Hacker News with Generative AI: Museums

Slime (2021) (granta.com)
On a clear spring day, I make my way to the Hunterian Museum in Glasgow. It’s located in a part of the university campus which has a whiff of Hogwarts about it, with a maze of courtyards, the entrance hiding somewhere within.
Art, Literature, Museums
16 points by Tomte 3 hours ago | 0 comments
Math and the Museum (wordpress.com)
New York City now boasts one of the best mathematics museums in the world, the National Museum of Mathematics, informally called MoMath.
Mathematics, Museums
3 points by jamespropp 2 days ago | 0 comments
A Secret Trove of Rare Guitars Heads to the Met (newyorker.com)
In 2007, Jayson Dobney, an Iowan with a master’s degree in the history of musical instruments, from the University of South Dakota, moved to New York to be a curator in the department of musical instruments at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Music, Museums
93 points by bookofjoe 3 days ago | 66 comments
Trump administration cuts funding for the Strong Museum of Play (gamedeveloper.com)
The Trump administration's legally questionable slashing of funded government programs has hit the video game industry.
Politics, Video Games, Museums, Government Funding
5 points by ibobev 4 days ago | 0 comments
Stax Museum Bob Abrahamian Collection (staxmuseum.org)
“I think it is important to archive and save a lot of music that would be lost otherwise.
Music, Archives, Museums
33 points by mellosouls 7 days ago | 7 comments
The largest and most detailed photo ever taken of a work of art (rijksmuseum.nl)
This is the largest and most detailed photo ever taken of a work of art. It is 717 gigapixels, or 717,000,000,000 pixels, in size.
Art, Photography, Technology, Museums
4 points by sparklingmango 8 days ago | 0 comments
London's National Gallery buys mysterious altarpiece for $20m (theartnewspaper.com)
The National Gallery is celebrating its bicentenary with the acquisition of a most mysterious painting, an altarpiece with the Virgin and Child and two saints, dating from 1500-10.
Art, Museums, History, London
59 points by giuliomagnifico 22 days ago | 63 comments
Child damages €50M Rothko painting in Dutch museum (bbc.com)
A child has damaged a painting worth millions of pounds by the American artist Mark Rothko at a museum in Rotterdam.
Art, Museums, Accidents
10 points by andrewinardeer 24 days ago | 2 comments
More details for London's new Roman Basilica museum revealed (ianvisits.co.uk)
Following the recent discovery of Roman ruins in the City of London, more details have been revealed about the plans for a new museum of Roman London’s history.
London, Museums, Archaeology, Roman History
51 points by zeristor 35 days ago | 4 comments
Why are two TX senators trying to wrest a Space Shuttle from the Smithsonian? (arstechnica.com)
Should the city of Houston, which proudly bills itself as "Space City," have a prized Space Shuttle orbiter on public display?
Space Exploration, Politics, Museums
17 points by pmags 36 days ago | 4 comments
Terak Museum (threedee.com)
What is a Terak?
Art, Museums, 3D Design
29 points by rbanffy 37 days ago | 11 comments
Virtually Tour Salvador Dali Theatre Museum in Figueres, Spain (salvador-dali.org)
The Foundation is happy to make publicly available the virtual visit of the Theatre-Museum Dalí.
Virtual Reality, Art, Museums, Spain
9 points by rmason 39 days ago | 3 comments
Men's Weird Collections Inspired the Modern Museum: Cabinets of Curiosities (worldhistory.substack.com)
Welcome to Looking Through the Past! At its heart, this is a project in which I find a bunch of cool stuff every week and share it with you. It takes hours of research and writing to produce. If you’re new here, you can click the button below to subscribe.
History, Museums, Art, Collections
44 points by crescit_eundo 47 days ago | 16 comments
OpenVertebrate Presents a Database of 13K 3D Scans of Specimens (openculture.com)
From The Flori­da Muse­um of Nat­ur­al His­to­ry comes the open­Ver­te­brate project, a new ini­tia­tive to “pro­vide free, dig­i­tal 3D ver­te­brate anato­my mod­els and data to researchers, edu­ca­tors, stu­dents and the pub­lic.”
Science, Databases, 3D Models, Museums
187 points by exikyut 49 days ago | 18 comments
The Doge Axe Comes for Libraries and Museums (wired.com)
The Trump administration, working in coordination with Elon Musk’s so-called Department of Government Efficiency, has gutted a small federal agency that provides funding to libraries and museums nationwide.
Politics, Libraries, Museums, Funding
25 points by xbryanx 52 days ago | 1 comments
Entire staff at federal agency that funds libraries and museums put on leave (npr.org)
The Institute of Museum and Library Services has placed its entire staff on administrative leave.
Government, Libraries, Museums, Federal Agencies
106 points by Teever 53 days ago | 36 comments
Trump orders 'ideological' cleanup of Smithsonian museums (elpais.com)
U.S. President Donald Trump has made good on his threat to intervene in the museums of the Smithsonian network in Washington, and even the capital’s zoo.
Politics, Smithsonian Institution, Museums, Culture, United States
14 points by geox 56 days ago | 1 comments
A Special Year at the Heinz Nixdorf MuseumsForum (computer.org)
Museums, History, Technology, Germany
10 points by rbanffy 57 days ago | 4 comments
The theft and recovery of a grisaille by Anthony Van Dyck (1599–1641) (britishartjournal.co.uk)
In July 1951 Anthony van Dyck’s Portrait of Wolfgang Wilhelm of Pfalz-Neuburg (Pl 1) was stolen from Boughton House, Northamptonshire.
Art, History, Theft, Museums
9 points by PaulHoule 58 days ago | 1 comments
An iPad dug up from the Thames solved museum thieves' murder plot (bbc.com)
A Ming vase stolen from a Swiss museum. A shooting at a comedian's house in Woodford, east London. The robbery of a luxury apartment in Sevenoaks, Kent.
Crime, History, Museums, London, Theft
10 points by vinni2 59 days ago | 2 comments
'The Maverick's Museum' Review: Albert Barnes and the Art of Collecting (wsj.com)
His talent for pharmaceutical chemistry made him rich. His bold taste in paintings created the foundation for America’s most personal art museum.
Art, Museums, Biography, History
15 points by Caiero 67 days ago | 7 comments
Rembrandt to Picasso: Five ways to spot a fake masterpiece (bbc.com)
The recent discovery of an art forger's workshop reminds us of the long history of fraudulent artworks – here are the simple rules to work them out.
Art Forgery, Art History, Painting, Museums, Art Authentication
43 points by Vigier 72 days ago | 29 comments
The Official Aztec C Online Museum (aztecmuseum.ca)
Welcome to the Wonderfully Ancient World of Aztec C
History, Museums, Art, Culture, Mexico
25 points by rbanffy 77 days ago | 6 comments
Vagina Museum answers Reddit post: Can a clitoris be trained to read Braille? (masto.ai)
Sexuality, Science, Museums, Reddit
7 points by lhoff 78 days ago | 0 comments
Virtual museum of socialist era graphic design in Bulgaria (socmus.com)
Design, Bulgaria, History, Museums, Socialism
151 points by NaOH 84 days ago | 16 comments
NSA museum covered plaques honoring women and people of color (npr.org)
Late last week, a national museum literally papered over history.
History, Museums, Diversity, Controversy, Government
20 points by rbanffy 106 days ago | 17 comments
Who Is Being Excluded by Museums' Wholesale Adoption of Digital Technology? (amuseumfornow.com)
As someone not only born before - but who studied, worked and even went out and had fun before - the public launch of the internet in April 1993, I am often surprised by the lack of push-back against digital technology, as it continues to flatten our three-dimensional experience of the world.
Museums, Digital Technology, Accessibility, Culture, Technology
12 points by ohjeez 107 days ago | 12 comments
3 Are Arrested in Theft of Gold Helmet from Dutch Museum (nytimes.com)
Three people have been arrested in connection with a brazen heist at a museum in the Netherlands over the weekend in which thieves stole ancient artifacts, including a prized golden helmet on loan from Romania, the authorities said on Wednesday.
Crime, Archaeology, Museums, Netherlands
4 points by IdealeZahlen 112 days ago | 1 comments
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 119 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 128 days ago | 38 comments