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  1. Another beautiful piece from our collection that deserves mention today. This incredible knot board honoring the USS Thresher was made by Kenneth Hagan, BM-1, USN, Ret. and generously donated to Albacore Park by Robert P. Cahillane, Navy Co. 125.

    #USSThresher #AlbacorePark #Musuem #NavyHistory

  2. It looks like Rip Van Winkle went for a bike ride with a friend and then took a nap. A loooong nap. As seen at Bicycle Heaven in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

    Here's a 360 video tour of the museum - youtu.be/7HVQo--8psE

    I stopped by Bicycle Heaven at the start of my bicycle tour on the Great Allegheny Passage and Chesapeake and Ohio Trails from Pittsburgh to Washington DC.

    #bicycle #schwinn #musuem #bicycletouring #bicycleheaven #pittsburgh #GreatAlleghenyPassage

  3. Three glass eyes with portable velvet carrying case and mirror, c.1870. These were likely meant to be carried by an ocularist – someone who specialized in making and fitting prosthetic eyes – to assist them in making the best possible match to the patient’s remaining eye.

    #histodons #histodon #histmed #medhist #medicalhistorian #museumobject #musuem #eye #history #twitter #twittermigration #twitterstorians