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  This weeks' favourite cartoon! #globalmuseum #cartoons #BayeuxTapestry #humour #humor

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  This is a Ruckers mother-and-child virginal—a 17th-century keyboard instrument with a second, smaller instrument built into it, tuned an octave higher. The “child” could be pulled out to play duets or set on top of the “mother” to add a jangly, buzzing color to the main sound—a Renaissance-era layering trick, centuries before mixing desks. Antwerp instrument makers were doing this in the 1600s. @BrianRoemmele #globalmuseum #museums #musicalinstruments

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  The urge to keep all the tabs open is not a recent thing. Pictured: a 300-year-old library tool that enabled a researcher to have seven books open at once, yet conveniently nearby (Palafoxiana Library, Puebla) @unmlawlibrary #globalmuseum #library #libraries #reading #history

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  In 1944, four-year-old Jane received a rare party invitation, but her only formal dress no longer fit. Because clothing coupons were strictly rationed during the war, her mother, Elizabeth, had no way to buy a new one. Determined not to let Jane miss the event, Elizabeth spent the night sewing. She gathered all the fabric scraps she had stored away—floral cottons, plain swatches, and small patterned prints—and stitched them together, square by square. @histories_arch #globalmuseum #costume

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  Danish Military Museum Sends Soviet Armoured Vehicles to Ukraine. A Danish military museum has sent a BMP-1 and MT-LB to Ukraine after repeated requests from Kiev, with additional museum vehicles potentially to follow. https://voennoedelo.com/en/posts/id18697-danish-museum-sends-soviet-armoured-vehicles-to-ukraine #globalmuseum #museums #Ukraine #UkraineWar

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  The Man Who Brings Dummies to Life. From his studio in Maine, one of the last full-time ventriloquist puppet makers in the country combines mechanics, painting and performance to create one-of-a-kind characters. https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/08/arts/ventriloquist-dummies-austin-phillips.html #globalmuseum #puppetry #ventriloquism

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  SpaceX has confirmed that the Falcon 9 upper stage, which smashed into the Moon today, had recently been fitted with Tesla’s latest Full Self Driving software, describing the collision as “an unfortunate edge case” that would make future rockets significantly less likely to drive directly into the Moon. https://newsthump.com/2026/08/05/spacex-rocket-crashed-into-moon-after-being-equipped-with-teslas-full-self-driving-mode/ #globalmuseum #satire #humour #humor #Space

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  One Problem With Attacking the Smithsonian? Americans Like It. Coming after a history museum may not be the base-galvanizing issue Trump thinks it is. https://www.theatlantic.com/culture/2026/08/smithsonian-trump-trust/688165/ #globalmuseum #museums #Smithsonian #Trump

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  ⭐ JOB POSTING⭐ Director of Curatorial Affairs. Southern Utah Museum of Art. This position serves a dual role supporting both the Southern Utah Museum of Art (SUMA) and the Department of Filmmaking, Art, & Design (FAD) at Southern Utah University. 👇 https://www.schooljobs.com/careers/suu/jobs/5414433/director-curatorial-affairs-southern-utah-museum-of-art #globalmuseum #museumjobs #museums

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  Art Cards, Vintage Cards, Birthday Cards, Postcards, Personalized Cards | All types of cards in the Global Museum Store | 270+ designs | Easily change the text on the design template to personalize https://www.zazzle.com/collections/119464446426283476?rf=238667188152553553 #cards #greetingcards #gifts #giftideas #globalmuseum

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  These are the larvae of the Bunaea alcinoe moth, one of the most unusual species of silkworms in the world. Although they look very menacing because of their large spikes, as well as their red and black colors, in fact these creatures are absolutely safe. @ChannelInteres #globalmuseum #catepillars #moths #insects

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  🎼 A touch of musical history to start the day. This is a lirone and here's what it sounds like. Emilia Benjamin introduces this rare instrument, also known as Heaven’s Hoover. #Music #musicalinstruments #musichistory #history #globalmuseum

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  The shark that lives for 400 years – and what it can teach us about longevity. Some Greenland sharks alive today may have been contemporaries of Shakespeare. With a scarred heart that beats for centuries, this deep-sea shark defies age-related decline. https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20260717-the-shark-that-lives-for-centuries #globalmuseum #sharks #longevity

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  AAM Statement on the Independence of the Smithsonian and America’s Museums. The American Alliance of Museums condemns the Administration’s continued attacks on the Smithsonian Institution and the museum professionals responsible for preserving, researching, and interpreting our nation’s history, art, science, and culture. https://www.aam-us.org/2026/07/20/aam-statement-on-the-independence-of-the-smithsonian-and-americas-museums/ #globalmuseum #museums

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  A 200-year-old chamber pot with Napoleon hiding inside. Before social media. Before the internet. Before memes... There was pottery. Made in Liverpool around 1805, this creamware chamber pot hides a 3D bust of Napoleon Bonaparte inside, alongside the word "Pereat" Latin for "let him perish." It transformed an everyday household object into a bold piece of political satire, mocking one of Britain's greatest enemies. @brighton_museums #globalmuseum #museums #pottery

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  The Vietnamese mossy frog may not be invisible, but it comes pretty close. 🐸 This critter’s camouflage provides perfect cover among Vietnam's mossy caves and stream banks. It can project its voice up to 13 ft (4 m) into the distance, making it even more difficult to locate. @AMNH #globalmuseum #frogs

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  This Free Digital Archive Lets You Explore 5.8 Million Museum Artworks in New Ways. A new online platform called The Last Museum brings together more than 5.8 million works of art into a single searchable archive. https://mymodernmet.com/the-last-museum-art-archive/ #globalmuseum #museums #collections #art

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  T. Rex Hatchlings Were Smaller Than a Cat And Born by The Dozen. "Going through museum collections, my colleagues and I have discovered the first remains of hatchling tyrannosaurs" - Nick Longrich, paleontologist and evolutionary biologist at the University of Bath in the UK. https://www.sciencealert.com/neglected-museum-fossils-turn-out-to-be-the-first-t-rex-hatchlings-ever-found #fossils #dinosaurs

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  The skits Sam Neill did during COVID lock down were very entertaining. RIP Sam. #SamNeill

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  Whaling artefacts to feature in maritime museum. Artefacts from one of Hull's great whaling ships will go on display when the city's maritime museum reopens following a £20m renovation https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cm2jdrg7zyyo #globalmuseum #museums #whaling #exhibitions

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  The crow on your fence knows your face. She's known it for years. She told her family about you. They've never met you. They also know your face now. The grudge was inherited. University of Washington researchers wore masks while trapping crows. Years later, crows who had never been trapped — young birds born after the study — would scold and dive-bomb anyone wearing that specific mask. The information was taught across generations. #globalmuseum #crows #birds

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  The twilight zone: Every night trillions of tiny creatures rise from the ocean depths. During World War Two sonar technicians made an extraordinary discovery. The pings from their echo sounders reflected off what they thought must be the ocean floor. But the sea was much shallower than they had expected and – even more puzzlingly – the seabed seemed to move up and down throughout the day. https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20260706-the-deep-sea-creatures-that-rise-every-night #globalmuseum #Oce...

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  Torpenhow Hill, England When the Saxons arrived and asked the locals what that hill was called, the Welsh replied, “Pen,” which simply means hill in Welsh. The Saxons, apparently not spotting they’d already been given the full answer, added their own word for hill: tor. So it became Torpen - literally Hill Hill. @LairdOfThManor #globalmuseum #language

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  Burglars stole millions of dollars worth of jewelry from the museum of French luxury glassmaker Lalique in a daring early-morning raid on Sunday, just months after a stunning gem heist at the Louvre in Paris. https://www.cbsnews.com/news/jewelry-stolen-lalique-museum-france/ #globalmuseum #Lalique #museums #crime

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  From the medieval ‘Ministry of Silly Walks’ - 13th century, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, MS 229, f. 326r @MedMilMedicine #globalmuseum #humour #humor #medieval #manuscripts

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  Vogelkop Super Paradise, found in the rainforests of Papua, is only found in Indonesia's Papua province. Its clove-black feathers absorb 99.5% of light, which makes its blue eyes and chest appear like a digital illusion. https://www.allaboutbirds.org/news/new-vogelkop-superb-bird-of-paradise-changes-up-the-old-song-and-dance/ #globalmuseum #birds

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  In 1901, divers pulled a lump of corroded bronze out of a two thousand year old shipwreck. It took the next century to understand what it was, and the answer broke the timeline of human history. It's called the Antikythera Mechanism, and it is the oldest known computer on earth. It was built by the ancient Greeks, around 100 BC, and it should not exist. Nothing else of its sophistication would appear anywhere in the world for more than a thousand years after it... @JamesLucasIT #globalmus...

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  Spanish Man Inadvertently Swipes Valuable Painting Left on Sidewalk in Seville. A word to the wise: no matter how frazzled you are while preparing to leave town for a family vacation, make sure you don’t forget anything on the sidewalk when you drive away. Especially if you are the type of family that takes valuable, framed artwork on road trips. https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/spanish-man-inadvertently-swipes-valuable-painting-sidewalk-seville-1234791100/ #globalmuseum #art

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  Ramm collections get almost 13 million Wikipedia hits due to new copyright strategy. Wikipedia pages containing images from the Royal Albert Memorial Museum (Ramm) have been viewed almost 13 million times after the museum made its digitised public-domain collections freely available for reuse. https://www.museumsassociation.org/museums-journal/news/2026/07/ramm-collections-get-almost-13-million-wikipedia-hits-due-to-new-copyright-strategy/ #globalmuseum #museums

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  518-million-year-old fossil reveals where spider fangs came from. Ancient fossil Urokodia may reveal how spiders’ fang-like mouthparts first began to take shape. https://www.thebrighterside.news/post/518-million-year-old-fossil-reveals-where-spider-fangs-came-from/ #globalmuseum #fossils