#globalmuseum — Public Fediverse posts

Buckingham Palace works uncover trove of everyday items dating back to 1800s.
The misplaced items are thought to belong to staff who worked at the palace decades ago, and were found by workers carrying out the £369m refurbishment.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c2095wyqvx2o #globalmuseum #history #royalty

A glimpse of Yinxu Museum in Anyang, China's Henan.
The new Yinxu Museum is the first major national thematic archaeological museum dedicated to panoramically showcasing the ancient Shang civilization.
https://english.news.cn/20260913/49059dd0ca994d53b1c9040d058a723a/c.html #globalmuseum #museums #ChineseHistory #ShangDynasty

Amsterdam's Stedelijk Museum opens a major Yayoi Kusama exhibition after her death last month.
What was to have been a retrospective has turned into a posthumous celebration of one of the globe's best known contemporary artists, who depicted her world splashed with polka dots and other repetitive motifs.
https://www.asiaone.com/lifestyle/amsterdam-stedelijk-museum-opens-major-yayoi-kusama-exhibition-after-death #globalmuseum #art #museums #YayoiKusama

Rare 9/11 Footage Nearly Lost Forever, Found 23 Years Later.
On September 11, 2001, 24-year-old Japanese man Kei Sugimoto filmed the attack on the World Trade Center from a rooftop about 3 kilometers away. Twenty-three years later in 2024, he rediscovered the deteriorating tapes and published the footage, preserving a visual record that came close to disappearing forever.
https://www.vintag.es/2026/09/kei-sugimoto-footage.html #globalmuseum #911 #archives

A fossil feather from the age of dinosaurs may explain why only some birds survived.
The best preserved feather from the age of the dinosaurs was just revealed — and it was inside a blob of fossilized poop. That feather is from an aquatic bird that lived 66 million years ago.
https://www.npr.org/2026/09/12/nx-s1-5963519-e1/a-fossil-feather-from-the-age-of-dinosaurs-may-explain-why-only-some-birds-survived #globalmuseum #fossils #birds #cretaceous

(Gross political interference)
In late Friday night social media posts, President Donald Trump demands the Smithsonian to install a colossal statue of George Washington outside the National Museum of American History and a special exhibit honoring the nation's first president.
For Constitution Day on Sept. 17, Trump asks them to install the 11-foot statue of Washington featured at the recent Freedom 250 IndyCar race in the museum's Flag Hall.
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/trump-asks-smithsonian-to-install-george-washington-statues-and-exhibit #globalmuseum #Trump

An Egyptian scarab amulet was discovered in an Oretani tomb at the Necropolis of El Toro in central Spain. Made of faience and inscribed with Egyptian hieroglyphs and Demotic characters, it likely reached Iberia through Phoenician-Punic trade networks by the 6th century BC. Buried alongside local cremated remains and grave goods, the object shows how far Egyptian symbols and Mediterranean exchange reached long before Roman rule.
https://dailygalaxy.com/2026/05/egyptian-amulet-tomb-spain-2000-miles/
@dawnofeuropa
#globalmuseum #egyptology

911 Museum CEO shares mission to keep history alive 25 years later.
#911anniversary #911 #globalmuseum #museums

911 Museum CEO shares mission to keep history alive 25 years later.
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911 Museum CEO shares mission to keep history alive 25 years later.
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911 Museum CEO shares mission to keep history alive 25 years later.
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911 Museum CEO shares mission to keep history alive 25 years later.
#911anniversary #911 #globalmuseum #museums

Gifts from Emperor #Puyi to his departing tutor Johnston reside in the SOAS library and archives. These include the emperor’s fan, now part of the Library’s Special Chinese Art Collection. The black fan features a landscape picture in gold and bears an inscription of the Imperial Seal of Xuantong (Puyi was the Xuantong Emperor). The fan was given as a farewell gift on 15th September 1930 when Johnston left China following the formal handover of Weihai back to Chinese sovereignty.
#globalmuseum

One for the Independent Museum Professional.
September 24.
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One for the Independent Museum Professional.
September 24.
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One for the Independent Museum Professional.
September 24.
#globalmuseum #museums

One for the Independent Museum Professional.
September 24.
#globalmuseum #museums

One for the Independent Museum Professional.
September 24.
#globalmuseum #museums

On Academic Publishing - Webinar this coming Tuesday, Sept 15 1:30pm EST.
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https://www.aamg-us.org/webinar/academic-publishing-webinar/ #globalmuseum #museums #webinar #publishing

On Academic Publishing - Webinar this coming Tuesday, Sept 15 1:30pm EST.
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https://www.aamg-us.org/webinar/academic-publishing-webinar/ #globalmuseum #museums #webinar #publishing

On Academic Publishing - Webinar this coming Tuesday, Sept 15 1:30pm EST.
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https://www.aamg-us.org/webinar/academic-publishing-webinar/ #globalmuseum #museums #webinar #publishing

On Academic Publishing - Webinar this coming Tuesday, Sept 15 1:30pm EST.
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https://www.aamg-us.org/webinar/academic-publishing-webinar/ #globalmuseum #museums #webinar #publishing

On Academic Publishing - Webinar this coming Tuesday, Sept 15 1:30pm EST.
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https://www.aamg-us.org/webinar/academic-publishing-webinar/ #globalmuseum #museums #webinar #publishing

"La Musicienne".
Musée d'art et d'histoire de Neuchâtel
Crafted between 1768 and 1774 by watchmakers Pierre Jaquet-Droz, Henri-Louis, and Jean-Frédéric Leschot, these mechanical marvels are extremely delicate. To preserve them, the museum only operates them once a month: every 1st Sunday at 14:00, 15:00, and 16:00.
@pablo.caar
#globalmuseum #museums #museedartethistorieneuchatel #neuchatel #swissmade #automaton

Peter Sellers (born OTD in 1925) with one of THE great moments in comedy.
@filmreads #globalmuseum #comedy #movies #PeterSellers

Police are searching for two thieves who stole four Renoir paintings from a French museum, before dropping two in the gardens as they fled the scene.
According to French media, the four stolen paintings were: Portrait of Madame Pichon (1895); Coco Lisant (1905); Portrait of Madame Colonna Romano (1910), and Jeune fille au puits (1886). The latter two are still missing.
https://www.bbc.com/news/live/cmdx0grlp92gt #Renoir #globalmuseum #art #artheist #museums #crime

Don't Piss Off Old People - Unisex T-shirt
(Ed: I'm ordering two!)
https://www.zazzle.com/old_people_unisex_t_shirt-256746713749539426?rf=238667188152553553
#globalmuseum #tshirt #elderly #retired #oldpeople #funny

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https://www.zazzle.com/art_museum_gold_finish_lapel_pin-256096541552621768?rf=238667188152553553 #globalmuseum #museums #artmuseums #pins

Who Needs an Art Museum When There’s a Banana Room in Town?
As arts institutions struggle to increase attendance, entertainment centers marketed as museums are wooing those who once might have gone to view art.
https://archive.ph/WiM3T #globalmuseum #museums #artmuseums

Hidden in a Parisian courtyard is La Maison du Pastel, the world's oldest pastel maker.
With a 300-year-old legacy of making pastels by hand, the shop served clients like Edgar Degas.
@MaisonPastelRP #globalmuseum #art #artsupplies #pastel

Wildlife photography.
Saving the last of our planet’s rhinos: The case of the white rhino.
Many rhino populations around the world are on a knife edge.
Inspired by Wildlife Photographer of the Year image How to Save a Species, the Natural History Museum is taking an in-depth look at the struggle to protect this magnificent animal.
https://www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/saving-the-last-white-rhinos.html?utm_source=globalmuseum #globalmuseum #museums #Rhino #photography

The Benefits of an Afternoon at the Art Museum.
Educators and psychologists have long recognized the benefits of art creation as part of a child’s education. But simply spending time among great works of art can be even more rewarding. That’s why I invite you to skip the pool or park one Saturday afternoon and take your kids to an art museum instead.
https://www.realcleareducation.com/articles/2026/05/31/the_benefits_of_an_afternoon_at_the_art_museum_1185887.html #globalmuseum #artgallery #artmuseums

Butter dish with cover (part of a service) (ca. 1775) Creator: Worcester factory 🏛️ The Metropolitan Museum of Art (object 198542) #MuseumObjects #MetropolitanMuseumOfArt #TheMet
#globalmuseum #ceramics
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Cricket cage (18th–19th century)
Creator: unknown

🏛️ The Metropolitan Museum of Art (object 60742)

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#MuseumObjects #MetropolitanMuseumOfArt #TheMet #globalmuseum #museums

Eyeglass Case (18th–19th century) Creator: unknown 🏛️ The Metropolitan Museum of Art (object 68794) #MuseumObjects #MetropolitanMuseumOfArt #TheMet #globalmuseum

Gig # 3469 (1878)
Creator: Brewster & Co.
🏛️ The Metropolitan Museum of Art (object 378635)
#MuseumObjects #MetropolitanMuseumOfArt #TheMet
@museumobjects.bsky.social‬ #globalmuseum #Transport

Zoomorphic Brooch (100–300)
Creator: unknown
🏛️ The Metropolitan Museum of Art (object 475394)
#MuseumObjects #MetropolitanMuseumOfArt #TheMet #globalmuseum #museums #MetMuseum

Open-Ring Brooch (early 800s)
Creator: unknown
🏛️ The Metropolitan Museum of Art (object 466071)
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#MuseumObjects #MetropolitanMuseumOfArt #TheMet #globalmuseum

Bascinet (probably 19th century)
Creator: unknown
🏛️ The Metropolitan Museum of Art (object 27119)
#MuseumObjects #MetropolitanMuseumOfArt #TheMet #globalmuseum #museums #armour #armor

Candle (ca. 1775)
Creator: unknown
🏛️ The Metropolitan Museum of Art (object 4159)
#MuseumObjects #MetropolitanMuseumOfArt #TheMet
#globalmuseum #museums
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Kirin (Mythical Chimera) (18th century) Creator: unknown 🏛️ The Metropolitan Museum of Art (object 60373) #MuseumObjects #MetropolitanMuseumOfArt #TheMet #globalmuseum #museums #ChineseArt #China

Vampires struggling with Seasonal Affective Disorder on their shortest day of the year.

With exposure to moonlight limited to as little as three or four hours across large parts of the country, many #vampires have admitted to feeling extremely low, with mental health issues affecting as many as 50% of all vampires during the long summer days.

https://newsthump.com/2025/06/21/vampires-struggling-with-seasonal-affective-disorder-on-their-shortest-day-of-the-year-4/ #humour #humor #globalmuseum #ShortestDay