Parry Endeavour
Parry Endeavour The Parry Endeavour is the yacht which completed a record triple circumnavigation of the world in under 658 days. During this period, ...
American Proverbs and Quotes
American Proverbs and Quotes ~~~ Variety is the spice of life. ~~~ Close, but no cigar. ~~~ A friend in need is a friend indeed. ~~~ Early to bed, ear...
Mycenaean Terracotta Female Figures (MET)
Mycenaean Terracotta Female Figures These Mycenaean figurines date back to about 1400 BC from Mycenaean Greece. Made of terracotta, they were found in...
Akhenaten and Nefertiti
Akhenaten and Nefertiti This statuette of Akhenaten and Nefertiti made of limestone and paint show the king and queen hand in hand walking forward tog...
Berlin 1936 Olympic Torch
Berlin 1936 Olympic Torch This Berlin Olympic Torch represents the 1936 Olympics torch relay, which was the first of its kind. It pioneered the modern...
Tate Modern, London
Tate Modern, London Tate Modern is Britains national gallery holds the national collection of British art from 1900 to the present day and internation...
Skylab 4 Apollo Command Module
Skylab 4 Apollo Command Module This Skylab 4 Apollo Command Module served as the cabin for going to and from Skylab, the first U.S. space station. Sky...
Centurion Tank
Centurion Tank This Centurion Tank, No 169056 saw service from October 1970 to September 1971. While in service in the Vietnam War, it had the call si...
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....
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 ...
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...
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...
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...
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 ...
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 ...
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...
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...
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 ...
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...
Torso of Hermes
Torso of Hermes The Torso of Hermes, after Polykleitos, is a Roman marble sculpture of a torso, larger than life-size, derived from an earlier Greek s...
Ming-Dynasty Pipa
Ming-Dynasty Pipa This Ming-Dynasty (1368 – 1644) Pipa is a four-stringed musical instrument, with a pear-shaped wooden body with a number of frets. T...
Néry Gun
Néry Gun Néry is a commune in northern France, where on 1 September 1914, the British 1st Cavalry Brigade and L Battery of the Royal Horse Artillery w...
Bushmaster Protected Mobility Vehicle
Bushmaster Protected Mobility Vehicle The Bushmaster Protected Mobility Vehicle is an all-wheel-drive mine-resistant vehicle designed and manufactured...
Masterpieces and Historical Objects in the Queensland Art Gallery
Masterpieces and Historical Objects in the Queensland Art Gallery The Queensland Art Gallery (QAG) is an art museum located in the Queensland Cultural...
Old Parliament House, Athens
Old Parliament House, Athens Old Parliament House, Athens housed the Greek Parliament between 1875 and 1935. It now houses the countrys National Histo...
Sydney Boundary Stone 1833
Sydney Boundary Stone 1833 This Boundary Stone was engraved Sydney Majr Genl Rd Bourke CB Governor 1833 and is one of nine Boundary Stones that were s...
Pinakothek der Moderne
Pinakothek der Moderne The Pinakothek der Moderne is a modern art museum, situated in Munichs Kunstareal. The Kunstareal art district consists of the ...
Greek Proverbs and Quotes
Greek Proverbs and Quotes ~~~ One thing I know, that I know nothing. This is the source of my wisdom. Socrates ~~~ The donkey called the rooster big...
Luohan – Yixian Glazed Ceramic Sculpture (MET)
Luohan Yixian Glazed Ceramic Sculpture This life-size, glazed pottery sculpture of a seated figure represents a Luohan which is a Chinese term for an...
15 inch Naval Guns from HMS Ramillies and HMS HMS Resolution
15 inch Naval Guns from HMS Ramillies and HMS Resolution These British 15 inches (381 mm) Naval Guns are from HMS Ramillies and HMS Resolution. The 1...