Something lovely for your timeline! Beautiful blue glass beads from the late Bronze Age. Ploughed up by a farmer in Denmark in 1885, analysis shows the beads were made in Mesopotamia, pointing to long-distance trade in luxury goods some 3,000 years ago. 📷 National Museum of Denmark #Archaeology #globalmuseum #museums @AlisonFisk

🌨️ The Alaskan Wood Frog – Nature’s Frozen Wonder. Every winter, the Alaskan wood frog performs one of the most extraordinary survival feats in the animal kingdom. As temperatures plummet, this small frog doesn’t burrow deep underground or seek shelter. Instead, it allows itself to freeze completely. Its heart stops beating, lungs cease breathing, and brain activity halts—by all scientific definitions, it’s dead. But it’s not. #frogs #globalmuseum #Alaska

Japanese American museum blasts Trump order as threat to ‘truth and democracy’. The order directs US park sites to flag content that may ‘disparage Americans, past or present’. “The widespread dismantling of federal agencies that support our work and the attempts at the wholesale erasure of history will not help us achieve a more just America.”

South China Morning Post

Japanese American museum blasts Trump order as threat to ‘truth and democracy’

The order directs US park sites to flag content that may ‘disparage Americans, past or present’.

#museums #Trump #globalmuseum

On Juneteenth, Discover 8 Museums and Cultural Institutions Dedicated to African American #History and Culture. #Juneteenth, observed annually on June 19th, commemorates the emancipation of enslaved African Americans in the United States, marking a moment of liberation and reflection on a complex and often overlooked history

ArchDaily

On Juneteenth, Discover 8 Museums and Cultural Institutions Dedicated to African American History and Culture

Uncover the role of architecture in commemorating Juneteenth, with museums dedicated to African American stories and cultural significance.

#USA #globalmuseum

When van Gogh Fled South, This Family Gave Him Purpose. An exhibition in Boston celebrates the little known Roulins of Arles, a family that tempered the artist’s depressions and sat for indelible portraits. https://archive.ph/BlfgI #art #VanGogh #globalmuseum #exhibitions

The British Museum shows you how to make a woodblock print like #Hiroshige. Contemporary printmaker Carol Wilhide Justin talks about how her modern process mirrors this historical technique https://www.britishmuseum.org/blog/how-make-woodblock-print-hiroshige #museums #globalmuseum #printmaking #art

Snake-shaped gaming board crafted from alabaster with jasper inlay, used for the ancient Egyptian serpent game "Mehen," (a serpent deity) dating to the 3rd millennium BC. Now in the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge. @archaeologyart #globalmuseum #museums #Egypt #gaming

Runes found in Canadian wilderness baffle archaeologists. Hidden for centuries, the stone became exposed only after a tree fell near the town of Wawa, not far from Lake Superior. Closer inspection showed that someone had etched 255 runes into a roughly 4 by 5 foot section of the slab

Yahoo News

Runes found in Canadian wilderness baffle archaeologists

'Why was it carved here? Why this text? There are no answers.'

#Canada #archaeology

This year marks 67 years since Laika, the little stray dog from Moscow, was launched into space aboard Sputnik 2. Her original name was Kudrjavka, meaning “curly” in Russian, but the world came to know her as Laika — “the barker.” Just three years old, half Husky and half Terrier, she had survived the cold, unforgiving streets of the city. Calm and trusting, she was chosen not for science, but for sacrifice. #Space #dogs #globalmuseum

Gold perfume bottle decorated with garnets, originating from the Black Sea Region, Sarmatian culture, 2nd century BC. Currently part of the collection at the State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg. @archaeologyart #globalmuseum #museums #Russia