If so, you might like the British version of Time Team’s online “academy” where some of the regulars give introductions to their specialties. They are all on youtube too, so bound to get you caught in the eternal black hole of related videos and suggested channels. You were warned.
Picture of the day, Cape Henry Lighthouse also participated in the 2nd Annual Pirate Party at the Beach. Keel-Haul Karen spun the pirate name generator for over 200 scallywags.
1st Place Poster by Casey Sparks
Things are looking up for the Boones Mill Depot…listed on our 2012 Most Endangered Historic Sites List.
Picture of the day, A BBC SCOTLAND crew featuring actor Brian Cox came to Jamestown to film! The program, part of a series called “Addicted to Pleasure,” looks at tobacco — its origins and uses — throughout history. The segments at Jamestown featured our curator Bly Straube discussing a number of artifacts including the tobacco pipes found at the fort site and an interview with Bill Kelso about the fort’s history and discovery. Prof. Paul Newhouse of Vanderbilt University was also filmed on site, speaking about his research into nicotine as a potential treatment for Alzheimer’s disease. The BBC’s take is that Newhouse’s research closes the circle in the tobacco story. (King James 1st, noting that some smokers of his day claimed that smoking was medicinal, opposed the smoking of tobacco.) This year is the 400th anniversary of the introduction of commercial tobacco to Jamestown: John Rolfe began growing tobacco here in 1612.
Here the Jamestown Rediscovery staff poses with Cox, the program host. The Scottish actor has appeared in “Braveheart,” the Bourne series, the second X-Men movie, and “Troy”
“When you look at sculpture in the Getty Museum’s galleries, you wouldn’t guess that some of the pedestals are somewhat unusual. Under their polished veneer, they’re engineered to protect art from the movements caused by earthquakes.
Many museums in California and other parts of the world, including Italy, Greece, and Japan, are located in areas prone to seismic activity—and their collections have suffered a great deal as a result. The Getty has devised pioneering mechanisms that safely stabilize vulnerable artworks.
Working closely with our conservators, we created this animation demonstrating technology the Museum uses to mitigate earthquake damage to vulnerable objects. How do the earth’s movements during an earthquake affect intrinsically unstable works of art? And what can be done to protect them? Hold onto your seats and watch.”
Too late for Italy, alas…
What a Physics Student Can Teach us About How Visitors Walk Around an Exhibition
From the Smithsonian blog which highlights some of the limitations of how we assess the successes and failures of exhibition layout and route design and suggests ways to improve/expand how we evaluate.
(via themuseologist)
Picture of the day, The Cape Henry Lighthouse was a real hit at the 2012 Girl Scouts Rock the Beach jamboree. We helped 240 girls make their own lighthouse in five hours. That’s 48 lighthouses per hour!
The Small House by mystuart on Flickr.
“South of Buchanan, VA, on old U.S. 11.”
When visiting Virginia Beach I like seeing fun things like King Neptune’s Statue at Neptune Park while my mom likes more historic sites like the the Cape Henry Lighthouses.Excerpted from An Everyday Family. (via visitvirginabeach-socialmoms)
