#MuseumsUnlocked

Dr Effrosyni Nomikou

#MuseumsUnlocked Day 53 Museums, Sites & Monuments of GreeceLet's go... 1/ There are about 220 archaeological #museums in Greece, outnumbering by far all other types of museums. Most are -directly

And now some pictures from @Archeonationale for #MuseumsUnlocked : Roman caltrops from Alesia... More Roman weaponry for #MuseumsUnlocked, also from @Archeonationale : Helmet, catapult stones, Javeline point (I think?) and

As it's Sunday, a quick thread on churches and Neolithic/Bronze Age remains. We’re familiar with Knowlton, where a Norman church was built within a henge, and Rudston, where a huge

In celebration of #MuseumsUnlocked Animals theme, here is a thread of Minoan bulls (and cows).I'll start with the obvious: the iconic bull-leaping fresco from the Palace at Knossos, 1600-1400 BC.

Emily Rose Sherriff

Day 20 of #MuseumsUnlocked is Yorkshire! Back in January I spent the day at @YorkshireMuseum researching some of the tombstones I’m writing about in my thesis - here’s a thread

19th-century stone arrow-heads by master-forger Flint Jack (Edward Simpson), @Pitt_Rivers founding collection #MuseumsUnlocked And a few more examples of Jack's handiwork #MuseumsUnlocked @Pitt_Rivers A bit more on Flint Jack in

A Twitter experiment. How can we reimagine museum visiting and curation in a time of lockdown? Many museums have great programmes sharing digital content—but during April let's experiment with other

Tuesday 7 April is Day 7 of #MuseumsUnlocked—and we're going to visit the museums and galleries of Britain's Second City (and the city I grew up in) - Birmingham! Brum

Four Crystal Skulls for #MuseumsUnlocked. First, from the @quaibranly, this rock crystal skull was bought as an Aztec artefact from dealer Eugène Boban by Alphonse Pinart, and donated to the

Day 97 Japanese Noh theatre is a mix of music, dance and drama which originated in the 14th century and is still performed today. Main characters wear wooden masks. These

Mycenae in the Peloponnese region of Greece was the centre of a bronze age civilization between 1600-1100BC. Greek mythology says it was founded by the hero Perseus. Homer called it

Many years ago I had to cry, almost, standing before a painting of Raphael in the Palazzo Ducale in Urbino. In 1983 I was in Florence to see this famous

Check out #MuseumsUnlocked Day 8 - Glasgow's Museums and Gallerieshttps://twitter.com/i/events/1247633758041374720 For my students: There are a number of good conversations about decolonization and repatriation happening in this thread.

Just a few of the looted Benin Bronzes now on display in Detroit's @DIADetroit. Their return to the Royal Court of Benin is long overdue #MuseumsUnlocked #USA #BeninDisplays Just a

Couldn’t let today’s #MuseumsUnlocked pass without a thread about the outstanding work of Sudanese potter Mbitim, collected by @PowellCotton in 1931 and displayed for decades by the museum as an

Michael Marshall

In 17th-18th century #London craftspeople were working bone & ivory on a huge scale, making incredibly sophisticated things 4000+ fragments of workshop waste from a turner's workshop were fly-tipped in