Dutch Gaper. 👅 A traditional figure displayed outside apothecaries in the Netherlands to symbolise medicine-taking. The Museum of Curiosities @CuriosMuseum #globalmuseum #chemists

🦀 Before crabs became beachside regulars, they were deep-sea drifters on an evolutionary odyssey. Their journey reshaped our understanding of crab evolution—and shows just how adaptable these ancient arthropods really were. Take a closer look at these crabby pioneers: bit.ly/OdysseyofCrabs

This evening marks the beginning of Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year. Pomegranates are seen as symbols of fruitfulness and wisdom, and are traditionally eaten at #roshhashanah This small pomegranate-shaped juglet, excavated in Jerusalem, was made around 700–587 BCE. @ashmoleanmuseum #globalmuseum

The National Anthropological Archives is seeking a contractor to complete archival collections processing. Quote packages via email to Gina Rappaport, [email protected] by COB, September 30, 2025. The RFQ and Statement of Work details www.swisstransfer.com/d/297fbb2c-a... #globalmuseum #archivesjobs

UCL Press is delighted to announce the publication of a new open access book that may be of interest to list subscribers Contemporary Art and the Display of Ancient Egypt, by Alice Stevenson. Download it free uclpress.co.uk/book/contemp... #books #Egyptology #art

Wood Work: The Parasole #Woodblock Carvers in Early Modern Rome Center Research Talk The National Gallery Of Art Woodcut book illustrations shaped art, knowledge, and devotion in early modern #Rome. Thursday, September 25, 4:30 p.m. Registration is free. www.nga.gov/calendar/woo...

⭐ JOB POSTING⭐ Director The AGB Museum of Art Florida Southern College seeks next museum Director. The Director will activate & expand relationships, leverage a diverse collection & exhibitions across sixteen galleries Apply by 11/7/25👇 museum-search.com/all-searches... #globalmuseum #museumjobs

“Bless you my son. Fear not, for one day the Swiss army will require a tool that can do everything and you’ll find out just how useful you really are.” - 15th century, BnF, Français 829, f. 89r Medieval Military Medicine @MedMilMedicine #globalmuseum #humour #humor

Skating into the weekend like 😺🛹 While we can’t say ancient Egyptians were pulling ollies, this little striding cat from the New Kingdom proves they loved toys as much as we do. Crafted from wood, with rock crystal eyes and bronze teeth, its jaw even moves @Britishmuseum #globalmuseum #Skating

A 19th-century Japanese netsuke, carved from ebony with intricate inlays, showing an owl battling a bat. Not from our collection, just something we love! 🦇 The Museum of Curiosities @CuriosMuseum #globalmuseum #Netsuke #Japaneseart

10th Symposium about Dinosaurs #Palaeontology and their Environment 2025. Free pdf👇 www.fundaciondinosaurioscyl.com/docftp/libro...

In a study, researchers argue that #dinosaurs physically influenced their surroundings so dramatically that their disappearance led to stark changes to the Earth’s landscape, and, in turn, the geologic record. gizmodo.com/when-non-avi... #globalmuseum

Textile Fragment (6th century) Creator: unknown 🏛️ The Metropolitan Museum of Art (object 443676) #MuseumObjects #MetropolitanMuseumOfArt ##TheMet

Guangdong's first museum real-life escape room game on trial in Jiangmen. This escape room game transformed the exhibition hall into a game setting & incorporated real events from the Chinese People's War of Resistance Against Japan. www.newsgd.com/node_99363c4... #globalmuseum #museums

Bizarre Trump Bitcoin Statue Appears in Washington, D.C. This is not the first golden sculpture to find its way to Washington during the second Trump administration, though the others seemed to treat the President with less veneration. www.artnews.com/art-news/new... #Tump #sculpture #globalmuseum

From #Denmark to the world: New exhibition explores the hidden stories of houseplants. Most of us have at least one of them: a houseplant. In fact, Denmark has the highest number of houseplants per person anywhere in the world. artdaily.cc/index.asp?in... #globalmuseum #museums #houseplants #plants

Learn #maths like an Egyptian: the secrets of the Rhind Mathematical Papyrus. Did you know that ancient #Egyptians were amazing number wizards? www.britishmuseum.org/blog/learn-m... #globalmuseum #Britishmuseum

⭐ JOB POSTING⭐ Senior Development Manager ROYAL ARMOURIES MUSEUM Leeds, West Yorkshire Salary: £39,588 Closing date: 9 Oct 2025 jobs.theguardian.com/job/9821249/... #globalmuseum #museumjobs

150-million-year-old Australian Wollemi tree has been found in Jordan as fossils. The fossils that they found in Jordan are from gymnosperm forests, the same as the Wollemi tree, which was found alive in Australia www.jordannews.jo/Section-114/... #globalmuseum #fossils #trees

Alexei Stepanov: A Poet of the #Russian Countryside in Paint. Alexei Stepanov was a Russian painter, illustrator, and #art teacher whose works captured the quiet dignity of rural life and the beauty of the natural world. www.vintag.es/2025/09/alex... #globalmuseum

Silver and ivory teapot, c. 1907. Designed by Carlo #Bugatti (Father of Ettor Bugatti who founded the automobile company). @HeritageMatterz #globalmuseum #silver #design

#DYK? The hairy frogfish can swallow prey nearly twice its own size! The “hairs” on this species' body, which resemble floating worms, draw curious prey closer… allowing the anglerfish to gulp down its next meal. American Museum of Natural History @AMNH #globalmuseum #museums #fish

The Augsburg Ring with a Sundial in the Form of a Hedgehog (1580) is a miniature marvel of #Renaissance craftsmanship, made of gold, enamel, and diamonds. @xmuse_ #globalmuseum #jewellery

A dressing gown worn by Prince Albert 👑 Collections Curator Matthew Storey shows us a rare piece of clothing from Prince Albert's wardrobe. 🖼️ © Royal Collection Enterprises Limited 2025 | Royal Collection Trust Historic Royal Palaces @HRP_palaces #globalmuseum #costume #Royalty #museums

Wish Walls for the Future: How #Museums Can Spark Community Connection for America's 250th. Join Caroline Klibanoff and Adam Rozan to explore how #WishWalls turn public spaces into community zones for reflection, dialogue, and connection us06web.zoom.us/j/89602495127 Meeting ID: 896 0249 5127

Thieves Steal $700,000 Worth of Gold From Paris Museum. The theft of irreplaceable gold and quartz specimens is the latest in a string of high-profile museum heists across France. news.artnet.com/art-world/pa... #globalmuseum #museums #gold #theft #Paris #museumheist

A 3,000-year-old gold bracelet that disappeared from the Egyptian Museum in Cairo was stolen and melted down, Egypt's interior ministry says. www.bbc.com/news/article... #globalmuseum #theft #museums

How one Swiss museum helped to evacuate thousands of #Gaza artefacts ahead of an Israeli strike. Despite the effort an expert says 30% of artefacts were left behind & destroyed in the attack on Gaza’s main archaeological storage facility www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/09/17/h... #globalmuseum #museums

The Second Coming in St. Gallen Codex 51: putting you in the picture. One of the highlights of the Words on the Wave exhibition currently running in the National Museum is Cod. Sang. 51, the early medieval manuscript containing the ‘Irish Gospels of St Gall’. www.museum.ie/en-IE/Collec...

New museum opens to celebrate 200 years of shoemaking. Shoemakers Museum in Somerset marks bicentenary of the British company Clarks www.museumsassociation.org/museums-jour... #globalmuseum #Shoes #ClarksShoes #museums #fashion

FREE Webinar! Perfect for Collections or Education/Interpretation Museum Professionals! Beyond the Object: Crafting Narrative-Driven Digital Experiences September 25, 2025 @ 2:00 PM ET/1:00 PM CT FREE Registration required us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi... #globalmuseum #museums

Lichen Composition. Art: Roger Smith. Based on a photograph of lichen on a rock, taken by the artist in Coromandel, New Zealand www.artpal.com/thedigitalco... #art #prints #Lichen #plants #NewZealand

As museums across the country face pressures to scale back a purported “overemphasis” on difficult subjects like slavery, experts warn such moves could diminish American exceptionalism and limit national progress edition.cnn.com/2025/09/17/u... #globalmuseum #museums

Paleontologists discover earliest dome-headed dinosaur. The most complete skeleton of a pachycephalosaur was found in Mongolia. The skeleton, found in the Eastern Gobi Basin in Mongolia, belongs to a new species called Zavacephale rinpoche abcnews.go.com/Technology/p... #globalmuseum #dinosaurs

The Association of Independent Museums are pleased to announce a new grant scheme to provide funding to purchase contactless donation boxes to Welsh museums. Date: 15 Oct 2025 Location: Online Time: 11:00 - 12:00. aim-museums.co.uk/events/donat... #globalmuseum #museums #Wales

Register now before it's too late! AAMG Fall Virtual Convening: Core Competencies for Academic Museums. When: October 9, 2025 | 11:30 AM – 6:00 PM EST 💻 Where: Fully virtual via Whova – attend from anywhere! ✨ Find more info and register here: www.aamg-us.org/virtual2025/ #globalmuseum #museums

Resources for Treatment Selection: Contains information and resources on how to treat infestations that have been confirmed as active. Some of the treatments are also used preventatively. museumpests.net/solutions/ #globalmuseum #museums #collections #pests

This beautiful object is a fragment from the base of a 13th-century #Syrian bowl. Base fragment with hare, 1201–1250. Fritware, 10 cm diameter. EA1978.2398 #globalmuseum #museums #ceramics @ashmoleanmuseum

“Have I got something on my face?” - 15th century, Bodleian Library MS. Douce 62, 12v @MedMilMedicine #globalmuseum #museums #humour #humor

Antique Rome Travel Guide 1658 @BiancoDavinci #globalmuseum #travel

Gregor Erhart, Saint Mary Magdalene (known historically as “La Belle Allemande”), c. 1515–1520. Polychromed limewood (tilleul), made in Augsburg; now on display at the Musée du Louvre, Paris. That “hair mantle” is not a flourish; it is the saint’s garment. @archaeologyart #globalmuseum

⭐ JOB POSTING⭐ Curator of Education Position at METC - Madison, NJ. The Museum of Early Trades & Crafts has an opening for a Curator of Education.  All details, job requirements, salary, and benefit info can be found here👇 metc.org/wp-content/u... #globalmuseum #museumjobs #jobs

Uptown and downtown, re-imagined museums in New York prepare to reopen. This autumn, the Studio Museum in Harlem and the New Museum will reopen with ambitious new facilities www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/09/15/s... #globalmuseum #museums #NewYork

The afterlife of the post-2015 Paris attacks memorials: from streets to museums. Ten years on, this talk will look back at the grassroots memorials appeared in the streets of Paris Wed., October 8th, 2025, 12pm EDT (8am EDT; 9pm PDT; 5pm BST) us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi... #globalmuseum #museums

New banners are up…you know what that means! We’re putting the final touches together for our major new exhibition - Marie Antoinette Style, opening this Saturday at V&A South Kensington. @vamuseum #globalmuseum #museums #exhibitions

Bascinet (probably 19th century) Creator: unknown 🏛️ The Metropolitan Museum of Art (object 27119) #MuseumObjects #MetropolitanMuseumOfArt ##TheMet

"a former museum curator advised [a collector] to keep the fact that he owned [a looted antiquity] on the down-low, investigators said. 'If you limit access to your emperor to dinner guests and clueless meter readers, you should be fine'..." www.nytimes.com/2025/09/09/a...

National park to remove photo of enslaved man’s scars. The Trump administration is ordering the removal of information on slavery at multiple national parks in an effort to scrub them of “corrosive ideology.” www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi... #globalmuseum #slavery #Trump

In the 19th century, the warriors of #Kiribati wore a striking form of headgear known as te barantauti helmets crafted from the dried skins of porcupinefish. @CuriosMuseum #globalmuseum

#UNESCO is launching an innovative initiative: the Museum of Stolen Cultural Objects. This global platform harnesses cutting-edge digital technology to raise awareness of the illicit trafficking of cultural property www.unesco.org/en/articles/... #globalmuseum #museums