Interior Museumさんのイラストまとめ

Happy birthday to artist Thomas Moran born #OTD 1837. In accompanying 1872 Hayden Expedition & 1873 Powell Expedition, his artwork shaped public opinion about western lands. Two paintings (Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone & Chasm of the Colorado) are in @InteriorMuseum collection.

An oldie but a goodie: What'll happen if you go around scaring our museum objects? You'll end up with petrified wood! 🤣 BOO! 👻 #MuseumTrickorTreat

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#OTD 1959, Hawai'i becomes 50th US state, but @Interior's connection dates to 1898 US annexation of Hawaiian Islands, when responsibility for relations was assigned to Interior. Most Hawaiian artifacts in @InteriorMuseum's collection, like this pandanus fan, are from 1930-50s.

☀️Your #ObjectoftheMonth is this #summer scene by Robert Tompkins Handville. Depicted are the shifting dunes of MA's Province Lands Area @CapeCodNPS. Exposed to 🌊& 🌬️, the shore nevertheless harbors delicate marine, estuarine, freshwater & terrestrial ecosystems.🏖️(OSAC 00231)

🌸Continuing w/ #PollinatorWeek, here are 2 examples of floral designs on Chippewa basketry. One is made w/ seed beads stitched onto the bark lid of a c1945 sewing basket (INTR 00714). The other is done in quillwork on the birch bark panel of a 1930s wastebasket (INTR 00342).🌼

#OTD 1871, John Wesley Powell's expedition embarks on a second voyage down the Colorado River, following on his famous 1869 survey. Our #ObjectoftheMonth is this 1936 painting by William Henry Jackson showing a camp scene in Marble Canyon from the 1871 expedition (INTR 03003).

#WHITE = the color of the matrix bearing a fossilized fish; the fur trim on an Eskimo yo-yo; a specimen of staghorn coral; the outer skin of coconut frond that makes up the weave of a Marshallese Kili bag; and a disk of Yap stone money. #MuseumMW #RainbowMW

This circa 1925 vessel is by Nampeyo of Hano (c. 1859-1942), perhaps the first Native American potter nationally recognized by name. She frequently decorated her pottery with an abstract bird wing design known as the migration pattern. (INTR 01368) #WomeninCulture #MuseumWeek

#OTD 1939 in @Interior history, African American opera singer Marian Anderson performs on Easter Sunday for 75,000 people from the steps of the Lincoln Memorial--a historic preface to the Civil Rights Movement. (@librarycongress 📷: Interior Sec. Ickes with Anderson).

#OTD in 1937 in @Interior history, Secretary Harold Ickes worked his 1st full day in his office at the newly-completed Interior headquarters building. [Note: This historical photo (INTR 07671) depicts him in his office but at a later 1930s date.]