#museum of future

[abdulbasithtt1993]

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Sheikh Zayed Road, Trade Centre 2

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[saintobio]

“THE COLONEL AND THE NURSE”

Military Archive Record No. 2734A — Circa Final Offensive, WWVI Colonel Caleb Xia — 5th Skyborne Division, Commander of the Farspace Fleet, DAA Fighter Pilot | KIA, Unrecovered Field Nurse Y/N L/N — Combat Medic, 3rd Allied Medical Corps | Survivor, Honorably Discharged Stationed: Underground Military Base, Zone A-9 Classification: Public Display Approved / Declassified Archive

from the colonel series.

[miamaimania]

📺 Retro Futurism: 'Videosphere TV set' (1970-71) by Victor Company of Japan (JVC). A pioneer of home entertainment, displayed at Museum für Angewandte Kunst Köln. Original title: 'Videosphere TV set'

[blackkatdraws2]

I haven't drawn in a hot while.

[bromcommie]

but genuinely I will never stop thinking about the museum scene. like it's upsetting in all the obvious setup-to-the-plot-twist ways, but more than that: the quietness of Steve’s presence vs. the booming grandiosity of the exhibit itself. The question of whether he had been previously (my guess would be yes) and if so, what a morbid, ghost-like ritual to perform just in order to cling to your memory, to remind yourself that it was real. What a blunt, reductive manifestation of not only everything you’ve lost, but the fact that your life and memory have become so entrenched a part of the public domain to the point that you’re viewed as about as much of a person as any one dusty item in that exhibit; the fact that you can’t access any of your world outside of yourself unless it’s through about a dozen second-hand, funhouse mirror narratives not only entirely co-opted by war but also tailored to fit a certain purpose. This one very public fucking horrific way to keep torturing yourself is one of your only remaining tethers to what you remember of your life. I mean. jesus christ steve

[mikibaby94]

Not So Faded Memories 👻✨

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My friends and I were talking about Mario being afraid of anything with portraits or (maybe mirrors?) considering he's been trapped not once, twice, but THREE times now. I think he'd have major PTSD moments and a little paranoia haha.

Also sorry for my piss poor handwriting it was late and I should've done the text thingy but wasn't up for it rip 💀

[acheronist]

peglar papers facsimile...... THE SEQUEL !! 🫶 I only have this one page for now because the high res versions of the pages are very expensive so I fear it'll be a bit slow-going to get the other pages for right now..... but yeah........ (gesturing) here's how my insane person project to make this dead dude's handwriting legible is going

[pubprob]

sometime in the past few decades movies stopped being movies

whatever happened to throwing a dart at a board and coming up with the most random plots that no one else could ever think of? what happened to weird kids and disgraced scientists needing to come up with 1.21 jig-o-wots (not how it's pronounced btw) to power their time machines? what happened to saving a town by dancing? what happened to stealing the declaration of independence? what happened to dinosaur fossils and wax mannequins coming to life? what happened to towns of anthropomorphic chickens being attacked by aliens in want of acorns? what happened to mean girls getting hit by a bus while storming out of a school left in shambles by teen drama?

what happened to cinema?

[saranilssonbooks]

Snapped this by mistake last week whilst at the museum and thought to myself "that reflection is probably something Ahab hallucinated seeing outside his window, lol". A few days later, I came down with tonsillitis and during a fever dream I had this image of him standing in his kitchen in the middle of the night, dressed in a night shirt, holding a half-eaten sandwich in his hand and staring out at a Moby Dick apparition. Maybe I'll doodle it some day.

[respectthepetty]

Haunted by the Past

Upon the conclusion of episode five of Peaceful Property, I just want the record to state that in regards to Home x Peach being a couple,

I now ship it HARDER.

I know what Home did to Peach was messed up pero like . . .

I'm into it.

I like GMMTV's non-BL BLs with Tay in them where one of the leads directly causes the other's death.

Something about these men's recklessness causing unintentional harm, yet somehow they get a second chance when the ghosts of the past make them confront the secret they tried to bury just really pleases me.

It brings a nice little "restorative rather than punitive justice" vibe to the narrative that sits well in stories about ghosts.

Because these men can't change the past.

But the ghosts are there to make sure they don't repeat it.

And the beauty of it all this is the ghost story doesn't actually begin until the one they 'killed' reappears and fate forces them to work together to rid themselves of all the other ghosts.

Because these men aren't really being haunted by the ghosts. The ghosts are there to help them along their journey to redemption. What they are being haunted by is their pasts and now they are tied to the one person who constantly reminds them of it. And the best part of all this is they are haunted by a living and breathing human who has no idea just how badly these men hurt them.

Unlike the ghosts who just need one final deed done to give them justice so they can move on, it's not that simple to atone for the wrongs done to these living and breathing humans. They already died once.

And then they came back.

But not for revenge or even for justice.

So maybe that's why I'm willing to mess with los espookys in these stories because it all seems so romantic that even though one was killed by the other, not even death could keep them apart and that the reason they came back from the dead was to keep the other from continuing down a horrible path. It's a story of healing, it's a story of forgiveness, and most importantly, it's a story of liberation.

And it's all because Death decided both of them were worth saving.

[hkthatgffan]

Think you know every reference out there in other media to Gravity Falls? Well, in this video, I go over some lesser-known examples of references to Gravity Falls in TV shows, books, YouTubers and more. Some you may recognize and others you may not…unless you really know your references I guess, lol.

A huge thank you to the Gravity Falls wiki for their hard work in sourcing many of the references you’ll see on here. This video would not be possible without them and the many fans who take the time to catalogue all of these.

[lostinhistory]

Heritage News of the Week

Discoveries!

A recently unearthed altar in Tikal holds the burial of a child and adult, but it wasn't built by the Maya. Instead, it appears foreigners from Teotihuacan built it.

North Macedonian ruins could be the lost capital of the Kingdom of Lyncestis

Archaeologists excavating at Gradishte, an archaeological site in the Bitola Municipality of North Macedonia, believe they may have uncovered the remains of Lyncus, the lost capital city of the ancient Kingdom of Lyncestis.

'Major' ancient Egyptian town discovered

Archaeologists in Egypt have uncovered the remains of a "major" 3,400-year-old town dating to the New Kingdom that was possibly built by King Tutankhamun's father and later added to by Ramesses II, a new study finds.

Fragments of masterpiece tomb of Renaissance-era Spanish duke were found in the garbage dump

In 1904, the Convent of San Francisco in Cuéllar, Spain collapsed. Under the rubble lay the alabaster funerary complex commissioned by Beltrán de la Cueva, the powerful first Duke of Alburquerque. While two intact tombs from the complex were sold to New York’s Hispanic Society, the rest of the ensemble vanished into thin air. Or so it seemed.

Study unveils secrets of Norway’s second largest man-made mound

Jellhaug, also referred to as Jellhaugen, is the second largest mound in Norway and ranks among the most substantial ancient earthworks in the Nordic region.

The only ancient Greek theatre on the Ionian Islands is finally unearthed

More than a century after its initial discovery, the only known amphitheater on the Ionian Islands is finally seeing the light of day.

Copper cymbals sheds light on shared musical traditions

Archaeologists have examined a pair of copper cymbals from Bronze Age Oman, shedding light on a shared musical tradition that connected cultures and supported trade across the Arabian Gulf.

A student had a hunch about a stone circle. Turns out a 3,700-Year-old ritual site was beneath it

A six-foot-tall standing ceremonial stone in a Derbyshire forest had one archaeology enthusiast searching for more.

Researchers examine 4,000 bricks to solve the secrets of an ancient Roman metropolis of Trier

Trier, once a significant economic and political center in the northern provinces of the Roman Empire, is set to be the focus of a new research project funded by the German Research Foundation.

Earthquake reveals Myanmar’s hidden monuments

According to local reports near Tada-U, a town in central Myanmar about 10 km from the provincial capital of Mandalay, substantial ruins have appeared that archaeologists believe could be the remains of a “water palace” from the Konbaung Dynasty era.

'Hairy books' bound by medieval monks are covered in sealskin, study finds

A scientific analysis of dozens of 12th- and 13th-century books found in European monasteries reveals they were bound in sealskins procured by Norse traders from as far away as Greenland.

Ritual offerings deposited by extinct civilisation discovered in Mexican cave

A mapping project of Tlayócoc Cave, located in the mountains of Guerrero, Mexico, has led to the discovery of ritual offerings deposited by an extinct group of the Tlacotepehua people.

Thriving local settlement uncovered near Roman legionary camp

Several farmsteads have now been identified and archaeologists have recovered artifacts demonstrating that local communities interacted and traded with the Roman soldiers.

Archaeologists uncover unique 6th century mosaic in abandoned Byzantine monastery

A recent excavation report from the Israel Antiquities Authority has revealed the discovery of a well-preserved Byzantine-period monastery and farmhouse in Naḥal Peḥar, located within the modern settlement of Giv‘ot Bar, north of Beersheba.

Ancient jawbone from Taiwan belongs to a mysterious group of human ancestors, scientists say

An ancient jawbone discovered in Taiwan belonged to an enigmatic group of early human ancestors called Denisovans.

Elite Celtic warrior had healed arrowhead injury in his pelvis, 3D bone analysis reveals

A Celtic warrior was injured in battle 2,500 years ago. Archaeologists were able to identify the weapon based on 3D scans of his skeleton.

Dacian treasure hoard discovered by detectorists

A pair of detectorists conducting a survey near the town of Breaza have discovered a major treasure hoard associated with the Dacian people.

6,500-year-old hunting weapons found in Texas cave are among the oldest known in North America

Archaeologists in Texas have discovered a cache of ancient hunting weapons, including the remains of poison darts, that is one the earliest collections of hunting weapons ever found in North America.

Buddha statue discovery in North Korea

The Buddha statue found at Yakjon-ri measures 1.7 metres in height and depicts Amitābha, one of the principal Buddhas in Mahayana Buddhism and the most revered figure in East Asian Buddhist traditions.

Grave of Chuquibamba culture heroes excavated in Peru

At the site of El Curaca, the team uncovered a cemetery of the Chuquibamba culture (ca. a.d. 1000–1450) consisting of collective tombs arranged in circular pits with stone-lined walls. One grave contained the remains of 24 men, women, and children who had been interred with an elaborate collection of funerary offerings.

New research links climate crisis to the fall of the Roman Empire

A study led by scientists at the University of Southampton, in collaboration with Queen’s University Canada and the Chinese Academy of Sciences, has unveiled new evidence regarding the Late Antique Little Ice Age—a significant climate crisis in the 6th century that may have contributed to the fall of the Roman Empire.

4,000-year-old burial of elite woman with ostrich fan reveals world's oldest known evidence of head straps

Marks on 4,000-year-old skeletons reveal that Bronze Age women in Nubia were carrying goods and young children on their heads using tumplines, a type of head strap that can hold a basket, a new study finds.

More than a century on from its sinking, the last surviving eyewitness to the Titanic disaster is the ship herself—and she has plenty of stories left to tell. Uncovering these stories was the mission of Romeo and Juliet, a pair of remote-operated robots which over three weeks in 2022 descended 12,500 feet to capture the Titanic on the North Atlantic ocean floor. It’s the largest underwater scanning project ever attempted, comprising 715,000 still images and hours of 4K footage, equivalent to 1.5 million MP3 songs in terabyte data. The result is a full-sized 3D replica of the Titanic whose level of detail is allowing researchers to glean new insights on the ship’s final moments.

This is very cool. I'm not going to look at it, because I'm weirdly phobic about the wreck, but it is very cool.

Museums

In the latest legal challenge to the Trump administration from the cultural sector, the largest union of museum and library professionals in the United States has sued to block efforts to eliminate the Institute of Museum and Library Services.

Japanese American National Museum stands up for DEI

The institution said it would continue to embrace diversity, equity, and inclusion in the face of widespread government funding cuts and pressures.

Which US will tourists find when they visit?

Recent changes by the Trump administration are affecting how US museums and institutions tell the nation's multicultural history to travellers.

The boys of Corfe Castle: museum documents life of 1900s gay couple

In Corfe Village, a collection of letters, photos, paintings and diaries that tell the story of a lifelong couple has been digitised in the United Kingdom. These documents tell us of David Brynley (1902-1981) and Norman Notley (1890-1980), a gay couple that lived together for many years.

First known letter from King James to go on display

The first known letter written by King James VI of Scotland - penned when he was no more than seven years old - is to go on display later this month. The rare document - held by National Records of Scotland - joins other items as part of an exhibition to mark 400 years since the his death.

Indigenous Australian shell dolls let out for children’s play at UK museum

Twelve dadikwakwa-kwa given to Manchester Museum on condition they are not permanently kept behind glass

Mutter Museum’s ‘polarizing’ executive director Kate Quinn is out

Kate Quinn is no longer the executive director of the Mütter Museum in Philadelphia. The institution’s leadership confirmed to WHYY this week that Quinn’s final day was April 7.

After the fire: starting over in Telegraph Cove

A popular whale interpretive centre burned down. Now, it’s time to rebuild.

How Bergen-Belsen, where Anne Frank died, was different from every other Nazi concentration camp

A new exhibition at the Wiener Holocaust Library in London chronicles the German camp complex’s history, from its origins housing prisoners of war to its afterlife holding displaced persons

Repatriation

France will repatriate the skulls of King Toera and two Sakalava warriors to Madagascar, marking the first return of human remains under a new French law passed in 2023. The remains, which were taken during France’s colonization of the island in 1897, have been held for more than a century in Paris’s Natural History Museum.

Heritage at risk

Grants from the Institute of Museum and Library Services were slashed overnight as Trump and the Elon Musk-led Department of Government Efficiency continue their decimation of federal arts and culture funding in the United States. According to AFGE Local 3403, the union representing workers at IMLS and other federal agencies, “terminations are estimated to number well over a thousand.”

Delaware Museum of Nature and Science: preserving the past, protecting the future — but facing new challenges

"In 2024, we were awarded a federal grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services to support the long-term preservation of this songbird egg collection. The project was intended to provide funding to purchase archival, acid-free boxes and hire an intern to help rehouse the eggs. Unfortunately, this week we learned that our grant — along with many others across the country — was canceled. This decision was part of a broader action impacting IMLS and many museums and libraries nationwide. We had already purchased the boxes, which are now in production, and were awaiting reimbursement as promised by the terms of the grant.While this is a setback, our commitment to caring for our collections has not changed. Preserving these eggs remains a priority for us, and we are exploring how to move this important work forward."

Trump will use culture grant funds to build “American Heroes” park

After abruptly terminating critical grants to libraries, museums, and archives across the country last week, the National Endowment for the Humanities intends to redirect some of its funds to construct President Donald Trump’s bizarre “National Garden of American Heroes.”

So thousands of libraries and museums are losing their funding so Trump can build his tacky little statue park.

Harriet Tubman erased from US Parks website without agency’s permission

A text about the Underground Railroad has been restored after it was edited to remove Tubman and downplay the contributions of Black abolitionists.

Odds and ends

Between 23 and 25 October 2024, about 80 scholars from five continents gathered at the McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research at the University of Cambridge in the UK for the ‘Envisioning Decolonial Futures Through Archaeology’ conference. The conference facilitated interaction between a great variety of perspectives on what it means to decolonise archaeology and how our discipline can help shape decolonial futures.

Famine graves set to be publicly marked

The unmarked graves of thousands of people who died during the Irish famine in Belfast are finally set to be officially marked.

The US's 2000-year-old mystery mounds

Constructed by a mysterious civilisation that left no written records, the massive site is now open to the public for the first time in more than a century.

10 Downing Street VE Day Bunting competition

As part of the 80th Anniversary celebrations of Victory in Europe (VE) Day, we are inviting schools and young people across the country to take part in a special creative competition to design bunting for 10 Downing Street.

I really love how much Britain loves bunting.

[arthistoryanimalia]

Giacomo Balla (Italian, 1871-1958)

Dinamismo di un cane al guinzaglio (Dynamism of a #Dog on a Leash), 1912

oil on canvas, framed: 45 1/2 x 53 1/8 x 3 3/4 in. (115.57 x 134.94 x 9.53 cm)

Buffalo AKG Art Museum 1964:16

“Balla painted this amusing study of a skittering dachshund and the staccato steps of his or her owner in May 1912 while visiting one of his students, the Contessa Nerazzini, at Montepulciano, near Siena. The lively background, with its vibrating and contrasting streaks of pink and green, is said to represent the white dust of the Tuscan countryside shimmering under the bright summer sun. The feet of the woman, the leash, and the dog’s body from nose to tail are all blurred and repeated. To enhance the impression of speed, Balla painted the ground using diagonal lines and placed his signature and the date at a dynamic angle. This rhythmic gesture also extends to the frame, which both contains and continues the composition.”

[arttsuka]

Cowboy Octavius is just the singer Red Leather right down to the daddy issues thank you and goodnight!

You are so right

[pintadorartist]

Save the Institute of Museum & Library Services

On Friday, March 14th, Trump signed an executive order that calls for there elimination of the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS), the nation’s only federal agency for America’s libraries. Americans have loved and relied on public, school and academic libraries for generations. By eliminating the only federal agency dedicated to funding library services, this EO is cutting off at the knees the most beloved and trusted of American institutions and the staff and services they offer:

Early literacy development and grade-level reading programs

Summer reading programs for kids 

High-speed internet access

Employment assistance for job seekers 

Braille and talking books for people with visual impairments

Homework and research resources for students and faculty

Veterans’ telehealth spaces equipped with technology and staff support

STEM programs, simulation equipment and training for workforce development

Small business support for budding entrepreneurs

To dismiss some 75 committed workers and mission of an agency that advances opportunity and learning is to dismiss the aspirations and everyday needs of millions of Americans. And those who will feel that loss most keenly live in rural communities. Call on your representatives to show up for America’s libraries and urge the White House to maintain the IMLS’s modest federal funding.

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[spar-kill]

CONSUME OR BE CONSUMED