Redacted Museum
@redactedmuseum.bsky.social
Freelance writer, country house reviewer, 19th century archeological practice hater. I like thinking about history in a funny way.
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Art history is social history and I will die on that hill. Read my latest blog on how the missing Franklin Expedition affected contemporary portrayals of the arctic in the 19th century. Also haunted polar bears. 🐻❄️
www.redactedmuseum.com/blog/haunted...
#arthistory #arctic #polarbears #history #art
www.redactedmuseum.com/blog/haunted...
#arthistory #arctic #polarbears #history #art
Haunted Polar Bears: Art & the Arctic — Redacted Museum
One place you don’t expect to be at the mercy of the polar bear is in an exam hall at Royal Holloway, University of London.
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May 22, 2025 at 10:44 AM
Art history is social history and I will die on that hill. Read my latest blog on how the missing Franklin Expedition affected contemporary portrayals of the arctic in the 19th century. Also haunted polar bears. 🐻❄️
www.redactedmuseum.com/blog/haunted...
#arthistory #arctic #polarbears #history #art
www.redactedmuseum.com/blog/haunted...
#arthistory #arctic #polarbears #history #art
Those #castles scattered across the UK? Status symbols, power plays, and paranoia told by expensive stonework. 🏰 When #Tudor era politics got messier than moats could handle, construction stopped.
Read about the rise and fall of fortified houses: www.redactedmuseum.com/blog/ceasean...
#history #blog
Read about the rise and fall of fortified houses: www.redactedmuseum.com/blog/ceasean...
#history #blog
Cease and Desist: Castles — Redacted Museum
Build a castle or get beheaded. How we pivoted away from the fortification aesthetic.
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March 26, 2025 at 10:29 AM
Those #castles scattered across the UK? Status symbols, power plays, and paranoia told by expensive stonework. 🏰 When #Tudor era politics got messier than moats could handle, construction stopped.
Read about the rise and fall of fortified houses: www.redactedmuseum.com/blog/ceasean...
#history #blog
Read about the rise and fall of fortified houses: www.redactedmuseum.com/blog/ceasean...
#history #blog
Next time you visit an #EnglishHeritage or #NationalTrust site, take a moment to notice: is the tearoom in the old kitchens or the old stables? It's always one and once you start clocking it, you’ll never unsee it.
March 24, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Next time you visit an #EnglishHeritage or #NationalTrust site, take a moment to notice: is the tearoom in the old kitchens or the old stables? It's always one and once you start clocking it, you’ll never unsee it.
The #britishmuseum recent #silkroads exhibition made me think a lot about Aurel Stein, a significant 19th c. archeologist whose questionable choices we tried to bury as adeptly as the 2nd century shoes he pulled out the desert sands.📜
Read about him in my new blog here: shorturl.at/lKqjK
#archeology
Read about him in my new blog here: shorturl.at/lKqjK
#archeology
How to Negotiate in a Stealing Sort of Way — Redacted Museum
Somehow both a celebrated archeologist and a professional disgrace. Oh, Aurel Stein, what have you done?
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March 20, 2025 at 10:39 AM
The #britishmuseum recent #silkroads exhibition made me think a lot about Aurel Stein, a significant 19th c. archeologist whose questionable choices we tried to bury as adeptly as the 2nd century shoes he pulled out the desert sands.📜
Read about him in my new blog here: shorturl.at/lKqjK
#archeology
Read about him in my new blog here: shorturl.at/lKqjK
#archeology