#London Museum

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A dress from the 1760s displayed at the London Museum (formerly known as the Museum of London)

(Photo taken by me)

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in 1434 Jan Van Eyck’s hand carved a portrait that keeps us guessing at its mysteries, over 589 years later 💭 Did you know you can see this world-famous painting in London, for free?

📍 National Gallery, London

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O Museu de Londres conta a história da cidade dos tempos pré-históricos aos modernos. Suas coleções tem uma grande variedade de artefatos: de arqueologia a vestuário, passando por estátuas de mármore e pinturas. Além disso, o museu contém uma grande coleção de história urbana. Como sempre, gravitei para a área de história medieval que achei bem interessante com artefatos que remontavam aos Plantagenetas (a primeira grande dinastia) e aos Tudors. 

O Museu de Londres também tem um canal muito interessante no You Tube com atualizações frequentes que permitem uma visita não só ao que o museu expõe, mas ao que acontecem por trás da exposição, como a conservação de artefatos. Possuí também vídeos com animações que falam sobre personagens que tem a história contada no museu. O link do canal está aqui. 

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London museum signs over looted Benin bronzes to Nigeria

London museum signs over looted Benin bronzes to Nigeria

A UK museum’s signing over of its collection of objects looted from the Kingdom of Benin is “a really great day”, the head of Nigeria’s National Commission for Museums and Monuments has told the BBC. The Horniman Museum in south-east London is returning 72 items, including so-called Benin Bronzes, to Nigerian ownership – making it the first in the UK to officially take such action on this…

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Feather Ornament 1875 (made) Floral spray made with feathers from several species of parrot including the scaly-headed parrot and scarlet ibis. The feathers have been worked into flower and leaf shapes and attached to silk-wrapped wire. Floral spray made from feathers attached to silk wrapped wire. The green feathers are parrot, probably of several different species, including scaly-headed parrot (Pionus maximiliani). The red feathers are scarlet ibis (Eudocimus ruber). Rio de Janiero, Brazil, circa 1875. Rio de Janeiro was a centre for feather working in the 19th century. Typical products include floral decorations made from feathers, and fixed fans.

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they did steal some of the pyramid caps though. they def would have taken the whole thing if possible.

okay maybe this is common knowledge but not to me

twitter source: https://twitter.com/Al_Naffy40/status/1361419318206947328

THEY REALLY FUCKING STOLE THE REAL GATE OF ISHTAR AND LOOTED IT ALL THE WAY TO BERLIN GERMANY? Truly no words for the level of theivery and evil. and Iraq now has a ~recreation~ while the real thing is in germany

source to back it up https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ishtar_Gate 

litearlly no words this is so evil and vile

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Museum Highlight- Sir John Sloane’s Museum

If your Instagram is anything like mine, it has been flooded with people visiting Sir John Sloane’s Museum in London. The rave reviews caught my attention so I made sure to visit instagram’s latest darling on my next visit to London. The museum’s sudden online popularity has resulted in long lines outside the building- it’s not equipped to fit waiting crowds in its foyer so make sure to bring…

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The late, and much missed Geoff Egan, Museum of London Department of Urban Archaeology finds specialist. He put in many hours for free advising Thames Mudlarks before they became fashionable and before (perhaps he was the inspiration for) the Portable Antiquities Scheme. Editor of Post-medieval Archaeology and christened Geoffo Badgerbeard  . BTW 2025 will see a Mudlarks exhibition at the London Museum Docklands. Look out for it

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Sailor's Slops

1600s-1700s

Extremely rare survival of a shirt and breeches, called slops, as worn by sailors from the late 16th through to the 18th centuries. This unique set of loose, practical sailor’s clothing reveals life aboard ship. They are made of very strong linen to endure the hard, rough work. There is tar across the front from hauling ropes. The breeches are heavily mended and patched, which the sailor would have done himself.

The Museum of London (ID: 53.101/1b)

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Ncuti Gatwa falling in love with himself

(As he should)

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Two masks of Richard David James AKA Aphex Twin at the opening of new exhibition "Electronic: From Kraftwerk to The Chemical Brothers" at The Design Museum on July 28, 2020 in London, England.

Photo by David M. Benett

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London Museum Returns Looted Benin Artefacts to Nigeria

Courtesy photo The Horniman Museum in London housed a collection of 72 treasured items that were taken from Benin City in 1897, officially handed over ownership of the artefacts to the Nigerian government. The first six objects that were returned, include two Benin bronze plaques from the royal palace which were handed over to Nigerian officials at a ceremony marking the transfer of ownership of…

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Spencer House, London

The Painted Room is renowned for being one of the first neoclassical interiors in Europe, decorated with exquisite wall paintings inspired by contemporary excavations of the Roman ruins of Pompeii and Herculaneum. It is furnished with its original set of armchairs and sofas designed for the room by James "Athenian" Stuart.

This Painted Room was conceived around 1759 and completed in 1765. It served as a drawing room and probably also during large receptions.

(Video and photo©️spencerhouse/ig)

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Sir John Soane's Museum by elliedyduch.

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The Wallace Collection, London 📍