The Fiskerton Log Boat which was discovered during excavations on the banks of the River Witham near Fiskerton in Lincolnshire. The oak boat dates to the Iron Age, and is now on display at Lincoln Museum. 📸 My own. #Woodensday #Prehistory #Fiskerton #LincolnMuseum

Grabsteinfragment von Gaius Valerius – Soldat der Neunten Legion und Standartenträger des Jahrhunderts von Hospes. Der Stein wurde 1909 auf dem South Common in Lincoln entdeckt und gehört heute zur Sammlung des Lincoln Museums. 📸 Eigenes Foto. #EpigraphyTuesday #LincolnMuseum

Tombstone fragment relating to Gaius Valerius - soldier of the Ninth Legion and standard-bearer of the century of Hospes. Discovered on the South Common in Lincoln in 1909, the stone is part of the collections at Lincoln Museum. 📸 My own. #EpigraphyTuesday #LincolnMuseum

A group of Bronze Age swords discovered in Lincolnshire. Now part of the collections at Lincoln Museum. 📸 My own. #BronzeAge #Prehistory #Archaeology #LincolnMuseum

A dugout boat which was found during excavations on the banks of the River Witham, near Fiskerton in Lincolnshire. Dating to the Iron Age, the boat was worked from a single oak tree trunk. Now part of the collections at Lincoln Museum. 📸 My own. #Woodensday #LincolnMuseum

Tombstone to Claudia Crysis who lived to the age of 90 - the oldest known inhabitant of Roman Lincoln. The stone is part of the collections at Lincoln Museum. 📸 My own. #EpigraphyTuesday #RomanBritain #LincolnMuseum

Contemporary British artist Barbara Walker powerfully depicts herself close-up as a serious Black woman with long braids, wearing a coral-colored shirt. With dark brown skin that is richly textured and painted with visible brushstrokes, giving it a sense of depth and dimension, we sense her age and experience. Her dark brown hair is styled in long, thin meticulously-done braids that cascade down her shoulders and partially obscure her shoulders. She is wearing a simple, loose-fitting, orangish-red colored shirt with a casual neckline that is warm and complements her skin tone. The brushwork on the shirt suggests a soft, slightly uneven fabric. Walker’s face is detailed with carefully rendered features. Her eyes are dark, expressive, and commanding. Her gaze is directed towards us, but there is a subtle sense of distance in her expression. Her lips are slightly parted, and her mouth is set in a neutral, almost serious expression. There's a slight hint of weariness in her eyes and the subtle lines around them. The light in the painting is soft and even, with no harsh shadows, creating a calm atmosphere. She varies her brushstrokes in the painting, but they work together in harmony. The intense detail around her hair, lips, and eyes does not seem out of place against the thicker, patchy brushstrokes of her chest and shirt to create a memorable portrait that depicts her own definition of self beauty and not the standards of others. Walker’s artwork is informed by the social, political and cultural realities that affect her life and the lives of those around her. Growing up in Birmingham, her experiences have directly shaped a practice concerned with issues of class and power, gender, race, representation and belonging. Her figurative drawings and paintings tell contemporary stories hinged on historical circumstances, making them universally understood and reflecting a human perspective on the state of affairs in her native Britain and elsewhere.

Self Portrait by Barbara Walker (British) - Oil on canvas / 2000 - Usher Gallery (Lincoln, England) #womeninart #womanartist #femaleartist #art #BritishArtist #womensart #artwork #BarbaraWalker #UsherGallery #LincolnMuseum #portraitofawoman #selfportrait #oilpainting #fineart #BritishArt #ArtUK

Began spring break teaching our child about history and politics. #springfieldIL #lincolnmuseum #statecapitol #history

The snow lined sign of the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Museum.

Three young women stand in the hallway of leading to the Emancipation Proclamation exhibit. The hall is lined with TV behind dark glass with actors expressing varying opinions on the Proclamation. Above them as signs reading: "Emancipation Proclamation?", "It Goes To Far!", "It Doesn't Go Far Enough!", and "Don't Sign It!" A figure of Lincoln standing in thought behind his desk is in the background.

A bronze casting of Lincoln's face, taken in 1865, sits inside an open museum case. A sign encourages visitors to please touch and feel the casting of the president's care worn face.

A display from an exhibit of Lincoln's funeral. It reads: Abraham Lincoln February 12, 1809 - April 15, 1865 "It is for us the living, rather, to be dedicated here to the unfinished work which they who fought here have thus far so nobly advanced. It is rather for us to be here dedicated to the great task remaining before us—that from these honored dead we take increased devotion to that cause for which they gave the last full measure of devotion—that we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain—that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom—and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth." A. Lincoln Gettysburg Address, November 19,1863

Had a long drive home from #ChicagoTARDIS yesterday, made longer by a semi-planned detour to Springfield, Illinois to the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Museum there. One of the most immersive and worthwhile museum experiences I’ve ever had. These are but a few highlights. #LincolnMuseum