A new series is coming up about Orion! Here’s how you can get early access and exclusive content about it (but don’t worry, the main articles will be here, too!).
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What are planetary nebulae? Well….if you are looking for planets, you’re in the wrong place! Let’s check it out.
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History-making stunt pilot Bessie Coleman’s path was not an easy one. Learn more about history’s first Black woman to ever get a pilot’s license.
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You won’t think wood frogs are so common after reading this!
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My research into Benjamin Franklin and the Republic of Letters. Plus, an interactive map I made with ArcGIS.
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Ever wonder what happens when people DO touch things they are asked not to at museums and similar places?
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The final installment of my series on Margaret Beaufort, mother of the Tudor dynasty.
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Part two of my series about Margaret Beaufort, mother of the Tudor dynasty.
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Henry VIII’s grandmother was a medieval badass. Find out more about this fascinating woman in my three part series!
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What has rosemary been used for historically? Find out in this rainy day post!
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Good times in costume at the New England Botanical Gardens at Tower Hill!
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Learn about the oldest art form on Earth, and try your hand at it!
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Learn about Seurat and Pointillism, and then try making your own painting!
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My master’s thesis about museums, archives, and access is available to download. I use the work of Otto Ege as a vehicle to look at this very relevant issue.
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Pliny Moody didn’t know what he found, but we now know they were the first dinosaur tracks discovered in the US by European settlers.
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We’ve seen how the bicycle developed into a tool that women both found useful and enjoyed, and we’ve seen some of the obstacles to riding and how women overcame them. What were some of the cultural impacts of women and bicycles at the time? That’s the subject of this concluding part of my series.
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Bicycles were a big deal for women in the 1890s, but why? Was it just a fashion statement, or did it really give women a sense of freedom and emancipation from standard gender roles? In part two of my series, I will show how bicycles became more useful to women at the time, why they rode them, and what stood in their way.
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The 1890s saw what was called a “bicycle craze” among women. What was this about? Why women, and why then? Was the bicycle movement just fashion, or did it really lead to more freedom for women? Read on to find out more!
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A StoryMap showing how one can find a pastoral ideal right in the urban centers of Worcester.
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