How beautiful is this?
This long-lost Vincent Van Gogh painting spent years in a Norwegian attic, believed to be painted by another artist. It is the first full-size canvas by the Dutch master discovered since 1928: http://usat.ly/1cYyWqj
(Photo by Peter Dejong)
#tbt Arts of the South Seas, which opened in January 1946, was a singularly comprehensive exhibition of artwork from Oceanic cultures. Part of a series of non-Western, non-modern art exhibitions, it featured more than 400 works of art from Polynesia, Micronesia, Melanesia, and Australia. In the accompanying catalogue, René d’Harnoncourt, the Museum’s Vice-President in Charge of Foreign Activities and Director of the Department of Manual Industry, explained the impetus for the exhibition: although Oceanic art was relatively unknown in the West, there was great “kinship between arts of the South Seas and recent movements in modern art such as Expressionism and Surrealism.” The most imposing object in the exhibition was a replica of a stone Moai (the well-known carved heads of Easter Island); at 11 feet tall, it could not fit in the elevators and was instead installed in the Museum’s entrance hall.
See exhibition views, images of art handlers with the massive Moai, and more at http://mo.ma/2jWl6hf. #52exhibitions #MoMAhistory
They might be the most iconic shoes ever. But they need your help.
Dorothy’s Ruby Slippers have called our National Museum of American History home for decades and have been seen by millions. Today, at nearly 80 years old, the slippers are showing their age.
YOU can help to provide immediate conservation care and a new, state-of-the-art display case. Join us on our journey to #KeepThemRuby and back our @kickstarter campaign: www.si.edu/kickstarter
New descriptions of our Forest Service collections have been added to the National Archives Catalog. Click on the links below to see what’s new!
Cleveland National Forest
Fire Reports, 1910-1985
Inyo National Forest
Subject Files, 1908-1998
Los Padres National Forest
Fire Records, 1979-1994
Subject Files, 1973-2002
Township Survey Plats, 1973
Pacific Southwest Fire Laboratory
Photographs, 1963-1990
Records of Forest Fire Planning and Prevention, 1963-1976
San Bernardino National Forest
Bighorn Sheep Studies, 1978-1981
Field Books, 1925-1972
Subject Files, 1925-1993
I wonder what legendary artifacts they have of black sports icons
9/11 Memorial Museum Opens To Public
NEW YORK, NY - MAY 21: Firefighters, police, members of the military and the public participate in the ceremonial transfer of the National 9/11 Flag into the The National September 11 Memorial Museum permanent collection on May 21, 2014 in New York City. The giant American Flag, which was flying from a building beside the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001 and was later found badly damaged in the debris of ground zero, was unfurled at the World Trade Center site in a ceremony. The flag was refolded and firefighters marched it into the museum. The National September 11 Memorial Museum opened its doors to the general public today. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
The flag feels powerful. The other stuff around this museum evokes a different kind of emotion entirely.
Investment in home and community-based care is popular and must be included in #infrastructure. Now it’s up to Congress to get it done. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/04/opinion/elder-care-congress.html #HCBS @nytimes
