Newspaper clipping giving the results of a walking match in an 1890 museum. The Boston Globe The Boston Daily Globe Boston, Massachusetts · Wednesday, April 02, 1890
Nothing more fun that 136 year old box scores from the competitive walkers known as Pedestriennes.
The Boston Daily Globe
Wednesday, April 02, 1890
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Wednesday 10 June 2026 – 18:00–19:00 (CET)
Claudia Horn (King’s College London)
“Rosa Luxemburg’s Herbarium: Radical Ecology and the Global Plantation” #Womenshistory #skystorians #museumhistory
Abstract deadline: 20 March 2026
Full paper deadline: 20 May 2026 (can be negotiated)
Please submit queries and abstracts to: Laurence Talairach: laurence.talairach@univ-tlse2.fr and Linda Andersson Burnett: linda.andersson-burnett@idehist.uu.se
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The Smithsonian Institution: America's Largest Museum Complex
From James Smithson's 1826 bequest (he never visited the U.S.) to 154M+ artifacts!
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By granting public access to an imperial collection, the Russian Empire acknowledged that culture could outlast the court that created it.
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× Headline only" Dearth of Museum Freaks" The New York Times New York, New York · Sunday, October 15, 1899
I blame the government shut down.
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The New York Times
New York, New York · Sunday, October 15, 1899
This is hilarious! Once you think about it. Learn about 19th Century Dime Museums and read about the Lady Franklin Bay Expedition. Then think some more. HILARIOUS!
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Clip f article about a museum goer poisoned by an arrow from the Solomon Islands.
When Hands On interactives go horribly wrong.
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Daily Miner-Transcript
Nevada City, California · Thursday, May 29, 1890
A black and white photo of a crowd gathering outside a large building.
A black and white photo of a crowd gathering outside a large building.
Today we celebrate the #Bergen Museum's 200 year anniversary, so what would fit better than images from the 100 year anniversary? This is King Haakon visiting the museum in April 1925.
Bergen Museum was founded in 1825, and is the academic predecessor of the […]
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I know Du Maurier's book and stage adaptations gave us the Trilby Hat, but Trilby Feet? A wonderful example of a museum trying to stay relevant to pop culture of the 19th Cent.
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Cat show in a museum? Yes please! Educated cats? As long as they don't come with outstanding student loans.
#MuseumHistory #TDIH #cathistory
The Cincinnati Enquirer
Cincinnati, Ohio · Thursday, April 03, 1884
View of the Hindeloopen room in the Hindeloopen Museum. This room contains a table, chair, fireplace and two sets of windows on the back wall. All walls are tiled with white and blue tiles with biblical scenes or flowers, and a set of tiles reveals a ship. The room is in typical Hindelooper style, except for a screen on the left-hand side, on which someone in traditional dress (made with Chintz) is shown.
After months of digging through the archives of Nederlands Openluchtmuseum, Museum Europäischer Kulturen, Hindeloopen Museum (👇🏻) and @friesmuseum.bsky.social, I began writing a history of museum work through (the interaction with/construction of) the Hindeloopen room #museumhistory #staff #research
Newspaper headline "Academy Election Day, Speculation as to the Results on the Part of the Stuffed and Plaster Animals"
From the #museumhistory and #tdih file
A satiric conversation by specimens at the California Academy of Sciences on the election of officers. Link to article, complete with cartoons, in comments.
The San Francisco Examiner
San Francisco, California · Tuesday, January 07, 1896
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The Cardiff Giant Appears in Woods Museum with a competitor in the offing at Apollo Hall.
The Evening Telegraph
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania · Saturday, December 18, 1869
19th Century Museum jokes are the best.
The St. Helena Star
St. Helena, California · Thursday, December 16, 1875
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Newspaper article of a wedding in a museum
Being married in a museum is hardly new. Here we have a marriage between Henry Barnes of the Corn and Flour Exchange marrying Miss Millie Deacho "Galatea and snake-charmer"
Evening Capital
Annapolis, Maryland · Thursday, December 11, 1890
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Looking forward to speaking at this #exhibitions and #museumhistory event from @mghg.bsky.social later this month
Dear #museumhistory #envhist #histsci people, I am looking for good readings to give my students about museums and/or collections ecosystems, environments - any area or time period. Anything you would recommend?
Also, do you have anything good about ecomuseums?
Many thanks!
#BookHistory #MuseumHistory does anyone know when the first illustrated museum catalogue was published? And for which museum?
The #museum30 #origins prompt led to a quick post on cosmetics museums. Check out the ones that came before the Makeup Museum, plus a few that were established after. 💄#makeupmuseum #museumhistory https://bit.ly/36ODbYq
Another interesting read: Inside the Lost Museum: Curating, Past and Present from @lubar#bookshelf #museumhistory
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