Tag Archives: museums
Stuffed Polar Bears
There’s an exhibition opening this weekend, just up the road at the Horniman Museum, of pictures of stuffed polar bears. It’s the work of Cumbrian artists Bryndis Snæbjörnsdóttir and Mark Wilson, who set off to photograph every stuffed polar bear … more…
BibliOdyssey
I followed a link from somewhere onto BibliOdyssey a few weeks ago: I don’t recall what I saw there, the first time, but it went in the bookmarks straight off. It’s a blog dedicated to collecting atmospheric imagery from one … more…
Prehistoric London exhibition
We finally made it to the Museum of London on sunday, mostly to see the new London before London exhibit I posted about weeks ago, although we made it through history up until the Fire of 1666 before hunger and … more…
Brewster Kahle interview
The Wayback Machine man talks to New Scientist. The ground covered is pretty basic, but we shouldn’t neglect the basics, should we? Websites are like shifting sands. The average life of a Web page is 100 days. After that either … more…
Museum of London – the Thames in Prehistory
This is a flint handaxe, reckoned to be 300,000 years old, discovered during the construction of the Regent Palace Hotel in 1912, in Glasshouse Street, Picadilly. The site advertises the opening of a new gallery, London before London, which I … more…
Pressed Flowers
There are more pressed flowers than any well-adjusted person could possibly ever want in the specimen library of the George Clifford Herbarium, which is part of the Natural History Museum. I’m always blogging bits of this site, it seems. This … more…
Picturing America
Beautifully constructed and presented collection of American art from 1730 to the present at the Newark Museum. Includes painting, sculpture and photography. The commentary is a little light, but never mind. Lots of work here that I’d never seen before. … more…
Dream Anatomy: A National Library of Medicine Exhibit
A day or two behind the curve again, in blogging this wonderful site, but with a collection of high quality images like this, I’m not going to let that put me off. The commentary looks very worthwhile, too… (via all … more…
Maiden Lane and Nassau Street, NYC, 1929
plucked willy nilly from the ridiculously huge New York Public Library Picture Collection Online (via Booknotes)
“Mickey Mouse” themed gas mask for children
Museum of London: Galleries: London Children: Gasmask Allegedly “Mickey Mouse” themed gas mask for children, used in London during WWII. I don’t see any resemblance, personally – perhaps they mean Mickey Mouse in the “totally useless” sense? Surely not…? (via … more…