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Judith Barr

@jebarr.bsky.social
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@J_E_Barr at the other place. City of Angels. #Provenance with a dash of Pleistocene. Collector of images of dealer stamps and stickers. Bad photos of good art & all opinions strictly my own. #jhuprovenance

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Josh Hadro @hadro.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
How do you show a whole digitized book in one thumbnail? Modern books have illustrated covers, but in research collections the cover is often a plain library binding. So I made Flipbook: hover over a book from any #IIIF source and flip through its pages. hadro.github.io/flipbook/ #GLAMsky 📚📜
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Jenny Cromwell / Papyrus Stories @jennycromwell.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
New papyrology curator job in Oxford/London! As part of rebuilding its HQ, the @theees.bsky.social is establishing the Grenfell & Hunt Papyrology Centre, for which it is hiring a new curator (initially to be located in Oxford). See full details here: www.ees.ac.uk/resource/we-...
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We’re looking for a Curator
Would you like to join the EES team?
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Susanne Knödel @susanneknoedel.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Today, DZK published our research guide „Tracing Loot from the ‚Boxer War‘ (1900-1901) in China“. Seven German Museums and the Beijing Palace Museum contributed insights of their joint provenance research on chinese collections in Germany.(1/2) perspectivia.net/receive/pnet...
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provenance-updates.bsky.social @provenance-updates.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
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Museum International Webinar: Provenance Research - International Council of Museums
A global organisation of museums & museum professionals committed to the promotion and protection of cultural heritage
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Judith Barr @jebarr.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
I beseech you all to read this incredible letter about an aquarium in impeccable Kid Negotiation Tactics
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The Blade @toledonews.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
The museum and Ethiopian authorities will jointly research the provenance of about 380 objects collected by Hong Kong-based hedge fund manager Robert McCarthy.
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Toledo museum partners with Ethiopia to unravel art collection’s past
The Toledo Museum of Art has begun a decades-long effort to research gaps in the ownership history of a collection of centuries-old Ethiopian art and ...
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Kevin Sievers @diplotomodon.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Here's the big one: what's going to happen to the Academy's collections? Excellent and thorough reporting from the Inquirer (gift link) www.inquirer.com/arts/academy...
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The Academy of Natural Sciences museum is closing, but all eyes are on its specimens — all 19 million of them
"Profound concern" over the fate of the Academy and its internationally significant collection.
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provenance-updates.bsky.social @provenance-updates.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
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Vier Millionen Franken für weitere Provenienzforschung in Basel
Die Basler Regierung beantragt beim Grossen Rat vier Millionen Franken für die Weiterführung der Provenienzforschung in den kantonalen Museen. Die Rahmenausgabenbewilligung soll für die Jahre 2027 bis...
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Kevin Sievers @diplotomodon.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Finally launched! — a fully searchable online catalogue of the Peale Museum and the Du Simitière collections americasearliestmuseums.org
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Home | America's Earliest Museums
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Society of American Archivists @saa-official.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
In the latest review on the American Archivist Reviews Portal, Cheryl Oestreicher reviews "Artistic Provenance Research," edited by Tal Adler and Sharon Macdonald. Read the full review here: ow.ly/jOs350ZJz8H
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Artistic Provenance Research
Edited by Tal Adler and Sharon Macdonald. Bielefeld, Germany: transcript Verlag, 2026. 208 pp. ISBN 978-3-8376-6553-6. Print €35.00. PDF open access. Reviewed by Cheryl Oestreicher [PDF Full Text] …
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Yale Classics Library @yaleclassicslib.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Provenance Research for Mediterranean Antiquities: Methods & Resources / @jebarr.bsky.social Nicole Budrovich David Saunders www.getty.edu/publications... #openaccess @gettymuseum.bsky.social
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Provenance Research for Mediterranean Antiquities
This practical open-access volume is the first to gather resources specific to the provenance of Mediterranean antiquities in an accessible, comprehensive guidebook.
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Karin Wulf @kawulf.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
More to say but, mostly he's just the best. www.theatlantic.com/culture/2026...
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Lonnie Bunch Is Leaving the Smithsonian
After months of clashes with the White House, the historian and leader of the institution is retiring later this year.
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Sarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Attention Philadelphia! We're hosting a rally to demand that Drexel University maintain The Academy of Natural Sciences Museum open to the public. Join us on Tuesday morning at 10am in front of the academy. Please spread the word, we need all hands on deck! RSVP here: luma.com/1qwnrqz2
A dinosaur on a white background with the text SAve the academy of Natural sciences museum rally Tuesday Sept 8 10am in front of the academy 1900 ben Franklin Parkway. "Tell Drexel University "Keep the museum open!" with the logos for Philly Science Action, Skype a Scientist, and Green Philly
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Judith Barr @jebarr.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
At this point, the quiz had the sensation of being trapped in the Museum of Jurassic Technology
What do you call it when rain falls while the sun is shining?


sunshower

the wolf is giving birth

the devil is beating his wife

monkey's wedding

fox's wedding

pineapple rain

liquid sun

I have no term or expression for this

other
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Fabian Jonietz @ikonotaph.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
A new peer-reviewed scholarly series and research programme launched by Éditions Pigouchet (Paris) www.pigouchet.com/biblioclasm-...
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Biblioclasm | Manuscript Theft, Dismemberment & Reconstruction
BIBLIOCLASM is a peer-reviewed scholarly series on biblioclasm, manuscript and book theft, dismemberment, provenance research, recovery and digital reconstruction.
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Mateusz Fafinski @calthalas.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
We all need to start writing emails with the same attitude Gregory the Great had when writing letters. Whenever someone fails to answer my email I will henceforth begin my message with "Greetings, Your Negligence".
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Judith Barr @jebarr.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
baseball teams only do this when they are very stressed 😞
A 12-12 ball game in the middle of the 8th
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Judith Barr @jebarr.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Literally just fulfilled a bucket list item by getting to see THE Jefferson’s Ground Sloth claws a couple of weeks ago at the Academy. Devastating and horrific news for Philly.
Ground sloth claws in a case published by Thomas Jefferson, a real provenance and provenience story
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Judith Barr @jebarr.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
@ebeck51.bsky.social fixed our book cover 🙏
Modified book cover to read “said to be from” [editor names]
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Judith Barr @jebarr.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Surreal to hold this after so many years. Out in print and as an open access publication from @gettymuseum.bsky.social in September 2026. www.getty.edu/publications...
Provenance research for Mediterranean antiquities cover in front of a volume
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Judith Barr @jebarr.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Me, constantly www.newyorker.com/cartoon/a28954
A catcher to a pitcher on a mound cartoon signed Steinberg: remember it’s just a game. It doesn’t matter. In fact nothing matters. We have to create our own meaning I. Life. For example it would mean a lot to me if pitching started to matter to you.
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Judith Barr @jebarr.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
100% funnier to see it in the print edition
The best emoji : rating ancient emoji in the print edition
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Damien Huffer @damienhuffer.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
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More than 2.5-million succulents seized from poachers
But this is probably less than a quarter of the illegal trade, CapeNature says
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Larisa Grollemond @larisag.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
we did it, joe. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/18/s...
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What’s the Best 🏛️ Emoji? Getty Museum Curators Have Thoughts. (Gift Article)
In a series of recent social media posts, curators at the Getty Museum in Los Angeles are rating the best variations on art-adjacent emojis.
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Judith Barr @jebarr.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Kinda of chic to have way too many opinions about emoji pediments: www.nytimes.com/2026/08/18/s...
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What’s the Best 🏛️ Emoji? Getty Museum Curators Have Thoughts. (Gift Article)
In a series of recent social media posts, curators at the Getty Museum in Los Angeles are rating the best variations on art-adjacent emojis.
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Judith Barr @jebarr.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
this hat is due to true love, ok
Me in a blue Phillies hat in front of the Phillies (I still love u minor league/the nats 😭)
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Judith Barr @jebarr.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Gosh darn it but I love baseball
Phillies stadium in game prep mode
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Judith Barr @jebarr.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
This museum trip took a turn
Dissection schedule signage with two mystery dissections scheduled
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Kristina Killgrove @killgrove.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
This week's astonishing artifact is a Neolithic Jōmon vessel known as "ka'en doki" whose purpose is still unknown. 🧪🏺 www.livescience.com/archaeology/...
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Fire-flame vessel: An exquisitely crafted 4,500-year-old pot from a mysterious culture in Japan
Archaeologists aren't sure why prehistoric people in Japan made these elaborate vessels decorated with flames.
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The Coin Hoards of the Roman Empire project @chreproject.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
📖 Newly published! The project's chapter in the Oxford Handbook of Digital Classical Studies, edited by Elton Barker, Olympia Bobou, and Rubina Raja, is now available online. The printed volume of the Handbook is scheduled to appear on 14 September. doi.org/10.1093/9780...
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The Coin Hoards of the Roman Empire Project
Abstract. The Coin Hoards of the Roman Empire Project provides a digital research infrastructure covering hoards of all coins in use within the Roman Empir
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Judith Barr @jebarr.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
Sometimes, nice things happen
Lazy afternoon light on the splash pad near city hall in philly
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Eleanor Ghey @eleanorghey.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
What can hoards reveal about life in post-Roman Britain? A @ukri.org AHRC funded project exploring the last Roman hoards deposited in Britain is reshaping what we know about 5th century society. Discover the research and learn more about hoards in museums across the UK here blogs.kent.ac.uk/hoards
Silver coins on a pink background 
Image copyright The Trustees of the British Museum
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John Garrison Marks @johngmarks.com · 10/08/2026
But no one funds infrastructure projects. Donors want their name on a wing or an exhibit, not an HVAC unit. NEH funds are diminished now compared to just two years ago, which was already not enough. States can't meet demand. /5
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Judith Barr @jebarr.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
John Kruk is learning about the Etruscans, this is the best day
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Shannon Mattern @shannonmattern.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
"In 2022, Wiley removed over 1,300 ebooks from academic library collections; [they said] perpetual access is not an option for subscribed content. In 2025, Clarivate,... announced they would stop offering libraries perpetual access licenses for ebooks and primary-source digital collections."
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Consumers Are Worried About the Loss of Physical Media Ownership. Libraries Are Leading the Conversation. — Association of Research Libraries
Sally Sax is head, Collection Strategy and Partnerships, MacOdrum Library, Carleton University. In a recent Atlantic Monthly article about Sony’s plan to end physical sales of PlayStation console game...
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Judith Barr @jebarr.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
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The real mummy’s curse: Health risks associated with the sale and trade of mummified remains | International Journal of Cultural Property | Cambridge Core
The real mummy’s curse: Health risks associated with the sale and trade of mummified remains - Volume 33
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Catherine Frieman @cjfrieman.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Very first sentence is about the knapped artefacts First Nations people here made with ballast stones. Def of interest to archs!
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Judith Barr @jebarr.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
what a beautiful kind of philanthropy, this is very neat!
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Liv Mariah Yarrow (pronounced "leave") @profyarrow.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Isn't lovely how little has changed?! Notice in the bottom right corner the makeup "compact" with six pigments and a protective lid! Above it the funny thing like a thumb is the pestle of a mortar for grinding fine powders. BM 1861,0523.2
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Joel @sentantiq.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
So, you've heard 1, 2, or 30 podcasts about the Odyssey But you haven't heard @movieswedig.bsky.social and their Odyssey-Fighters @apistone.bsky.social @joegoodkin.bsky.social with @voguearchaeology.bsky.social haeology.bsky.social @ecfleming.bsky.social and me! open.spotify.com/episode/0jiv...
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The Odyssey (2026), Reception Battle, Part 1, with Joel Christensen, Joe Goodkin and Amy Pistone
Movies We Dig | Film, Antiquity and Everything in Between · Episode
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Judith Barr @jebarr.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
I think the kerameikos would have loved glittery watercolors, to be honest
Watercolor card of ballet slippers and a woven pink background
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Judith Barr @jebarr.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Fellow Type O folks, please come out and donate this weekend if you’re eligible, they are very out of universal blood AND they have many snacks in recompense www.usatoday.com/story/news/n...
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Critical shortage: Red Cross declares second-ever blood supply crisis
For only the second time in its history, the Red Cross has declared a national crisis with blood donations hitting a four-year summer low.
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EMILY WILSON @emilyrcwilson.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
No professional accomplishment has ever made me happier than this. theonion.com/translator-o...
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Translator Of Original ‘Minions’ Epic Poem Slams ‘Sexless, Bloodless’ Film Adaptation
PHILADELPHIA—In a 4,500-word essay published in Harper’s Magazine, Emily Wilson, known for her popular translation of the Minions epic poem, blasted the latest film Thursday as a “sexless, bloodless” ...
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Eleanor Scerri @elliescerri.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
New paper: Mesolithic mariners in the Central Mediterranean made sustained, long distance sea journeys. Not accidents, one offs, and not rare events. See thread in the comments. academic.oup.com/pnasnexus/ar..., led by @jblinkhorn.bsky.social
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New-Cleckit Dominie @ncdominie.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
This is just to say I have OCRed the text thet was in tne arch:ve and whicb yov were prabaldy seamhing for "breahtast" Fargme ms fheg mem debo:w5 sb ?mccf mmb 5c oc1b
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Judith Barr @jebarr.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
The question of the faithfulness of the Odyssey as a movie to the original is kind of subsumed by my joy that one single movie has caused wall to wall Ancient Greek posts and dialogues everywhere; a modern symposium prompt with a film as an absent centerpiece, an empty dinos we all circle around
Nonstop suggested Odyssey posts on Instagram
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gamera obscura @ohrobin.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
What Eating the Lotus Taught Me About Customer Retention Everyone’s Talking About the Cyclops. But Here’s What They’re Missing About Cross-Functional Collaboration.
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Christopher Knight LAT @knightlat.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
RIP artist Betye Saar, 99
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Betye Saar, a Los Angeles artist who transformed collections of bigoted bric-a-brac, has died
Betye Saar, a Los Angeles artist who transformed collections of bigoted bric-a-brac — Sambo dolls, ceramic mammies, and crude renderings of pickaninnies — into potent works of assemblage that mined th...
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Joshua J. Friedman @joshuajfriedman.com · 27/07/2026
Incredible
A pair of Bluesky posts.

Lydia Polgreen posts a screenshot to a London Review of Books error page that says "Sorry! The LRB website is not currently accessible."

Lydia writes: "Uh, did Emily Wilson's Odyssey takedown crash the @lrb.co.uk website?

The London Review of Books replies:

Short answer: yes.
Our tech team are working on it and we hope to be back to normal soon.
Emily Wilson is on the LRB Podcast in the meantime
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Getty @gettymuseum.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
In 1966, Ed Ruscha drove a car rigged with a motorized camera to capture Los Angeles’s most iconic street: Sunset Boulevard. He created a time capsule of its famed facades, beginning a 60-year-long commitment to documenting the changing urban landscape of postwar Los Angeles.
Photograph of three men on a city street looking at the camera. One person is seated inside of a truck in the drivers seat, and two people are standing in the truck bed. The person at the center of the photograph is artist Ed Ruscha and he is placed behind a camera that is on a tripod in the truck bed. This truck was used for Ruscha's Every Building on Sunset Strip project.One example of a photograph from Ruscha's Every Building on the Sunset Strip project. This is a color photograph taken in 2007. The photograph is of the iconic Cinerama dome theater and the movie Hostel is playing. In the foreground, three cars are parked in front of the theater.
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