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#EurekaMW! The fourth theme of #MuseumWeek is tailor-made for us. Ever since our research institute was founded in 1846, discoveries have been made continuously. Take this year: our colleague and taxonomist Olivier Pauwels has described six new snake species!
Two of them live in the trees of Central Africa, three others on limestone mountains in Thailand and another one near mountain rivers in North-East Asia and South China.
One of the African species, Toxicodryas vexator (first picture), is no less than three (!) metres long. And you thought by 2021, we’d already have discovered all large animal species?
#MuseumWeek day 2 - A tribute to the creative minds and skilled hands of our museologists and technicians! Imagining, designing, planning, building - a multitude of skills and expertise come together, bringing a gallery to life. Peek behind the scenes of some of our permanent galleries. Recognize them all?
#BehindTheScenesMW
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It’s #MuseumWeek again! First theme: #OnceUponATimeMW. Let’s take you back to the nineties when there were – even before Jurassic Park in 1993 – animatronic dinosaurs in our Museum. In 2003 the robots had to be removed due to degradation. Our Dinosaur Gallery was opened in the exact same hall in 2007.
Anton Van Dyck / study head of a young woman / c. 1618-20
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Julia Margaret Cameron / Ophelia (Mary Pinnock) / 1867
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Museum Week: Eureka!
The term ‘eureka’ comes from the ancient Greek word 'heúrēka’, which literally means 'I have found it!’ It’s also closely linked to the word 'heuristic’, which refers to something that serves as an aid to learning, discovery or problem solving.
This artwork represents a true 'eureka!’ moment in art history: painted by Italian artist and mathematician Paolo Uccello, it is one of the earliest examples of the use of a vanishing point to achieve a sense of perspective in a painting. A vanishing point is the place at which receding parallel lines appear to converge.
Described as 'intoxicated’ by perspective, Uccello studied the concept carefully over many years. He applied his mathematical and analytical mind to his art in order to reconstruct objects in three-dimensional space.
This work, alongside many others that Uccello produced, became a model for other artists who sought to make their works more realistic and life-like. He inspired the likes of Leonardo da Vinci and Albrecht Dürer, and left an enduring legacy with this paintings.
See 'The Hunt in the Forest’ by Paolo Uccello (1397–1475) in our Italian Renaissance gallery.
Museum Week: Children’s Eyes
Today’s #MuseumWeek theme is ‘Children’s Eyes’, which is a wonderful reminder for us to look at the world with the same sense of wonder and curiosity as a child
Does anyone remember our #IsolationCreations fun last year? At the start of the first lockdown, we shared an object everyday and ask you to share your creative responses. We had a number of responses from kids, and these were just a few of our favourites! We love the bright colours, the mixed media and the highly original perspectives on these objects from our collection.
If you were to view the world through the eyes of a child, what might you see differently today?
Museum Week: Behind the Scenes
Today’s #MuseumWeek theme is one of our favourites - Behind the Scenes These photos offer a sneak peek inside our new Ancient Middle East gallery, opening 26 June.
This gallery will take you on a journey across some 10,000 years. You’ll be able to explore village life at the dawn of farming, discover the world’s first cities and the invention of writing, and imagine what life was like in magnificent palaces and temples. You can also listen to Sumerian poetry and write in cuneiform, encounter the art of empires reaching from Iran to Egypt - and find out why the objects that tell these stories are in Oxford.
Stay tuned for more information and come check out the new gallery later this month! Don’t forget that FREE tickets are required for General Entry to the Museum.
