Italian Instruments

Photographs of beautiful instruments disfigured by ugly watermarks. Quite why, I don't know. Does the image have some sort of value that is retained by the museum because it is distributed with their watermark on it? I just don't get it. Link…

Virtual Collection of Masterpieces

Interesting objects and stories. [You have to install Microsoft Silverlight] Link…

Deer Scroll

A 72ft (22m) long painting featuring 13th-century Japanese poetry. Very cool. Link… [flash]

Russian Exhibitions

Architectural sketches of exhibition pavilions from 1775 to 1970. [previously] Link…

Iraq 1961

A guide book: The land between two rivers. Link…

Treasures

Objects from the National Museum of Japan (I think this is genuine, although I find it a little surprising that they would misspell 'Treasures' and 'Important' on their front page). Link…

Cryptography

A large collection of vintage cryptography equipment and paraphernalia. Link…

Eugen Sandow

Born Friedrich Wilhelm Mueller in Konigsberg, on April 25, 1867. His father was a greengrocer and his mother was a Russian emigrant. In his teens, he ran off and joined a circus, where as a naturally athletic youth with a well-developed sense of balance he took to acrobatics. In Brussels around 1887, Louis Durlacher (Atilla) recognized the young man's potential and decided to turn his young pupil into the star he had never become. At this point, Mueller changed his name to "Eugen Sandow" and under Attila's tutelege began progressive weight training. Link…

Hellenica

All things Greek, including information about Aitna tetradrachm, the world's most valuable coin. Link…

Cylinders and Discs

Do you want to know what this sounds like? Then click here. A collection of old gramophones with video and sound files. Link…

Royal Armoury

The Swedish Royal Armoury is in a cellar vault beneath the Royal Palace in Stockholm. The armoury dates from the very beginning of the royal house of Vasa in the early 16th century. Link…