Quantcast
Channel: Museums – The Public Medievalist
Browsing latest articles
Browse All 4 View Live

Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

Medieval Tourism Bucket List: The Royal Armouries Museum

Sadly, life is too short to see everything you want to see. For those people – historians and non-historians alike—interested in the medieval world, a sort of “bucket list” quickly develops of all the...

View Article



Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

Why you hate that museum, and how to fix it

I hate art galleries. I’ll come out and say it. I have been on far too many class trips, city breaks and dates that end with my feigning interest at minimally-labeled canvasses and trying to find some...

View Article

Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

Unveiling The Cloisters

For someone living in America interested in the Middle Ages, opportunities to see something authentically-medieval in person are rather scarce. There is the Norse settlement in L’Anse Aux Meadows,...

View Article

Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

The Curious Case of the Weapon that Didn’t Exist

Just about everybody interested in the Middle Ages, who has played Dungeons and Dragons, or read historical and fantasy novels knows what a military flail is. It’s one of these: A one-handed military...

View Article
Browsing latest articles
Browse All 4 View Live




Latest Images