Love this ornate and unique column capital on Doune Gardens in the West End of Glasgow, featuring a rather cute little owl.

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Featuring the top part of the Arch of Constantine in Rome Italy, showing the historic inscription and other historic reliefs.

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boston, massachusetts
august 1959

four women
african wood carvings

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This is Why Doctors Should Visit Temples

Ancient Indian temples are not just for worship—they hold hidden medical knowledge. The carvings at Tarakeshwara temple show detailed insights into animal anatomy, pregnancy, and childbirth. These carvings may have helped educate people, just like modern medical charts.

Watch full video: https://youtu.be/AUcAoVBlAlw

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1000 Year Old Puzzle – Can You Solve This?

Ancient Indian temple carvings are not just decorative; they serve as intricate storytelling mediums, depicting legendary tales from epics like the Ramayana. By decoding these carvings, we can uncover centuries-old narratives and lost wisdom carved in stone.

https://youtu.be/wk6j927UqR4

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proposed canal museum

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Art Gallery of Ontario: Art Museum in Toronto, Ontario

The Art Gallery of Ontario in Toronto, Canada, provides an open, inviting space for visitors. That’s no surprise as it’s one of the largest art museums in North America. The museum has 480,000 sq ft of physical space to display art!

Linda’s Pick of the Exhibits

Art is in the eye of the beholder, however everyone has favorite styles and pieces. My favorite pieces in the Art Gallery of Ontario (AGO) were part of the Thomson Collection.

But let’s start with the Thomson Collection as a whole.

The collection was gifted to the Art Gallery of Ontario by Kenneth Thomson, 2nd Baron Thomson of Fleet. It consisted of about 2000 works valued at CA$300 million. Thomson also gave CA$50 million to the gallery for expansion and renovations, as well as CA$20 million for operations.

While there are many important pieces in the Thomson Collection, my favorite was the British ship models. The 3-D model collection is considered to be one of the finest of its kind.

Fast Fact: The Bristol ship model was made in 1774 by George Stockwell (1729 - 1805). Stockwell worked at Sheerness Dockyard as a professional shipbuilder and also produced scale models. As well as the scale model, the museum has a VR model. It was created by virtual-reality designers to show life aboard the real Bristol after it was converted to a floating prison docked near Chatham, in Kent, England. 
~ OMA

When you think about it, without the 350 years of maritime history recreated here, North America would look very different! In my historical research, I often end up back at ships and experiences on the ocean.

I love today’s ocean cruises, but can’t imagine the weeks and months of living on these steamers!

Even the display cases are part of the “feel” of ocean travel. Designed by architect, Frank Gehry, the cases curve like the crest of a wave as they move across the wide open floor space.

What’s in the Art Gallery of Ontario?

The Art Gallery of Ontario has more than 120,000 works! The permanent collection includes historic and current artists.

These are the different galleries.

• Canadian art
• Indigenous art
• European art
• Modern art
• Contemporary art
• Arts of Global Africa & the Diaspora
• Photography
• Prints & Drawings
• The Thomson Collection
• Henry Moore Sculpture Centre

Fast Fact: The Thomson Collection features 300+ works from the Group of Seven and Tom Thomson. They were some of Canada's most influential early artists. 

In addition, the Art Gallery also has a library and archives. It includes 380,000+ pieces. There are many rare books, catalogues, magazines, and more from the 17th century to now.

A dozen curators are in charge of the collection, each one working in the area of their expertise.

Various events open to the public are held in the art museum. They also have a number of educational programs to serve adults and young people.

Linda’s Favorite Artist

Tom Thomson is a name I remember well from my art history classes growing up in Canada. His work continues to influence Canadian art.

He used vibrant colors liberally, something I also like to do in my travel photography.

Thomson grew up in rural Ontario and enjoyed the outdoors. He took a lot of inspiration from his work. What did he do? Thomson worked as a fishing guide and forest ranger in Algonquin Provincial Park.

Thomson wasn’t one of the famous Canadian Group of Seven. Unfortunately, he drowned at the age of 39 in 1917, before the group was founded.

His work consists of around 400 oil sketches on small wood panels and about 50 canvas larger works. Most of his paintings are landscapes.

If you’d like to see more of Tom Thomson’s work and learn more about his life, here are some of my favorite sources.

VIDEO: Canadian video profile of Tom Thomson on YouTube.

VIDEO: Tom Thomson: A Collection of 179 Works on YouTube.

WEBSITE: Tom Thomson Life & Work by David P. Silcox.

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Linda’s Road Trip Tips

I visit Toronto regularly, and rely on the subway rapid transit system to get around. It’s operated by the Toronto Transit Commission (TTC). On this visit, I took the subway to Toronto Union Station, then used the PATH to walk to the museum.

Fast Fact: The PATH is a 30+ km (18.6 miles) pedestrian walkway that's mostly underground in downtown Toronto. It links to public transit and 1200+ shops, restaurants and services. 

From the art museum, it’s only a five minute walk to the Toronto Eaton Centre. The Toronto Eaton Centre is a large shopping mall in downtown Toronto that links to the subway and the PATH.

As well as having the perfect location, the shopping is also great. There are 230 stores and restaurants!

But rather than a restaurant, I decided to hit the food court.

Their food court, Urban Eatery, is gigantic! It covers 45,000 sq ft and seats nearly a thousand people. Food selections are excellent — I had their signature Bourbon Chicken combo at the Bourbon St. Grill.

There are lots of museums to see in downtown Toronto, so I haven’t visited them all. Check out the reviews of those I’ve already enjoyed:

• Hockey Hall of Fame & Museum (sports)
• Casa Loma (98 room historic house museum)
• Toronto’s First Post Office Museum (specialty museum)
• Museum of Illusions Toronto (science museum)

Who Should Visit the Art Gallery of Ontario?

Art lovers of any age will find lots to inspire them at the Art Gallery of Ontario.

The museum is accessible to everyone with a wide variety of customer service policies.

The Art Gallery of Ontario has lots of programming and attractions for families.

They provide art making activities to help kids become more creative, as well as offering activities like courses, workshops, dance parties, and more.

There’s always something new at the Gallery, too. They have a continuous rotation of exhibitions.

How Do You Visit the AGO?

The Art Gallery of Ontario is situated in downtown Toronto, Ontario. It’s accessible by car, subway, bus, and the PATH indoor pedestrian walkway.

Street Address: 317 Dundas Street West, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

Parking: You may want to park at the Toronto Eaton Centre. That will let you shop and eat, as well as visit the AGO. Here's a link to an open app providing parking details, booking, and fees. 

Check the days open, hours, and admission fees on the AGO website.

Keep up to date with the latest news on the AGO Facebook page.

Take a virtual walkthrough of the AGO with Visit Toronto on YouTube.

Plan your visit with Google maps.

Read More Ontario Museum Reviews

Check out all these museum reviews for the Canadian province of Ontario!

Explore More Art Museums

• Art Gallery of Ontario: Art Museum in Toronto, Ontario

• Fort Cody Trading Post: Miniature Wild West Show in North Platte, Nebraska

• Museum of Northern British Columbia: Indigenous Art & History in Prince Rupert, British Columbia

• The Enchanted Highway: Giant Metal Sculptures in North Dakota

#art #Canada #carvings #history #museums #Ontario #richAndFamous #Toronto #travel

Fick Fossil & History Museum: Buffalo Bill to Prehistoric Fish in Oakley, Kansas

The Fick Fossil & History Museum in Oakley, Kansas, showcases millions of years of history — much of it local. Indeed, most of the collection’s fossils are from a twenty-mile radius of the Fick Ranch in the nearby Monument Rocks region.

What’s in the Fick Fossil and History Museum?

The Fick Fossil and History Museum opened in 1975. The foundation of the collection is thousands of fossils, most donated by Vi and Ernest Fick. And while many are labeled and displayed, others were made into art.

It’s this artwork that truly makes the museum’s fossil collection stand out. Vi, being quite artistic, used sharks’ teeth, vertebras, crinoids, and oyster shells to create works of art.

The museum collection also contains various other pieces of art. Paintings by local artists bring the area history to life. Various wood carvings of wagons and buggies commemorate the horse-drawn transportation era. A number of bronze statues celebrate western history, especially Buffalo Bill’s era.

Other Featured Exhibits

The displays are very well laid out in the museum. Everything is labeled, so there’s no guesswork as to what it is or what community member donated it.

A Buffalo Bill sculpture with his horse, Brigham, running alongside a buffalo is an exhibit that stands out. It’s placed under a painting of the same scene.

Fast Fact: Buffalo Bill hunted buffalo to feed the Kansas Pacific Railroad work crews in 1867. It's where he earned his moniker “Buffalo Bill” and his reputation as an expert shot. 

These are some of the other displays that stand out.

• Replica of a sod house
• Prehistoric fish, Xiphactinus Audux, over 15 ft long
• Oldest documented skull of a Mosasaur
• Prather Creamery
• Household artifacts from a 1900s Kellogg Wall phone to Brownie cameras
• Various vintage toys and ice skates
• Western Union Telegraph and Cable Office
• Union Pacific Depot
• Vintage firetruck

Fast Fact: The Miss Greene Hearing Horn below was sold as an improvement over all other tin trumpets (hearing aids). Shaped in an oval, it was 5.5 inches in diameter and 1.5 inches in depth - on an adjustable handle! It sold for $1.25 in 1902. 

Linda’s Pick of the Exhibits

The range of exhibits in this history museum made it really hard to pick a favorite. In the end though, I had to choose the brick that said, “Don’t Spit on the Sidewalk.”

Obviously it’s more about the story than the brick itself!

Fast Fact: In the 1880s, tuberculosis (TB) was the leading cause of death in the United States. One in seven people died of the very contagious disease. 

So, thousands of people east of the Mississippi in the heavily settled states headed west looking for pure air.

Of course, it wasn’t the air itself that was the problem. Dr. Samuel J. Crumbine, while taking the train across Kansas, realized it was what people suffering from the disease did that spread TB. They coughed into the air. They spit on the train floor, sidewalks and other places. They even shared the train’s community drinking glasses.

Dr. Crumbine started his campaign to stop the spread of TB by approaching the railroad owners. He asked them to remove drinking glasses and replace them with paper cups sold for a penny each. The owners paid little heed to the request.

But that didn’t stop the good doctor. He went to a brick manufacturer in Topeka and asked him to imprint the words, “Don’t Spit on the Sidewalk” on bricks used for sidewalk and street building. The manufacturer reluctantly agreed and imprinted every fourth brick.

Crumbine added two additional mandates to his fight against TB. 1) Out with the common roller towel, and 2) Swat the fly.

It took a few more years, but in 1909 he got the Kansas State Legislature to pass a law on spitting. Yup, spitting. Spitting was prohibited except in cuspidors and community drinking vessels were outlawed. In 1911, the Legislature provided money for a TB state sanitarium.

Eventually, as the rate of TB slowed in Kansas, other states followed suit.

So how did bricks like this one end up in museums? Fifty years after their introduction, Tuberculosis and Health Associations asked anyone in the state who could find a brick to send it to them. Every county in the state was successful.

Read more about Dr. Samuel J. Crumbine.

Linda’s Road Trip Tips

On this leg of our trip to Galveston, Texas, we were traveling on U.S. Route 83 South. We’d spent the previous night an hour-and-a-half away in McCook, Nebraska, at the Cedar Inn. While the inn was simple, it was good value for the cost.

One of our roadtrip goals was to taste a variety of BBQs, which we did at Taste of Texas BBQ in McCook. We loved their brisket!

After visiting the Fick Museum we stopped at the iHop at the Oakley truck stop. While we usually find the chain’s food tasty, this one was a big disappointment.

From Oakley, we stayed on US-83 into Garden City. The Finney County Historical Museum was small but interesting, with the attached zoo also a great stop.

Who Should Visit the Fick Museum?

While art isn’t what I usually look for in a history museum, this one had an excellent collection. Art lovers interested in sculptures and carvings will find lots of great pieces. Also, of course, the fossil art is very unique.

Fossil hunters will find lots to keep them going through the collection for hours. It’s not often you find 11,000 shark teeth!

The Fick Museum will be particularly interesting to anyone in the county, or whose family has connections to the area. All of the artifacts are labeled with their original owner names, so there’s a lot of local history here!

However, this history museum also hosts traveling displays. So, everyone will find new things to see when they visit.

With just a main floor and spacious aisles, the building is accessible for strollers and wheelchairs.

We spent about an hour-and-a-half, however, anyone with a keen interest in fossils will need much longer.

How Do You Visit the Fick Fossil & History Museum?

The Fick Fossil and History Museum is a shared facility. The Oakley Community Library is in half of the building.

Parking: There's lots of free street parking in front of the building. 

Street Address: Bertrand Park, 700 W 3rd St, Oakley, Kansas.

The museum is open year round. You can check days and hours for the museum on the Oakley website. Note that the museum is currently free.

Fiind out what’s happening at the Fick Fossil and History Museum Facebook page.

Here’s a short YouTube video with museum photos.

Plan your visit with Google Maps.

Find More Museums to Visit in Kansas

Check out all of guide2museum.com’s reviews of museums in Kansas.

Discover More History Museums

• Fick Fossil & History Museum: Buffalo Bill to Prehistoric Fish in Oakley, Kansas

• Ronald Reagan Presidential Library & Museum: Simi Valley, California

• Morro Bay Maritime Museum: Morro Bay, California

• National Cowgirl Museum & Hall of Fame: Cowgirl history in Fort Worth, Texas

• Bell Barn Museum: Historic Round Barn in Indian Head, Sskatchewan

• Naranjo Museum: Dinosaurs & Fossils in Lufkin, Texas

• Texas Seaport Museum: Gulf Coast History in Galveston, Texas

• Levine Museum of the New South: Charlotte, North Carolina

• Jefferson Historical Museum in Big Cypress Bayou: Jefferson, Texas

• Museum of the Fur Trade: Chadron, Nebraska

• Mystic Seaport Museum: Historic Seafaring Village in Mystic, Connecticut

• Range Riders Museum: Old West Lives Again in Miles City, Montana

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Love this ornate and unique column capital on Doune Gardens in the West End of Glasgow, featuring a rather cute little owl.

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ice tunnel

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Total win from the street fair on Avenue of the Americas last weekend. #Selenite #crystals grow so straight that when polished they exhibit strong #chatoyancy. It would have been easy to drop a couple hundred at this place, they had so many cool #carvings & #jewelry, so choosing just this was a #happy #chore.
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North Platte, Nebraska, was the primary home of Buffalo Bill otherwise known as William Cody. Indeed, you can even visit the Buffalo Bill State Historical Park to see his ranch. However, if you have limited time, the Fort Cody Trading Post is your best option to learn more about Buffalo Bill’s Wild West Show!

Linda’s Pick of the Exhibits

While the Fort Cody Trading Post has lots of neat stuff to see, the miniature Wild West Show stands out above everything else.

What’s the miniature Wild West Show?

The miniature Wild West Show is a collection of 20,000 hand-carved figures powered by 20 motors. There are cowboys. There are Native Americans. There are cannons. There are tents. There’s all kinds of action in this animated, to-scale re-creation.

Imagine, if you can, going back to the late 1800s to watch one of the greatest travelling shows to ever be produced. The performance was — of course — Buffalo Bill’s Wild West Show. However, you don’t need an imagination to see the Fort Cody show.

Fast Fact: It took 12 years for Ernie & Virginia Palmquist to create all of the carvings in the narrated diorama of the Wild West Show. 

For me, one of the neatest things is that Ernie actually saw the Wild West Show as a child. He even met Buffalo Bill!

As well as the carvings for the Buffalo Bill Show, Ernie also created a traveling replica of the Ringling Bros., Barnum & Bailey Show circus. The 50,000-piece collection of carvings was a big attraction at the Brussels World’s Fair in 1958 (from the Journal, August 29, 1962). Plus, it was featured across the U.S. in various locations.

This miniature show had a sideshow, circus parade, 30 tents, more than 20,000 circus performers including an Emmett Kelly figure wearing a wig of the famous clown’s own hair! There were tumblers. There were clowns. There were aerialists.

All of this combined into a 40-foot circus parade!

Ernie’s chief assistant was his wife, Virginia. She was a former Ziegfeld Follies dancer who sewed all the clothes for the circus people, as well as creating the tents.

Watch a video of the Miniature Circus Exhibition of 1979 here.

Today, Ernie’s miniature circus is owned by the Smithsonian.

The carvings are amazing pieces of art! Indeed, wood carving is a traditional art form that’s been around since ancient times.

While the craftsmanship of the wild west show is amazing, watching it come to life is even better (show starts every half hour). A cowboy twirls a lariat. Horses and riders go on parade. Annie Oakley shoots a target. A Native American performs a traditional war dance. Players show their cards and more.

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Kidnapped by Outlaws (Sequel to Badlands and Outlaws)

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What’s at the Fort Cody Trading Post Museum?

The Fort Cody Trading Post is what the name implies – a trading post. Situated on one of the U.S.’s first cross-country roads, the Lincoln Highway, it carries on the tradition of roadside souvenir stands.

Created in the traditional style of an old west trading post, it’s a stop that’s impossible to miss!

Outside, you’ll find a 30-foot-tall information sign with a drawing of Buffalo Bill Cody.

It includes information about Cody and the Wild West Show, which started in North Platte in 1883.

You enter the trading post through a door in the log stockade walls.

Fast Fact: Buffalo Bill started the World's first organized rodeo in North Platte, Nebraska, July 4, 1882. 

In addition to the feature art carving attraction of the miniature Wild West Show, there are six murals by artist Gene McConnell. The murals depict important moments in the life of Buffalo Bill.

What artifacts are in the Fort Cody Trading Post museum collection?

Throughout the trading post, you’ll find various relics along with souvenirs you can buy. The museum artifacts date back as far as 150 years and are from the manager’s personal collection.

Some of the things you’ll see include:

• McClellan saddle from the U.S. Cavalry
• Shotgun chaps from the 1880s
• Angora wool chaps from 1915
• Colt single action army pistol from 1874
• Winchester 73 rifle from 1879
• Photo of Buffalo Bill (age 22) from 1868 holding his favorite rifle, “Lucretia Borgia”
• Cheyenne Parfleche (painted buffalo rawhide case used to store dried buffalo mea) from 1870

• Coffeyville boots from the late 1870s – similar to cavalry-style boots with higher heels, more pointed toes, fitted tops, and made for right and left feet!
• Hand-forged cowboy spurs with silver inlaid wire from 1877
• John B. Stetson first cowboy hat from 1870

Outside in the stockade, the key attraction is a Native American Muffler Man.

You’ll also see a buffalo statue, various historic wagons, the Fort Cody Jail building, and picnic tables to relax and enjoy the afternoon.

Linda’s Road Trip Tips

We were traveling the US-83 Road to Nowhere through Nebraska when we stopped in North Platte. Unfortunately, it was late in the day, so we didn’t have time to check out some of the other attractions. However, I really missed not making it to the Buffalo Bill Ranch State Historical Park!

After our stop, we continued on US-83 for another hour into McCook for the night. Our favorite thing in McCook? The Taste of Texas BBQ restaurant where we had supper. The brisket was delicious!

We spent the night at the Cedar Inn, which was good value for the price.

Who Should Visit the Fort Cody Trading Post?

The Fort Cody Trading Post is a great, quick stop whether you’re traveling on I-80 or US-83. While combining a museum with a souvenir store may seem like a tourist trap — it’s not.

If you’re interested in the old west and the Wild West Show, this is the perfect stop.

Indoor artifacts likely won’t appeal to small children, but the stockade will give them plenty of space to charge around outside. The picnic area under Nebraska’s bright blue skies begs to be used.

Plan on an hour or less for your visit (unless you’re shopping and then it may take you much longer!), as the miniature wild west show runs every half-hour. The trading post is wheelchair accessible.

Admission, of course, is free.

How Do You Visit the Fort Cody Trading Post?

The Fort Cody Trading Post combines opportunities for buying some Nebraska souvenirs with a quick museum visit focused on Buffalo Bill Cody and his wild west show.

Parking: There's lots of free parking right in front of the trading post. 

Location: The Fort Cody Trading Post is located at 221 Halligan Drive, North Platte, Nebraska.

It’s right off of I-80 and US-83.

Visit online at the Fort Cody website.

Keep up to date with what’s happening at the Fort Cody Trading Post Facebook page.

Take a virtual tour with the YouTube video, Welcome to Fort Cody Trading Post.

Plan your visit with Google maps.

More Places to See in Nebraska

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• Fort Cody Trading Post: Miniature Wild West Show in North Platte, Nebraska

• Museum of Northern British Columbia: Indigenous Art & History in Prince Rupert, BC

• The Enchanted Highway: Giant Metal Sculptures in North Dakota

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