Kou Ki
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Thieves raided Paris's Louvre museum in broad daylight Sunday, taking just seven minutes to grab some of France's priceless crown jewels, but dropping a gem-encrusted crown as they fled. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/20/world/crime-legal/thieves-french-crown-jewels-louvre/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #crimelegal #louvre #theft #museums #paris #france
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What is billed as the biggest exhibition of North Korean art held outside the reclusive state is the latest sign of warming ties between Moscow and Pyongyang. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/30/asia-pacific/russia-north-korea-art-exhibit/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #russia #northkorea #vladimirputin #kimjongun #russiaukrainewar #art #museums
Mre. Dartigen [maker mode]
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Angela Antunovic
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Tokyo has no shortage of fine art museums, but few hold a candle to how Hakone blends the beauty of its forested mountains with world-class paintings, sculptures and more. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/life/2025/09/13/travel/hakone-art-travel-museums-nature/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #life #travel #travel #japaneseart #museums #japanesecrafts
Seth Purcell on modern science museums:
But now more than ever in history, kids need a break from the screens that all too many of them are sadly often plugged into by default, and connection to the real world instead.
These days most science outreach seems a pavlovian training to regard as boring anything that's not a game, dismiss learning as a burden if it takes effort, and reduce science to instagrammable media to scroll through while in line at the mall.
alcinnz
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Hello. 👋
I’m developing a personal site to house and share some of my work, including both the academic stuff and the more public-facing writing I’ve been doing in recent years.
If any of the below are your bag, perhaps you’ll take a look or subscribe to the blog?
#history #memory #justice #rights #museums #uspol #democracy #authoritarianism
Hello. 👋
I’m developing a personal site to house and share some of my work, including both the academic stuff and the more public-facing writing I’ve been doing in recent years.
If any of the below are your bag, perhaps you’ll take a look or subscribe to the blog?
#history #memory #justice #rights #museums #uspol #democracy #authoritarianism
Some local governments in Japan are turning to the hometown donation program to solicit contributions for projects aimed at passing down memories of World War II to future generations. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/03/japan/hometown-donations-used-to-preserve-wartime-memories/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #wwii #localgovernment #taxes #furusatonozei #museums
Faced with aging operators and financial strains, some privately run World War II museums in Japan have decided to close, prompting experts to warn that valuable wartime documents and artifacts could be lost. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/03/japan/private-war-museums-face-challenges-to-survive/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #wwii #imperialjapanesearmy #museums