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We are a local history museum situated in the original Railway Refreshment Rooms at Mt Victoria Station in the upper Blue Mountains, NSW Australia
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It is *very* important to understand that Jews were never the only target of the 1930s Nazis and they are not the only targets of today’s Nazis. A Nazi salute is not only antisemitic. It is also racist, ableist, and queerphobic.
January 25, 2025 at 11:13 PM
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A lot of people have shared the opening of Chapter One of On Tyranny by Timothy Snyder on socials. But I have seen less of the other guidance. So here is Chapter 2: Defend Institutions.

My institutions are public libraries & resident unions. What will yours be?
January 25, 2025 at 9:40 PM
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One of the most important things you can do as a homeschooler is support your small local museums.

#homeschool
January 26, 2025 at 5:57 AM
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Some scenes from the route of the world's first steam railway journey on 21st Feb 1804- the inventor Richard Trevithick drove a steam locomotive hauling both iron and passengers from Penydarren in Merthyr to the basin of the Glamorganshire Canal at Abercynon down this track
January 25, 2025 at 2:51 PM
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British Museum forced to partly close after alleged IT attack by former employee
British Museum forced to partly close after alleged IT attack by former employee
A recently dismissed contractor shut down several systems before being arrested, the museum said The British Museum was forced to partly close on Friday after its IT infrastructure was allegedly attacked by a former employee. The contractor, who was…
www.theguardian.com
January 26, 2025 at 3:11 AM
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I think this is the perfect time to start posting about Greenland and the amazing textile Herjolfsnes finds, aye? Greenland is a district of Denmark and was settled by several distinct Inuit cultures in waves from c.2500 BCE to c.1200 CE, plus the Norse settlement late 10th-15th centuries. 🧵1/
January 26, 2025 at 6:07 AM
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Marie Høeg and Bolette Berg, were #Norwegian #photographers, #activists, and partners at the turn of the 20th century. Their personal portraits, found in boxes marked 'private,' were first discovered in the 1980s, after their deaths in the #1940s.

By: Preus Museum -- Norwegian Museum of Photography
January 26, 2025 at 6:40 AM
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From a few years ago but a great behind-the-scenes video w/ 🏛️The National Gallery Conservation department's restorer Jill Dunkerton as she restores Sandro Botticelli & Filippino Lippi's 'Adoration of the Kings'.

🗃️ #art #arthistory #museum #AcademicSky #EduSky

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Retouching a Renaissance masterpiece | Restoring Botticelli part 2 of 3 | National Gallery
YouTube video by The National Gallery
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November 28, 2024 at 2:12 PM
Mt Vic Museum pop-up exhibition until February 2025 in the Katoomba Library at the Cultural Centre. The display. Features objects from the Mel Ward & Moyne Farm collections.
November 28, 2024 at 9:39 PM
Our museum is now part of the Bluesky community. We welcome visitors to the collection Saturdays between midday and 3pm.
November 17, 2024 at 10:36 PM