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Global Museum @globalmuseum.bsky.social · Jul 5

Is your bookshelf or Zoom background embarrassing? These antique book binder designs will make a difference | Easily change the text on the design template to personalize | In The Global Museum Store | Weekly #Deals www.zazzle.com/collections/... #binders #folders #Zoom #books #globalmuseum #museums

Global Museum @globalmuseum.bsky.social · 11h

In this stark room, rows of battered saints lean against the wall while a carpet of detached arms and legs waits on the floor—fragments of polychrome wood and plaster gathered from flooded churches and depots across #Florence. On 4 November 1966 the Arno burst its banks
@archaeologyart #globalmuseum

Global Museum @globalmuseum.bsky.social · 12h

Trilobite lovers, meet the blue green chiton! Though it resembles some trilobites, this critter is actually a #mollusk that inhabits waters around Australia & New Zealand. Growing about 1.4 in (3.5 cm) long. Nocturnal critter
American Museum of Natural History
@AMNH #museums #globalmuseum

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Royal Ontario Museum @romtoronto.bsky.social · 1d

After trees are cut down, ragweed grows quickly over bare ground + produces many seeds. Humans can spread these seeds when they stick to the soles of boots.

This boot can be found in the exhibition “Crawford Lake: Layers in Time”, which offers an engaging look at the record of human life on Earth.

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Global Museum @globalmuseum.bsky.social · 12h

Paris Museum Puts Édouard Manet on Mock Trial for Painting a Scandalous Scene of a Nude Woman.
“The Luncheon on the Grass” caused a stir when it made its debut in 1863. A century and a half later, students defended the French artist against obscenity charges
www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/p...

Global Museum @globalmuseum.bsky.social · 12h

How a Scottish maritime museum ended up in Israel’s 3D propaganda videos.
An analysis of dozens of Israeli army animations, used to justify #Gaza strikes, discovered digital assets sourced from commercial libraries and content creators
www.972mag.com/israeli-army... #globalmuseum #museums #Israel

Global Museum @globalmuseum.bsky.social · 12h

#MoMA Partners with #Mattel for Van Gogh #Barbie, Monet & Dalí Figures.
It features seven products inspired by the artists & art in the museum’s permanent collection that will be sold at MoMA’s Design Stores & the Mattel Creations website
www.artnews.com/list/art-new... #globalmuseum #toys #museums

Global Museum @globalmuseum.bsky.social · 12h

Admiral Nelson’s Branded ‘Queer’ by British Museum.
Curators at the state-funded Walker Art Gallery decided that his contested final words—“Kiss me, Hardy”—were enough to include #Nelson in a “Queer relationships” collection
www.artnews.com/art-news/new... #globalmuseum

Global Museum @globalmuseum.bsky.social · 12h

New digital image library for Amgueddfa Cymru – Museum Wales.
More than 2,000 images newly available in public domain.
Museum Wales has released more than 2,000 images into the public domain on its new platform, Amgueddfa Cymru Images.
images.museumwales.ac.uk #globalmuseum #museums #collections

Global Museum @globalmuseum.bsky.social · 13h

⭐JOB POSTING⭐
Web Application Developer at the Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures (ISAC) at the University of Chicago.
isac.uchicago.edu/article/job-... #globalmuseum #web #jobs

Global Museum @globalmuseum.bsky.social · 13h

US Treasury unveils brand new Trump-Epstein $1 coin.
"Originally we were just going to put President Trump on the coin, but I kept seeing that lovely photo of the two best pals everywhere and thought why not use that instead?"
newsthump.com/2025/10/06/u... #Trump #Epstein #globalmuseum #humor

Global Museum @globalmuseum.bsky.social · 13h

⭐ JOB POSTING⭐
Exhibitions & Collections Transformation Director
National Football Museum
Manchester with regular visits to Preston Collection Store.
Salary: £66,262 - £74,543
Closing date: 2 Nov 2025
jobs.theguardian.com/job/9859024/... #globalmuseum #museumjobs #museums

Global Museum @globalmuseum.bsky.social · 14h

The Tricycle of a 3-Year-Old Shinichi Tetsutani, Who Died 1,500 Meters From the Hypocenter of #Hiroshima Atomic Bombing.
Shinichi was riding this tricycle in his yard when the atomic bomb was dropped over the city. He was just 1,500 meters from the blast’s center
www.vintag.es/2025/10/shin...

Global Museum @globalmuseum.bsky.social · 14h

One of the world’s most beloved job searching websites just added an amazing new feature that’s guaranteed to make their millions of devoted followers fall in love with them more than ever before
clickhole.com/awesome-link... #satire #humor #humour #globalmuseum

Global Museum @globalmuseum.bsky.social · 15h

Unspecified gold artefacts from the museum's valuable Bronze Age collection were stolen in a 'targeted' smash-and-grab.
The St Fagans National Museum of History's Bronze age collection includes gold ingots, bracelets, and a lunula necklace

www.bbc.com/news/article... #globalmuseum #museums #crime

Thieves snatch Bronze Age gold in four-minute St Fagans raid

Two thieves stole 'irreplaceable' gold artefacts in a targeted attack on St Fagans museum in Cardiff.

www.bbc.com

Global Museum @globalmuseum.bsky.social · 15h

Making Meaning: Place and Space at the ASU Art Museum.
The museum teamed up with a fragrance house to create a signature scent that captures the raw, breathtaking essence of the desert👇
Friday, Oct. 17, 2025
Time: 6:00–8 p.m.
Place: ASU Art Museum
na.eventscloud.com/ereg/index.p... #globalmuseum

Making Meaning: Place and Space at ASU Art Museum

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Global Museum @globalmuseum.bsky.social · 1d

UMAC AWARD 2025 finalists!
*Jagiellonian University Museum: “Ladies, what do you need that for? Women at the Jagiellonian University”
*University of Canterbury Teece Museum of Classical Antiquities: Accessibility Project
*University of Navarra Museum (MUN): Arts and Life
Award during ICOM Dubai

Global Museum @globalmuseum.bsky.social · 1d

New Zealand photographer Jay Lichter takes stunning photos of tiny mushrooms 🧵
Super tiny Mycena roseoflava #Mushrooms #globalmuseum #photography

Global Museum @globalmuseum.bsky.social · 1d

Ever feel like a fish out of water? Meet the giant mudskipper. Believe it or not, this #fish needs to breathe air & spends a decent amount of time on land! Found on the muddy shores of mangroves in parts of Southeast Asia, it uses its pectoral fins to “walk” across mudflats
@AMNH #Globalmuseum

Global Museum @globalmuseum.bsky.social · 1d

Russell from Depew, NY just bought 60 (Yes 60!) of these Personalized Old Book 3-Ring Binders for...Conferences, Staff, An Event, Education? | 120+ Designs | Easily personalized | You can get yours in the Global Museum Store @zazzle
www.zazzle.com/collections/... #binders #folders #globalmuseum

Global Museum @globalmuseum.bsky.social · 2d

Thank you Benjamin

Global Museum @globalmuseum.bsky.social · 2d

This is a 1954 camper with a boat as its top.
@BiancoDavinci #caping #vehicles #globalmuseum #1950s

Global Museum @globalmuseum.bsky.social · 2d

Are you missing watching the Olympics?
Well why not try the 'Flo'-lympics!
When you stop in to the museum try your hand at Victorian games like cup-in-ball, hopscotch, hoop and stick, and quoits!
#FlorenceNightingale #museum
Florence Nightingale Museum 💙
@florencemuseum #globalmuseum

Global Museum @globalmuseum.bsky.social · 2d

ASMR boxing of Virginia Hall artifacts 💤 📦
#ASMR #Museum #Behindthescenes
The International Spy Museum
@IntlSpyMuseum #globalmuseum #museums #conservation #spies

Global Museum @globalmuseum.bsky.social · 2d

"An Unrestrained Demon" - Anti-electricity propaganda from 1889, unknown author #globalmuseum #electricity #history

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Global Museum @globalmuseum.bsky.social · 2d

The surreal sight of the octopus Wunderpus photogenicus tiptoeing through a group of garden eels captured by #wildlife filmmaker Gail Kukula.
@wonderofscience #globalmuseum #octopus