Influencers: is it time for museums to go all in? As agencies pay Instagram influencers to promote museums, is the investment worth the publicity?

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Have you ever stood in front of the Giant Sequoia Tree exhibit at the Museum?

When this tree sprouted around CE 550, the English language didn’t even exist! This slice came from a 300 ft (91.4 m) tall tree felled by loggers in 1891. Today, it's illegal to cut down giant sequoias.

American Museum of Natural History
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Zhuhai Chimelong Marine Science
Museum, China

Science girl @gunsnrosesgirl3 #museums #China #ScienceMuseum #science

On Dec 3rd 995, the Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO) launched. A joint project between NASA and ESA, SOHO was only designed to last two years, but a quarter-century later, it's still revolutionizing how we see our Sun.

More from NASA: s.si.edu/49gw22Y #Slar #Sun #Space #Science

Morning in Motoyoshiwara, from Selection of Views of the Tokaido, by Kawase Hasui, 1940, Tokyo Fuji Art Museum

@JapanTraCul #museums #JapaneseArt

The 2024 Tesla is now on display at the Petersen Automotive Museum.

Petersen Automotive Museum is located in LA and is one of the best visits in town. #museums #cars #Automobiles #Tesla

🕷️Research alert! Museum scientists have discovered a new species of whip spider in Arizona & California that they’ve named Paraphrynus tokdod after the Tohono O’odham word for spider. Learn more ⬇️ amnh.link/3VjFInJ

American Museum of Natural History
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I would say S & S is middling for me, but as always, Austen can cut a phrase.

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Castello di Avio in the north of Italy is a medieval castle, which dates back to the 11th Century AD.

It has several rooms with old frescoes painted in 14th Century AD, and three lines of walls and five towers. One of them - the so-called Torre della Picadora was the place for executions. People were hanged there.

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Aerial view of the colossal triad of 5m high red granite statues of a pharaoh, his queen and the god Hapi, dating from the 4th Century BC, which stood in front of the great temple of Heracleion near Alexandria.

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A mosaic featuring an Eros figure fishing on horse, from Greek Mythology, has been found in the southern province of Adana’s Yumurtalık district in nowdays Türkiye.

The half fish-half horse Eros, which is called Hippocampus in Greek mythology, is claimed to be the one and only such mosaic in the world.

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Horned Bronze Female Figure (1000-650 BC), from western Iran 🇮🇷

National Museum, Tehran

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Burrow Mump is a prominent hill located in the village of Burrowbridge in Somerset, England.

It is notable for the ruins of a medieval church at its summit, which are a striking feature of the Somerset Levels landscape.

The hill is managed by the National Trust and offers panoramic views of the surrounding area.

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This copper alloy stand, dating from Early Dynastic I Mesopotamia (2900-2700 BC), takes the form of a Markhor goat.

The intricately designed piece features a goat supporting a complex superstructure, showcasing the advanced craftsmanship of the time. The stand likely served both a functional and symbolic purpose in Mesopotamian society.

MET Museum

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Bruno Zach (1891-1945) The "Riding Crop" -

An extremely rare, large bronze figure of a dominatrix holding her riding crop behind her back, upon a signed oval bronze sôcle. Signed ‘Bruno Zach’ in the bronze, 1924.

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