#globalmuseum — Public Fediverse posts

This historic photograph shows the Danish-French Impressionist master Camille Pissarro with his wife Julie and two of their children, Paul-Émile and Jeanne, in their garden at Éragny-sur-Epte around 1897. #victorianchaps #retro #artists #belleepoque #vintage #globalmuseum #art #Pissaro

This historic photograph shows the Danish-French Impressionist master Camille Pissarro with his wife Julie and two of their children, Paul-Émile and Jeanne, in their garden at Éragny-sur-Epte around 1897. #victorianchaps #retro #artists #belleepoque #vintage #globalmuseum #art #Pissaro

What’s bugging Dr Worm?
The thing I like about Dr Worm, and I really like him and his book, is that he almost effortlessly achieves what he set out to do: make you fall in love with soil and with the critters that live in it.
https://archive.ph/k6czj #globalmuseum #worms #ecology

What’s bugging Dr Worm?
The thing I like about Dr Worm, and I really like him and his book, is that he almost effortlessly achieves what he set out to do: make you fall in love with soil and with the critters that live in it.
https://archive.ph/k6czj #globalmuseum #worms #ecology

The Prado Museum did this delightful video to promote the total eclipse of the Sun that was seen in Spain.
#globalmuseum #museums #eclipse #Prado

The Prado Museum did this delightful video to promote the total eclipse of the Sun that was seen in Spain.
#globalmuseum #museums #eclipse #Prado

I Went to the Trump Admin’s “Patriotic” Art Exhibit. Dear God.
It was like a HomeGoods display around the Fourth of July
https://slate.com/culture/2026/08/donald-trump-news-art-museum-patriotism-washington-dc.html #globalmuseum #museums #Trump

I Went to the Trump Admin’s “Patriotic” Art Exhibit. Dear God.
It was like a HomeGoods display around the Fourth of July
https://slate.com/culture/2026/08/donald-trump-news-art-museum-patriotism-washington-dc.html #globalmuseum #museums #Trump

Discover Millions of Artworks from Thousands of Museums with This Huge Art Search Engine.
It currently includes pieces by more than 290,000 artists, which are held across 4,903 museums and represent 304 cultures and nationalities.
https://lastmuseum.com/ #globalmuseum #museums #art

Discover Millions of Artworks from Thousands of Museums with This Huge Art Search Engine.
It currently includes pieces by more than 290,000 artists, which are held across 4,903 museums and represent 304 cultures and nationalities.
https://lastmuseum.com/ #globalmuseum #museums #art

What Georgetown Taught Me to See: A Museum is Not What I Thought.
I liked the idea of museums – years of history, diverse culture, all under one roof – but I did not know how to interact with them.
https://guq.qatar.georgetown.edu/admissions/blog/what-georgetown-taught-me-to-see-a-museum-is-not-what-i-thought/ #globalmuseum #museums #Qatar

What Georgetown Taught Me to See: A Museum is Not What I Thought.
I liked the idea of museums – years of history, diverse culture, all under one roof – but I did not know how to interact with them.
https://guq.qatar.georgetown.edu/admissions/blog/what-georgetown-taught-me-to-see-a-museum-is-not-what-i-thought/ #globalmuseum #museums #Qatar

⭐ JOB POSTING⭐
Public Programs Manager, Deerfield, MA.
Historic Deerfield.
Department of Museum Education.
Hiring salary ranges from $46,000–$51,000.
Review of applications will begin on September 8, 2026.
https://www.historic-deerfield.org/employment/ #globalmuseum #museumjobs #museums

⭐ JOB POSTING⭐
Public Programs Manager, Deerfield, MA.
Historic Deerfield.
Department of Museum Education.
Hiring salary ranges from $46,000–$51,000.
Review of applications will begin on September 8, 2026.
https://www.historic-deerfield.org/employment/ #globalmuseum #museumjobs #museums

The US oil billionaire's 16th-Century English mansion was home to a stunning art collection and a lion named Nero. In 1963, the BBC visited him there to discuss his "great success".
Archive BBC documentary first transmitted in 1963. Alan Whicker interviews billionaire J. Paul Getty, who discusses reports of his meanness, his unsuccessful marriages, why he keeps working and what he's had to sacrifice to become the world's richest man.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZUTus8QgN3Q
#globalmuseum #history #Getty

The US oil billionaire's 16th-Century English mansion was home to a stunning art collection and a lion named Nero. In 1963, the BBC visited him there to discuss his "great success".
Archive BBC documentary first transmitted in 1963. Alan Whicker interviews billionaire J. Paul Getty, who discusses reports of his meanness, his unsuccessful marriages, why he keeps working and what he's had to sacrifice to become the world's richest man.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZUTus8QgN3Q
#globalmuseum #history #Getty

National Gallery Accused of ‘Soft Censorship’ to Avoid Provoking Trump.
A former executive with the Washington museum says it moved a symposium about race in art to avoid political blowback.
https://archive.ph/4fXx2
or
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/10/arts/design/national-gallery-art-doge-trump-censorship.html #globalmuseum #museums

National Gallery Accused of ‘Soft Censorship’ to Avoid Provoking Trump.
A former executive with the Washington museum says it moved a symposium about race in art to avoid political blowback.
https://archive.ph/4fXx2
or
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/10/arts/design/national-gallery-art-doge-trump-censorship.html #globalmuseum #museums

A 1960 letter Paul McCartney wrote to a mystery drummer offering him an audition to join the Beatles on their first trip to Hamburg, and discovered in 2011 folded inside a book at a car boot sale, and bought for just 50p
@michaelwarburton1 #TheBeatles #Beatles #globalmuseum #music

A 1960 letter Paul McCartney wrote to a mystery drummer offering him an audition to join the Beatles on their first trip to Hamburg, and discovered in 2011 folded inside a book at a car boot sale, and bought for just 50p
@michaelwarburton1 #TheBeatles #Beatles #globalmuseum #music

America's Museums are Falling Apart.
Aging buildings, deferred maintenance, and scarce funding are a hidden threat to the nation's cultural infrastructure.
While the nation’s 250th anniversary could have sparked a generational investment in the nation’s museum infrastructure, most federal cultural agencies are currently funding the President’s pet projects rather than doling it out to small museums.
https://johngmarks.beehiiv.com/p/america-s-museums-are-falling-apart #globalmuseum #museums

America's Museums are Falling Apart.
Aging buildings, deferred maintenance, and scarce funding are a hidden threat to the nation's cultural infrastructure.
While the nation’s 250th anniversary could have sparked a generational investment in the nation’s museum infrastructure, most federal cultural agencies are currently funding the President’s pet projects rather than doling it out to small museums.
https://johngmarks.beehiiv.com/p/america-s-museums-are-falling-apart #globalmuseum #museums

🤣 TODAY'S HUMOUR SPOT🤣
Classic Charlie Chaplin
#globalmuseum #CharlieChaplin #cinema #movies #humour #humor

🤣 TODAY'S HUMOUR SPOT🤣
Classic Charlie Chaplin
#globalmuseum #CharlieChaplin #cinema #movies #humour #humor

“It is not a good look to say the least, for a billionaire museum founder to be hustling for visitors’ money.”

Long-Delayed Lucas Museum Draws Criticism Over Admission Prices.

https://www.artforum.com/news/lucas-museum-draws-criticism-over-admission-prices-1234756718/ #globalmuseum #museums #LucasMuseum

“It is not a good look to say the least, for a billionaire museum founder to be hustling for visitors’ money.”

Long-Delayed Lucas Museum Draws Criticism Over Admission Prices.

https://www.artforum.com/news/lucas-museum-draws-criticism-over-admission-prices-1234756718/ #globalmuseum #museums #LucasMuseum

Sector hit by cyber-security incident.
A number of UK cultural organisations, including museums, are having to deal with the fallout from a cyber-security incident at Beacon, a technology firm that provides customer relationship management (CRM) systems to charities.
https://www.museumsassociation.org/museums-journal/news/2026/08/sector-hit-by-cyber-security-incident/ #globalmuseum #museums #cybersecurity

Sector hit by cyber-security incident.
A number of UK cultural organisations, including museums, are having to deal with the fallout from a cyber-security incident at Beacon, a technology firm that provides customer relationship management (CRM) systems to charities.
https://www.museumsassociation.org/museums-journal/news/2026/08/sector-hit-by-cyber-security-incident/ #globalmuseum #museums #cybersecurity

Knowledge is not intelligence.. and mistaking it for it can be fatal.
Celastrina Rebecka
#globalmuseum #intelligence #knowledge

Knowledge is not intelligence.. and mistaking it for it can be fatal.
Celastrina Rebecka
#globalmuseum #intelligence #knowledge

Is Museum Work a Sustainable Career on the Island of Ireland?
Working conditions and the impact of casualisation.
https://icom.museum/en/news/is-museum-work-a-sustainable-career-on-the-island-of-ireland-working-conditions-and-the-impact-of-casualisation/ #globalmuseum #museums #ICOM #Careers #museumjobs

Is Museum Work a Sustainable Career on the Island of Ireland?
Working conditions and the impact of casualisation.
https://icom.museum/en/news/is-museum-work-a-sustainable-career-on-the-island-of-ireland-working-conditions-and-the-impact-of-casualisation/ #globalmuseum #museums #ICOM #Careers #museumjobs

Life size Quetzalcoatlus at Field Museum, Chicago
It was the largest flying creature ever to live.
@Earthlings #globalmuseum #museums #FieldMuseum #pterosaur #Cretaceous

Life size Quetzalcoatlus at Field Museum, Chicago
It was the largest flying creature ever to live.
@Earthlings #globalmuseum #museums #FieldMuseum #pterosaur #Cretaceous

The wondrously talented Danny Kaye conducting the audience at the London Palladium in 1948.
He could fly any civilian plane on the planet, became the world's most revered non-Asian Chinese Chef & had no formal singing or dance training.
Extraordinary. #globalmuseum #entertainment #BritishPathe #comedy

The wondrously talented Danny Kaye conducting the audience at the London Palladium in 1948.
He could fly any civilian plane on the planet, became the world's most revered non-Asian Chinese Chef & had no formal singing or dance training.
Extraordinary. #globalmuseum #entertainment #BritishPathe #comedy

The Artist Who Invented His Own Universe: William Blake
National Gallery Of Art.
The art world had no place for William Blake and this great strength to resist categorization cost him immediate fame, but keeps his work intriguing hundreds of years later.
In this video, we uncover how Blake shattered the boundaries between poetry, painting, and printmaking, and why the art world couldn't understand him.
#globalmuseum #museums #art

The Artist Who Invented His Own Universe: William Blake
National Gallery Of Art.
The art world had no place for William Blake and this great strength to resist categorization cost him immediate fame, but keeps his work intriguing hundreds of years later.
In this video, we uncover how Blake shattered the boundaries between poetry, painting, and printmaking, and why the art world couldn't understand him.
#globalmuseum #museums #art

The Man Who Brings Dummies to Life.
From his studio in Maine, one of the last full-time ventriloquist puppet makers in the country combines mechanics, painting and performance to create one-of-a-kind characters.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/08/arts/ventriloquist-dummies-austin-phillips.html #globalmuseum #puppetry #ventriloquism

The Man Who Brings Dummies to Life.
From his studio in Maine, one of the last full-time ventriloquist puppet makers in the country combines mechanics, painting and performance to create one-of-a-kind characters.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/08/arts/ventriloquist-dummies-austin-phillips.html #globalmuseum #puppetry #ventriloquism

All-Night Art Heist in Italy Suspected to Be ‘Some Sort of Revenge’.
About 30 artworks belonging to Lilli Petroli owner Mauro Lilli were stolen in the unusual heist, including bas-reliefs attributed to Pablo Picasso, a bronze ballerina sculpture by Giacomo Manzù, paintings by Bruno d’Arcevia of the Italian Manner movement, and pieces by sculptor Mario Moretto.
https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/was-unusual-all-night-italian-heist-a-work-of-revenge-1234794571/ #globalmuseum #artcrime #art

All-Night Art Heist in Italy Suspected to Be ‘Some Sort of Revenge’.
About 30 artworks belonging to Lilli Petroli owner Mauro Lilli were stolen in the unusual heist, including bas-reliefs attributed to Pablo Picasso, a bronze ballerina sculpture by Giacomo Manzù, paintings by Bruno d’Arcevia of the Italian Manner movement, and pieces by sculptor Mario Moretto.
https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/was-unusual-all-night-italian-heist-a-work-of-revenge-1234794571/ #globalmuseum #artcrime #art

SpaceX has confirmed that the Falcon 9 upper stage, which smashed into the Moon today, had recently been fitted with Tesla’s latest Full Self Driving software, describing the collision as “an unfortunate edge case” that would make future rockets significantly less likely to drive directly into the Moon.
https://newsthump.com/2026/08/05/spacex-rocket-crashed-into-moon-after-being-equipped-with-teslas-full-self-driving-mode/ #globalmuseum #satire #humour #humor #Space

SpaceX has confirmed that the Falcon 9 upper stage, which smashed into the Moon today, had recently been fitted with Tesla’s latest Full Self Driving software, describing the collision as “an unfortunate edge case” that would make future rockets significantly less likely to drive directly into the Moon.
https://newsthump.com/2026/08/05/spacex-rocket-crashed-into-moon-after-being-equipped-with-teslas-full-self-driving-mode/ #globalmuseum #satire #humour #humor #Space

Danish Military Museum Sends Soviet Armoured Vehicles to Ukraine.
A Danish military museum has sent a BMP-1 and MT-LB to Ukraine after repeated requests from Kiev, with additional museum vehicles potentially to follow.
https://voennoedelo.com/en/posts/id18697-danish-museum-sends-soviet-armoured-vehicles-to-ukraine #globalmuseum #museums #Ukraine #UkraineWar

Danish Military Museum Sends Soviet Armoured Vehicles to Ukraine.
A Danish military museum has sent a BMP-1 and MT-LB to Ukraine after repeated requests from Kiev, with additional museum vehicles potentially to follow.
https://voennoedelo.com/en/posts/id18697-danish-museum-sends-soviet-armoured-vehicles-to-ukraine #globalmuseum #museums #Ukraine #UkraineWar

One of UK’s best fossil collections sold overseas in ‘loss to the nation’.
Lack of funds left British museums unable to pay eight-figure sum for collection, which went to Abu Dhabi institution
https://www.theguardian.com/science/ng-interactive/2026/aug/09/one-of-uks-best-fossil-collections-sold-overseas-in-loss-to-the-nation #globalmuseum #museums #collections #fossils #funding

One of UK’s best fossil collections sold overseas in ‘loss to the nation’.
Lack of funds left British museums unable to pay eight-figure sum for collection, which went to Abu Dhabi institution
https://www.theguardian.com/science/ng-interactive/2026/aug/09/one-of-uks-best-fossil-collections-sold-overseas-in-loss-to-the-nation #globalmuseum #museums #collections #fossils #funding

Tiny fossils solve a 113-million-year-old ocean mystery.
Around 113 million years ago, most of the tiny, shelled plankton near the ocean surface died out.
Their shells became smaller and thinner before many species disappeared from the fossil record.
https://www.earth.com/news/ocean-acidification-caused-plankton-to-stop-building-shells-113-million-years-ago/ #globalmuseum #fossils #oceans #history

Tiny fossils solve a 113-million-year-old ocean mystery.
Around 113 million years ago, most of the tiny, shelled plankton near the ocean surface died out.
Their shells became smaller and thinner before many species disappeared from the fossil record.
https://www.earth.com/news/ocean-acidification-caused-plankton-to-stop-building-shells-113-million-years-ago/ #globalmuseum #fossils #oceans #history

(More non museum-related clickbait - but fascinating nevertheless).
Tuna Knife Skills
#KnifeSkills #Seafood #Tuna #globalmuseum

(More non museum-related clickbait - but fascinating nevertheless).
Tuna Knife Skills
#KnifeSkills #Seafood #Tuna #globalmuseum

The Isolator: A 1925 Helmet Designed to Eliminate Distractions & Increase Productivity (Created by SciFi Pioneer Hugo Gernsback).
Gernsback’s solution involves a large helmet, lined with cork and covered in felt, with a baffle for breathing and glass eyeholes to see through
https://www.openculture.com/2021/05/the-isolator-a-1925-helmet-designed-to-eliminate-distractions.html #globalmuseum #inventions #concentration #1920s

The Isolator: A 1925 Helmet Designed to Eliminate Distractions & Increase Productivity (Created by SciFi Pioneer Hugo Gernsback).
Gernsback’s solution involves a large helmet, lined with cork and covered in felt, with a baffle for breathing and glass eyeholes to see through
https://www.openculture.com/2021/05/the-isolator-a-1925-helmet-designed-to-eliminate-distractions.html #globalmuseum #inventions #concentration #1920s

Meet Spea labreae, a New Species of Ice Age Toad Discovered at La Brea Tar Pits.
The first new extinct toad species and the first description of the Mexican burrowing toad at the Tar Pits help us understand the impacts of climate change on species distributions, past, present, and future.
https://tarpits.org/stories/meet-spea-labreae-new-species-ice-age-toad-discovered-la-brea-tar-pits?utm_source=globalmuseum #globalmuseum #fossils #toads

Meet Spea labreae, a New Species of Ice Age Toad Discovered at La Brea Tar Pits.
The first new extinct toad species and the first description of the Mexican burrowing toad at the Tar Pits help us understand the impacts of climate change on species distributions, past, present, and future.
https://tarpits.org/stories/meet-spea-labreae-new-species-ice-age-toad-discovered-la-brea-tar-pits?utm_source=globalmuseum #globalmuseum #fossils #toads

⭐️Designer Backpacks⭐️ for travel, school, or just carrying around | Lightweight and durable | Features Adjustable padded shoulder straps, two chambers on the inside for laptop storage, mesh side pockets and an identification label | On sale in the Global Museum Store https://www.zazzle.com/collections/backpacks-119308582320575356?rf=238667188152553553 #travel #backpack #school #globalmuseum

⭐️Designer Backpacks⭐️ for travel, school, or just carrying around | Lightweight and durable | Features Adjustable padded shoulder straps, two chambers on the inside for laptop storage, mesh side pockets and an identification label | On sale in the Global Museum Store https://www.zazzle.com/collections/backpacks-119308582320575356?rf=238667188152553553 #travel #backpack #school #globalmuseum

If any Global Museum followers are interested in using a VPN can I recommend Nord (which I use from time to time to access Global Museum stories)
https://refer-nordvpn.com/OFaGcWjSrwb
Not too pricy and an excellent VPN. They are offering three months free for annual plans at the moment #globalmuseum #VPNService

If any Global Museum followers are interested in using a VPN can I recommend Nord (which I use from time to time to access Global Museum stories)
https://refer-nordvpn.com/OFaGcWjSrwb
Not too pricy and an excellent VPN. They are offering three months free for annual plans at the moment #globalmuseum #VPNService