Grand Hairy One

Photos from museums and heritage sites, random posts of whatever I'm interested in and fun little facts about history from those museums.

[rhymewithrachel]

watching twilight and I keep making myself laugh imagining if it was just alucard or any other vampire instead of Edward. POV nausferatu goes to ur school

[folkfashion]

Irish strawboy costume, Ireland, by Grainne Quinlan

[no-ones-stupid-gallery]

Ángel Gabriel Ortiz (Mexican) - Jarro de Día de Muertos (Day of the Dead Vase), 1998. Polychrome Ceramic.

[savetheflower-1967]

Nun in red heels from Readers Digest magazine, ca 1967.

[raisondetriment]

I know I only have so many mutuals but I can NOT let you get away with hiding this in the tags

[rosieandthemoon]

Lover's Eye Bracelet,from c. 1860, British {via}

This example is rendered in delicate watercolor on ivory.

Popular in the late eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, lover’s eye miniatures were discreet tokens of affection, allowing the wearer to carry the presence of a beloved without revealing their identity.

By the mid-1800s, such objects could also function as sentimental or mourning jewelry, blurring the line between romance and remembrance.

[rosieandthemoon]

Hornberg Castle in Neckarzimmern, Germany

[monidoll]

instant loss 2koma

[prokopetz]

The really funny part is that many modern sources that want to gas up Sparta will bring up this specific anecdote, but stop at the "if" and just not mention what happened immediately afterwards.

[elucubrare]

similarly, "μολὼν λαβέ" (come and take them) is a really cool thing to say, made significantly less cool by having them taken

[cabbageheadgames]

[the-cheshire-cat-grin]

Lil nas x coming back during pride month to tell us hes been taking care of his physical and mental health, finishing rehab and getting treatment for bipolar disorder, and telling us that he is excited to not only make new music but also just to live his life???? And during mens mental health awareness month????? Oh i missed him bad

[ohnoesnotagain]

MONTERO on Instagram: "wellll HELLLO! 💕😭"

689K likes, 34K comments - lilnasx on June 17, 2026: "wellll HELLLO! 💕😭".

[ship-to-starboard]

[rosieandthemoon]

[memories-of-ancients]

Silver cup, China, 7th-8th century AD

from The Nelson Atkins Museum

[barbucomedie]

Gold "Fede" Ring Brooch from Cumbria, England dated between 1300 - 1400 on display at the Great North Museum: Hancock in Newcastle, England

The brooch features clasped hands with the inscription "To you Jesus my troth I plight" on one side and "And to you Mary his mother bright" on the reverse.

Photographs taken by myself 2024

[victusinveritas]

[facts-i-just-made-up]

George Lucas confirmed that before Disney bought the Star Wars franchise, he intended to add more references to the prequels in the original film, such as these dialogue callbacks from Anakin Skywalker to Darth Vader:

[barbucomedie]

Coins from the Mongolian Empire dated between the 13th and 14th Centuries on display at the Manchester Museum in Manchester, England

The Mongolian invasion of the 13th Century changed the Islamic world. Although early coinage followed the existing local types, Ghazan Mahmud introduced a standard silver coin throughout the empire at the turn of the 14th Century. A century later Tamerlane replaced is with the silver tanka.

30 - Gold double dinar of the Mongol Great Khan, Ghengis (or his son Ogodai), 1206 - 1241.

31 - Silver dirham of the Ilkhanid Ghazan Mahmud, Arzenjan, 1300.

32 - Silver tanka of Tamerlane, 1370 - 1405.

Photographs taken by myself 2016

[rosieandthemoon]

1930's Uranium Glass Perfume Bottle {more}

[memories-of-ancients]

Gold and garnet purse mount, Ostrogothic Italy, 5th-6th century

from The British Museum