David Attenborough turned 99 on May 8, and in this interview about his latest documentary - 'Attenborough and the Giant Sea Monster', he speaks with such passion still, that the world feels fresh and full of wonder. He makes me want to head out right now and go fossil hunting! ⛏🦖 #DavidAttenborough

This tiny guy was trying to join our #malacology collection by coming into the #museum through our service entrance.
I was told that it's likely an invasive and extremely predatory species.
#snails #naturalhistory #museums

Cool finding. Is it an X-ray candidate?

Dorothy Porter in 1939, at her desk in the Carnegie Library at Howard University. Moorland-Spingarn Research Center, Manuscript Division, Howard University

Dorothy B. Porter changed libraries 💜

The Dewey Decimal System used to only have two classifications for Black people: 325 (colonization) & 326 (slavery). Each book by a Black person was put into one of these classifications. A book of poetry? Classified as colonization.

Enter Dorothy B. Porter 🧵

Thank you! I hope I can visit it someday 😉

What #museum is that?

Which Artists Dominate U.S. Museums Right Now? We Crunch the Numbers | Artnet News The biggest Museum Artists in December 2024, based on looking at hundreds of exhibitions featured in U.S. museums.

Which Artists Dominate U.S. #Museums 🏛 Right Now?
news.artnet.com/art-world/mu...
#museums #museos
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Noche de Museos 2024 Espacios y circuitos culturales de Chile abrirán gratuitamente y en horario nocturno. ¡En octubre una cartelera imperdible!

Chilean #museums have been offering "museum night" for some years now:
www.nochedemuseos.cl
Many other museums in South and Central America also offer similar events
#museos

Indigenous Australians recover human remains taken by Germany 120 years ago Five sets of ancestral remains seized in 19th century handed over by museums in Berlin and Lower Saxony

Indigenous Australians recover Ancestors taken by Germany 120 years ago
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
#Repatriation #Restitution #museums

Meet a scientist tracking cactus poaching in the Atacama Desert Botanist Pablo Guerrero has been visiting Atacama cacti all his life. They’re not adapting well to a drier climate, booming mining and plant collection.

Meet a scientist tracking cactus poaching in the Atacama Desert
www.sciencenews.org/article/cact...
#science #AtacamaDesert #Chile #Botany #cactus #cacti

For those of you who celebrate, happy Thanksgiving! Enjoy your highly derived theropod dinosaur!

Okay #musetech peeps, I created a starter pack for you all. Go ahead and hop in if I didn't get to you! go.bsky.app/V7MsiXr

Thanks for compiling this list. Is it possible to be added? I am the ED of the McClung Museum of Natural History & Culture.

The sky in Knoxville yesterday evening

Thanks for compiling this list. Is it possible to be added? I am the ED of the McClung Museum of Natural History & Culture.