

2025-09-25T20:05:12Z

Study of 1m-year-old skull points to earlier origins of modern humans.
Skull found in China may be Homo longi, potentially revising understanding of human evolution.
A computational analysis of a wider selection of fossils suggests that in the last 800,000 years, large-brained humans evolved along just five major branches: Asian erectus, heidelbergensis, sapiens, Neanderthals and Homo longi (including the Denisovans)
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2025/sep/25/study-of-1m-year-old-skull-points-to-earlier-origins-of-modern-humans #globalmuseum #humanevolution

Black history at the Natural History Museum. Discover the ...

2025-09-25T17:20:56Z

Black history at the Natural History Museum.
Discover the contribution of Black people to the field of natural history.
There are many people whose contributions to science remain unknown or ignored, particularly from the height of the British Empire and transatlantic slave trade.
Curator Miranda Lowe CBE explores the colonial history of the Natural History Museum
https://www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/black-history-at-the-natural-history-museum.html?utm_source=globalmuseum #globalmuseum #BlackHistoryMonth #museums

Analysis | Forward thinking: How the MA revised its Code of ...

2025-09-24T17:01:34Z

Analysis | Forward thinking: How the MA revised its Code of Ethics to shape up for the future ⚖️

Widespread consultation and debate informed the creation of an updated code 👇
https://www.museumsassociation.org/museums-journal/analysis/2025/09/forward-thinking-how-the-ma-revised-its-code-of-ethics-to-shape-up-for-the-future/

‪@museumsassociation.org‬ #globalmuseum #museums #ethics

Dutch Gaper. 👅 A traditional figure displayed outside ...

2025-09-22T19:23:52Z

Dutch Gaper. 👅
A traditional figure displayed outside apothecaries in the Netherlands to symbolise medicine-taking.
The Museum of Curiosities
@CuriosMuseum #globalmuseum #chemists

The Ancient Odyssey of Crabs. An international team of scientists ...

2025-09-22T19:20:03Z

The Ancient Odyssey of Crabs.
An international team of scientists including Natural History Museum of Los Angeles researchers chart crabs' sideways path from the ocean to dry land—a journey they've made at least 17 times since the Triassic.
https://nhm.org/stories/ancient-odyssey-crabs #globalmuseum #museums #crabs

This evening marks the beginning of Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New ...

2025-09-22T19:12:13Z

This evening marks the beginning of Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year.
Pomegranates are seen as symbols of fruitfulness and wisdom, and are traditionally eaten at #roshhashanah Their seeds are said to represent the 613 commandments, or mitzvot, in the Torah.
This small pomegranate-shaped juglet, excavated in Jerusalem, was made around 700–587 BCE.
📷 Fine red-burnished juglet in the shape of a pomegranate, 750–587 BCE, 8cm tall. AN1968.1371.
@ashmoleanmuseum #globalmuseum

⭐ JOB POSTING⭐ The National Anthropological Archives is ...

2025-09-22T19:05:03Z

⭐ JOB POSTING⭐
The National Anthropological Archives is seeking a contractor to complete 1920 hours of archival collections processing.
Quote packages must be sent via email to Gina Rappaport, rappaportg@si.edu by COB, September 30, 2025.
The RFQ and Statement of Work details are in a pdf which can be downloaded from this link 👇 https://www.swisstransfer.com/d/297fbb2c-a95e-4605-a172-f611275bc257 #globalmuseum #archivesjobs

How one Swiss museum helped to evacuate thousands of #Gaza ...

2025-09-19T17:32:21Z

How one Swiss museum helped to evacuate thousands of #Gaza artefacts ahead of an Israeli strike.
Despite the Geneva Museum of Art and History’s efforts, an expert says 30% of artefacts were left behind and destroyed in the attack on Gaza’s main archaeological storage facility
https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/09/17/how-one-swiss-museum-helped-to-evacuate-thousands-of-gaza-artefacts-ahead-of-an-israeli-strike #globalmuseum #museums

Paleontologists discover earliest dome-headed dinosaur. The most ...

2025-09-18T17:27:52Z

Paleontologists discover earliest dome-headed dinosaur.
The most complete skeleton of a pachycephalosaur was found in Mongolia.
The skeleton, found in the Khuren Dukh locality of the Eastern Gobi Basin in Mongolia, belongs to a new species of pachycephalosaur called Zavacephale rinpoche and dates back 108 million to 115 million years ago.
https://abcnews.go.com/Technology/paleontologists-discover-earliest-dome-headed-dinosaur/story?id=125627447 #globalmuseum #dinosaurs

This beautiful object is a fragment from the base of a ...

2025-09-18T17:12:25Z

This beautiful object is a fragment from the base of a 13th-century #Syrian bowl.
It is decorated with a hare in an ‘arrested’ stance, that is with one of their front paws raised, and their head turned to the rear. Their two back legs are usually unnaturally lengthened, ending in glorious curving brush-strokes.
Base fragment with hare, 1201–1250. Fritware, 10 cm diameter. EA1978.2398 #globalmuseum #museums #ceramics

“Have I got something on my face?” - 15th century, Bodleian ...

2025-09-18T17:09:19Z

“Have I got something on my face?” - 15th century, Bodleian Library MS. Douce 62, 12v
@MedMilMedicine #globalmuseum #museums #humour #humor

The story of the Lewis chess pieces. This group of eleven ...

2025-09-15T19:53:15Z

The story of the Lewis chess pieces.
This group of eleven medieval chess pieces were part of a large hoard buried on the Isle of Lewis, #Scotland. The hoard contained 93 gaming pieces in total, including from at least four chess sets as well as other games
https://www.nms.ac.uk/discover-catalogue/the-story-of-the-lewis-chess-pieces #globalmuseum #chess #museums

Demographics of US Museum-Goers: A 2025 Annual Survey of ...

2025-09-14T17:25:53Z

Demographics of US Museum-Goers: A 2025 Annual Survey of Museum-Goers Data Story.
This visual Data Story is based on findings from the 2025 Annual Survey of Museum-Goers, a national survey of American museum visitors from AAM and Wilkening Consulting.
https://www.aam-us.org/2025/09/12/demographics-of-us-museum-goers-a-2025-annual-survey-of-museum-goers-data-story/ #globalmuseum #museums #data #museumvisitors

Meera Sodha’s kidney bean and sweetcorn curry. Pleasingly ...

2025-09-13T20:15:40Z

Meera Sodha’s kidney bean and sweetcorn curry.
Pleasingly simple as curries go, this seasonal dish can be vegan if you choose dairy-free yoghurt and gluten-free if served with rice in place of chapatis
https://www.theguardian.com/food/2025/sep/06/kidney-bean-and-sweetcorn-curry-recipe-meera-sodha?utm_s0urce=globalmuseum #curry #recipes

Handling the Heat: Steps Museums Can Take to Address Rising ...

2025-09-12T00:44:27Z

Handling the Heat: Steps Museums Can Take to Address Rising Temperatures.
Large swathes of the US have been under heat advisories this summer, putting up to 174 million people at risk.
https://www.aam-us.org/2025/09/08/handling-the-heat/ #globalmuseum #museums, #Climatechange

'Our hearts stopped': Scientists find baby pterosaurs ...

2025-09-11T17:27:26Z

'Our hearts stopped': Scientists find baby pterosaurs died in violent #Jurassic storm 150 million years ago.

Researchers found storm injuries during a baby #pterosaur post-mortem, solving a Jurassic mystery that was 150 million years in the making.
https://www.livescience.com/animals/dinosaurs/our-hearts-stopped-scientists-find-baby-pterosaurs-died-in-violent-jurassic-storm-150-million-years-ago #globalmuseum #fossils

Archaeological finds on the island of Santorini reveal that the ...

2025-09-10T17:12:25Z

Archaeological finds on the island of Santorini reveal that the Minoans, one of Europe’s earliest advanced civilizations, had developed portable cooking devices more than 3600 years ago. These stone supports, discovered in Akrotiri and now housed in the Museum of Prehistoric Thera, were designed specifically for grilling skewers of meat.
@histories_arch #globalmuseum #museums #Minoan #cooking

Lover's Eye Bracelet. The Met Collection. Miniature paintings ...

2025-09-10T16:43:24Z

Lover's Eye Bracelet.
The Met Collection.
Miniature paintings in watercolor on ivory, of a single eye, were introduced first in France and quickly became a fad in Great Britain in the late eighteenth-century.
https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/19563 #globalmuseum #jewellery #museums

Cynthia from Fairfax just treated herself to these Museum Docent ...

2025-09-08T21:38:54Z

Cynthia from Fairfax just treated herself to these Museum Docent buttons!
Your can too. They're in the Global Museum Store
https://www.zazzle.com/collections/119153484422136827?rf=238667188152553553 #globalmuseum #museums #museumdocent #docent #guides #buttons

Calamities causing loss of museum collections: a historical and ...

2025-09-07T18:35:39Z

Calamities causing loss of museum collections: a historical and global perspective on museum disasters, by Tyler et al,. via Zootaxa from 2023 with plenty of higher education examples
https://mapress.com/zt/article/view/zootaxa.5230.2.2
#globalmuseum #museums

A pair of amusing porcelain figurines, each depicting a ...

2025-09-07T18:29:21Z

A pair of amusing porcelain figurines, each depicting a noblewoman and a nobleman (17th century).
Bavarian National Museum in Munich.

‪Stephan Friedrich Mai‬
‪@wicquefortdiary.bsky.social‬
#globalmuseum #museums #porcelain

Scientists discover 'jaw-droppingly weird' dinosaur ...

2025-08-29T03:14:21Z

Scientists discover 'jaw-droppingly weird' dinosaur fossil in #Morocco.

Discovered near the Moroccan town of Boulemane, the Spicomellus dinosaur lived 165 million years ago.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-08-28/punk-dinosaur-discovery-spicomellus-morocco/105709650 #globalmuseum #dinosaurs

Looted art discovered in home of Nazi’s daughter vanishes ...

2025-08-28T01:49:01Z

Looted art discovered in home of Nazi’s daughter vanishes again.
A missing painting that was stolen during World War II and found in the home of the daughter of a high-ranking Nazi fugitive in Argentina, has vanished once again
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/world/looted-art-discovered-in-home-of-nazis-daughter-vanishes-again/YDDS5S3LQVBKZKSTDHA7DEAR3E/ #art #globalmuseum

Pick your poison babe, I’m poison either way 🧪 All this talk ...

2025-08-26T22:34:59Z

Pick your poison babe, I’m poison either way 🧪
All this talk of rings makes us think of the KGB poison ring in our SPY Vault! This clandestine assassination device from the Cold War is made with a blue carved stone scarab that unscrews to reveal a short spike, which would be coated in poison.
Style, impact, and quite the statement piece 💍❤️‍🔥
The International Spy Museum
@IntlSpyMuseum

#TaylorSwift #Ring #SpyArtifact

🦴 What do you do with your leftover lamb bones? If you were a ...

2025-08-19T20:36:51Z

🦴 What do you do with your leftover lamb bones?
If you were a French prisoner-of-war in 1800, you might’ve built a fully rigged 50-gun frigate, made from mutton bones and copper rivets.
Made c.1800
#ModelShipMonday @seamuseum_ #globalmuseum #museums #modelmaking

Here’s an ancient amber bear carved about 10,000 years ago! ...

2025-08-18T18:11:47Z

Here’s an ancient amber bear carved about 10,000 years ago!
This magical find washed up on a beach at Fanø in Denmark from a submerged Mesolithic settlement under the North Sea.
National Museum of Denmark, Copenhagen. 📷 by @AlisonFisk
#Archaeology #globalmuseum #museums #bears

Fossils are scientific evidence, and shouldn’t be auctioned for ...

2025-08-14T17:50:08Z

Fossils are scientific evidence, and shouldn’t be auctioned for millions to private buyers.
Supporters of these sales argue that they’re harmless, or even good for science. Others compare fossils to art objects, praising their beauty or historical charm.
As paleontologists, we say plainly: these views could not be more misguided.
https://theconversation.com/fossils-are-scientific-evidence-and-shouldnt-be-auctioned-for-millions-to-private-buyers-262777 #globalmuseum #dinosaurs #fossils #paleontology

RFK Jr. Mandates All Americans Drink Mysterious Glowing Liquid ...

2025-08-12T18:41:59Z

RFK Jr. Mandates All Americans Drink Mysterious Glowing Liquid
‘It Will Make You Healthy And Strong,’ Claims Health Secretary

https://theonion.com/rfk-jr-mandates-all-americans-drink-mysterious-glowing-liquid/ The Onion (npub1glm…c5cg) #globalmuseum

⭐ JOB POSTING⭐ The National Sculpture Society (NSS), the ...

2025-08-12T18:31:24Z

⭐ JOB POSTING⭐
The National Sculpture Society (NSS), the nation’s oldest professional organization dedicated to figurative and representational sculpture, seeks a strategic, innovative, and relationship-focused Executive Director. Budget: $900,000; endowment/investments: $14 million; staff of two; 20-member Board. Salary range $150,000–$170,000 plus benefits. EA/EO. Apply by Oct. 24, 2025 to SearchandRef@museum-search.com. Visit https://museum-search.com/all-searches/2025/8/11/national-sculpture-society #globalmuseum #museumjobs

Vienna's Jewish museum sees chilling drop in visitors amid ...

2025-08-10T20:30:03Z

Vienna's Jewish museum sees chilling drop in visitors amid rising antisemitism.
The effects of the Middle East wars in which Israel is currently engaged have led to people avoiding visiting the museum, since to do so might be interpreted as a gesture of sympathy with Jews
https://www.jpost.com/diaspora/article-863602 #globalmuseum #museums #museumnews

How a 2,000-year-old hat kept Romans out of the sun. A ...

2025-08-10T20:26:21Z

How a 2,000-year-old hat kept Romans out of the sun.
A 2,000-year-old hat intended to keep Roman soldiers cool in the heat of the desert following their conquest of Ancient Egypt has been painstakingly brought back to life.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cx2pegg403zo #globalmuseum #museums #Roman #hats

Bigger dinosaurs didn’t always have stronger bites, surprising ...

2025-08-09T19:48:11Z

Bigger dinosaurs didn’t always have stronger bites, surprising new study finds.
You probably still wouldn’t want to come face to face with them, though
https://www.sciencefocus.com/news/giant-dinosaurs-bites #globalmuseum #dinosaurs

Revitalizing Canada’s Largest Museum. Alum Josh Basseches leads ...

2025-08-09T19:44:55Z

Revitalizing Canada’s Largest Museum.
Alum Josh Basseches leads Toronto’s Royal Ontario Museum into a new era
https://www.bu.edu/articles/2025/revitalizing-canadas-largest-museum/ #globalmuseum #museums #Canada #museumnews

Antiquities Returned to Europe Include 16 Seized From the Met. ...

2025-08-09T19:41:17Z

Antiquities Returned to Europe Include 16 Seized From the Met.
New York investigators said they repatriated looted objects to Italy, Spain and Hungary.

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/07/arts/design/met-antiquities-seizure-italy-krater.html #globalmuseum #museums #museumnews #antiquities

26-year-old New Yorker gathers 40,000 #TikTok followers in her ...

2025-08-09T19:36:11Z

26-year-old New Yorker gathers 40,000 #TikTok followers in her quest to visit all the city’s museums.

While museums can be expensive, she said she makes good use of museum passes at her local library, and that many museums have days or times when they are free

https://fortune.com/2025/08/07/26-year-old-new-yorker-tiktok-followers-visit-every-museum/ #globalmuseum #museums #museumnews #NewYork

Smithsonian restores Trump to impeachment display in American ...

2025-08-09T18:29:29Z

Smithsonian restores Trump to impeachment display in American history museum.

The museum last month removed a placard describing the president’s two impeachments. The new text makes minor changes — and offers slightly less detail.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/art/2025/08/08/trump-impeachment-exhibit/ #globalmuseum #museums #museumnews

James Lovell, the commander of Apollo 13 who helped turn a failed ...

2025-08-08T20:53:52Z

James Lovell, the commander of Apollo 13 who helped turn a failed moon mission into a triumph of on-the-fly can-do engineering, has died. He was 97.
https://www.stuff.co.nz/world-news/360786141/apollo-13-moon-mission-leader-james-lovell-dies-97 #Apollo13 #JamesLovell #Space

Times change, so do people. So why does the British Museum still ...

2025-08-07T18:25:55Z

Times change, so do people. So why does the British Museum still think it’s OK to display human remains?

Bodies and body parts have long been part of collections of imperial plunder over the years – but museums must understand that attitudes have moved on.
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/aug/06/times-change-so-do-people-so-why-does-the-british-museum-still-think-its-ok-to-display-human-remains #globalmuseum #museums #Britishmuseum

Artifacts in US museums explain the outsized role of #racism in ...

2025-08-07T18:21:41Z

Artifacts in US museums explain the outsized role of #racism in the nation's history.
Museums across the U.S. have artifacts on display that represent and reflect landmark events of the Civil Rights era.
https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/artifacts-us-museums-explain-outsized-role-racism-nations-124401064 #globalmuseum #museums

Historians had long held the view that peasant houses were not ...

2025-08-07T17:49:27Z

In reply to nevent1q…hh2m
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Historians had long held the view that peasant houses were not built to last and would not last more than a generation but new evidence has proven this false and it is now accepted by historians and archaeologists that "later medieval houses survive in their thousands"
Fourteenth-century peasant house, St. Mary’s Grove cottage, Tilmanstone, Kent.

Began as a peasant's house in the 1300s: Historians have ...

2025-08-07T17:49:04Z

Began as a peasant's house in the 1300s: Historians have generally had low opinions of peasant houses describing them as "hardly more than crude huts" and "primitive...for the most part (houses) were small, with one or two rooms for people and animals alike."

This is the corner of a hand-sewn #sail made in the #1800s. The ...

2025-08-05T02:25:52Z

This is the corner of a hand-sewn #sail made in the #1800s. The craftsmanship and attention to detail are truly remarkable—a skill that has largely become a lost art.
Canvas sails like this were made from hemp, which was also used in clothing, ropes, and even the caulking that sealed gaps between ship planks. Hemp was favored over materials like jute because it was three times stronger and resistant to saltwater..
~ Archaeology & Civilizations by Lori Malone

Rolling Stones star battles museum for honky tonk guitar. ...

2025-08-04T21:21:47Z

Rolling Stones star battles museum for honky tonk guitar.
Instrument was stolen in 1971 before being acquired by New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art.
https://archive.ph/N1Jzv #globalmuseum #RollingStones #museums

Ancient Egyptian Inscription Sparks New Debate About #Moses. A ...

2025-08-04T21:06:46Z

Ancient Egyptian Inscription Sparks New Debate About #Moses.

A provocative new reading of 3,800-year-old inscriptions found in an Egyptian turquoise mine has reignited one of archaeology’s thorniest questions: Was Moses a historical figure?

https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/inscription-claims-spark-debate-around-historical-moses-1234748783/ #globalmuseum #Egyptology #Egypt #history

Every Scientific Empire Comes to an End. America’s run as the ...

2025-08-04T20:45:14Z

Every Scientific Empire Comes to an End.
America’s run as the premier techno-superpower may be over.

An MIT scientist, much celebrated in her field, told me that since Donald Trump’s second inauguration she has watched in horror as his administration has performed a controlled demolition on American science.

https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2025/07/science-empire-america-decline/683711/?gift=201cWZnM2XBz2eP81zy0pAPq2-cpzAqA6hna8sW8Zs0&utm_source=globalmuseum #globalmuseum #Science