#dog museum exhibitions

[dogtrotting]

Discover the 'A Dog's Age' at The Rooms in St. John’s, NF

At The Rooms in St. John's, Newfoundland, you'll find A Dog's Age exhibition, other canine artifacts, and much Newfoundland dog appreciation.

[arthistoryanimalia]

For a belated #InternationalDogDay 🐶:

Pair of pug dogs

Made in Jingdezhen, China; about 1750

Spotted at the “Outside In: Nature-inspired Design at Winterthur” exhibition

Winterthur collection

[dogtiber]

he thinks the stained glass museum is boring

[radarsteddybear]

And, of course, no Jim Henson exhibit is complete without Muppets from The Muppet Show! This year, I got to see three different Kermit the Frogs, including the original; Rowlf; Statler and Waldorf; a family of Koozbanians; the Swedish Chef; the original Java puppets; Bunsen and Beaker; the Country Trio; Miss Piggy (in her wedding dress from The Muppets Take Manhattan); Zoot; and Scooter. Aside from all the Kermits, I think the Country Trio were my favorites. If they look familiar, you're not mistaken--they're made in the likenesses of Jim Henson, Frank Oz, and Jerry Nelson.

Bonus puppets under the cut include the Beautiful Day monster; a Snowth; You Are My Sunshine; Nigel (The Muppet Show's orchestra conductor); and Wilkins and Wontkins from the Henson-produced series of Wilkins Coffee commercials.

[dogandcatcomics]

#repost @the_avam American Visionary Art Museum (Baltimore, Maryland, USA). I do not know the details of this work but appreciate the canine and feline representation. Thanks to @robwilsonwork for the tip and the photo.

[brooklynmuseum]

Ruff day? Cue the four-legged visitors! 🐾

As part of their training as future assistance dogs, the Guide Dog Foundation brought this class of puppies to the Brooklyn Museum to navigate around our display cases, in and out of elevators, and through the galleries to prepare the puppies for any possible experience they may encounter with their handler who is blind or has low vision.

As a fur-iendly reminder, the Brooklyn Museum welcomes visitors with service animals, and you don’t need to notify us in advance. Animals whose sole function is to provide comfort or emotional support do not qualify as service animals under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and are, therefore, not permitted.

If you’re interested in volunteering as a puppy raiser, the Guide Dog Foundation accepts volunteers on a rolling basis. Register your interest: http://bit.ly/3KbWVKI

📷 Courtesy of Guide Dog Foundation

[morporkian-cryptid]

Welcome to

🇯🇵Elliott's Japan Trivia Corner!🇯🇵

Where you can learn random stuff about Edo-era Japan (and sometimes other periods) from your local neurodivergent nerd ✌️✨️

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So y'all have heard of Kabuki right? If you haven't, it was the more popular form of theatre during Edo (by opposition to the more intellectual nō theatre), and it's got awesome makeup and fun flashy costumes.

Like a lot of cool things, it was created by women, who where then slowly driven out of it by men 🙃 But it was also super queer! 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

Kabuki originated from female travelling entertainers, then later welcomed male actors. Plays mostly happened in the pleasure districts, and they eventually kinda merged with prostitution. Long story short, if theatre-goers really fancied one of the actresses, they could go home with her for a reasonable fee 💸

The shogun, who didn't like many things and especially did not like fun, decided that this was unacceptable. And that the best course of action was obviously to ban women from performing kabuki.

Wanna guess what happened ?

That's right. The exact same thing continued, but with male prostitutes instead 👍 Good job, shogun.

Male actors playing female roles were called onnagata, and they were considered an ideal of feminine grace and beauty, that all the Edo-era women tried to copy. Which, if you've ever been to a drag show, is pretty understandable imho 💅

(Some onnagata apparently stayed in feminine attire even off-stage, which I personally cannot interpret differently than "Me? 🏳️‍⚧️Trans🏳️‍⚧️?? Noooooo, you misunderstand, I'm just reeeaaallyyy into method acting! 🤞")

[chuu-huahua]

SOUKOKU MUSEUM DATE because i’m at a vincent van gogh exhibition 🤩🤩

no because they would come here for the crab painting?? it looks so life like, chuuya would have to drag a drooling dazai away from the painting before he attempts to steal it. though, they probably have enough money to obtain the real thing at an auction…

but dazai would really relate to van gogh?? he shot himself in the stomach after leaving the mental asylum he admitted himself into, and died two days later. dazai wonders if the pain of bleeding out is worth dying his way…

they would fr spend so much time here and would have to be dragged out before the museum closes. dw chuuya buys a few of the artworks after that :)

[mabelsguidetolife]

I feel bad for very very big dog breeds because when they get old and lose muscular and skeletal strength they can get to the point where it hurts them to move around because they can no longer support their own mass, even at a healthy weight…..

[futuristicearthquakepatrol]

dogs will understand. 1991

[petnews2day]

NYPD K9 photo exhibit features the dogs that protect the Big Apple

New Post has been published on https://petn.ws/eeiUu

NYPD K9 photo exhibit features the dogs that protect the Big Apple

Metro exclusive By Angela Barbuti Published March 9, 2024, 4:18 pm ET This image, part of the Dogs that Serve exhibition, of Officer Andrew Regal with his K9 Argus and Officer Donald Perceval with K9 Petey, was taken was taken on Sept. 11, 2022. @MFoxmoore They’re New York’s Finest four-legged friends. A new photo exhibition […]

See full article at https://petn.ws/eeiUu #DogNews #Article, #Dogs, #Exclusive, #Exhibitions, #Metro, #Museum8217S, #NewYorkCity, #Nypd, #Photography

[arthistoryanimalia]

Happy 95th birthday to Yayoi Kusama, born #OTD 22 March 1929! Here are a trio of colorful canines from The Life of Animals in #JapaneseArt exhibition at National Gallery of Art (2019).

1 Megu-chan, 2014

2 Toko-chan, 2013

3 Sho-chan, 2013

fiberglass-reinforced plastic, paint

“The Japanese titles of these sculptures refer to affectionate nicknames for childhood friends.”

The Life of Animals in Japanese Art exhibition catalog

[thepastisalreadywritten]

🖼️🐶🎨

[dogtrotting]

Exhibiting Identity and Restraint at the AKC Museum of the Dog in NYC

[sweetcollywobbles]

more leon headcanons

i miss him i miss him i miss him i miss him i miss him i miss him

i miss my wife, tails.

so lets talk about him.

⟢ leon was 6 years old when his family was murdered. there was a time when he could remember all of their faces. yet as he gets older, their faces have become a lot more blurry. sometimes he catches himself staring into the mirror. did nonno have the same nose as he did? was he the same blonde as his nonna? does he have his moms' smile? were his dad's eyes just as blue as his? when they looked at him, did they see themselves in him as he's so desperatley trying to remember them in him?

⟢ leon is the italian version of a "no sabo" kid. he knows the language, yet doesn't seem to be able to put the words together himself. he just kinda stands there nodding his head with a blank stare. then when he has to respond he's just kinda like "uuuhhhh tbh idk". he knows how to correctly pronounce some words and phrases, but that's about it.

⟡HOWEVER, he will call his lover with italian terms of endearment, i.e., amore mio, cucciolotta, cuore mio, piccola, etc. he might even say some phrases that he does know in italian, i.e., Io e te per sempre (you and me forever), sei la mia vita (you are my life), ti amo tanto (i love you so much), etc.

+p.s. sorry for any misinterpretations, i'm not italian but i am mexican so spanish and italian are not too different (???) but please correct me if i'm wrong!

⟢ leon has always been a dinosuar guy. he's watched probably every dino documentary thats ever been made and rewatches them whenever they're on. so, naturally, whenever he travels for work, he'll try his best to visit every museum he possibly can to see their dino exhibit and nothing else. of course, as het gets older (probably DI to RE6) he'll explore the other exhibits but for rn he'll just stick to the dino exhibits. and if you must ask him what his favorite dinosuar is, he'll say the answer he said as a kid, a spinosaurus. it's common enough for people to know and not give him a strange look of confusion. but really, his heart belongs to the pachycephalosaurus.

⟡ of course, in its natural progression, leon will also delve into a fascination of raptors and reptiles. he'll go to zoos and spend his time in the reptile exhibit. he'll also go bird watching for any avian raptors he can find. this also does mean that he has nice pair binoculars and will buy a native bird identify guide when he travels. his documentary options have now expanded with his two new interests which really excites him.

⟢ whether you believe it or not, leon is actually more of a fruity cocktail kinda guy. he doesn't mind beer or hard liquor, especially when he needs something strong and to the point. something to help him drink away the bad memories and all too realistic nightmares. but if he's just in the mood to enjoy himself, leon will cook up a salty dog or a cranberry vodka.

⟢ leon oh so terribly wants kids. but before he forces you into his life, he never thought that to be possible. so in his off time, he would volunteer for the NICU at the local hospital to be a baby cuddler. he got into it after he tried it with rebecca. it gave him the sense that everything will be okay, that even if he can't have a few of his own, at least he can be there for little ones that need someone, even if its for a moment.

⟡ TRUST, that once you do have a baby with this man, he's all over them. that baby will never not be in his arms or in the proximity of him. he's on spit up and diaper duty. baby wakes up late at night crying? no worries, he's already in the room (he was sleeping on the nursery floor). you will almost have to battle this man to hold YOUR baby.

⟢ leon is actually a really big fan of romcoms and time pieces. in fact, his favorite time piece movie is pride and prejudice. oh he absolutely adores romantic pieces like that especially because he's a hopeless romantic at heart. he's fallen in love with the idea of falling in love with a girl he's just met and having soft intimate moments with them. his guilty pleasure romcom is 13 going on 30, especially since after the whole plagas incident, the movie was just released and he binged that movie on repeat.

⟡ BUT, just because he likes time pieces and romcoms doesn't mean he doesn't like action or thriller movies. leon's a really big fan of the matrix series and star wars series. also the fast and furious franchise is actually where his love of fast cars and motorcycles stem from. he just can't do any horror movies because baby has trauma :(

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it's not much, but i thought these were silly and gave him a little more character. please let me know what you think or if you have any headcanons of your own!!!

xxox