#science museum

[comfortinloneliness]

Custom Kewpie dolls ☆ The first picture is mine — I bought it at the National Museum of Nature and Science in Tokyo during their MANIAC insect-themed exhibition. I’ll upload more pictures from the exhibit because it was the best I’ve ever seen, and I still feel so lucky I got to be there.

[webdiggerxxx]

꧁★꧂

[adstreier]

museum of unnatural history

[bitem4]

Going on nature walks and visiting science museums makes me feel alive again 🏞️🍃

[hyper-coasters]

Fluorite - CaF2; From the Spar Mountain Mine in Rock, Illinois.

Pure Fluorite is actually clear, and it is impurities within the mineral makeup of the crystals that causes the colors. Most common colors are yellow, green, blue, and purple, whereas more rare or less common colors are red, brown, black, and white.

[gluesenkampart]

Giant Beaver art for the Bad Weather Brewing X Science Museum of Minnesota's push to get a 'State Fossil.'

[uuuhh-stimboards-iguess]

POV:

Your elementary class took a field trip to the local childrens/science museum

Nostalgia-core stimboard

[belovedapollo]

from when I went and visited the Zoological Museum in Hamburg 🪲 reblog is ok, don’t repost/use

[littlegoblininyourshoe]

Two drawings I did, yippee!!

(Original artist for inspo drawing- ManekiNekoTea

Her au- Dream Island elementary)

(Bozo IDFB!)

[heracliteanfire]

Progression of four solid bodies (in clay) of Genus 2, showing stages in the deformation of a solid cylinder with two holes, to a teapot shape.

Mrs M. Jones, 1967.

(via Science Museum)

[thetimetravelinglady]

For museum professionals, you can answer with how your institution refers to frontline staff who assist with guests, but please make a note in your tags so I know not to count your answer with "the public". Thanks!

(For transparency, I am a museum professional in a history museum. I'm interested in learning more about how the general public refer to certain jobs that we have evolving names for. I'll make a follow up post after the poll ends about the results and any thoughts I have.)

[insomniawizard]

I had the pleasure of visiting the exquisite creatures exhibit at OMSI this afternoon. HIGHLY recommend if you have an opportunity.

[thursdayisbetterthanfriday]

Cybernetic Tortoise

Year: 1950 Inventor: Walter Grey Current Home: London Science Museum

"A landmark both in robotics and cybernetics (the science of communication and control systems), the tortoise invented by William Grey Walter was an 'artificial animal' designed to investigate brain functions.

It was devised at the Burden Neurological Institute in Bristol, a unique centre combining experimental and clinical work, established in 1939. A favourite at the science exhibition of the Festival of Britain, held at the Science Museum, under the name Machina speculatrix, was designed to behave like a simple animal.

It was wired to display certain characteristics: it travelled around floors, manoeuvred to avoid obstacles and slopes, and was equipped with a photo-receptor so that it would approach moderate light but avoid bright illumination." - Science Museum Website Entry

[hyper-coasters]

DO NOT ROLL, TUMBLE OR DROP

The Sparrow missile is a medium range air-to-air missile with semi-active radar homing that was used by the US Air Force, Navy, and Marines. Developed by Raytheon and used in the Vietnam and Gulf wars. Pictured above is the Sparrow II, which, when developed, came with the new freedom of being able to fire at multiple different targets back-to-back. The small size and type of radar used in the Sparrow II model led to poor performance and was abandoned in 1956.

[museumnerdery]

Greetings, fellow travelers! 🌎

On this blog you will find wild stories, stunning photos, quotes, random gossip, whimsy & snark, from staff and visitors to:

Museums 🏛️

Science centers 🔭

Zoos 🐼

Aquariums 🦈

Botanical gardens 🌿

& related institutions.

I have some stories of my own to tell, and I want to hear about your experiences in these places, too!

About me: I just took early retirement after working for more than 25 years as the web designer, editor, and photographer for a natural history museum. I have a BA in anthropology and a master's in museum studies. I had graduate assistantships in the exhibits, entomology, and geology/paleontology departments of the university museum where I was working towards my degree. Before that, I worked as a sort of general assistant in a small science museum. Earlier still, I volunteered with the exhibits team at a science & nature center that also had a small zoo.

My parents were both scientists - mom was a high school biology teacher (and a botanist by training) and dad was a physicist. They both loved to travel, and we did a lot of that when I was a kid. We took a few cross-country road trips, and also took trips to Canada, France, the UK and Switzerland. I've done limited travel on my own to Germany and Denmark. I've been to museums and similar places on most of these trips. I plan to share my thoughts on those experiences here.

Please join me in exploring the world of museums!