#british musuem

[shakespearenews]

The Pit Door 1784 British Museum

Advertisement for Mr. Kemble's Hamlet posted on the door.

The Boxes, Covent Garden, 1809 British Museum – "to have seen what I see"

#shakespeare #william shakespeare #theater #theatre #1780s #british musuem #posters #kemble #hamlet #audience #theater history #all things georgian #georgian #ophelia #riot #riots #op riots

[dearreader]

twitter swifties are discovering how swiftie tumblr has turned into a retirement home and we all play bingo every wednesday and yell at people to get off our lawn daily

#twitter swifties coming back to tumblr ahd saying everyone came back is giving british musuem #kelly babels

[ishouldsleepbut]

Man pinterest is great

#pavitr x hobie #goldenpunk #punkshine #pobie #they're dating your honor #first date they rob the british musuem #it's a canon event

[diocletion-aint-shit]

The argument that the British musuem should hold onto artifacts because they're more capable of taking care of then is one that instantly disintegrates the second you read the history of the Parthenon Marbles

#seriously #they BATHED THEM IN ACID to prepare for making plaster casts #then cleaned them with clay abrasive #it makes me want to kill many victorians #like these are why there's no trace of color on the marbles #they were painted and had traces but they were destroyed by THE FUCKING ACID #classics #ancient history #british museum #archaeology #archaeology memes #musuems #parthenon #athens #greek posts #ancient greece #greek status

[hailsatanacab]

"#dont tell me what to do im british! #ill do whatever i want to a scormophgogus" Are you the British Museum?

it runs in my blood, I'm just following the colonial tradition

#ask answered #do want to say that obviously the british musuem are wrong and that i think that reparations/returns should be made #my tags were funny tho #im having a drink but not getting drunk #......... yet #in a hot tub babeeyy

[everything-bagel-blog]

Museums

Museum: Look what we found! Look what we found! Anyone: What is it? Museum: We don't know Anyone: Are you going to try and find out? Museum: Absolutely not - we're putting in a cardboard box Anyone: THEN CAN YOU AT LEAST PUT IT BACK WHERE YOU FOUND IT

#this is at the british musuem #in particular #but also like #colonialism #colonization

[dsharma-world]

Check out the museums of the world

Choosing the” stylish” galleries in the world is private and depends on particular interests and preferences. still, then are five galleries that are considered to be exceptional by numerous people The Louvre Museum- Paris, France The Louvre is one of the most notorious galleries in the world and houses over 35,000 workshop of art, including the notorious Mona Lisa oil. Smithsonian National…

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#British #Louvre musuem #Metropolitan #Museums around the world #museums in the world #museums world #Smithsonian #Travel #world museums

[memories-of-ancients]

Greek black figure amphora uncovered at Vulci, Italy, circa 550 BC

from The British Musuem

#history #antiquities #pottery #ancient art #ancient history

[hazel-of-sodor]

Presenting the LBSCR A1/A1x terriers! in 30 liveries.

Here is a list of the liveries and locos. They will be listed left to right, top to bottom.

1. Stepney in 1960s preservation/RWS condition IEG

-preserved irl

2. Kemptown in Original IEG (or close to it)

-She was sold to a colliery and preserved in the 70s

3. Martello in Southern Olive

-preserved irl

4. Abigail (Wandle) in AF&JR Blue

- @angryskarloey 's OC, see their fics for info

5. Freshwater in FYN Green

-preserved irl

6. Deptford in NER Green

-sold to a factory, survived the factory being bombed in 1915, was sold to the NER to replace a 'destroyed' E1 (Thomas in my AU), sold to the NWR in 1923

7. Minories in NWR Blue

-sold to the NWR in 1933

8. Carisbrooke in Southern Machalite

-bought for a Musuem in 1959

9. Nicola (Piccadilly) in AFJR Blue

-See @angryskarloey

10. Beulah in DWR Black, 2-4-0 condition

-purchased by the DWR in 1934, expirementally rebuilt back into a 2-4-0

11. Thomas (fictional addition) in NWR (rebuilt) Blue

-fictional addition to the class, just to have Thomas as a terrier

12. Cheapside in LB&SCR Umber with white lining

-purchased in 1951 at scrap price by Suddery Rail Museum after withdrawl due to broken crank axle, restored and serves as pilot at musuem. Livery was proven to be historically inaccurate, but She prefers it, so was allowed to keep it.

13. Brighton Works in Brighton Pilot livery

-Stolen by Caomhnóir in 1963, later restored by the Bluebell

14. Portishead in GWR Shirtbutton Green

-disappeared from Swindon in 1950, reappeared at the KESR in 1978

15. Ashted in WC&PR Green

-sold into industry, bounced around the NCB till the 80s, then purchased by the KESR in 1976

16. Fenchurch in LBSCR Umber

-Preserved irl

17. Bodiam (Popular) in KESR Blue 18. Sutton in Worn Grey

-Preserved irl

19. Waddon in SE&CR condition post-war Green

-Preserved irl

20. Boxhill in LBSCR 2-4-0 Condition IEG

-Preserved irl

21. Whitechappel in BR Lined Black

-Preserved irl

22. Clapham in LSWR Mint

-bought for spares for Kemptown. Purchased alongside kemptown and rebuilt in the 80s

23. Knowle in Southern Black

-Preserved irl

24. Newport in Isle of Wight Central Railway Red

-Preserved irl

25. Leadenhall in New Haven Harbor Co.

-purchased by the New Haven Harbor Co. to work alongside Fenchurch. Preserved direct from British Railways in 1962

26. Millwall In DWR rebuilt condition

Purchased by the DWR in 1934. Due to her boiler being little better than scrap condition, she was fited with a DWR D1 type boiler.

27. Zephyr (Wapping) in streamlined condition

-striped for parts to repair Popular in 1938, but her frames were saved by an eccentric Railway director, who loved the terriers. Rebuilt as his personal engine and given cosmetic streamlining, she was purchased from BR following his retirement, was stored in a dedicated room in his home until his death in the 80s, when she was donated to the Bluebell as per his will.

28. Earlswood in DWR 0-4-2 condition

-purchased by the DWR in 1949, experimentally rebuilt as an 0-4-2

29. Tooting in C&HR Blue

-Purchased by the C&HR in 1901 for service on a coastal branchline, which she still runs to this day.

30. Brixton in Caledonian Blue

-sold to a colliery in 1935, purchased by the Caledonian preservation Society in 64 to serve as a shunter in their works.

*collapses*

#0-6-0 #0-6-0t #LBSCR #LBSCR A1 #LBSCR A1x #LBSCR Terrier #Stepney #ttte thomas #au thomas #es exhausted

[professional-termite]

what alien species would the Musuem crew be in the NATM Star Trek AU? (If any)

i actually have some very strong opinions on this so buckle up. also i changed some of their jobs because i realized certain roles might actually fit them better (ive been rotating this au in my head for a while now)

Larry: obviously human, nicky is too. hes the Relatable Protag in natm and he will be in trek too. just your average first officer tbh

McPhee: also human. aggressively british captain who thinks his crew is insane.

Akh: i think hed be half vulcan half human, but unlike spock hes just a really chill dude who was raised only by his human parent. hes just a kid, probably a nurse

Kah: half romulan half vulcan captain, hes totally just out to get his younger half brother. takes great pride in his romulan heritage and constantly makes a big deal out of how his half brother is half human

Al: full romulan. id say hes probably kahs second in command

Ivan: also full romulan, likely a high ranking officer

Napoleon: also full romulan, id say security/weapons or the romulan equivalent of that role

Custer: human ensign, probably an engineer. he acts super confident all the time but really he is the embodiment of anxiety

Attilla: half klingon half human head of security. he likes ripping off peoples legs and by golly he has the clearance to do it in certain situations

Jed: definitely full human. probably one of the 2 guys steering the ship now that i think about it. he and oct are seated next to each other and always argue because of it

Octy: id say hes a vulcan. super serious and likes to act like hes above petty human bickering, but usually gets into dumb fights with jed anyways

Dexter: some kind of q-like entity who just floats around and causes chaos

Amelia: human space wanderer who just kinda shows up sometimes, almost like vash but minus the lawbreaking

Joan/Lance: i fully subscribe to the hc that lancelot and joan of arc are the same person pre and post transition. anyways shes a quarter vulcan and a security officer and super cocky about how it makes her smarter and more reasonable than everyone else (it absolutely does not)

Sacagawea: our beloved head surgeon!! id say shes half bajoran half human, and super proud of both halves of her heritage. also shes in a love triangle between joan/lance and teddy (they will end up in a throuple)

Teddy: chief engineer..the guy....totally just a regular human, but hes got a big heart and hes second officer. also hes just generally The Dad of the ship and everyone feels safe to go to him for advice

Rexy: cat. meow

also for the time frame of this crew id say they were serving sometime after tng, like maybe 5 or so years after

#ask #anonymous #natm au #star trek au #natm

[haveyoubeentothiscity]

Population: 91,867

Urban population: 397,237

One submitter commented “I’ve been here many times whatever it’s driving through from the BC ferries on my way to my Nana’s further into Vancouver Island, or going out on day trips with my Nana to various areas in the city. They got a fantastic harbour, the Royal BC Musuem is fantastic, and the architecture style is really interesting as there are a lot of Victorian buildings (such as the Empress Hotel). There’s a lot of outdoor stuff to do, nice beaches (although it’s nicer further away from the city) and lots of cool tea houses (RIP Twisted Sisters Tearoom) to have afternoon tea. I also know a lot of people who went to UVIC (the university in Victoria) that really enjoyed it. It’s a great place to stop on your way to visit the rest of Vancouver Island!”

#city poll #victoria #british columbia #canada #north america #submitted

[spiritsdancinginthenight]

Mary Magdalene[a] (sometimes called Mary of Magdala, or simply the Magdalene, Magdalena or the Madeleine) was a woman who, according to the four canonical gospels, traveled with Jesus as one of his followers and was a witness to his crucifixion and resurrection. She is mentioned by name twelve times in the canonical gospels, more than most of the apostles and more than any other woman in the gospels, other than Jesus's family. Mary's epithet Magdalene may be a toponymic surname, meaning that she came from the town of Magdala, a fishing town on the western shore of the Sea of Galilee in Roman Judea.

The Gospel of Luke chapter 8 lists Mary Magdalene as one of the women who travelled with Jesus and helped support his ministry "out of their resources", indicating that she was probably wealthy. The same passage also states that seven demons had been driven out of her, a statement which is repeated from Mark 16. In all four canonical gospels, Mary Magdalene is a witness to the crucifixion of Jesus and, in the Synoptic Gospels, she is also present at his burial. All four gospels identify her, either alone or as a member of a larger group of women which includes Jesus's mother, as the first to witness the empty tomb, and, either alone or as a member of a group, as the first to witness Jesus's resurrection Artwork: Ancient Egyptian Faiyum Mummy Portrait (British Musuem. EA65346)

#mary magdalene #art #christianity

[popculturebuffet]

Monthly Muppets Madness: Sammy J and Randy in Bin Night (Comissoin for WeirdKev27)

Hello all you happy muppety faces and welcome back to Monthly Muppets! My look at all things muppet, from the troupe themselves, to other works by jim henson to the many things inspired by his fine work.

And tonight is bin night as we look at the australian comedy duo of Sammy J and Randy Feltface and their 2012 special Bin Night. I first found out about this duo after Kev had found out about this duo from Lachey V, another long time patron on this blog, and wanted me to cover their show Ricketts Lane, which looks delightfully insane in the vein of british comedies like The Mighty boosh or Snuffbox. Sadly so far we haven't been able to find it anywhere in the us and attempts to rip it off Lachey's dvd's didn't quite work. So while I fully intend to cover Rickett's Lane at some point, for now we're doing Bin Night to still give these boys the spotlight.

The Duo's origin seem simple enough: Randy came from Heath McIvor's long time love of puppetry, having according to wikipedia been practicing since the tender age of 13. McIvor was tasked by a friend to do a show called "what is bullying to you" and needing a third puppet that could be unisex, Randy was born. While the show didn't go off well, McIvor liked the puppet and started performing with him, picking up steam.

He eventually met Sammy J when the two were double billed and they hit it off, soon becoming a double act. Nowadays the two aren't performing together as Randy has moved here to the US and Sammy is still in austrilia doing a show on ABC, but it's clear if the two wanted to get back together they could and it dosen't seem like any big split happened. They simply had other stuff they wanted to do and parted ways. I'm defintely up to look at Randy's solo material eventaully if anyone's intrested

For now we're looking at bin night. Bin Night has a very simple premise: Sammy J and Randy have someone sneaking their bags into their trash bins, and have decide to stake it out. various other nonsense insues including a feast, living shovels, murder, furry cosplay, and trips to machu pichu. You can find out about it all under the cut.

So the setup I mentiond is simple as is the set for this one: i'ts just the duo's yard, their house, and the bin. There's plenty of other props, backup dancers for the feast song, and what have you but it's a scaled down two man show almost entirely focused on these two idiots attempts to make it through the night.

Luckily Sammy J and Randy are strong characters; Sammy J is a tight ass, putting most of his faith in overcomplicated plans that have to go to the letter and annoy randy at how long they take. Randy meanwhile is a bit more loosey goosey and impuslive, the kind of guy who'd gladly sneak into a musuem benifit next to the building he's been peeing on to bum free food.

Sammy J drives most of the plot but it works well. Not only is the contrast of the muppet being the sane one of the two great, but Sammy takes your usual straight man to hilariously up his own ass lengths that lead to Randy barely parsing what he's doing. For instance Sammy J had a security system installed and insists it's state of the art and great.. despite all it's acomplished so far being accusing Randy of being a pedophile due to how the system SHOUTS "alert alert pedophile" for reasons, getting him arrested for trying to get into his own house, and getting him on the sex offenders registry. Not only that you have to close the door JUST RIGHT or your locked out, which naturally happens to our heroes. It's a joke that could easily fall or simply lean on being "lol pedophile".. but just keeps escalting and keeps working due to relatablity: we've seen tons of security system gags and i've had plenty of technology fail and plenty of people assume an overcomplicated system for their house is more resonable than removing it.

The lock out is also bad due to my faviorite gag of the special: the feast. The boys sing an entire song about Sammy J cooking them up a feast. Why he choose feast night to be stakeout night I don't know. And fitting the character he can't even have THAT be simple, forcing Randy to fast for 6 days to properly enjoy it and just.. not admitting he fucked up at any point, preferring to wait on the line to get support instead of I dunno, throwing a rock in his own window. The backup dancers, who get rudely dismissed and the chef's hat are just delightful.

The special has plenty of delightful stage florishes too: they go through their suspect list by having Randy's pupeteer dress up as each one , turning off the lights and using spotlights to simulate a camera flash while Sammy narrates them. My faviorite is the local family man from the family everyone hates whose hobbies include "Cheating on his wife and when not cheating on his wife football, darts and cheating on his wife" We also get extra puppets including a shovel and a pizza box. This show was low budget but you can tell they stretched every dollar they had and it paid off, both being skilled at muppetry. It's an ingenious use of stage and budget.

The pizza box comes about because the two consider odering pizza but Sammy's refusal to bend on waiting on hold sadly scuppers that plan. It does lead to a new one as Sammy, being the draconian howard moonian prick he is, threw away a nut loaf Randy tried to sneak in. Problem is BOTH are hiding things from each other, so they don't want to open it. We also get a great gag on Sammy pointing out on how "father time tops up people's life juice." and how he just says "Well that's it isn't it" when confronted with a good rebuttal.

Naturally the second Sammy J leaves Randy gets in the bin and finds BETRYAl: he'd been waiting to hear back from a woman he liked who was in machu piccu and Sammy J sent the letter away.. then wacks him with a shovel. Then decides wether to bury him or.. dis...dismember the corpse? And he chooses the latter?

Yeah we get full on muppet mutilation here complete with the bloody head of randy feltface. Sammy does capture the bin burglaar but as a ressurected Randy explains (Father time does indeed top off life juice), their kinjdly neighbor was a drug kingpin and he neded the money to get to machu picu. HE was in on the bin stuff this whole time. So the two decide to go to macu picu, Randy to find his lost love, and Sammy because "third wheel?".. and because he'll pay for Randy's passport. They miss her by 45 minutes but they had fun.

As you can probably gather this special was both hard to write about, as it's a fairly simple stage show more reliant on letting gags fly and insane. It seemed pretty mundane at first but just..e sclates as it goes and it's beautiful the whole time. Just about every bit they set up pays off some how. They also make out at one point, so they at least got to the point faster than the mighty boosh ever did.

Sammy J and Randy in Bin Night.. is a lot of fun and I recommend it wholeheardtly. These two comics clearly get how to take the muppet style of nonsense and translate it to adult humor without having ot scream

There's a lot of impressive puppets, fun gags and great character work nestled in this special and it was well worth the hour it took to watch it. You can find the special on youtube if your curious. I only wahnt to dig into MORE of these guys work, both as a duo and riding solo, after this magnificent special: it's fun, breezy and a nice mix of the muppets and the mighty boosh. Check it out if you haven't and check your bins. You never know when people will hide drug money or letters int here.

#sammy j #randy feltface #muppets #australia #bin night #comedy #special #monthly muppets

[wellthatwasaletdown]

They've done Bond Street, Oxford Circus, and now Picadilly. Next destinations: Covent Garden, British Musuem? It's literally a parade around touristy London hahaha

.

[curseofnecrofear]

ooc. The thing about heritage about Ryou is that he is partly british. But he does have some social awareness about the atrocities his nation did, I feel like you have to if you get into the History/archeology work.

So he would not support the British Museum or any musuem that would get pieces for their exhibit under less than savory means.

And it would be a way of honoring his past self (TKB) in a way. He makes sure the treasures are kept by the people, not the government or greedy museums. It's sourced ethically, it's shown ethically and returned ethically.

#out of shadows: headcanons

[george-weasleys-girl]

Hey hey! 🌻 I'd love to ask you questions about your summer in England. Everything you'd be willing to share, but I think that's too much to ask for you to type haha☺️🪻✨️🩷

Skip any Q you'd like or pick and choose 🤗

Did you go with anyone? 🧚‍♀️

Did you plan everything extensively, or allowed for you to change your schedule if something interesting came up? 🗓

Did you take a lot of luggage with you? 🧳

What were some unexpected culture shocks?🚦

What cities did you visit? 🗺

What city/ place surprised you, and in what ways? 🏞

Did you buy a lot of souvenirs? 🛍

How many pictures did you take? 📷

Did you learn something new about yourself? 💭

Did jet lag affect you too much? 😴

What's some food that you tried and loved? And maybe some you wouldn't have again? 🍽

How was your plane ride? 🛩

How did you get around? 🚌

What are some things you did visiting the places that influenced the Arthurian legends? Museums, tours, workshops? 🤩⚔️

Is there something you wish you had brought with you? 🧵

Did you buy any books, or one you already have but in a special edition/in British English? 📚

Did you get sunburned? 🫠

Did you visit/do anything Harry Potter related? 🪄

Could you share something that's not in the questions above about your experience? 🤩

Thank youu~ 🎠👑

Of course! ☺️💕

I went with a small group of 14 people. One of the English lit professors and his wife arranged the trip every few years.

Yes and no. During the week, we had scheduled events in the mornings, but the afternoon/evenings and weekends were ours to do whatever.

Far more luggage than I needed. 😅

London, Glastonbury, Tintagel, Cardiff, York, Carlisle, Stratford-upon-Avon, Edinburgh, Inverness, Dublin

A lambswool sweater 🐑, books (mostly on history/arthurian legends, and a couple of Brian Froud art books). A few trinkets as gifts for others. I'm not much of a souvenir person. Pictures are my souvenirs and took a ton of them. I also mailed myself a postcard from every city we visited.

The trip made me realize how much I'd love to travel the world. Be a nomad for a couple of years.🧳✈️

We traveled by train everywhere. 🚞

Jet lag kicked my ass once I got home. I slept for three days straight. 😆😴

Proper fish and chips. Wrapped in newspaper and drenched with malt vinegar. Good stuff. 😋

The plane ride wasn't too bad. Long and a little cramped. But, I had a window seat, so that was nice.

Musuems, tours, etc. Oh dear, where do I start? We got to go behind the scenes at the British museum to see the original 9th century manuscript that mentioned Arthur for the first time. (Also got brief glimpses of other things rarely on exhibit, like original compositions by Beethoven and Mozart.) Tours at Tintagel, hiked up to Glastonbury Tor, Stonehenge, Hadrian's Wall, Richmond Castle in York

I'm happy to say that I didn't get sunburned.

Sadly, I didn't do anything Harry Potter related. Also, didn't manage to go see the Beefeaters at the Tower of London or Buckingham Palace. (Who goes to England and doesn't do those things? 🤷‍♀️). Next time, definitely.

A few non-Arthurian things we did: toured London on a double decker bus, went to visit Loch Ness (didn't see the monster), a few of us took a weekend trip to Dublin, visited Stratford and saw Shakespeare's birthplace, and a production of Macbeth. Saw Phantom of the Opera on West End.

I would've loved to have spent time in The Lake District, but I only got to see it as we passed through on the train. Breathtakingly beautiful. 🏞

That's all I can think of in one sitting. 😆💖