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LGBT
fromwww.bbc.com
2 days ago

Historical gay rights poster given to museum

A historic 'Never Going Underground' poster from a 1988 campaign against Section 28 legislation has been donated to the London Transport Museum as part of a research project documenting LGBTQ+ experiences in London transport during the 1970s and 1980s.
UK news
fromianVisits
1 week ago

Newham to get its museum back after 30 years with new heritage centre

Newham will open the Heritage Centre in Canning Town's Grade II-listed Old Library to house archives and display its museum collection after a £2.7m grant.
History
fromFortune
1 week ago

Victorian-era 'vinegar valentines' show that trolling existed long before social media or the internet | Fortune

Vinegar valentines were mocking Victorian cards intended to offend recipients, often sent anonymously and sometimes provoking violent reactions.
Science
fromColossal
1 month ago

'Making the Invisible Visible' Highlights an Ambitious Digitization Project at Harvard

Digitizing museum analog catalogs and microscope-slide invertebrate collections preserves fragile records and makes thousands of specimens accessible to researchers and the public.
fromTime Out London
2 months ago

The Natural History Museum is opening two galleries that have been closed for decades

The Natural History Museum in South Kensington plans to open two spaces, one of which hasn't been seen by visitors since World War II. The aptly named Old General Herbarium has not been seen by Londoners since 1948 and is set to launch in 2026 as a pop-up Hidden Histories gallery. Origins gallery, which has been shut since 2004, will also reopen as a 'Land and Air gallery' sometime before the institution's 150th birthday in 2031.
UK news
Philosophy
fromAeon
2 months ago

Why is this Kenyan artefact in storage at a German museum? | Aeon Videos

A Kikuyu artefact taken to a German museum in 1903 reveals contested provenance and prompts community-centered approaches to rightful preservation and storytelling.
History
fromColossal
2 months ago

A Deep Dive into the Strange and Touching Victorian-Era Mourning Traditions

Victorian mourning involved elaborate public rituals and material objects, while contemporary grief is more private and inwardly managed.
Arts
fromFuncheap
2 months ago

SF's Cartoon Art Museum's "Pay What You Wish" Day (First Tuesdays)

The Cartoon Art Museum preserves and exhibits diverse cartoon art, offers educational programs, houses approximately 7,000 originals, and provides monthly Pay What You Wish admission.
Arts
fromFuncheap
3 months ago

"Reveries" A Robert Kipniss Retrospective Exhibition Opening (SF)

Robert Kipniss's mezzotints, color lithographs, and paintings offer meditative, quietly powerful visions that reveal profound significance in simple, overlooked moments.
Arts
fromARTnews.com
3 months ago

Art Gallery of Ontario Scores Major Donation of Contemporary Prints and Photographs

AGO received 450+ works from Carol and Morton Rapp, representing 203 artists and expanding its printmaking collection spanning the 1960s through the early 21st century.
Arts
fromHyperallergic
4 months ago

Hispanic Society to Sell Dozens of Artworks From Its Collection

The Hispanic Society is selling 45 non-core European Old Master paintings, including an El Greco workshop work, to fund collection care and acquisitions.
Music
fromTime Out London
5 months ago

I went to the V&A's new David Bowie Centre in Stratford before it opens to the public this weekend - here's what it's like

David Bowie's donated private archive at the V&A Storehouse reveals a vast, accessible public archive that enables research, engagement, and unexpected historical insights.
History
fromOregon ArtsWatch * Arts & Culture News
5 months ago

Tillamook County Pioneer Museum: Bringing Tillamook to the world, from shipwrecks to service members, from research to a nature reserve * Oregon ArtsWatch

The Tillamook County Pioneer Museum preserves and shares Tillamook County history with roughly 55,000 objects and 20,000 photographs spanning the 17th–21st centuries.
History
fromMedievalists.net
5 months ago

Viking Hairstyles Uncovered in a Medieval Gaming Piece - Medievalists.net

A 1,000-year-old walrus-ivory Viking figurine vividly depicts a middle-parted hairstyle, moustache, braided goatee, sideburns, and cropped back hair, revealing elite Viking grooming.
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