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Learn more about the Washington Pentateuch, one of the few surviving Masoretic codices in existence today! This short is a taste of the first video in our series, Bibles That Changed the World, produced in partnership with @Museum of the Bible. If you're curious to learn what codex or folio, cantillation marks, Masorah, or Carpet Pages are, then check out this brief video! And to learn even more about this fascinating artifact, currently housed in Washington D.C. at the Museum of the Bible, head to https://hubs.li/Q02HCmVS0 for the full-length videos!

A simple way to incorporate this idea into personal study or corporate worship is to learn/teach a short history of Juneteenth. Check out the Juneteenth digital toolkit curated by The National Museum of African American History. (https://lnkd.in/e8ecCSrz)

Join the NJLA Technical Services and Collection Development Section and History & Preservation Section for this NJLA Conference session at #NJLA2024 What do GLAM (galleries, libraries, archives, and museums) institutions have in common? They all have items and collections that need to be described. However, different approaches can be taken depending on what kind of organization where work is being done. Join us for a session where you can learn about how items can be cataloged and described in different contexts.

From the Museum & Library Collection Collapsible drinking cup with U.S. Seal Time Period: Between 1914 and 1918 Physical Description: 1 cup, 1 lid : metal ; 8 x 8 x 5 cm The cup base and lid are circular and shape and made of an unknown metal that is silver and brown in places. The lid bears an appliqué of the United States Seal, this includes… https://bit.ly/4bHIutc #History,#PMMLHistory

Interested in science & technology museums? Then you might like to read 'unquestionably the best book so far published on the subject' (as judged by Robert Anderson in the latest _British Journal for the History of Science_). Nice. https://lnkd.in/emvDDtet

From the Museum & Library Collection Collapsible drinking cup with U.S. Seal Time Period: Between 1914 and 1918 Physical Description: 1 cup, 1 lid : metal ; 8 x 8 x 5 cm The cup base and lid are circular and shape and made of an unknown metal that is silver and brown in places. The lid bears an appliqué of the United States Seal, this includes… https://bit.ly/4bHIutc #History,#PMMLHistory

Part of what makes a house museum so intriguing is not the expected, on-theme collections, but the oddities. The objects that stand out and make an impact just for being so very different from the rest of a collection. Delving into the stories of the quirkiest objects is insightful and sometimes silly, providing real context to the people who built and inhabited these homes. From objects to architectural details, explore 10 quirky items at different Historic Artists' Homes and Studios and National Trust Historic Sites across the country. https://ow.ly/Oqxk50Ts4kq

🆕 The Routledge Companion to Global Renaissance Art (available in Open Access) 🎨 This companion, edited by Stephen J. Campbell and Stephanie Porras, examines the global Renaissance through object-based case studies of artistic production from Africa, Asia, the Americas, and Europe in the early modern period. 👉🏻My essay in the publication discusses the production, sale, and transport procedure of Netherlandish carved altarpieces in the early sixteenth century, by closely studying the Antwerp altarpiece in Botkyrka as a case-study.   👉 https://lnkd.in/etprVWd6

Creating, whether through abstract art or captivating words, possesses a unique beauty. Like stars in the night sky, these creations shine brightly. Do our personal legacies and words spark life? Is our existence carried forward through what we create, or do our creations continue, preserving the essence of our lives? Life itself is akin to an abstracted museum—a journey through the clouds, finding solace beneath the branches of a tree. Excerpt from my upcoming novel "Sijjil"

Are you familiar with the story of Quantrill's Raid on the city of Lawrence during the Civil War? If not, you should read Will Haynes' story "City of Sorrow."