🦴 What do you do with your leftover lamb bones? If you were a French prisoner-of-war in 1800, you might’ve built a fully rigged 50-gun frigate, made from mutton bones and copper rivets. Made c.1800 #ModelShipMonday @seamuseum_ #globalmuseum #museums #modelmaking

Here’s an ancient amber bear carved about 10,000 years ago! This magical find washed up on a beach at Fanø in Denmark from a submerged Mesolithic settlement under the North Sea. National Museum of Denmark, Copenhagen. 📷 by @AlisonFisk #Archaeology #globalmuseum #museums #bears

Fossils are scientific evidence, and shouldn’t be auctioned for millions to private buyers. Supporters of these sales argue that they’re harmless, or even good for science. Others compare fossils to art objects, praising their beauty or historical charm. As paleontologists, we say plainly: these views could not be more misguided.

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Fossils are scientific evidence, and shouldn’t be auctioned for millions to private buyers

Dinosaur fossils are sold for millions to private collectors. These fossils are scientific evidence, and need to be accessible for research and pub...

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RFK Jr. Mandates All Americans Drink Mysterious Glowing Liquid ‘It Will Make You Healthy And Strong,’ Claims Health Secretary

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RFK Jr. Mandates All Americans Drink Mysterious Glowing Liquid

WASHINGTON—Claiming the luminous potion would make the nation strong and vigorous, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. issu...

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⭐ JOB POSTING⭐ The National Sculpture Society (NSS), the nation’s oldest professional organization dedicated to figurative and representational sculpture, seeks a strategic, innovative, and relationship-focused Executive Director. Budget: $900,000; endowment/investments: $14 million; staff of two; 20-member Board. Salary range $150,000–$170,000 plus benefits. EA/EO. Apply by Oct. 24, 2025 to SearchandRef@museum-search.com. Visit

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National Sculpture Society — Museum Search and Reference

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Application Deadline: CLOSED

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Vienna's Jewish museum sees chilling drop in visitors amid rising antisemitism. The effects of the Middle East wars in which Israel is currently engaged have led to people avoiding visiting the museum, since to do so might be interpreted as a gesture of sympathy with Jews

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Austrian Jewish museum sees visitor rates sink | The Jerusalem Post

DIASPORA AFFAIRS: "Nowadays, even in comparison with previous periods of tension in the Middle East, the decrease in the number of visitors is extr...

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How a 2,000-year-old hat kept Romans out of the sun. A 2,000-year-old hat intended to keep Roman soldiers cool in the heat of the desert following their conquest of Ancient Egypt has been painstakingly brought back to life.

Bolton Museum displays rare Roman sun hat following restoration

The 2,000-year-old hat, which kept soldiers cool in Ancient Egypt, is one of only three in the world.

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Bigger dinosaurs didn’t always have stronger bites, surprising new study finds. You probably still wouldn’t want to come face to face with them, though

Bigger dinosaurs didn’t always have stronger bites, surprising new study finds | BBC Science Focus Magazine

Not all giant meat-eating dinosaurs were built to kill the same way, researchers find.

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Revitalizing Canada’s Largest Museum. Alum Josh Basseches leads Toronto’s Royal Ontario Museum into a new era https://www.bu.edu/articles/2025/revitalizing-canadas-largest-museum/ #globalmuseum #museums #Canada #museumnews

Antiquities Returned to Europe Include 16 Seized From the Met. New York investigators said they repatriated looted objects to Italy, Spain and Hungary.

Antiquities Returned to Europe Include 16 Seized From the Met

New York investigators said they repatriated looted objects to Italy, Spain and Hungary.

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