Hacker News with Generative AI: Collections

Men's Weird Collections Inspired the Modern Museum: Cabinets of Curiosities (worldhistory.substack.com)
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History, Museums, Art, Collections

44 points by crescit_eundo 27 days ago | 16 comments

Olav's Licence Plate Pictures (olavsplates.com)
This site contains photographs of license/ number/ registration plates from 105 countries seen "live in action" on vehicles and has been online since 21. October 2000.

Photography, Travel, Cars, Collections

3 points by alibarber 101 days ago | 0 comments

Collections: On Bread and Circuses (acoup.blog)

Collections, Essays, Writing, Culture

57 points by Tomte 134 days ago | 5 comments

GEN One: Innovations from the Paul G. Allen Collection (christies.com)

Art, Auctions, Technology, Collections

9 points by pmcjones 261 days ago | 2 comments

Much Ado About First Folios — the world's largest Shakespeare collection reopens (npr.org)

Shakespeare, Literature, Museums, Collections, History

39 points by bookofjoe 314 days ago | 11 comments