Museum collection

Photographer Chip Clark has worked at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History for 37 years and photographs its archives and archivists

Inside the bowels of the National Museum of Natural History in Washington, DC you'll find something amazing. Classified, labelled, and impeccably

Organized and accessible museum storage is essential to long-term success. See how maximizing museum collections storage makes history more accessible.

over the course of his decades at the smithsonian, photographer chip clark documented the departments and storage areas otherwise unseen to public view.

The Skinner Museum, located in Chicopee, MA, USA, is an intriguing destination for art enthusiasts and history buffs alike. This unique museum offers visitors a glimpse into the rich cultural heritage of the region. Stepping into the Skinner Museum, visitors are greeted with a mesmerizing collection of artifacts and exhibits that showcase the diverse history of Chicopee.

If I had the choice, I would always choose to visit a museum inside out– that is, take a backstage tour of what they don't display, which in most cases, is much larger than what is actually on display. And we're not talking about 2 to 3 times larger, we're talking about secret collections that are 9

This next post on the Smithsonian features some of the exhibit cases that showcase the minerals in t

At the wonderful Zoology Museum that time forgot, housed at the Babes-Bolyai University in Cluj, Romania

Museums are often as interesting in their modes of organizing and collecting as the objects they collect themselves, reflecting a universal fascination with...

Photo: Meral Ekincioglu, Ph.D. For the museum: hmnh.harvard.edu/about-museum

In preparing for the Klee/Aguéli exhibition, 2016, the works of art on paper of Paul Klee were examined by the museum’s conservators. In 2014 two works by Klee were donated by Peggy Bonnier which joined the earlier donation of seven works from Carl Gemzell’s collection. The works have been conserved, and received new mounts and frames that respect Klee’s original presentation.

From Plant Press Vol. 16 no. 2 By Gary Krupnick trea·sure (noun \ˈtre-zhər, ˈtrā-\): 2. something of great worth or value - Merriam-Webster United States National Herbarium Just under 5 million specimens are housed in the U.S. National Herbarium, placing it among the world's largest and most important. The plant...

Here are just a few of the fascinating artifacts you might encounter during a visit to The Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of Natural

The Museum of Innocence – Beyoğlu, Turkey | Atlas Obscura

celebrating the marvels of human form, the historic anatomy museum surveys from human curiosities to medical marvels and some dark italian history.