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Cricket Bat 1770s

Cricket Bat 1770 This Cricket Bat is from the 1770s, when they were curved bats, with most of their weight concentrated towards the bottom of the bat....
7:21 13 October 2018

Heraklion, Crete

Heraklion, Crete Heraklion, Crete is the largest city and the capital of the island of Crete. It is also the fourth largest city in Greece. Heraklion ...
11:03 11 October 2018

Buddha performing Miracles

The Influence of Ancient Greek sculptural Art on depictions of Buddha Buddha performing Twin Miracles at Sravasti depicts Buddha with a halo behind hi...
0:16 11 October 2018

Landscape by Cornelius Krieghoff

The Toll Gate by Cornelius Krieghoff The Toll Gate by Cornelius Krieghoff portrays a Canadia winter landscape of the mid-1850s. Krieghoff was skillful...
5:57 10 October 2018

Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara (British Museum)

Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara This statue of Avalokiteśvara is the Buddist Lord of Compassion and embodies the compassion of all Buddhas. A Bodhisattva ...
1:27 10 October 2018

Museu Nacional de Belas Artes

Museu Nacional de Belas Artes The Museu Nacional de Belas Artes is the Portuguese name for National Museum of Fine Arts which is a national art museum...
4:25 7 October 2018

Ethiopia Museums

Ethiopian Museums Ethiopia is located in the Horn of Africa and is the most populous landlocked country in the world. Ethiopia lands have been well in...
8:11 6 October 2018

Convict Leave Pass

Convict Leave Pass This Convict Leave Pass was issued by Parramatta Lumberyard to Thomas Simms in 1843. The back of the pass describes Simms as a 48-y...
10:37 3 October 2018

Tang Dynasty Painted Pottery Figures

Tang Dynasty Painted Pottery Figures Parents with Child These painted pottery figures of father and mother with a child are from about 618 907 CE in ...
13:11 2 October 2018

Middle East Museums

Museums in the Middle East  The Middle East is a transcontinental region centred on Western Asia. The term has come into wider usage as a replacement ...
11:03 28 September 2018

Athens University Museum

Athens University Museum The Athens University Museum is a museum in Athens, Greece is also known as the “Old University” since it housed from 1837 to...
3:50 28 September 2018

Stacks of Wheat (End of Summer) by Claude Monet

Stacks of Wheat (End of Summer) by Claude Monet Stacks of Wheat (End of Summer) by Claude Monet is part of a series of stacks of harvested wheat. The ...
13:58 24 September 2018

Museum of Sydney

Museum of Sydney The Museum of Sydney showcases historical exhibits that illuminate the history of Sydney. The museum explores colonial and contempora...
11:19 23 September 2018

National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design

National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design Norway The National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design is the national museum of art of Norway. I...
11:35 20 September 2018

Hamburg Museums

 Museums in Hamburg Hamburg is the second-largest city in Germany and lies to the north of Germany on the River Elbe and two of its tributaries. Hambu...
2:26 20 September 2018

Lisbon Museums

Museums in Lisbon Lisbon is the capital and the largest city of Portugal and mainland Europes westernmost capital city and the only one along the Atla...
8:40 14 September 2018

Herm of Herakles and Hermes

Herm of Herakles and Hermes This marble sculpture is a Herm of Herakles and Hermes. A herm is a sculpture with a head above a plain usually squared lo...
3:56 13 September 2018

Museums in Darwin, Australia

Museums in Darwin, Australia Darwin is the capital and the largest city of the Northern Territory of Australia. It is also the smallest and most north...
6:39 11 September 2018

Saint Petersburg Museums

Museums in Saint Petersburg Saint Petersburg is Russias second-largest city with an important Russian port on the Baltic Sea. It was founded by Tsar P...
0:12 8 September 2018

Wallraf–Richartz Museum

Wallraf–Richartz Museum The Wallraf–Richartz Museum is an important art museum in Cologne, Germany and houses a collection of fine art from the mediev...
5:35 6 September 2018

Giant Wombat Skull

Giant Wombat Skull This Giant Wombat Skull is about 80,000-year-old skull and was found on Gowrie Creek, Darling Downs, Queensland during the 2011 flo...
5:29 6 September 2018

Numismatic Museum of Athens

Numismatic Museum of Athens The Numismatic Museum in Athens houses one of the essential collections of coins, ancient and modern, in the world. The mu...
3:49 6 September 2018

Stockholm Museums

Stockholm Museums Stockholm is the capital of Sweden and the most populous urban area in the Nordic countries. The city stretches across fourteen isla...
2:32 4 September 2018

Under the Jacaranda in the Botanic Gardens

Taking Tea under the shade of a Jacaranda Tree Under the Jacaranda by R Godfrey Rivers shows the artist and his wife, Selina. They are taking tea unde...
23:24 28 August 2018

Buffalo, New York Museums

Museums in Buffalo, New York Buffalo is the second-largest city in the U.S. state of New York and a primary gateway for commerce and travel across the...
8:33 28 August 2018

Jewish Museum of Greece

Jewish Museum of Greece The Jewish Museum of Greece is a museum in Athens, Greece. It was established in 1977 to keep the material culture of the Gree...
3:50 27 August 2018

Bronze Statue of a Youth (British Museum)

Bronze Statue of a Youth This bronze statue of a young man is a Roman version of an earlier Greek figure made of polished bronze. The eyes are silvere...
1:19 26 August 2018

Quong Tart’s Tea House Sign

Quong Tarts Tea House Sign Quong Tarts Tea House Sign originates from the most famous Chinese tea house in Sydney, Australia. Quong Tarts operated in ...
4:51 25 August 2018

Iran Museums

Iranian Museums Iran is the second-largest country in the Middle East and its central location in Eurasia and Western Asia, give it vital strategic im...
10:35 22 August 2018

Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes (Buenos Aires)

Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes (Buenos Aires) The Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes (MNBA) is the National Museum of Fine Arts in Buenos Aires. Its colle...
13:30 21 August 2018