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.

[neonelven]

Knight Leg Armor Detail / Metropolitan Museum of Art

[barbucomedie]

Sign of the Virgin Mary and Saint Hermès from Rhénanie, France dated to the 15th Century on display at the Musée National du Moyen Âge in Paris, France

Photographs taken by myself 2017

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[barbucomedie]

The General Liu Rifle from the Republic of China dated to the Early 20th Century on display at the Army Museum in Stockholm, Sweden

In 1915 China introduced its first semi-automatic rifle known as the "General Liu Rifle" after its designer General Liu Qingen as the rifle never had any designation. The rifle was initially produced by the Pratt & Whitney company in America and later the Hanyang Arsenal. However this move back to China resulted in a delay of production with machinery being lost at sea. This meant that the rifle was never put into mass production for the Chinese forces.

Photographs taken by myself 2025

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[socialistmodernism]

Moldova, near Ungheni.

A Soviet spherical radome, 18m diameter, built in the early 1970s by the USSR PVO Air Defence Forces. Housed a PRV-13 Odd Pair height-finding radar, tracking aircraft up to 310 km range. Abandoned since 1991, now slowly collapsing.

(c) BACU 2026

Photo Dumitru RUSU

[unofficial-estonia]

The original flag of Estonia survived Soviet occupation thanks to two members of Estonian Students Society, who hid it behind their farmhouse’s chimney wall for 50 years.

Nowadays, the original flag of Estonia is on proud display at the Estonian National Museum in Tartu.

[unofficial-estonia]

The original flag, now displayed at the Estonian National Museum

[john-boneman-lich-lord]

"Summon ketamine ape is a banned spell" fuck it fine whatever, I summon a normal gorilla. I summon some ketamine.

[18thcenturythirsttrap]

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[underthewingsofthblackeagle]

A question uncounted Germans ask today ...

Please, can we keep the Scots?

Can I adopt a Scot? Love them so much :)

[18thcenturythirsttrap]

An earthquake was recorded after Tartan Army fans celebrated Scotland's men qualifying for the first World Cup in nearly 28 years

The British Geological Survey (BGS) said it recorded the equivalent of an "extremely small earthquake" in Glasgow after Kenny McLean secured Scotland's 4-2 win against Denmark on Tuesday.

A second "significant amount of seismic activity" came when the final whistle blew moments later.

The readings were recorded at the BGS station at Glasgow Geothermal Observatory in Dalmarnock, approximately 2km (1.2 miles) from Hampden Park.

Meanwhile, a small surge was also detected when Kieran Tierney scored Scotland's third goal, three minutes into injury time.

(Source: The National)

(Liverpool fans' celebrations caused earth tremor - BBC News, 2nd May 2025)

[ltwilliammowett]

The Danish training ship “Georg Stage” (1934) dresses in rainbow colour, 2021 

[dragon-in-a-fez]

not the kind of gay ship I’m used to seeing on tumblr but cool

[dubiousculturalartifact]

ship georg is an outlier but SHOULD be counted

[liivn]

Three Barn Owls at a quatrefoil church window. Photographer: Richard Brooks. Date: July 2009. Shot at a local church in North Norfolk, England.

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[brandonlees]

LARA CROFT: TOMB RAIDER 2001 ― Dir. Simon West

[hellenicgoddess]

Bronze Age Greek (Mycenaean) sword & dagger, 15th century BC

[ltwilliammowett]

The Ship “Vlissingen” — a 17th-century Dutch vessel beautifully portrayed in oil by Jan de Quelery (1957)