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Post-WWII, European governments implemented the welfare state via nationalised services, hospitals & insurances, increasing life expectancy.

Poster - "Health of a human" - Soviet Union, 1970s,
Paula Stradiņa Medicīnas vēstures muzejs

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2020-03-28

What is your favorite type of French art?

You can take a free virtual tour and learn about 11 French art movements and their highlights in the Amuze app: https://t.co/MWKQIlucJe

And let me know your favorite!

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2020-03-28

It's H for the Hale family in today's

Charles Hale was 's first Groundsman and he lived with his family in a cottage next to the ground.

His great-grandson tells us more ➡️ https://t.co/AoGyqecknQ

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2020-03-27

Making video conferencing more magical. Save these images of the Fairy Castle and upload them as your background to add some whimsy to your next meeting.

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2020-03-27

Day 4 from home is this beautiful yellow tea cup and saucer which I bought from York Ceramics Fair several years ago. Miss my favourite cup & saucer made by Harry Davis from the W. A. Ismay collection at https://t.co/FOIrHQNaUA

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2020-03-27

Signing on to another video chat from home like... Take a break and explore the Virtual Norman Rockwell Museum, link in bio.

Available for sale as a print in the Museum Store. Norman Rockwell, "Beerman (Man with Sandwich and Glass of Beer)," 1941.

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2020-03-26

Let’s play! Time for a scavenger hunt in our digital collections.

Since the 15th century, herbals like this have depicted medicinal plants. Got these useful herbs at home? Reply with your photo! (Alphabetical order optional) https://t.co/n5oJtzo9r1

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2020-03-26

Painted by Xavier Gonzales, this mural featuring jazz musicians hung for years at Dixie’s Bar of Music in the French Quarter. Now, the iconic painting lives on the second floor of the Jazz Museum after a restoration in 2018. What familiar faces can you spot? 🎨

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2020-03-25

A stormy seascape from our Victorian Gallery, ‘Rough Weather in the Mediterranean’, Henry Moore, 1874.

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2020-03-23

Recognise this from our profile picture? It's our set of papier-mâché models of horse teeth, made Louis Thomas Jérôme Auzoux to help determine a horse's age. This particular set was used by a French school to teach their pupils & it's now a firm favourite!

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2020-03-23

🎨 Highlight from our Permanent Collection: William Steene (1887-1965), "Tea Leaves," not dated. oil on canvas, Collection of the Mississippi Museum of Art, Jackson. Gift of Bette Painter, 1968.

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2020-03-22

Have from home!

The Museum may be closed, but we are bringing you the featuring pets 🐈🐶 in the because we could all use some cute animal pictures right now!

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2020-03-22

It's Enjoy the whimsical shoe-inspired poem on this late 19th century lithograph by Kate Greenaway (1846 - 1910), an English painter & illustrator.

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2020-03-22

Take a moment to appreciate the details... 🌹

🎨, Pedro José Díaz (attb to), Portrait of a Young Woman, 1795-1810, Museum purchase with funds provided by Wellesley College Friends of Art
Object No, 2011.17

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2020-03-21

The occurred at 03.49am GMT this morning!

What does this mean? At two points in the year the Sun illuminates the Northern and Southern Hemispheres equally and there are approximately equal hours of daylight and darkness: https://t.co/Meqk3zEfGp

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2020-03-20

Think we could all use a bright 💐 arrangement to enjoy on this ⁣
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🎨 Albert André, Anemones (Still life with pitcher of flowers on a table), 1916, Oil on canvas, 2019.1171⁣ https://t.co/wjjQILO6RJ

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2020-03-20

Spring is here! Learn about flowering trees in Collected on this Day in 1898: Silver Maple, by Assistant Curator of Botany Mason Heberling. https://t.co/SrOePDo1VM

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2020-03-20