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The Mummy of a Man: WONDER 10.08.2026 2:11 ↓

The great care taken to send this man, Bashiri, off to an optimal afterlife destination is inspiring to me and my own beliefs about how to mourn well.

The Mummy of a Man: THINK 10.08.2026 7:11 ↓

Learn about the mummification process and what that process meant in Egyptian beliefs about the afterlife.

The Mummy of A Man: LOOK 10.08.2026 1:57 ↓

Yes, this is a real, human mummy!

Law Code of Hammurabi: WONDER 08.08.2026 1:35 ↓

Justice for all is precious and precarious--Hammurabi sends quite the set of curses to any who treat it lightly.

Law Code of Hammurabi: THINK 08.08.2026 5:29 ↓

An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth...

Law Code of Hammurabi: LOOK 08.08.2026 1:06 ↓

This is more than a rock!

Money Changers: WONDER 08.08.2026 1:07 ↓

This is a 16th-century invitation to question our attention economy.

Money Changers: THINK 08.08.2026 5:35 ↓

We stand as customers of money-changers, and Metsys quietly gives us moralizing commentary on this fixation of material wealth.

Money Chanagers: LOOK 08.08.2026 2:00 ↓

Textures and Details lure us in this everyday scene of life during the Northern Renaissance.

Oath of the Horatii: *WONDER* 17.06.2026 2:45 ↓

Lessons learned from the Horatii brothers and sisters.

Oath of the Horatii: *THINK* 17.06.2026 7:38 ↓

This painting was like a lit dynamite stick to the French Revolution.

Lacemaker: *WONDER* 15.06.2026 1:50 ↓

There's no place like home.

Lacemaker: *THINK* 15.06.2026 5:10 ↓

During the Dutch Golden Age, 5-10 million artworks were produced for an audience who cared about home

Lacemaker: *LOOK* 15.06.2026 1:41 ↓

We are drawn into a space of one shows us the beauty of quiet focus.

Louis XIV: *WONDER* 11.06.2026 1:54 ↓

History teaches us that rigid rule and control of a ruler, while tidy, does not acknowledge the human right to choose.

Louis XIV: *THINK* 11.06.2026 5:17 ↓

All roads lead to the Versailles and the rule of Louis XIV. 

Louis XIV: *LOOK* 11.06.2026 2:38 ↓

A luxe oil painting worthy of the king.

Lamassu: *WONDER* 11.06.2026 1:50 ↓

The Lamassu are our guides through the transition spaces of this thresholds--what other types of thresholds do we pass through that hold meaning for us?

Lamassu: *THINK* 11.06.2026 1:58 ↓

These animals flanked doorways of special spaces in the Assyrian Empire.

Lamassu: *LOOK* 11.06.2026 2:00 ↓

This groovy combo creature gives us so much to look at.

Seated Scribe: *WONDER* 10.06.2026 2:26 ↓

This scribe asks us: would we want our role in life continue on for the eternities?

Seated Scribe: *THINK* 10.06.2026 5:20 ↓

This sculpture teaches us about the role of preservation in Egyptian culture.

Seated Scribe: *LOOK* 10.06.2026 2:04 ↓

We see the phenomenal preservation of this Ancient Egyptian scribe--don't forget to look at his eyes!

Venus de Milo: *WONDER* 08.06.2026 5:34 ↓

This sculpture brings up the bigger question: When is a sculpture nude and when is it just naked?