We're two days into the #MuseumWeek campaign across Instagram and Twitter, and museum accounts are overflowing with tidbits of info from Los Angeles's best institutions (as well as those around the world), sharing secret details and behind-the-scenes looks at the treasures in their collections. Taking a page from our friends at Curbed NY, we've combed through to find the coolest revelations.
Pasadena's Norton Simon Museum explained how a restoration effort led to the discovery that a Seventeenth Century Dutch painting had been altered to make it look like a man in the foreground was sitting on a stool, when in fact he was "answering a call to nature"; the Natural History Museum gave Twitter a three-part glimpse into its "pelt vault." LACMA, the Getty Center, and more also revealed some cool insider intel.
This 100-y.o. museum has some amazing secrets. Did you know our mammalogy dept houses a pelt vault? (1/3) #secretsmw pic.twitter.com/yoRhMsHE7G
— NHMLA (@NHMLA) March 28, 2016
The vault holds 2500+ large mammal specimens. From cats+canines to wolverines+zebras—even a giraffe #secretsmw (2/3) pic.twitter.com/bwZnZj8rvx
— NHMLA (@NHMLA) March 28, 2016
It's an invaluable research resource, from studying zebra stripes to illustrating field guides #secretsmw (3/3) pic.twitter.com/xnKkVXEshJ
— NHMLA (@NHMLA) March 28, 2016
SECRET COMPARTMENTS. Need we say more? https://t.co/9HkpKM06cb #SecretsMW #MuseumWeek
— J. Paul Getty Museum (@GettyMuseum) March 28, 2016
In 1983, the Broads traded their van Gogh drawing for Robert Rauschenberg's Untitled, 1954 (On view!). #secretsMW pic.twitter.com/efgLMWFR9M
— The Broad (@TheBroad) March 29, 2016
We used a hairdryer to create an extraterrestrial impact on the 7-ton salt bed lying in the West Gallery #secretsMW pic.twitter.com/DF97fjZ1E7
— USC Fisher Museum (@fishermuseum) March 28, 2016
#BTS look at how a mannequin is dressed for our upcoming #ReigningMen exhibition: https://t.co/7Th6eN9n5c #secretsMWhttps://t.co/p134RrT4O8
— LACMA (@LACMA) March 28, 2016
Each of our sculptures in storage has its own preferred sleeping position. #secretsMW pic.twitter.com/gKmswkEcaU
— Hammer Museum (@hammer_museum) March 28, 2016
Robert Therrien's Under the Table was the first artwork delivered and installed at The Broad. #secretsMW pic.twitter.com/vd1PfTSK37
— The Broad (@TheBroad) March 29, 2016
LIVE on #Periscope: Literally Anything at the Getty: Our Tiniest Manuscript #MuseumWeek https://t.co/MYUtNHdfBk
— The Getty (@thegetty) March 29, 2016
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