The Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge, UK has an ancient Roman swiss army knife dating to 200-300 AD in their collection (they’re calling it a “compound utensil”). My boss sent me this a few days ago and I thought it was a nerdy April fools joke but apparently it’s the real deal. Cool eh? You can [...]
Archives for museums/ becky is nerding out again
It was “Premeditated”
Dear CWL,
I know it’s been a while since I’ve posted, but it was worth the wait. Thanks to sister Susie for showing me this truly great Washington Post Q&A with Richard Ellis, a marine conservationist at the American Museum of Natural History. Seriously, Washington Post, hire this guy for a weekly – nay, daily – [...]
Recessipedia
Check out this sweet wiki (i’m a little obsessed with the museum wiki trend right now). No, it’s not about recess, yes, it’s a recession wiki. It tracks the credit crisis from the earliest indicators in the beginning of 2007 until today. It’s easy to create an account for yourself and then complete a form [...]
Actien Handel at the Museum of American Finance
Hey guys- the exhibit that I have been helping to make is opening tomorrow evening. I thought I would give the MoAF a little shout out. Feel free to stop by! 5:30pm @ 48 Wall St
Please join us on Thursday, September 10, for a reception to open “Actien Handel: Early Dutch Finance and the [...]
Blog of the Day: Australia in the ’80s
The Powerhouse museum is putting together an exhibit on Australia in the 1980’s and have created a blog to assist with their research. It’s pretty awesome. There are great music videos, tv shop clips, old video games, etc. I can’t stop watching the Adam Ant video from the first post this morning. Get it HERE.
Herb & Dorothy
I really really want to see this movie about a librarian and a postal worker who collect millions of dollars worth of minimalist/conceptual art in their tiny one bedroom apartment. Looks adorable.
Read the New York Times review of it HERE, below is the trailer.
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Music at the Whitney
The Whitney is hosting some fun bands in honor of their exhibit on Dan Graham. I thought you should know. I kind of love Vivian Girls- I might try and make it to that show.
WHITNEY LIVE: FOUR FRIDAY EVENING CONCERTS IN JULY
Titus Andronicus / Real Estate
Friday, July 10 at 7 pm
Abe Vigoda / Grooms
Friday, July [...]
brooklyn museum artifact replicated for true blood
Wow. Two of my favorite things in the world right now, the Brooklyn Museum and HBO’s new series True Blood, just blew my mind a lot. According to the Brooklyn Museum’s blog, the Bird Lady artifact featured in the first episode of season 2 is a replica of an artifact in the museum’s collections and [...]
King Tut at the Indianapolis Children’s Museum
I’m heading home this weekend for the 4th of July and am now kind of curious to see the King Tut exhibit that has been touring around the country for the past couple of years (though it conspicuously skipped New York) and opened on Saturday at the Indianapolis Children’s Museum. It’s kind of neat that [...]
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