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Laura Peers

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Curator and historian. Museum repatriation and provenance consultant. Happiest in museums, archives, outdoors. www.laurapeers.com.

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7 chapters, intro, conclusion: DRAFT FINISHED! now on to fact checking and then a brief rest before the final polish.

12.11.2025 17:33 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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26.08.2025 13:43 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Restoring Truth and Sanity to American History By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered: Section 1.ย  Purpose and

This is vile, though not the first time the Smithsonian has been targeted by right wing idiots. We need to strategize how to continue memory and heritage work with diverse communities during such attacks. www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...

28.03.2025 13:50 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Exciting new MA in Arts Management at Trent starting next year: applications starting now!

20.03.2025 18:41 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Pres AndrewJackson (!) was offered a coffin thought to have held a Roman emperor.His reply "I cannot consent my mortal body shall be laid in a repository prepared for an Emp. or a King; my republican feelings & principles forbid it,the simplicity of our system of government forbids it". A message?

21.02.2025 13:56 ๐Ÿ‘ 192 ๐Ÿ” 33 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 8 ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
Exhausted by the news, the Fox of Greenwich Village had gone to see an exhibition of watercolours by Thomas Moran at the Met. He walked listlessly from painting to painting, his mind churning over the morning paper, the violent rives torn daily in the fragile veil of democracy by men so monstrous that their very souls had fled their mortal frames. Wiping away a sudden tear, he reached the final landscape and was abruptly, unexpectedly, spellbound. 
A fiery sunset over the ocean, a study so slight and yet so skilful, so beautiful, so ephemeral,  it sent shivers all the way to the end of his white-tipped tail and his long elegant whiskers.  
He moved closer to read the faint pencil inscription, suddenly desperate to know which sea, which eternal sky had been captured in those delicate washes of paint. 
And there it was, in the artist's clear and distinctive hand: "T. Moran, 1883. The Gulf of Mexico."

Exhausted by the news, the Fox of Greenwich Village had gone to see an exhibition of watercolours by Thomas Moran at the Met. He walked listlessly from painting to painting, his mind churning over the morning paper, the violent rives torn daily in the fragile veil of democracy by men so monstrous that their very souls had fled their mortal frames. Wiping away a sudden tear, he reached the final landscape and was abruptly, unexpectedly, spellbound. A fiery sunset over the ocean, a study so slight and yet so skilful, so beautiful, so ephemeral, it sent shivers all the way to the end of his white-tipped tail and his long elegant whiskers. He moved closer to read the faint pencil inscription, suddenly desperate to know which sea, which eternal sky had been captured in those delicate washes of paint. And there it was, in the artist's clear and distinctive hand: "T. Moran, 1883. The Gulf of Mexico."

21.02.2025 14:18 ๐Ÿ‘ 272 ๐Ÿ” 81 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 13 ๐Ÿ“Œ 9
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20.02.2025 18:05 ๐Ÿ‘ 1227 ๐Ÿ” 133 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 20 ๐Ÿ“Œ 10
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The Story of Us Trump discussing taking control of the National Archives. Plus: a thank you.

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www.thebulwark.com/p/the-story-...

07.02.2025 08:06 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 3 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

congrats team PRM!

04.02.2025 02:05 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

The news about this guy just gets worse and worse

17.01.2025 13:02 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0