Hacker News with Generative AI: Museums

British Museum forced to partly close after alleged IT attack by former employee (theguardian.com)
The British Museum was forced to partly close on Friday after its IT infrastructure was allegedly attacked by a former employee.

Cybersecurity, Museums, Data Breaches, IT

4 points by yearesadpeople 4 days ago | 2 comments

GOG Joins European Federation of Game Archives, Museums & Preservation Projects (gamingonlinux.com)
GOG made a press announcement today to note they've joined the European Federation of Game Archives, Museums and Preservation Projects (EFGAMP).

Gaming, Preservation, Archives, Museums, Europe

246 points by LorenDB 13 days ago | 38 comments

Why the Getty Center Is the Safest Place for Art During a Fire (2019) (getty.edu)

Art, Fire Safety, Museums

105 points by wallflower 16 days ago | 43 comments

The history of sex toys and what they tell us about ancient women (rte.ie)
During a recent trip to London, I had the honour of finally visiting the Vagina Museum. This delightful museum is an inclusive space that celebrates vulvas, vaginas, and advocates for self-acceptance and equality.

History, Sex, Gender, Culture, Museums

22 points by austinallegro 16 days ago | 17 comments

The Ceramic Archivists (nualacreed.com)
In about 2008, the founder and director of the Internet Archive, Brewster Kahle, traveled to China. There, he saw the famed Terra-cotta Warriors at the tomb of the first Emperor of China and it gave him an idea.

History, Internet Archive, Museums, China, Art

15 points by kelseyfrog 19 days ago | 5 comments

Search through Rijksmuseum artworks based on meaning (artexplorer.ai)

Art, Museums, Artificial Intelligence, Search Tools

10 points by mooreds 44 days ago | 1 comments

Ask HN: Why did no one save the Living Computers museum in Seattle? (ycombinator.com)
Last I heard it closed and everything was auctioned off.

Museums, Technology, Seattle, History

73 points by superconduct123 56 days ago | 78 comments

Prayer, Placement, and Absolution: Peter Hristoff on Islamic Prayer Rugs (2015) (metmuseum.org)

Islamic Art, Rugs, Museums, Religion, History

127 points by handfuloflight 64 days ago | 77 comments

The rectangular cows of Art UK (2018) (artuk.org)
Spending time among the thousands of paintings on Art UK often throws up questions. What is a sun fish? Why is there a painting of the Queen with Robert Burns? What makes this tie hot?

Art, History, United Kingdom, Online Resources, Museums

153 points by onychomys 68 days ago | 60 comments

Museum of Bad Art (museumofbadart.org)
MOBA is the world’s only museum dedicated to the collection, exhibition, and celebration of art that would not be welcomed to any traditional art museum.

Art, Museums, Culture, Humor

207 points by purkka 72 days ago | 138 comments

Virtual Shoe Museum (virtualshoemuseum.com)
Step into the future of fashion! Simultaneously with ‘Not Looking Back’ in the exhibition hall of the cultural center, d’Academie Beeld organizies an additional exhibition ‘Fashion Reflections’ on fashion and shoe design in our Square Room. This exhibition showcases silhouettes and creations by graduates, combined with photo and video displays. d’Academie Beeld is a key part of this project, as...

Virtual Reality, Fashion, Museums, Art

14 points by bookofjoe 77 days ago | 6 comments

Rijksmuseum Begins Restoration of Rembrandt's 'The Night Watch' (thecollector.com)
Following years of research, Operation Night Watch is entering its second phase, in which restorers are removing and replacing old varnish.

Art, Restoration, Museums, History, Netherlands

4 points by Tomte 77 days ago | 0 comments

German museum worker fired after hanging his own art in gallery (cnn.com)

Art, Museums, Germany, Employment

5 points by fuzzythinker 80 days ago | 2 comments

Sudha Car Museum (twitter.com)

Museums, India, Cars

50 points by udit99 94 days ago | 19 comments

Secret 3D scans in the French Supreme Court (cosmowenman.substack.com)
For the last seven years, I have been campaigning to establish and defend the public’s right to access all French national museums’ 3D scans of their collections, starting with the prestigious and influential Rodin Museum in Paris.

Art, Museums, France, Law

776 points by abetusk 103 days ago | 303 comments

Blue whale skeleton at New Bedford museum still oozing oil (wpri.com)
Those who have stopped by the New Bedford Whaling Museum have more than likely marveled over the 66-foot whale skeleton hanging from the ceiling.

Museums, Animals, Oil, History

202 points by geox 103 days ago | 78 comments

The Kew Herbarium (2019) (us.toa.st)
I'm standing in the centre of the herbarium at Royal Botanic Gardens Kew, surrounded by grand Victorian architecture.

Botany, Museums, History

19 points by demail 103 days ago | 10 comments

Nintendo Museum seems to emulate games on a PC (twitter.com)

Nintendo, Gaming, Museums, Emulation, PC

4 points by haunter 106 days ago | 0 comments

Show HN: The Living Museum – Explore the British Museum with AI (livingmuseum.app)

Show HN, Artificial Intelligence, Museums, British Museum, Web Applications

18 points by talms 117 days ago | 5 comments

Real art in museums stimulates brain much more than reprints, study finds (theguardian.com)
It was a truth known to Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell back in 1968, but now scientists have caught up with them: there really ain’t nothing like the real thing.

Art, Science, Museums, Brain Activity, Research

4 points by isaacfrond 118 days ago | 1 comments

Former Nintendo factory in Kyoto opens as nostalgia-fuelled gaming museum (theguardian.com)
Traditionally, visitors to Kyoto in October come for momijigari, the turning of the autumn leaves in the city’s picturesque parks. This autumn, however, there is a new draw: a Nintendo museum.

Gaming, Museums, Japan, Nostalgia, History

18 points by tosh 119 days ago | 5 comments

Irish museum solves mystery of Bronze Age axe heads delivered in porridge box (theguardian.com)
When the national museum of Ireland received two 4,000-year-old axe heads, “thoughtfully” wrapped in foam inside a porridge box, from an anonymous source last month, it put out an appeal.

History, Archaeology, Museums, Ireland

91 points by speckx 140 days ago | 84 comments

Cemetery of Soviet Computers (rusue.com)

History, Computing, Russia, Museums

12 points by colinprince 150 days ago | 0 comments

Visit Bletchley Park (bletchleypark.org.uk)

History, Computing, UK, Museums

169 points by bookofjoe 152 days ago | 71 comments

Web Design Museum (webdesignmuseum.org)

Web Design, History, Museums

228 points by helloplanets 153 days ago | 41 comments

Museum Invites Back 4 Year Old Who Destroyed 3,500 Year Old Jar (bbc.com)