Born in 1983 in the city of Bamberg, Germany, the Berlin based artist Jan Vormann initiated a creative and amusing project that would be followed by people around the world. You may have seen this project doing the rounds of social media sites, I fir…
- 13 days ago, 7 May 12, 1:01am -

“If you Meet the Buddha, Kill the Buddha” (Zen saying -paraphrased from Lin Chi). Over the last year or so I’ve become increasingly interested in Buddhism, or the ideas of Buddhism, and Buddhist practice, this has manifested itself on this blog…
- 13 days ago, 6 May 12, 6:27pm -

This blog wholeheartedly supports the punk band “Pussy Riot” and those accused by the Russian state of dubious charges related to an action by the band, whether or not they are members of said band. Background: Pussy Riot’s Kremlin protest owes…
- 15 days ago, 5 May 12, 4:40am -

One of my musical icons passed away today, Adam Yauch – aka MCA, of the Beastie Boys. For me, MCA, and the Beastie Boys, are the point of crossover for my musical loves of punk and hip-hop. Their music is fun, irreverent, and at times down right si…
- 15 days ago, 4 May 12, 10:21pm -

Preservation Week was created in 2010 by a group of preservation organizations in response to findings that discovered some 630 million items in collecting institutions require immediate attention and care. Eighty percent of these institutions have n…
- 26 days ago, 24 Apr 12, 1:44am -

University of Illinois Archives: Position Availablehttp://www.storysouth.com/millionwriters/millionwritersnotable_2011.htmlYou can find the entire list of The Million Writers Award Notable Stories of 2011 here: http://t.co/PnjiwCUkhttp://chicon.o…
- 17 hours ago, 19 May 12, 7:00am -

http://bit.ly/L1M0ePRT @infodocket: A Number of Original Abraham Lincoln Documents Found in Japan http://t.co/sNL12cw5 #archives
- 2 days ago, 18 May 12, 7:00am -

Bitcurator: Tools and Techniques for Digital Forensics in Collecting InstitutionsDigital Preservation Network launched by US Universities
- 3 days ago, 17 May 12, 7:00am -

http://mandydegeit.wordpress.com/2012/05/14/when-publishing-goes-wrong-starring-undead-press/via @NMamatas: This is NOT how a professional publisher behaves. Those are NOT "edits". http://t.co/PHaBt97Thttp://bit.ly/JaQeWWI can't say enough good…
- 4 days ago, 16 May 12, 7:00am -

Building a Digital Map of Scholarly Archival Materials - Technology - The Chronicle of Higher EducationLong-Awaited Ruling in Copyright Case Mostly Favors Georgia State U. - Publishing - The Chronicle of Higher Education
- 5 days ago, 15 May 12, 7:00am -

From The Telegraph: The US Supreme Court has refused to grant a final appeal to a Florida company that discovered treasure on a sunken Spanish vessel but was then ordered to return the gold and silver to Spain. The Court did not give a reason for ref…
- 2 days ago, 17 May 12, 3:08pm -

The FBI has obtained a permit to use ground penetrating radar to re-search the property of alleged mobster Robert Gentile. The 75-year-old has been held since February on federal drug and weapons charges. The warrant was issued on the premise that th…
- 4 days ago, 15 May 12, 3:57pm -

An Italian regional magistrate has upheld an order for the seizure of the Greek statue, now named the “Getty Bronze,” from the J. Paul Getty Museum’s antiquities collection. Italy claims the bronze statue of a victorious athlete was illegally e…
- 11 days ago, 9 May 12, 12:10pm -

Antonio Manfredi, director of the Casoria Contemporary Art Museum, is pledging to burn three pieces of art each week in protest against the lack of monetary support for Italy’s museums and culture. He has already destroyed two paintings and is sele…
- 13 days ago, 7 May 12, 11:00am -

The Tokyo National Museum has acknowledged it holds a set of armor and headpiece worn by a Chosun prince, which Korean civil organizations allege was illegally exported during Japan’s rule of Korea. The Museum has  argued that the 1,100 Korean ant…
- 17 days ago, 3 May 12, 11:00am -

The Clarendon Springs Hotel (or Clarendon House) most recently operated as an antiques warehouse, but originally served travelers seeking rest and relaxation from the mineral springs beginning in 1835. Historic houses are adjacent to the hotel and th…
- 1 day ago, 18 May 12, 2:30pm -

Yesterday’s image, “You Can’t Buy Happiness, But You Can Buy Local and that’s Kind of the Same Thing,” was well liked, so I thought you might like additional graphics. Who doesn’t love a good design, right? These “Buy Local” advertise…
- 2 days ago, 17 May 12, 1:00pm -

Shop Local. Eat Local. Buy Local. Think Local First. Live Local. If you browse community related or preservation related news, you have probably noticed that the concept and implementation of a local economy based on local businesses is a popular top…
- 3 days ago, 16 May 12, 1:00pm -

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- 4 days ago, 15 May 12, 1:00pm -

Happy Mother’s Day (yesterday) Mommy! And Happy Mother’s Day to all of the mothers out there. I hope your day was sunny and relaxing and spent how you chose. My mom has been my preservation influence from the beginning, long before she or I had h…
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Decipher your ancestor’s head gear with Maureen Taylor (AKA The Photo Detective) with tips from her new book Bonnets and Hats. And then grab your spouse for a genealogical musical number. NEWS:Thanks for the Shout Outs:Branching Out Th…
- 16 days ago, 4 May 12, 3:15am -

April 26, 2012 NEWS: The big news is Ancestr.com’s acquisition of Archives.comRead all about it at the Genealogy Gems News Blog  Jamboree HighlightEarly Bird Registration Ends 4/30/12 – Register Now My Classes:TH-001 - Conversat…
- 23 days ago, 26 Apr 12, 8:09pm -

In this episode learn more about APG, find out what’s new with RootsMagic 5, and get started searching the 1940 census. NEWS: Diane Haddad and I just spent some time on the Family Tree Magazine podcast going over everything that’s bee…
- 33 days ago, 16 Apr 12, 10:05pm -

Genealogy Gems Book Club: Our featured book is Running Away to Home by Jennifer Wilson. In this book, Jennifer takes us on a once and a lifetime genealogical journey where she walked in her ancestors shoes and lived among their descendants.Get the…
- 58 days ago, 22 Mar 12, 11:26pm -

Census data this week revealed how population growth in town and city centers outpaced that of suburbs for the first time in more than two decades. The timeliness of this news given the fact that the National Main Street Center held their Main Street…
- 43 days ago, 7 Apr 12, 10:28am -

Union Railroad Station (30) with whale sculpture in foreground.New London was founded in 1646 by John Winthrop, the younger, who chose this shore-ringed "plantation" for its excellent harbor. This land, with its great natural assets, became one of th…
- 14 Nov 11, 2:55am -

Striking tower of the Mashantucket Pequot Museum and Research Center upon approach. The Mashantucket Pequot Museum and Research Center that was opened in 1998 is one of those rarities in life - a well-funded cultural institution! The extensive plan…
- 13 Nov 11, 1:29am -

"These are they who arranged the settlement from which we are sprung. Little except anxiety, toil and financial loss came to them from it. But they were honoruable men: they played a conspicuous part in the great events of a great time, and wrought f…
- 13 Nov 11, 12:03am -

The Theodore Roosevelt Inaugural Site, a unit of the National Parks Service, has done a remarkable job shaping the visitor experience. The Theodore Roosevelt Inaugural Site Foundation led an effort to raise $2 million for a renovation. This work incl…
- 23 Oct 11, 7:26pm -

A year and a half ago, I wrote a post that asked the question, “what the heck is a green preservationist?”…more recently, I’ve been asking myself the considerably more fundamental question of “what is a preservationist?” We’ve adapted o…
- 6 Oct 11, 5:13pm -

Yeah, this one’s ranty. I waited too long to write. So much has happened. Agendas have changed, a zillion people in architectural fields have been laid off due to downsizing and restructuring—an unbelievable number of architectural firms have clo…
- 29 Sep 11, 11:49pm -

While it may seem like I’m a terrible person for not blogging for so long (yes, I am currently writing this in a hair shirt), I can assure you that I have been putting my green preservationy energies into other green preservationy things. One such…
- 4 May 11, 9:00pm -

I was reared on Stallone and Schwarzenegger films. From the time I left the womb, these movies provided respite for my mother, and bonding time for me and my father, who would invariably be blown away by the inventiveness of the latest blood altering…
- 30 Jan 11, 9:03pm -

So the LEED rating system is pretty much constantly being rethought and revamped, but the latest and greatest version is currently up for public comment, and as of January 14th, the first comment period will be closed. As someone who spends a crazy a…
- 10 Jan 11, 2:36am -

Here’s to my mother, my grandmothers, my great-grandmothers, and so on and so on.  Without all those women, I wouldn’t be here!
- 6 days ago, 14 May 12, 3:33am -

Are you a history buff? Photography fan? Dedicated traveler? Neighborhood explorer? The steward of a National Historic Landmark? Grab your camera and visit National Historic Landmarks in your community or anywhere you travel.  (You can check this up…
- 9 days ago, 11 May 12, 11:31am -

  Update from Plan Philly here. The story, by Alan Jaffe, recaps the May 10 meeting about the ongoing debate over the future of the Church of the Assumption.  It says, in part: The battle over the future of a Spring Garden church building moved int…
- 23 days ago, 26 Apr 12, 11:50pm -

It’s springtime and the blossoms are bursting forth. My cherry tree is the first bit of color in my neighborhood.  Then the dogwoods begin to wake.  When the crocus begin to fade, the daffodils leap in to the color fray.  The giant sycamore up t…
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- 58 days ago, 23 Mar 12, 11:36am -

How Reliable Are the Social Sciences?Public policy debates often involve appeals to results of work in social sciences like economics and sociology. For example, in his State of the Union address this year, President Obama cited a recent high-profi…
- 3 hours ago, 19 May 12, 8:45pm -

Billy Joel’s Songs in the Attic. Admittedly, it’s not one of my favorites, nor is Joel really. I only acquired these few LPs (yes, vinyl again) from one of the ArchaeoWife’s coworkers who was getting rid of them. Never bought one at the time he…
- 8 hours ago, 19 May 12, 3:44pm -

Cat lovers may read on, others probably can ignore.Recall that we got her after Klondike died in 2009 and she already had some adventures. She was almost completely feral — had been born to a feral mom and abandoned just after weaning — but we…
- 1 day ago, 18 May 12, 10:46pm -

On the Internets! IMPACT Radiological Mummy DatabaseThe IMPACT Radiological Mummy Database is a large-scale, multi-institutional collaborative research project devoted to the scientific study of mummified remains, and the mummification traditions th…
- 1 day ago, 18 May 12, 10:28pm -

500-year-old Indian village unearthed in MorgantonCircled by a wooden palisade, buildings would have stood in a meadow where gardens flourished in the rich river-bottom soil.Richardson also imagines a day in the 16th-century when villagers may have…
- 1 day ago, 18 May 12, 10:24pm -

The Barge is an Irish-style pub located on two floors with a large out-door terrace equipped with a licensed bar. There’s a wide selection of beer, cocktails, whiskeys, fine rums and of course Guinness on tap. They boast an excellent restaurant wit…
- 15 hours ago, 19 May 12, 9:40am -

Rimini lays claim to having the only authentic English pub but more importantly,  the Rose And Crown was the first British style pub in Italy established in 1964 by Count Perticari, an Italian connoisseur of Great Britain. Even in the men’s toilet…
- 1 day ago, 18 May 12, 9:59pm -

This museum is located next to the Church of Suffrage, built by the Jesuits (1719-1740) in honour of San Francesco Saverio. From 1797 to 1977 this was used as a hospital, first military and then civil, whereas now it houses numerous exhibits of local…
- 4 days ago, 15 May 12, 5:30pm -

In Italian, the ‘Domus Del Chirurgo’, is an exceptional site which has proved to be of interest to experts from all over the world. It contains a doctor’s surgery, perfectly preserved rather like the remains at Pompeii. In fact, after a barbari…
- 4 days ago, 15 May 12, 5:24pm -

This tiny chapel in the corner of Piazza Tre Martiri is dedicated to St Anthony of Padova. It was built in the early 1500’s to commerate a miracle in which a hungry mule revered a consecrated host. It was subsequently rebuilt in the 17th century an…
- 5 days ago, 15 May 12, 10:22am -

The blog of AIC's Emerging Conservation Professionals Network has moved!To continue to read ECPN-related posts, go to www.conservators-converse.org/category/ecpn
- 30 Nov 11, 11:11pm -

About the ECPN Committee Officers A while back, the names of the new ECPN committee officers were announced on the blog. Now, we thought you might like to know a little more about them:Molly Gleeson, Chair Molly Gleeson completed her BA in Art…
- 22 Nov 11, 1:34am -

ECPN MEETING MINUTES Monday, October 31, 2011 Conference Call Attendees: Ryan Winfield (Staff Liaison) Stephanie Lussier (Board Liaison) Molly Gleeson (Chair) Eliza Spaulding (Vice Chair) Anisha Gupta (co-Outreach Coordinator) Megan Salaza…
- 21 Nov 11, 10:22pm -

If you completed your conservation training 3 years ago (or more), you may now be eligible to apply for Professional Associate (PA) status. Being a PA comes with many benefits, including approval for listing in the online guide Find a Conservator a…
- 14 Nov 11, 5:28pm -

ECPN MEETING MINUTES Thursday, October 13, 2011 Conference Call Attendees:Ruth Seyler (Staff Liaison) Ryan Winfield (Staff Liaison) Stephanie Lussier (Board liaison) Molly Gleeson (Chair) Eliza Spaulding (Vice Chair) Amy Brost (Communicati…
- 11 Nov 11, 7:47pm -

I've just returned from the Annual General Meeting of the Canadian Commission for UNESCO in Ottawa. While there, I made a presentation to the Youth Action Group (YAG) on UNESCO's 2003 Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritag…
- 4 days ago, 15 May 12, 7:17pm -

A while back, I posted an article on tablespoons, which prompted this note from Edwina Suley of Carbonear.My mother worked at The Grange in Whitbourne and was a housekeeper, a cook’s assistant, sometimes the cook and general all 'round maid there.…
- 15 days ago, 4 May 12, 12:50pm -

The Heritage Foundation of Newfoundland and Labrador (HFNL), is pleased to announce that applications are now being accepted for the 2012 Fisheries Heritage Preservation Program. This provincial granting program is designed to assist in the preserva…
- 17 days ago, 2 May 12, 5:10pm -

The Heritage Foundation of Newfoundland and Labrador (HFNL) is a non-profit heritage organization dedicated to the conservation of historic structures. HFNL is currently looking for a summer student to work on a research project gathering information…
- 19 days ago, 30 Apr 12, 12:15pm -

The Newfoundland Historic Trust is holding its Annual General MeetingTuesday, April 17, 20127:00 pmHava Java Upstairs, Water StreetFollowed by a presentation by Dr. Gerald Pocius"The Riddle of the Newfoundland and Labrador Fish Stage"7:30pmDr. Pocius…
- 37 days ago, 12 Apr 12, 6:31pm -

In January father and son team Edward and Michael O’Neill discovered the headwaters of the aqueduct, which was built by the Emperor Trajan, hidden beneath a crumbling 13th century church north of Rome. A sophisticated example of Roman hydraulic eng…
- 6 Jun 10, 10:06am -

AMAZING archaeological discoveries have been made in the New Forest. Prehistoric burial mounds, a World War II practice bombing range and searchlight position have all been found between Burley and Godshill. Airborne light detecting and ranging (lida…
- 4 Jun 10, 8:50am -

- 24 May 10, 3:39pm -

WORK on the £11.6 million revamp of Canterbury’s prestigious Beaney Institute has ground to a halt – because of Roman pornography. Archaeologists are racing against time to recover lost evidence beneath the city’s streets before the builders r…
- 2 May 10, 4:52pm -

Archaeological discoveries – Head of Antiquities of Lower Egypt Department of the Supreme Council of Antiquities Mohamed Abdel-Maqsoud said that archaeological missions working in North Sinai have unearthed Tharu , an ancient fortified city, a move…
- 26 Apr 10, 5:39pm -

Throughout their history the ancient Egyptians recorded making voyages to a place called the ‘Land of Punt’. To the Egyptians it was a far-off source of exotic animals and valuable goods. From there they brought back perfumes, panther skins, elec…
- 18 Apr 10, 4:25pm -

A bejeweled mummy dressed in Roman robes has emerged from the sands of Egypt’s Bahariya Oasis, the Supreme Council of Antiquities said Monday. Entombed in a decorated gypsum sarcophagus, the 38-inch tall mummy  belonged to a woman or girl who died…
- 16 Apr 10, 9:11am -

Members of the Qatar Natural History Group went on a trip into the remote past on Wednesday evening. Dr Richard Cuttler, director of a team of archaeologists from the University of Birmingham, UK, now working with the Qatar Museums Authority on a pro…
- 12 Apr 10, 7:08pm -

A new translation of a Roman victory stele, erected in April 29 BC, shows Octavian Augustus’s name inscribed in a cartouche (an oblong enclosure that surrounds a pharaoh’s name) – an honour normally reserved for an Egyptian pharaoh. Octavian’…
- 5 Apr 10, 11:52am -

Once thought to be rock art, carved depictions of soldiers, horses and other figures are in fact part of a written language dating back to the Iron Age. The ancestors of modern Scottish people left behind mysterious, carved stones that new research h…
- 2 Apr 10, 9:12pm -

Note: the Blueprint book club will start next week. Sorry for the delay.It’s not every day you find a prototype in the bathroom.Last week, I sat down on a toilet in our museum and found myself looking at aninteractive station intended to…
- 2 days ago, 17 May 12, 7:37pm -

Last week, I was in Minneapolis for the American Association of Museums annual meeting. As always, the conference was a party mix of inspiring and dull, familiar and new. It's one of the rare settings in which you can see glimpses of the past and t…
- 10 days ago, 9 May 12, 4:35pm -

Today is my one-year anniversary as the executive directorof the Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History. A year ago, I put my consultanthat on the shelf and decided to jump into museum management (a sentence I NEVERwould have imagined writing five y…
- 14 days ago, 5 May 12, 7:21pm -

(No relation to AAM. Just cute.)I'm heading this weekend to the American Association of Museums conference in Minneapolis. I'm psyched to spend a few days with friends and colleagues talking about some of the challenges we're grappling with in ou…
- 23 days ago, 26 Apr 12, 4:41pm -

Last Friday, I witnessed something beautiful at my museum. A group in their late teens/early 20s were wandering through the museumwide exhibition on love. They were in a playful mood, talking about the objects, playing the games, responding on the…
- 31 days ago, 18 Apr 12, 3:24pm -

Once there was a project to design a national history museum in the Netherlands. There was a location, a budget, and a flurry of planning. The team developed some highly innovative digital projects and approaches to history. Three years later, at t…
- 34 days ago, 15 Apr 12, 5:42pm -

Two great museumy reports to brighten your weekend:TrendsWatch 2012. The folks at the AAM Center for the Future of Museums have been experimenting with sharing ideas in several ways over the past couple of years--through their blog, their weekly…
- 43 days ago, 6 Apr 12, 8:41pm -

Imagine you want to invite people to meaningfully engage with a serious topic in an exhibition. How would you do it? What forms of content delivery or participation might induce someone not just to read/look/listen but to care--and hopefully, to a…
- 46 days ago, 4 Apr 12, 9:06am -

- 52 days ago, 28 Mar 12, 3:35pm -

How do you help visitors know what they can and cannot do in your museum? Most museums have this figured out: they have signs, they have guards, they have cases over the objects. But what happens if you take away the "Don't Touch" signs and the uni…
- 59 days ago, 21 Mar 12, 5:25pm -

"Your challenge is to make me relevant to Generation M"Earlier this week I attended the Ohio Museums Association's annual conference, presenting a session with two of my former students, and serving once again as an officer on OMA's board. This y…
- 16 Apr 11, 3:03pm -

Free to Be You and Me Foundation has information on all things related to the album, TV show, and movement.Yesterday at my local library, while searching for kids' CDs that wouldn't drive me to road rage in the car, I came across an old favorite…
- 1 Apr 11, 5:08am -

Those of us who work in and advocate for museums already know that visitors access museum exhibits and websites for valuable and reliable information on diverse topics. Here is a great example of a museum serving as a relevant educational institut…
- 14 Mar 11, 3:58pm -

The Ohio Museums Association has posted the program for this year's annual conference taking place April 10-11 on the campus of Walsh University in North Canton. Highlights include a special academic track for museum studies faculty and students,…
- 25 Feb 11, 8:34pm -

MuseoBlogger seen here eagerly awaiting a call from Vail's Colorado Ski & SnowboardMuseum in reply to her offer to work for lift tickets.As I am on vacation this week, living my dream, schussing through the Sierra Nevada mountains at Heaven…
- 8 Feb 11, 5:21pm -

A Cleveland Clinic staff member walks pastWhispering, by Jaume Plensa.Recently, I have had many occasions to visit two of the finest hospitals in the United States, located right here in Cleveland, University Hospitals Case Medical Center and…
- 4 Feb 11, 4:53pm -

Earlier this month I shared a presentation by Alex Morrison about online fundraising for museums. Since then, I have been following the social media fundraising effort undertaken by the Museum of Science in Boston. Flexing its social media muscle, us…
- 1 Feb 11, 3:46am -

Monica Allison contributes the final essay in a series of four guest blog posts written by the students in my Exhibition Development and Design class at Walsh University. This past semester my students learned about the elements and principles museum…
- 19 Jan 11, 2:59am -

I spent the past several days putting together an academic track of plenary sessions, roundtable discussions, receptions, and student programs for the Ohio Museums Association's annual conference being held this year at Walsh University. In my free t…
- 15 Jan 11, 3:05am -

While conducting a search for information on museums using online fundraising to complement more traditional development approaches, I found this interesting SlideShare presentation by Alex Morrison Managing Director of Cogapp. From what I read on t…
- 7 Jan 11, 11:24pm -

What could be better than a building full of books? Herewith a collection of gorgeous European libraries, both historic and modern, assembled by the folks at Mental Floss. I have seen a few of these, but have now added the … Continue reading →
- 13 days ago, 6 May 12, 4:20pm -

April is National Poetry Month! We therefore decided to look to our poetic roots. And by that we really mean our poets’ roots. Many artists have been inspired by their homes and, if nothing else, were subconsciously affected by the … Continue rea…
- 40 days ago, 10 Apr 12, 8:05am -

You never know what a week spent on a living history farm will spark, and of course, one of the great things about archaeology camp is getting to dig in the dirt! Continue reading →
- 52 days ago, 29 Mar 12, 7:56am -

Do you have to be a “preservationist” to appreciate historic preservation? – PreservationNation. Here’s a repost of a repost from Preservation in Pink, one of our favorite preservation blogs. With National Historic Preservation Month just aro…
- 59 days ago, 22 Mar 12, 6:50am -

Valentine’s Day brings to mind roses, heart-shaped notes, chocolates, and significant others. This year, it may also bring to mind preservation. And we’re not talking about saving the pretty box or tin your chocolates came in, we’re talking abo…
- 96 days ago, 13 Feb 12, 2:24pm -

UNESCO Director-General Irina Bokova expressed her great concern following the desecration of the graves of Sidi Mahmoud in Mali by the Ansar Dine group on 4 May 2012. According to information UNESCO received, the front door of the mausoleum and its…
- 16 days ago, 4 May 12, 5:00am -

The World Heritage property “Frontiers of the Roman Empire” has received £537,185 (US$ 850,406) in funding from SITA Trust to underwrite a conservation project that will restore dilapidated portions of the site located in the United…
- 30 days ago, 20 Apr 12, 5:00am -

Members of the Coordinating Committee on the Serial World Heritage Nomination of the Silk Roads release recommendations for two priority transnational heritage corridors of Silk Roads Serial and Transnational NominationFollowing their meeting in Tas…
- 30 days ago, 20 Apr 12, 5:00am -

 In reaction to recent events in Northern Mali, UNESCO Director-General Irina Bokova expresses her deep concern about the possible consequences of the ongoing armed conflict on the invaluable cultural World Heritage property located in Timbuktu…
- 48 days ago, 2 Apr 12, 5:00am -

Sydney Opera House was among the World Heritage sites around the globe participating in Earth Hour 2012, the environmental campaign to draw attention to the effects of climate change through turning off the lights for one hour, from 8.30 to 9.30…
- 48 days ago, 2 Apr 12, 5:00am -

Yesterday the Giza 3D Project was launched at a gala event at the Boston Museum of Fine Arts (MFA). Peter Der Manuelian After the event I caught up virtually with Peter Der Manuelian, Giza Archives Director at the Boston Museum of Fine Arts and Phili…
- 10 days ago, 10 May 12, 11:58am -

World leading 3D software company Dassault Systémes and Harvard University last night officially unveiled Giza 3D to the world at a gala event at the Boston Museum of Fine Arts (MFA). It presents the results of over a 100 years of work by the MFA an…
- 11 days ago, 9 May 12, 8:22am -

Behenu's Pyramid Texts A workshop on pyramids is to be held at Geijersalen, Engelska Parken, Uppsala University over two days, May 31st and June 1st. Speakers will include such notables as Denis Searby, Peter Jánosi, Miroslav Barta, Tarek el-Awady,…
- 33 days ago, 16 Apr 12, 9:14pm -

Polish researcher Teodozja Rzeuska says her research indicates that the Meidum necropolis was used as late as the New Kingdom period, extending its history by over 1500 years. After early publications by pioneering archaeologist William Matthew Flind…
- 57 days ago, 23 Mar 12, 8:45pm -

You may have noticed that the activity here on Talking Pyramids has died down a bit over the past few months. My ever faithful and trusty assistant Bennu has continued posting lots of news items every day on Twitter, which you can read in the side ba…
- 80 days ago, 29 Feb 12, 8:44pm -

Irish Video podcasts from www.Irishroots.comToday at the Irish Roots Cafe: My Name is Paddy Leary: Off to PhiladelphiaListen Free Online:on YouTube: http://youtu.be/l7wliW0_X04on iTunes:http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPod…
- 5 days ago, 14 May 12, 9:47pm -

Podcast 212 - From the Irish Roots CafeIrish Family History shownotes.Todays Blog contains a few notes from my free audio book podcast at:http://www.irishroots.com/podcast/podcast212.mp3The hardcopy edition of this book is at Amazon and:http://w…
- 6 days ago, 13 May 12, 4:24pm -

Irish Genealogy and Song at Irish Festivals in the U.S.From the Irish Roots CafeBreaking our 14 year rule, we will be consulting orperforming at two Irish Festivals this Year. We dooffer the services below for Irish Festivals and events.But fir…
- 9 days ago, 10 May 12, 8:49pm -

Free audio History of the Irish in America, From the Irish Roots Cafe.Missouri Irish, the original history of the Irish in Missouriwith names, dates, settlements and genealogical notes.Audio Book (Part One)From 1770 - 1900 a.d.Todays Blog and Po…
- 16 days ago, 4 May 12, 4:15am -

Video Shorts at the Irish Roots Cafe #16.Skibbereen, a tale of famine and troublesfrom our house band Sean Nós Abú.Launch of Irish Video Shorts, season two!Today we resume our Irish Video Shortsprogram. The first selections this seasonare my…
- 18 days ago, 1 May 12, 9:24pm -

You’ve stumbled into the archives!  you need to head over to sexyarchaeology.org to find the current version of the site!
- 1 Feb 12, 2:30am -

An unfinished Indian canoe, apparently abandoned 500 years ago, has been discovered in a remote section of an Alaska rain forest, according to officials. The canoe, carved from cedar, was discovered under a thick layer of moss and is surrounded by tr…
- 15 Jul 11, 5:09pm -

A foundational project is currently underway at Lake Mungo (Australia) and those lakes that abound it to document the history of human settlement, past environmental change and landscape evolution that has occurred in this area. This immense undertak…
- 13 Jul 11, 9:39pm -

Early humans wore jewelry and likely practiced cannibalism, suggest remains of the earliest known Homo sapiens from southeastern Europe. The remains, described in PLoS One, date to 32,000 years ago and represent the oldest direct evidence for anat…
- 8 Jul 11, 2:19pm -

A 160-year-old mystery could be solved this summer as the search resumes to find the doomed ships of Sir John Franklin’s 1845 expedition to discover the Northwest Passage. The voyage was the demise of Franklin and the 128 men he took to the Canadia…
- 4 Jul 11, 4:00pm -

If you are a fan of TwHistory you may have already heard the news. We have developed a new site to make creating and sharing TwHistory reenactments easier than ever. Check it out at http://beta.twhistory.org. We shared it at the Open Education confer…
- 6 Nov 10, 1:59pm -

During the 2010 Teaching with Technology Idea Exchange (TTIX) conference we presented TwHistory to a group of educators — and then we sank the Titanic with them. In less than an hour our attendees researched and then used a set of Twitter accounts…
- 16 Oct 10, 5:08am -

TwHistory was a runner-up in September for the Pepsi Refresh contest. This month we are ranked even higher (currently #9 out of over 1000 ideas). We need your help to stay in the top 10 and win! Please vote daily for us and our partners until the end…
- 5 Sep 10, 4:55am -

Ladies and gentlemen. The Titanic will sail again…and then it will sink again! We are presenting TwHistory at two conferences this week (TTIX and GLS). We will explain how a TwHistory event can be coordinated, and then we will demonstrate it by ask…
- 9 Jun 10, 4:37am -

PatriotCast is an eight-year online reenactment of the American Revolution via Twitter. Created by TwHistory partner Jason Phelan, PatriotCast follows the events of the war in real-time, including Paul Revere’s famous ride tonight and tomorrow’s…
- 19 Apr 10, 2:39am -

From The Telegraph: The US Supreme Court has refused to grant a final appeal to a Florida company that discovered treasure on a sunken Spanish vessel but was then ordered to return the gold and silver to Spain. The Court did not give a reason for ref…
- 2 days ago, 17 May 12, 3:08pm -

The FBI has obtained a permit to use ground penetrating radar to re-search the property of alleged mobster Robert Gentile. The 75-year-old has been held since February on federal drug and weapons charges. The warrant was issued on the premise that th…
- 4 days ago, 15 May 12, 3:57pm -

An Italian regional magistrate has upheld an order for the seizure of the Greek statue, now named the “Getty Bronze,” from the J. Paul Getty Museum’s antiquities collection. Italy claims the bronze statue of a victorious athlete was illegally e…
- 11 days ago, 9 May 12, 12:10pm -

Antonio Manfredi, director of the Casoria Contemporary Art Museum, is pledging to burn three pieces of art each week in protest against the lack of monetary support for Italy’s museums and culture. He has already destroyed two paintings and is sele…
- 13 days ago, 7 May 12, 11:00am -

The Tokyo National Museum has acknowledged it holds a set of armor and headpiece worn by a Chosun prince, which Korean civil organizations allege was illegally exported during Japan’s rule of Korea. The Museum has  argued that the 1,100 Korean ant…
- 17 days ago, 3 May 12, 11:00am -

 Once again, it is time for us here at NMSC to Ask a Curator.  We would like to know more about the steatite (soapstone) button mold shown here. We know that the majority of buttons used in 17th and 18th … Continue reading →
- 16 days ago, 4 May 12, 11:54am -

Today is my last day with NMSC. And my third to last day in Boston. As I’m finishing up my work here and planning my new adventures in San Francisco, I’ve been thinking about my time at NMSC and I’ve come up … Continue reading →
- 67 days ago, 13 Mar 12, 7:20pm -

The name “Old Mother Slipper Slopper” is not something that we commonly add to our catalog records here at the NMSC archeology lab.  So, when we came across fragments of a Pratt ware jug that tells her tale, we decided … Continue reading →
- 9 Feb 12, 6:32pm -

Here at the Northeast Museum Services Center, we see lots of old wine bottles.  We are very familiar with 18th-century, dark green “onions” and “mallets” – freeblown glass bottles with (respectively) a globular and cylindrical shape, ponti…
- 27 Dec 11, 3:01pm -

Today is the anniversary of the Boston Tea Party (December 16, 1773). In honor of this famous (or infamous, depending on who you ask) event, here’s some tea trivia to brighten up your Friday: The earliest known English advertisement for … Continu…
- 16 Dec 11, 6:53pm -

By Steve Ward The Earth Pyramid project was started nearly three years ago with the aim of creating a monument that will get the world looking at the future of our planet and create a platform for discussing the many global issues this generation wil…
- 7 Nov 11, 12:57pm -

First off, I want to thank Jeff for inviting me to share a guest post on this blog. Although I appreciate the medium, I find that between parenthood, endless grant writing and reviewing, and working on Open Context, I’ve got less time than I’d li…
- 24 Aug 11, 3:01pm -

While technically not “open” yet, the Google Plus social network has made a splash, to the tune of an estimated 10 million users. It’s Google’s biggest hit in a while and I have to say that as an early invitee, I’m a fan. One of the things…
- 13 Jul 11, 3:22am -

Have you ever wanted to learn hieroglyphics? What if a podcast could help you with that? There is one out there and it's produced by this episode's guest. His name is Vincent Brown. Vincent is kind of a new media renaissance man, with a focus on Egy…
- 28 Jun 11, 5:30pm -

For a while now I’ve used Alltop to keep up with the thought leadership in the online world. I never imagined that Voices of the Past would be added to it. But there we are! On the Social Media page with folks like Mashable, Chris Brogan, Liz Stra…
- 20 Jun 11, 7:00pm -