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Purse

c. 1650-1680

silk, metal, glass

London Museum

#love my gf for many many reasons #one of them is that she sends me artefacts and objects that make me giggle #frog purse !!#fashion history #17th century #antiques

Listen, I don’t have much of a historian hill to die on (I’m a hobbyist at best and just annoying at worst). Why in Nolan’s Odyssey were the landscapes all so grey? One thing that stood out to me in Ithaca and the rest of Greece was just how vibrant everything was?

Here are some pictures I took at the School of Homer and just the coast. The trees and the ocean were surreal shades of blue and green, there were ferns and flowers everywhere.

#I shan’t rant to much but I just wanted to throw my maybe biggest gripe out there.#Ithaca #photography #nolan’s odyssey

redlipstickresurrected

A ceramic bowl depicting a swarm of mice. From Peru, Nazca culture, 180 BCE-500 CE, now housed at the Art Institute of Chicago. Twitter

#hell yeah #ceramics #bowls #180 bce-500 ce #nazca culture #peru #art #ceramic arts #history

fillianore-moved

so metropolitan museum of art has a register of books they’ve published that are out of print and that you can download for free! they’re mostly books on art, archeology, architecture, fashion and history and i just think that’s super useful and interesting so i wanted to share! you can find all of the books available here!

victusinveritas

The Illustrated Book of Manners: A Manual of Good Behavior and Polite Accomplishments, 1866

"If the amount of happiness, immediate or ultimate, is increased by any costume, it is right to wear it."

misscromwellsmonocle

Two Earthlings (2009) by John Brosio

#yes yes more museum focused art in the world please #two earthlings #john brosio #art #painting #contemporary #museum #trex

blondebrainpowered

Cat paw prints in the medieval floor tiles of the 12th century CE St Peter Church in Wormleighton, England.

#aaawww #reminds me of my nanna’s house having kangaroo footprints in the bricks #cat #medieval #floor #history

forked-tongue-blasphemer

Isopod

British Library, Harley MS 3244, c. 1236-1250, folio 64r

#love him #isopods #medieval bestiary

Stained glass in Edinburgh Castle

Photo: Me 2025

#edinburgh castle #history #archaeology #art #museum #stained glass #photography

wolfythewitch

Taking pictures of the street for class. Oh hand cave paintings u will always be famous

#hands and art are one in the same #photography #this belongs in a museum

clusterbungle

Happy 100th birthday David Attenborough, you absolute bloody legend 💖💖💖💖💖

blueiscoool

Painter's Palette Inscribed with the Name of Amenhotep III New Kingdom, Dynasty 18 ca. 1390–1352 B.C.

This painter's palette was carved from a single piece of ivory. Six oval wells contain cakes of pigments including blue, green, brown (?), yellow, red, and black. The oval cartouche at one end encircles the throne name of Amenhotep III, Nebmaatre, and the epithet "beloved of Re."

Amenhotep III (lit. '"Amun is satisfied"'), also known as Amenhotep the Magnificent or Amenhotep the Great and Hellenized as Amenophis III, was the ninth pharaoh of the Eighteenth Dynasty. According to different authors following the "Low Chronology", he ruled Ancient Egypt from June 1386 to 1349 BC, or from June 1388 BC to December 1351 BC/1350 BC, after his father Thutmose IV died. Amenhotep was Thutmose's son by a minor wife, Mutemwiya.

His reign marked a time of exceptional prosperity and grandeur, during which Egypt reached the height of its artistic and international influence, making him one of ancient Egypt's greatest pharaohs. He is also one of the few pharaohs worshipped as a deity during his lifetime.

theinternetarchive

I just want to let you guys know Cornell's entire library is open access (no permissions required) and there are (shocker) many books...

nasa

3, 2, 1 – liftoff!

The Artemis II Moon rocket lifted off from our Kennedy Space Center in Florida at 6:35 p.m. EDT on April 1, 2026. Our live launch day coverage continues on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tf_UjBMIzNo

Stick with us for more Artemis II content including live broadcasts for lunar flyby and splashdown, daily news conferences, and 24/7 streams providing views from the Orion spacecraft and from NASA Kennedy.