We use these signs at the museum when we pull a specimen from exhibit for study.

Someone on my staff attached this one to my office door. That’s the kind of people I hire, apparently.

#museum #MuseumLife

Took the kids to Melbourne Museum today to see 'Relics', a temporary exhibition depicting a post-apocalyptic world where LEGO minifigs have risen from the debris to craft new civilisations in discarded human artefacts.

I have to say that this repurposed old Space Invaders cab certainly caught my eye.

#lego #retrogaming #videogames #arcadegames #museum #melbourne

This is a 440-pound heart from a blue whale, the largest known animal to ever exist. The heart was so large that technicians had to douse it in 1,000 gallons of formaldehyde. Read more about it here: smithsonianmag.com/travel/pain…

#histodons #histodon #histmed #biology #animal #animals #bluewhale #museum #DYK

Remember the sound of an old slide projector? A chewing gum machine? A coffee mill?

#ConserveTheSound puts together a virtual audio #museum of (almost) lost everyday #sound:

conservethesound.de/category/s…