Do you know why #museums in many countries are closed on Mondays?

Sunday work can tire you out so much that you serve yourself coffee and an empty plate for breakfast.

Imagine if we were open on Mondays and you could hear a hearty snore in the exhibition! 😴 💤 (more in alt text)
BTW despite "don't touch" signs, we once found a child sleeping in one of the beds. The parents had fun in the cafeteria.

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I love taking the time to make Plastazote bases for specimens so they don't roll around in their trays. I find it very relaxing and it protects the specimens from damage 😊

These are cubic fluorite crystals from USA

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There's never been a more critical time to support our #independent museum.

We're busier than ever, but can't get it done without more help. If you can, please consider backing us at https://www.patreon.com/museumofportablesound for as little as US$1/month to help us:

#Digitize our Physical Objects;
#Reinstall our Permanent Collection of #Sounds;
and #Revise our extensive Gallery Guide book!

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Colour photo from yesterday vs archival black & white image from 1970 - same ancient Roman glass flask, dated to about 275-325 CE. Both pics are important to keep as objects can change, even deteriorate, over the years.

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Reflecting on 2022 & Kore670 loan to @romtoronto, I didn't really "see" this pic, though I took it! Acropolis Museum courier documents the condition of the kore before crating & transport back to Greece.

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Original art for Peanuts by Charles M. Schulz was originally published on 12/9/1981. What beautiful scribbling! I love Sally's careful consideration in panel two and her arm motion in the third panel.

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Looking at Charles Schulz's single-panel Peanuts dailies for an exhibition project. This one was originally published on December 30, 1989. He was an absolute master of the space he was allotted.

This one reminds me of a story he told about drawing as a kid and figuring out how to show the thickness of the ice with the hole ... a useful technical detail for a kid from Minnesota who likes to draw funny pictures.

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