The Bezos Learning Center Is Taking Shape on the National Mall.
The design by Perkins + Will would add a spiral galaxy-shaped pavilion and observatory to the National Air and Space Museum in Washington, DC. bloomberg.com/news/newsletters… #museums #architecture
Dirk reshared this.
An Anglo-Saxon brooch (6th-7th Century AD), it was found in Wingham, Kent - England 🏴
Garnet, glass, shell, gold, silver and niello, which is a black mixture of sulphur, copper, silver, and lead used as an inlay on engraved metal. Added as a powder or paste, it melts when fired, thus flowing into the engraved lines. (W: 5cm)
© The Trustees of the British Museum
Dirk reshared this.
The oldest preserved #candles north of the Alps. They were made from beeswax around 1,400 years ago. Found in the early #medieval burial site in Oberflacht. The damp environment preserved the candles in good condition.
On display at Landesmuseum Württemberg
Dirk reshared this.
Sencha Ewer or Export Teapot with Wave Design and Dragon-Formed Handles and Spout, second half of 19th century
Masterpieces of Japan
@JapanTraCul #Japaneseceramics #ceramics #Japaneseart
Dirk reshared this.
Dirk reshared this.
On December 14, 1972, the Apollo 17 lunar module "Challenger" departed the Moon with Harrison Schmitt and Gene Cernan, the last astronauts on the Moon. LM liftoff was captured by a TV camera on the LRV that was left behind. More on how it was done: s.si.edu/4gx1lsM
National Air and Space Museum
@airandspace #Space #Moon #Apollo17
Dirk reshared this.
#Sharks eating #dinosaurs! At the charming National Museum in #Prague.
Totally morbid paleoart. But based on one of the few Czech dinosaur fossils, an ornithopod bone crisscrossed with the razor blade bites of sharks.
@stevebrusatte.bsky.social
Dirk reshared this.
This fossilized skull may look like the head of an actual dragon, but it's as real as they come. It belongs to *Dracorex hogwartsia*, an armored dinosaur from the Upper Maastrichtian stage of the Late Cretaceous period.
The skull's striking resemblance to a mythical dragon has captured the imagination of many, but it's a genuine fossil from an extraordinary prehistoric creature.
Dirk reshared this.
The final portrait of Madame de Pompadour ✨
François-Hubert Drouais was born #OnThisDay in 1727. The former mistress of Louis XV, Madame de Pompadour had become an international celebrity by the time Drouias portrait her portrait in 1763: bit.ly/2MryJCN
National Gallery
@NationalGallery #art #portraiture #museums #painting #France
Dirk reshared this.
It's looking frosty! ❄️
As the temperature continues to drop, we're sharing a selection of the snowy scenes from the 60th edition of the Wildlife Photographer of the Year exhibition.
Which one is your favourite? 🌨️
@nhm_wpy #winter #photography #Wildlife
Dirk reshared this.
Dirk reshared this.
Behold the dazzling colors of the black-and-gold sapsucking slug. This sea slug secretes an unappetizing mucus to dissuade predators & can drop its colorful cerata, or leaf-like outgrowths, to create a distraction. This species is found in the western Indian and Pacific Oceans.
@AMNH #seaslug #marineanimals #Pacific
Dirk reshared this.
Dirk reshared this.
You can buy lovely unique Christmas presents and support independent artists on the Fediverse by browsing these hashtags:
#FediGiftShop
#ArtForSale
#OriginalArt
Indie artists are having a tough time of it right now due to AI stealing their work without credit or compensation. Buying direct from artists helps the people who actually create the world's art keep going 🙂
(Thank you to @Curator for advice on tags)
reshared this
Jane Austen's House produced a 30 minute documentary on Austen and her novel, The Watsons. Entitled, " Jane Austen and the Art of Writing: Spotlight on The Watsons," the doc looks at Jane's process in her writing and development of her novels.
youtu.be/L44eg3MlADc?si=EBE22O…
#AmReading #AmWriting @bookstodon #books #Bookstodon
#WritingCommunity #ReadingCommunity #Regency #Georgian #JaneAusten @romancelandia
reshared this
Sardinian Bronze Statuette of a Nuragic Worshipper (8th-7th Century BC) - Italy 🇮🇹
This statuette represents a woman standing while holding an offering plate filled with four objects (nicknamed as two “croissants” and two “bread rolls”, whose exact nature remains enigmatic).
Museo Archeologico Alle Clarisse, Ozieri
Dirk reshared this.
The ancient Via Flaminia, built by the Roman consul Gaius Flaminius, the construction works lasted from 70-76 AD, connected Rome, Cisalpine Gaul and northern Europe.
Dirk reshared this.
reshared this
reshared this
Personalized Binders.
Is your bookshelf or Zoom background embarrassing?
These personalized antique book design folders/binders will make a difference!
CLICK HERE 👇
zazzle.com/collections/1191299… #binders #folders #Zoom #stationery
Dirk reshared this.
AVL_5
in reply to Global Museum • • •