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Transformations of Exhibitions in War-Affected Ukraine: 2024 Perspectives on Art-Driven Inclusion and Socialization [PDF]
Muzeológia a Kultúrne DedičstvoThis article explores the transformation of exhibition practices in Ukraine amidst the ongoing conflict, focusing on the period up to 2024. It examines the extensive damage to cultural monuments and museum collections caused by Russian aggression and ...
Yulia Ivashko, Aneta Pawłowska
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The status of Australian mammals in 1922 - collections and field notes of museum collector Charles Hoy [PDF]
Australian Zoologist, 2001 Charles Hoy, a collector for the US Museum of Natural History, spent three years in Australia (1919-1922) collecting at more than a dozen locations around Australia. He collected over one thousand specimens of mammals of more than 100 species. This paper collates the species collected by location and provides detailed quotes from his field notes and ...
Short, J., Calaby, J.H.
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Anais do Museu Paulista: História e Cultura MaterialThe Brazilian anthropologist of German origin, Curt Nimuendajú, is considered a central figure in the history of Brazilian anthropology. His biography is marked by multiple roles: a brilliant ethnographer, an indefatigable recorder of indigenous ...
Peter Schröder
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Collecting Chinese Art in Hong Kong from 1949 to 1997: Collectors, Museums and the Art Market [PDF]
, 2021 This thesis is a study of Chinese art collecting in Hong Kong during the second half of the 20th century. Through reconstructing the biographies of four representative collectors, who also held other roles as art dealer, adviser, scholar or museum donor, it demonstrates the diversity of collecting practices which thrived in this British colony and ...
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21: Inquiries into Art, History, and the VisualBy 1956, the Philadelphia Museum of Art had acquired a major collection of Indian sculpture from Stella Kramrisch and appointed her as the Curator for Indian art.
Brinda Kumar
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Geo&BioThe article deals with the prehistory of the formation of modern zoological collections housed in museums of Kyiv with a significant mammalogical component. A large part of the oldest collections appeared as a result of hunting practices and have all the
Igor Zagorodniuk
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Friluftsmuseet og kampen om fortiden
Norsk Museumstidsskrift, 2016 Sammendrag: De kulturhistoriske museenes samfunnsoppdrag består i å skape kollektiv erindring og kontinuitet med fortiden, men de skal også bidra til kritisk refleksjon.
Thomas Hylland Eriksen
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Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.This study shows that lizard osteoderm capping tissue is a hyper‐mineralized hydroxyapatite layer consistently covering the superficial osteoderm surface in those species studied here, yet it varies greatly in morphology, nanostructure, and mechanical performance across species.
Adrian Rodriguez‐Palomo +10 more
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«En nyttig Hage og smuk Lystpark»
Norsk Museumstidsskrift, 2019 Sammendrag Artikkelen beskriver parkanlegget på Gjøvik gård i perioden 1804–1956. Gjennom en kritisk studie av historiske kart, fotografier, avisutklipp, brev m.m.
Heidi Froknestad
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Optical Diversity and Nanostructural Organization in the Colored Scales of Sternotomis
Advanced Optical Materials, EarlyView.Vivid colors in Sternotomis beetles originate from nanoscale photonic architectures embedded within individual scales. Here, we provide a comparative optical and structural analysis of 57 scale types that reveal how ordered, quasi‐ordered, and disordered 3D networks tune color, saturation, and angular response.
Viola Bauernfeind +5 more
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