This week’s historical highlights include some art, archaeology, and museum news — but let’s start with my two favourite articles.
I enjoyed this short article about a WWII bombing run. “We’ve been hitting targets around Florence for a long time,” the commander continued, broaching the question on everyone’s mind, “but we haven’t actually hit the city itself because approximately ten percent of the world’s art treasures are located right here in Florence.” The commander stared purposefully at the pilots before him, many of whom were still in their late teens. “We’ve got to be very careful.”
Learn a bit more about American documentary photographer Dorothea Lange (you’ve probably seen her famous photograph Migrant Mother). “Her human approach to photography has made her images timeless, and is part of the reason they still resonate today.”
The family home of civil rights activist Medgar Evers has become a national monument.
A sketch nicknamed “Nude Mona Lisa” may have been drawn by da Vinci himself.
A museum of film history will open later this year.
This exhibit focuses on young Irish women who immigrated to NYC.
Earlier this year a research vessel discovered the U.S.S. Wasp, which was sunk by the Japanese in 1942 — lots of photos, if you’re interested.
“Glacier archeology is a field of study that grows as it shrinks…”