Curated Video
How museum gift shops decide what to sell
And how what’s in a gift shop affects how we see art. Subscribe and turn on notifications (🔔 ) so you don't miss any videos: http://goo.gl/0bsAjO Gift shops are like the final exhibit of an art museum. They’re often located toward the...
TMW Media
The largest railroad museum in the US
Join us as we head to “The Hostess City of the South, Savannah Georgia” on this episode of Travel Thru History. We’re going to a beautiful charming coastal city in the Southeast brimming with an interesting past and an exciting artistic...
Brave Wilderness
WILL IT FIT... in the Museum?
On this episode of Beyond Dinosaurs, Coyote and the crew head to Hill City, South Dakota, and team up with renowned paleontologist Peter Larson to learn how to clean and prepare the fossils they found on their fossil hunting excursion!...
Curated Video
Retired Air France Concorde Makes Spectacular Journey on the River Rhine
This video video describes the retirement journey of a retired Air France Concorde, which was transported along the river Rhine to its final resting place in Germany. The Concorde was donated to the Auto and Technique Museum in Sinsheim...
The British Museum
Carnival sculptures at the British Museum
Follow the making of Zak Ove’s spectacular stilt walker sculptures inspired by carnival and created for the British Museum. The sculptures are on display in the Great Court until 13 September 2015 as part of the British Museum’s season...
Natural History Museum
On the Frontlines of Our Broken Planet | Our Broken Planet
From dense urban cities to remote islands, the impacts of the planetary emergency are felt across the world. But communities that contribute the least to the causes are already experiencing the most severe repercussions of climate change...
Natural History Museum
Behind the lens: People's Choice Award winner Robert Irwin #WPYInsights | Natural History Museum
Robert took this aerial photo of a wildfire in Australia while on a camping trip in the region. The red hot line of fire can be seen tearing its way through previously pristine forests. He hopes that his image will inspire people to make...
Amor Sciendi
Parthenon Marbles: An Art Controversy | AmorSciendi with Christina Boszik
With the help of co-author Christina Boszik, I weigh in on the debate around the Parthenon Marbles.
Getty Museum
The Magic of Line: Gustav Klimt's Artistic Process
The starkness of a hand-drawn line—with its potential for lyrical beauty—is essential to Gustav Klimt's art. Through line, Klimt sought to convey the essence of the human form, and the nature of human existence. As an artist he wanted to...
Curated Video
Focus On: D-Day, The 82nd Airborne Division
Paratroopers from the "All American" 82nd Airborne Division describe the days leading up to Normandy on D-Day, and the harrowing night drop behind enemy lines in the pre-dawn hours of June 6th 1944. Interviews include Captain Roy E....
Tate
Is Fashion Art? – Hangout on Air
In our fourth 'Hangout on Air', Miranda Sawyer is joined by V&A curator Oriole Cullen, designer Stephen Jones and fashion historian Amber Butchart, as well as online contributors Disneyrollergirl and Rory Hutton, for a lively discussion...
The Met
#MetKids—Weave on a Mini Loom
Follow along and learn how to weave yarn on a mini cardboard loom. Materials: • cardboard • ruler • pencil • scissors • yarn • tape • needle (a large plastic embroidery needle works well) Instructions: Make Your Loom 1. Measure and mark...
The Met
“Silver Lining”, written and performed by Glen Velez
“Silver Lining”, written and performed by Glen Velez on the the Bodhran. Filmed in The Koç Family Galleries featuring Carpets, Textiles and the Greater Ottoman World and Arts of the Ottoman Court (14th–20th centuries), on August 1, 2018....
Smarthistory
Homer, The Life Line
Winslow Homer, The Life Line, 1884, oil on canvas, 28-5/8 x 44-3/4 inches / 72.7 x 113.7 cm (Philadelphia Museum of Art). Speakers: Dr. Steven Zucker and Dr. Beth Harris. Created by Beth Harris and Steven Zucker.
Brainwaves Video Anthology
Ginny Lowe Connors - 'The Unparalleled Beauty of a Crooked Line'
Ginny Lowe Connors’ chapbook, Under the Porch (Hill-Stead Museum, 2010) won the Sunken Garden Poetry Prize. She’s published several poetry collections, including Barbarians in the Kitchen (Antrim House Books, 2005) and The Unparalleled...
Kids’ Poems and Stories With Michael Rosen
We're Going On A Bear Hunt - Kids' Poems and Stories With Michael Rosen
You can browse and buy Michael Rosen Books here: http://bit.ly/MichaelRosenBooks Buy the Chocolate Cake Book Here: http://bit.ly/Chocolate_CakeMichaelRosen Buy Michael Rosen’s Big Book of Bad Things here: http://bit.ly/BigBookOfBadThings...
TED Talks
Eva Zeisel: The playful search for beauty
The ceramics designer Eva Zeisel looks back on a 75-year career. What keeps her work as fresh today (her latest line debuted in 2008) as in 1926? Her sense of play and beauty, and her drive for adventure. Listen for stories from a rich,...
TED Talks
Frank Gehry: My days as a young rebel
Before he was a legend, architect Frank Gehry takes a whistlestop tour of his early work, from his house in Venice Beach to the American Center in Paris, which was under construction (and much on his mind) when he gave this talk.
Mr. Beat
Why Kansas City is (Mostly) in Missouri
In 2005, I watched the British band Keane at the Uptown Theater in Kansas City. After they finished playing a song, the lead singer, Tom Chaplin, said it was the band's first time in Kansas. Many members of the crowd immediately booed...
The Art Assignment
Explore a physical boundary. | Zarouhie Abdalian | The Art Assignment
We come to you from San Francisco's Exploratorium, where we met with artist-in-residence Zarouhie Abdalian. For her assignment, she wants you to focus on boundaries and the relationships between the spaces they separate. Sarah Green then...
Brainwaves Video Anthology
Rennie McQuilkin - 'The Angling'
Rennie McQuilkin, has an extensive background participating in poetry readings and workshops in Connecticut, and beyond, has had a distinguished literary career with several published full-length collections of poetry. His work has...
TMW Media
Inside the Grand Ol Oprey in Nashville
In this episode of Travel Thru History we visit a city in the Southeastern US that you can hear from miles away. It’s rightfully called Music City but you know it as Nashville, Tennessee. We dig deep into the city’s past and find that...
Weird History
What Were Civil War Field Hospitals Like
At the time of the Civil War, battlefield medicine was still in its infancy. This led to many injuries becoming severely infected and many of the injured receiving hasty, dangerous surgeries. In fact, Civil War battlefield surgery was a...
Rachel's English
English Vocabulary Challenge Day 10
Day 10 | You can improve your English vocabulary and English pronunciation by studying these vocab words, repeating them along with me to master each sound. We’ll study each word by focusing on how Americans actually pronounce it, and...