#Harvard Museum of Natural History

[grungeouttakesabstracts]

Detail, Golden Pheasant plumage

Cambridge, Massachusetts -- 4/21/14

#fotografía #fotografía original #original photography #photographers on tumblr #artists on tumblr #photography #plumage #harvard museum of natural history

[seismic-tartness]

This is made of glass

Blaschka Glass Models of Plants exhibit at the Harvard Museum of Natural History

IDs under the cut

From top to bottom, left to right:

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A photo of a large pitcher plant sculpture sitting in a case of glass and dark wood on a white background in a museum exhibit. The plant is photographed from below, so the plant's roots and bottom of the purple and yellow pitchers are in the foreground. The stems, leaves, and flowers are seen from below.

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A close-up photo of the leaves and pitchers, taken from above the pitchers.

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There are two signs to the left of the sculpture of the pitcher plant. The first and larger sign reads:

From the Hands of the Makers Over the course of fifty years, Leopold and Rudolf Blaschka, father and son, continually experimented with materials and methods that pushed the boundaries of glassworking. After his father's death in 1895, Rudolf continued to refine glass formulations, experiment with pigments and varnishes, and create his own palette of colored glass enamels. He produced this Great Pitcher Plant, Nepenthes maxima (right), the largest and most complicated model in the collection, using many of his innovative techniques.

The smaller plaque identifies the artwork and reads:

Nepenthes maxima (Great Pitcher Plant) Indonesia, New Guinea & Philippines by Rudolf Blauschka, 1906

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#how is this glass. how. #glass flowers #rudolf blauschka #art #glass art #nepenthes maxima #pitcher plants #carnivorous plants #harvard museum of natural history #cambridge ma #my photos #botany

[vlkphoto]

Martian Meteorite

At the Harvard Museum of Natural History, Cambridge, MA.

This inconspicuous rock is a small fragment from an 18-kilogram (40 lb.) meteorite that fell into a cornfield in Zagami, Nigeria on October 3, 1962. The presence of water and traces of gases from the Martian atmosphere identify this meteorite as a piece of a lava flow on Mars that erupted about 180 million years ago. Zagami was launched from Mars and sent on its way to Earth by an impact almost 3 million years ago. Meteorites from Mars or the Moon are exceedingly rare. So far, only a few dozen of each have been discovered.

#Sony #WalkCam #RX100M2 #astronomy #museum #HMNH #Harvard Museum of Natural History #Cambridge #Massachusetts #USA #cropped

[lesbianrustcohle]

i got to paint using ground cochineal insects today!

i meant to get a picture of the paints, but those four cups had lemon juice, water, baking soda, and borax added, respectively. the different pHs change the color of the cochineal powder from reddish-orange (acidic pH) to crimson (neutral pH) to beet-pink and deep purple (basic pH)

#cochineal #natural dyes #peabody museum of archeology and ethnology #harvard peabody museum #harvard museum of natural history #harvard museums of science and culture #hmsc

[kaiyves-backup]

Long-time readers of my blog may remember (and sadly they’ll have to just remember for the time being because my account is still suspended) that the Harvard Museum of Natural History is the source of two long-running memes: the Selfielacanth…

…and…

GIANT GROUND SLOTH! GIANT GROUND SLOTH! GIANT GROUND SLOTH!

I went back today and I am happy to inform you both exhibits are still there and have not changed in 8-11 years.

I am also thigh-high to a giant moa.

Blue dragon sea slug plushies that unfortunately have more of a sea lion body type than the real slugs? A++ for concept but C- for accuracy. (There’s an embroidery pattern for an equally cute but more accurate one on Esty here, but unfortunately you can’t just buy the toy itself from the seller, only a pattern.)

#out and about #Harvard Museum of Natural History #Selfielacanth #GIANT GROUND SLOTH #giant moa #non dinosaur prehistoric creatures #dinosaurs #animals #inner space #cute things

[luckyleftylanc3]

#me #long boarding #harvard #harvard museum of natural history #Harvard art museum

[the-forest-library]

Smithsonite - Harvard Natural History Museum

#yes I am posting boston vacation photos almost six months after my trip #I like how this looks like a cloud #smithsonite #gems #stones #crystals #harvard natural history museum #harvard #teal #geology

[jaketeachesdeath]

A speed run through @harvardmuseum from our visit at the beginning of the month

26/11/23

#vulture culture uk #vulture culture #oddities #taxidermy #bones #skull #skull collecting #animal skull #curiosities #harvard natural history museum

[synthetic-ultramarine]

Agate No.1, Acrylic and copper foil on canvas, 2024

#my art #painting #i've been very interested in painting agates lately #this is a close up of an agate specimen I saw on display at the harvard museum of natural history

[thebotanicalarcade]

n190_w1150 by Biodiversity Heritage Library Via Flickr: Musée helvétique d'histoire naturelle,. Genève :Chez l'auteur ;1823.. biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45662475

#Bern #Bibliography #Natural history museums #Naturhistorisches Museum der Stadt Bern #Plants #Switzerland #Harvard University Botany Libraries #bhl:page=45662475 #dc:identifier=http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45662475 #flickr #pyrola chlorantha #pyrola rotundifolia #round-leaved wintergreen #greenflowered wintergreen #wintergreen #pyrola #botanical illustration #scientific illustration

[corvidaedream]

some of the best birthdays I've ever had are just me hanging out w my mom

this was no exception

#messages from the ouija board #we just went to the natural history museum and then went to a bookstore #also i got a postcard that says 'greetings from harvard square!' so that in case the cemetery hires me full time in september #i will leave my goodbye note to everyone at btpsm on that postcard #i think its very funny to buy and send a postcard from one town over from where u were/where ur sending it #greetings from harvard square meet me in 15 min wish u were here

[the-final-sentence]

In all this glass?

Megan Fernandes, from “Quentin Compson at the Natural History Museum, Harvard University”

#Megan Fernandes #Quentin Compson at the Natural History Museum Harvard University

[vlkphoto]

Solaster stimpsoni

Sea star specimen at the Harvard Museum of Natural History, Cambridge, MA.

#Sony #WalkCam #RX100M2 #fauna #Sea Star #Solaster stimpsoni #museum #HMNH #Harvard Museum of Natural History #Cambridge #Massachusetts #USA

[thekeyofreason]

Vermont > New Hampshire > Maine > Massachusetts > Conneticut > Rhode Island 2023 (3/5)

Museum of Science, The Harvard Museum of Natural History, Museum of Fine Arts Boston, Massachusetts

#massachusetts #museum of science #the harvard museum of natural history #museum of fine arts boston

[aquarri]

What kind of disgusting person does taxidermy for a hobby? You're a creep.

*looks around*

#embarrassing for you‼️ #here’s some !taxidermy! for you!!! #harvard natural history museum btw!!! #don’t know if you know this but that’s taxidermy… #anon (derogatory)

[luckyleftylanc3]

#sculpture #photography #art #boston #harvard museum of natural history #harvard