Judith Barr

The Getty Museum released a free online book on researching Mediterranean antiquities’ provenance, featuring collection case studies and research methods and resources. Co-author Judith Barr has spoken in our provenance research training programs. Read more: buff.ly/J86LfUF Image: the Getty Museum

and people say baseball is a sport where nothing happens

Super interesting thread with parallels for similar imagined, exotic landscapes in decorative schemes of the ancient Med!

every sport has a fun term for a weird little oddball occurrence. basketball has the wedgie, where the ball gets stuck between the rim and backboard. football has the doink, where a kick bounces off a goal post. baseball has baseball games

In my latest for @science.org, I tackle an ancient crime scene. The verdict: the first direct proof that lizards could shed their tails 99 million years ago. www.science.org/content/arti...

Delighted to make the acquaintance of the Duveen staff diaries now held @gettymuseum.bsky.social [GRI Special Collections]

Wanna introduce Roman trade to your class 🌍? I’ve noted it before but 1 of the most engaged activities I do all year is to have students make budgets from a salary I give them & using prices from Diocletian’s Price Edict (301 CE). Then they have to figure out how to ship it using Orbis.Stanford.edu.

Our more in-depth story on the sudden shut down of Chronicle Heritage. I talk to a handful of employees who recount their experience and concerns following the company’s dissolution. Many worry about the thousands of artifacts still in Chronicle’s care. #Archaeology #CRM 🧪🏺 New at @science.org

Having to pinch myself every time I go to a scholar’s event at the GRI this year because I cannot overstate how phenomenal the folks and projects are— so grateful to everyone who’s worked to bring the provenance cohort together. www.getty.edu/projects/get...

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How do you show a whole digitized book in one thumbnail? Modern books have illustrated covers, but in research collections the cover is often a plain library binding. So I made Flipbook: hover over a book from any #IIIF source and flip through its pages. hadro.github.io/flipbook/ #GLAMsky 📚📜

New papyrology curator job in Oxford/London! As part of rebuilding its HQ, the @theees.bsky.social is establishing the Grenfell & Hunt Papyrology Centre, for which it is hiring a new curator (initially to be located in Oxford). See full details here: www.ees.ac.uk/resource/we-...

Today, DZK published our research guide „Tracing Loot from the ‚Boxer War‘ (1900-1901) in China“. Seven German Museums and the Beijing Palace Museum contributed insights of their joint provenance research on chinese collections in Germany.(1/2) perspectivia.net/receive/pnet...

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The museum and Ethiopian authorities will jointly research the provenance of about 380 objects collected by Hong Kong-based hedge fund manager Robert McCarthy.

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In the latest review on the American Archivist Reviews Portal, Cheryl Oestreicher reviews "Artistic Provenance Research," edited by Tal Adler and Sharon Macdonald. Read the full review here: https://ow.ly/jOs350ZJz8H

Provenance Research for Mediterranean Antiquities: Methods & Resources / @jebarr.bsky.social Nicole Budrovich David Saunders www.getty.edu/publications... #openaccess @gettymuseum.bsky.social

More to say but, mostly he's just the best. www.theatlantic.com/culture/2026...

Attention Philadelphia! We're hosting a rally to demand that Drexel University maintain The Academy of Natural Sciences Museum open to the public. Join us on Tuesday morning at 10am in front of the academy. Please spread the word, we need all hands on deck! RSVP here: luma.com/1qwnrqz2

A new peer-reviewed scholarly series and research programme launched by Éditions Pigouchet (Paris) www.pigouchet.com/biblioclasm-...

We all need to start writing emails with the same attitude Gregory the Great had when writing letters. Whenever someone fails to answer my email I will henceforth begin my message with "Greetings, Your Negligence".

baseball teams only do this when they are very stressed 😞

@ebeck51.bsky.social fixed our book cover 🙏

Surreal to hold this after so many years. Out in print and as an open access publication from @gettymuseum.bsky.social in September 2026. www.getty.edu/publications...

Me, constantly www.newyorker.com/cartoon/a28954

100% funnier to see it in the print edition

we did it, joe. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/18/s...

this hat is due to true love, ok

Gosh darn it but I love baseball

This week's astonishing artifact is a Neolithic Jōmon vessel known as "ka'en doki" whose purpose is still unknown. 🧪🏺 www.livescience.com/archaeology/...

📖 Newly published! The project's chapter in the Oxford Handbook of Digital Classical Studies, edited by Elton Barker, Olympia Bobou, and Rubina Raja, is now available online. The printed volume of the Handbook is scheduled to appear on 14 September. doi.org/10.1093/9780...