The Ware Collection of Blaschka Glass Models of Plants, popularly know as the Glass Flowers is in the Harvard Museum of Natural History, a fantastic, fantastic museum in Boston. The exhibit has rec…
The Ware Collection of Blaschka Glass Models of Plants, popularly know as the Glass Flowers is in the Harvard Museum of Natural History, a fantastic, fantastic museum in Boston. The exhibit has rec…
If I had the choice, I would always choose to visit a museum inside out– that is, take a backstage tour of what they don't display, which in most cases, is much larger than what is actually on display. And we're not talking about 2 to 3 times larger, we're talking about secret collections that are 9
A new depot for the Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen transforms the humble storage facility into a showpiece in its own right.
Trigger warning: This post details our experience of going to a museum exhibit that featured preserved bodies of actual miscarried unborn children. None of them were aborted. Their bodies are whole and carefully preserved. Depending on your sensibilities/past experiences, the descriptions and/or pictures of the exhibit that I’ve included may be a trigger for you. […]
The focus of this special exhibition is a one-piece silk dress of the 1760s made of richly patterned silk in the rare silhouette of a waist andrienne. The two Frank Glass Display Cases made of mineral glass VSG 55.2 with a size of 220 x 150 x 210 cm and 200 x 100 x 210 cm.
The Pitt Rivers Museum & Oxford University Natural History Museum are adjacent and are classic museums dedicated to anthropology and archaeology packed with glass display cases.
Image 5 of 7 from gallery of Norman Foster Designs Display Cases for Retrospective at the Centre Pompidou. © Pablo Gómez-Ogando, Norman Foster Foundation
Ongoing exhibition shows how researchers and conservation experts are repairing precious relics of China's first emperor.
Museums are cracking open the temperature-controlled, dehumidified display cases and inviting people in. Working with Aboriginal communities is reawakening cultural connections and ancient art forms.
© Davoud D. It almost feels like you've clicked on something you shouldn't have and suddenly, a door to internet Narnia has opened and you find yourself roaming the aisles of a huge maze of glass cabinets, overflowing with an insane amount of objects. You've stumbled into the cabinet of wonder th
Housed inside a former grain elevator, Prairieview Museum in the small town of Plum Coulee, Manitoba, Canada, houses pioneer artifacts and showcases elevator operations
The glass display cases called 'curio cabinets' got both their form and their name from the historic 'Cabinets of Curiosity.' Though ubiquitous today, curio cabinets come from a rich history of passionate collectors and exultant status-seekers, looking for the flashiest proclamations of their presence in society.
In the world’s largest museums, only a small fraction of their collections are ever placed on display. This makes the storage capacity and conditions of...
The Cleveland Museum of Art's excellent collection of pre-Columbian art, augmented by a small but choice selection of Native-American objects, will go back on view for the first time in eight years on Sunday, June 30.
In 1964 Moriyama & Teshima received the commission to design a science centre to celebrate Canada’s 100th birthday. At that time “participatory” and “hands-on” were new and, to many, highly suspicious words; science museums were still reliant on labels and display cases. In order to involve large numbers of people in the process of learning, … Continued
The glass display cases called 'curio cabinets' got both their form and their name from the historic 'Cabinets of Curiosity.' Though ubiquitous today, curio cabinets come from a rich history of passionate collectors and exultant status-seekers, looking for the flashiest proclamations of their presence in society.
