#museum collections

[ancientsstudies]

Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum by simret.jpg.

[amnhnyc]

On this day in 1936, the last known thylacine (Thylacinus cynocephalus) died at the Hobart Zoo in Tasmania. The animal’s passing marked the extinction of its species. Also known as the “Tasmanian wolf,” the thylacine was Australia’s largest marsupial predator. It sported a dog-like form, with distinctive stripes, and a jaw that could open up to 80 degrees—one of the largest gapes of any mammal.

The thylacine fed primarily on small mammals and birds. Nocturnal and shy, it was seldom seen by humans. However, beginning in the 19th century, settlers believed the animals threatened their livestock and, spurred on by a bounty offered by the government, hunted them relentlessly. Attempts at protecting the species in the wild came too late: Despite numerous unconfirmed reports of sightings in recent decades, no definitive sightings have occurred since the 1930s.

[pnglove]

Vala Ola - Sensuality, 2010

[brickcollector]

I love historic photos of animals!! like yes!!!! you cared about this little guy so much to take a photograph of them but then!! someone knew you loved the animal so much that they donated it to a historical society!!!! that is the best thing

I say this as I am processing a donation that comes with 13 photos of a dog from the 1940s and you can just see how loved she was :)

[middenprincess]

Erotic Postcards (France, ca. 1905)

V&A Museum, Milford Haven Collection

Postcards as photographs. Series shows a bridegroom entreating a bride in the honeymoon suite. The bridegroom is a woman wearing male drag. Gelatin silver print.

[michael-svetbird]

WHITE-GROUND LEKYTHOS WITH ATHENA: A hidden gem concealed amongst other vessels exhibited in Ashmolean Museum https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White-ground_technique "The characteristic white background of the lekythos was perhaps intended to evoke ivory." [txt ©AM] Attica 5 BC.

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[gingericywolf]

Calci's Natural History Museum, University of Pisa

Biodiversity room

Pt.3 Asia and Europe