A plastic cat on wheels stands on a conservator's table. The cat has visible signs of having been played with, it is slightly dirty and miscoloured, and one eye is missing.
We are working on a new exhibit on toys & play, and reviewing our collections. A problem with museum collections of children's culture is that the objects most loved never make it through history & into the collections - they are loved to pieces... but there are exceptions! #museumlife
A picture of a purple-blue pennyworth (hepatica nobilis) surrounded by brown leaves.
Procrastinating Difficult Task by going out in the Open Air Museum to see spring arriving 🌼 #museumlife @norskfolkemuseum.bsky.social
The Rocky Mountains by Albert Bierstadt, 1863 — dramatic landscape with towering peaks. At the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Standing before The Rocky Mountains by Albert Bierstadt, 1863. The scale, the light breaking through clouds — this is America before the interstate. You can stand in front of it at the Met in NYC. 🏔️
#AlbertBierstadt #AmericanArt #MetMuseum #LandscapePainting #OpenAccessArt #MuseumLife
….so the V&A (which I love) has a new exhibit on provenance and looting but it doesn’t talk about looting by the British?!? I can’t wait to go see for myself, but until then I brace to be outraged from afar.
#museumlife
A sheet of paper against a seminar room background. The title of the paper reads "Symposium: AI and archives. Current projects and future visions."
I'm in Uppsala! For this cool thing on AI & archives. #ai #archives #museumlife
The Rocky Mountains, Lander's Peak by Albert Bierstadt, 1863
The Rocky Mountains, Lander's Peak — Albert Bierstadt, 1863. The scale, the light breaking through clouds… this is America before the interstate. 🏔️
#AlbertBierstadt #HudsonRiverSchool #AmericanArt #MetMuseum #MuseumLife
Entering the shadows at the Royal Ontario Museum — where the Bat Cave comes alive and the night flyers take ove
Found it! #BatCave #RoyalOntarioMuseum #ROMToronto #Bats #TorontoMuseums #NatureExhibit #NightCreatures #UrbanExploration #TorontoPhotography #MuseumMoments #ExploreToronto #WildlifeExhibit #MuseumLife #CityAdventures #ROM
Two pigs in a pigsty, in front of a big red barn.
Visiting our 1950s farm for lunch today. #museumlife
When you've explained 1820s politics three times and someone still asks if we had WiFi...
Don't worry - at the Benjamin Stephenson House we choose patience over pitchforks every time. Okay so maybe not...🤷♀️
#MuseumLife #History #Docent #fyp #stephensonhouse
Today in #MuseumLife:
🍓 Fruit for lunch, left by yesterday's school group
📃 Updating policy paperwork and writing contracts
🕐 Event planning
📧 A completely ridiculous number of emails.
The glamour. The excitement. Might audit some first aid kits for fun.
Closeup of a tweed coat and a fake keffiyeh. In the background, fog.
It's almost spring in Oslo, but I'm dressed for a visit to a very cold archive. #museumlife
This week #MuseumLife is doing it's very best to squash me.
📷 Catching all the media from a big event over the weekend
🗓️ Planning our next two events
🎫 Launching the entire summer programme
💼 Leading job interviews
🎓Delivering talks and schools visits
🦺 Training volunteers
📃 Updating policies
High ceiling, dark wood furniture, stained glass windows.
Spent my day at the National Library, writing in the lovely old fashioned study rooms ❤️ #museumlife
Amusing that while the National Gallery claims “financial woes,” it spent £85m refurbishing the Sainsbury Wing and secured £300m for a new modern art wing, yet laments an £8.2m deficit (per The Guardian). Mismanagement much?
#Museums #MuseumLife
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Wishing a Happy Valentine's Day to Miss Bebe VonSchweetz ♥
Grand Rapids Public Museum Visit
© Wild Times Photography 2023
#BebeVonSchweetz #MuseumLife #Bebe #MuseumNerd #VonSchweetz #GRPM #Queens #PublicMuseum #Bombshell #PinUps #PinUpStyle #StrongWomen #MIPinUps #PinUpsOfMI #WildTimesPhoto #WTP
A life‑sized taxidermied hippopotamus, fully wrapped in protective plastic, is suspended by straps and chains as it is lifted through a wide, newly opened section of a brick wall.
Q: How do you get a 🦛 hippo out of a museum?
A: Very, very carefully. 👀
Go behind the scenes with Anna Massignan to see how thousands of specimens were safely moved during the Dead Zoo decant.
👉: www.museum.ie/en-IE/Collec...
#NaturalHistory #MuseumLife #Museumology #NaturalHistory #NMIBlog
The book in question - pink cover with white letters.
I do not get to practice my speciality as a migration historian too often these days. But today I'm re-reading Leslie Page Moch's excellent book Moving Europeans in preparation for a lecture tomorrow & I am very happy ❤️ #academicsky #migrationhistory #museumlife
Today in #MuseumLife, it is past 5pm and I am at my desk reading old journals about the development of armoured submersible batteries designed for deployment the Crimea.
I could explain why, but the reasons won't make much sense. It's all to do with socks.
(Best job ever though.)
One thing about working at a museum….you get a LOT of weirdos that just want to talk your ear off until you start to consider faking a seizure just to get away from them.
#MuseumLife
For the love of all organization systems, past people, “printer paper box” is Not A Valid Location!! Arrrgh!! #MuseumLife
Little Timmy’s Long Nap: An 11-Year-Old’s Fossil Find in Wyoming
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#FossilFind #YoungExplorer #Rockhounding #WyomingHistory #PublicLands #Paleontology #BLM #AncientLife #TurtleFossil #ScienceDiscovery #KidsInScience #NaturalHistory #MuseumLife #FieldWork #PepRaise
Ancient Marble, Modern Middleware
#streetphotography #artvsmodernity #museumlife #timelessart #digitalage #visualirony #blackandwhitephotography #monochrome #leicaphotography #culturalcontrast #historymeetsnow #artobservation #photographyart #museummoments #visualculture #rome #leicam10monochrom
...Justice Jackson's legacy of justice, tolerance, and the rule of law.
We're grateful for Madeleine's dedication and excited to see her work come to life in our anniversary display!
#RobertHJacksonCenter #Jamestown #SUNYFredonia #Internship #25YearsStrong #MuseumLife
Toy plane on a curator's table.
Today I'm playing with this thing (and cannot find it in the catalogue). #museumlife
What type are you? 🚶🤓🤸 #museums #museumlife #dmns
Snow-covered stave church with heavy grey skies behind.
Our stave church looks good even in snow. #museumlife
A shiny metal toy car. In the background, a yellow paper box with DINKY TOYS on it, a toy fire truck, and more.
Today in #museumlife: finding tiny numbers on tiny cars & checking them against the register.
