Dutch pharmacist Albertus Seba (1665–1736) devoted his life to collecting exotic plants and animals. His richly illustrated books document his cabinet of curiosities—a precursor of the modern museum. Explore his publications for https://t.co/zv3F9QVGrE

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JOURNEY TO ITALY / Viaggio in Italia – Roberto Rossellini, 1954
w/ Ingrid Bergman
“Duo” – Colette, 1934
Sculpture: “The Runners”

Katherine visits the National Archaeological Something about what she sees there disturbs her…

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Perseus and Andromeda (1720) by Hendrick Jacob Hoet (c. 1693–1733) The Bowes Museum. Andromeda is shackled to the rocks, threatened by the monster. Perseus approaches on Pegasus, the winged divine horse. Read all about it in Ovid's Metamorphoses.

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Finally got to make a face and a name going for the previously unnamed and faceless Protagonist for a project of mine.

Meet Devon Chadwick. Nightwatchman for a museum.

He's usually not so stone-faced.

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[1 JOUR 1 COURT] Jour 9: « La chasse au trésor » (#HayaoMiyazaki, 2011)
Le + court (- de 9 min) des courts du Une sorte de suite à « La chasse à la baleine » plus anecdotique.
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This week we return to our podcast on Thomas Graham, Lord Lynedoch, with a special to boot! The eagle eyed amongst you may realise that this massive portrait hangs in the rotunda at

Enjoy, wherever you get your podcasts- https://t.co/v6O1SaU09t

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'O ye whales and all that move on the waters bless ye the Lord' (1899) by Edward Arthur Fellowes Prynne (1854–1921).
Russell-Cotes Art Gallery & Museum.

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Hello! We're trying something a bit different. We'd like to apply for the Esmee Collections Fund, but we're not a museum. Therefore, we are seeking grant partners! Will you join us for an innovative collections adventure? Pleeeease?https://t.co/g0GEAQqZAX

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hair goals from Robespierre, who's celebrating his birthday with a business in front/party out back look. via the British Museum.

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Miss Wicket and Miss Trigger are enjoying some outdoor pursuits! “Miss Trigger you see is an excellent shot, And forty five notches Miss Wicket's just got”. John Collet, 1778, via the British Museum.

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Today's takes us to in beautiful Beaufort Co.

It isn't officially but it might as well be!

Have you been to or Aurora Fossil Festival? Please share your images w/ the hashtag, & tag & follow the museum.

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“Walking through the museum felt less like voyeurism and more like collaboration: Strangers wanted their lives witnessed, and other strangers wanted to witness them.”

, “The Breakup Museum.” from Spring 2018.

https://t.co/WfCOewLRAG

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Reopening before its initial closing date of 9 August 2020 we hope: ‘French Impressions: Prints from Manet to Cézanne’ at the British Museum. Free. Featuring all your favourite French artists and more! Below: Paul Cézanne, ‘Les Baigneurs (grande planche)’ (c.1898).

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Hidden Histories: Revealing the Life of a Painting explores a mysterious 16th century Venetian Sacra Conversazione recently donated to the Davis Museum. While it is currently not the most attractive painting, the layers of restoration and other versions of the work (1 of 3)

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Goro, Saruto and Spirit decide to go to the museum. Enjoy and God bless!

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One of my favourite sections in the museum. 🦋

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Rocks at Belle-ile, Port-domois, by French painter Claude Monet (1886). Cincinnati Art Museum.

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Profits generated by opened in 1851, became the basis of the present day V&A, Science Museum, and the Natural History Museum.

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Peter Schmidt von Lichtenberg.1585-after 1620. Saint Jerome in the Wilderness.1618. Black chalk,pen and dark brown ink,brown and grey wash on laid paper. Princeton University Art Museum.

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