The Horniman connects us all with global cultures and the natural environment, encouraging us to shape a positive future for the world we all share.
El Libro De Las Mascaras De Papel Plegado
Language: SpanishMaking origami boxes are so fun. Next time you give a gift, put it in your very own handmade origami box.
Have fun making this great Modular Star. You could even put some LED lights inside to make it glow!
This is a beautiful Kusudama Ball. If you’ve never done origami before, don’t be scared away. Take your time and you too can accomplish this.
RAINBOW LEAF PRINTS- WITH WASHABLE MARKER
By: www.kitchentableclassroom.comRainbow anything is beautiful but these leaf prints combine the colors of the rainbow with the delicate details of leaves for a finished product you just want to keep looking at!
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By: www.hellowonderful.coMake it extra special this year by making your kids this adorable Paper Roll Cat Craft. It’s a great way to recycle paper tubes, is low cost and simple to make with our free template!
HOW TO: PAPER BUTTERFLY GARLAND
By: CINTIAThis pretty paper butterfly garland is a sinch* to make, and it’s likely you have all the materials required sitting in your craft cupboard already.
How to Make Easy Origami Leaves (for Beginners)
By: www.thecraftaholicwitch.comFolding an Origami Leaf can be a great start if you are jumping into the vast world of origami. On top of that, origami leaves have thousands of real-world uses. you can use them as decorations. Hang on the wall or use it as accessories of other origami crafts.
How to Make an Origami Envelope
By: www.cristinacolli.comThis is a simple tutorial for an origami envelope that opens up like a box. You can use it as an envelope for a notecard, of course, but also to wrap small flattish items such as thin notebooks, books, and similar.
These cuties are perfect for the upcoming holiday season — they will fit a little card or giftcard and could be made to coordinate with wrapping paper and add a fun whimsy to a present 🙂
The vellum reinforcing the underside of the doilies makes these darlings looks luxe.
Accordion Envelope Using Paper Bags
By: www.onebuntingaway.blogspot.comThis is a very easy and simple project. It is a little folder where you can fit almost anything flat that you wish to send to your pen pal. And you have a nice envelope made up with all those leftover paper bags
The art of decorating fabric using wax and a dye. The applied wax resists dyes which allows to colour fabric selectively.
This process of waxing and dyeing can be repeated to create more elaborate and colourful designs. After the final dyeing the wax is removed and the cloth is ready for wearing or showing.
This technique originated from Java, Indonesia.
The word batik originates from the Javanese tik and means to dot.
Batik is made either by drawing dots and lines of the resist with a spouted tool called a tjanting, or by printing the resist with a copper stamp called a cap.
The art of decorating cloth in this way, using wax and dye, has been practised for centuries. In Java, Indonesia, batik is part of an ancient tradition, and some of the finest batik cloth in the world is still made there.
Is a popular type of crochet or knitting small, stuffed yarn creatures.
The word is a portmanteau of two Japanese terms: ami, which means “crocheted or knitted” and nuigurumi, meaning “stuffed doll”.
It often takes the form of an animal or fantastical creature with an aesthetic that’s best described as kawaii or cute. Amigurumi vary in size and there are no restrictions about size or look
Is a the ancient art of decorating the skin using henna paste made from the henna dry leaves, originating in ancient India.
Mehndi is a ceremonial art, it is typically applied during weddings – for Muslim and Hindu brides.
Henna is painted on the bride to symbolise joy, beauty, spiritual awakening and offering.
The handicraft originates from Bidar district of Karnataka (India), which is still the chief centre for the manufacture of the unique metalware.
The craft was developed in the 14th century C.E. during the rule of the Bahamani Sultans and is very famous for its amazing metalwork.
Bidriware is made from a blackened alloy of zinc and copper with thin sheets of pure silver.
It undergoes an eight-stage process and due to its striking inlay artwork, bidriware is an important export handicraft of India and is prized as a symbol of wealth.
Vyshyvanka (Ukrainian: “Вишива́нка” [ʋɪʃɪˈʋanka] or “Виши́ванка” [ʋɪˈʃɪʋanka]) is the Ukrainian traditional clothing which contains elements of Ukrainian ethnic embroidery. Usually, it was made of homemade linen which was produced by loom. Local features are usually represented in the shirt’s ornamental pattern.
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The Ashmolean is the University of Oxford’s museum of art and archaeology, founded in 1683. Our world famous collections range from Egyptian mummies to contemporary art, telling human stories across cultures and across time.
Admission fee: Paid
Illusion Art Museum Prague (IAM Prague) is the Czech Republic’s first museum dedicated to illusions and trick art. Visitors play with interactive 3D installations and 2D trick art as they discover how perspective can open up new worlds, while creating fun photos to share with family and friends. Situated in a historic 15th century building on Old Town Square, opposite the Astronomical Clock (Orloj).
Admission fee: Free
The Horniman connects us all with global cultures and the natural environment, encouraging us to shape a positive future for the world we all share.
It has displays of anthropology, natural history and musical instruments, and is known for its large collection of taxidermied animals.
Admission fee: Paid
Norsk Folkemuseum shows how people lived in Norway from 1500 to the present through its collections from around the country,.
Norsk Folkemuseum is Norway’s largest museum of cultural history. The160 buildings in the Open-Air Museum represent different regions in Norway, different time periods, as well as differences between town and country, and social classes. The Gol Stave Church dating from 1200 is one of five medieval buildings at the museum. The contemporary history is presented through exhibitions and documentation projects. Permanent indoor exhibitions include folk art, folk costumes, toys and Sami culture. There is also a variety of temporary exhibitions and audience programs all year round.
Hallingrosa is permanent exhibition of rosemaling
Admission fee: Free
Hallingrosa is the name of a permanent exhibition which displays world-class floral painting – “rosemåling” – with emphasis on the development of the Hallingdal tradition – “hallingrosa”. In Hallingdal there have been several great floral painters during the later centuries. This exhibition contains, among others, works of Herbrand Sata and his sons Nils Bæra and Embrik Bæra, all of them from Ål. The art history of floral painting from the end of the 18th Century is the basis of the exhibition.
Admission fee: Paid
Vesterheim is the national Norwegian-American museum and heritage center, with over 33,000 artifacts, 12 historic buildings, a Folk Art School, and a library and archives. This treasure showcases the most extensive collection of Norwegian-American artifacts in the world.
Vesterheim’s exhibitions explore the diversity of American immigration through the lens of the Norwegian-American experience and highlight the best in historic and contemporary Norwegian folk and fine arts. Vesterheim was named one of “15 Best Small-Town Museums in the U.S.” by the world-respected travel guide, Fodor’s, and USA Today named Vesterheim one of “ten great places in the nation to admire American folk art.”
Admission fee: Free
Queensland Museum is a museum of natural history, cultural heritage, science and human achievement that tells the changing story of Queensland.
Admission fee: Free
Derby Museum and Art Gallery is a museum and art gallery based in Derby, England. It was established in 1879, along with Derby Central Library, in a new building designed by Richard Knill Freeman and given to Derby by Michael Thomas Bass. Wikipedia
Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology
Admission fee: Paid
The Peabody is well known for its significant collections of archaeological and ethnographic materials from around the world, many of which were acquired during the era of European and American expansion, exploration, and colonization.
The Metropolitan Museum of Arts - The Met Cloisters
Admission fee: Paid
The Metropolitan Museum of Art presents over 5,000 years of art from around the world for everyone to experience and enjoy. The Museum lives in two iconic sites in New York City—The Met Fifth Avenue and The Met Cloisters. Millions of people also take part in The Met experience online.
Since its founding in 1870, The Met has always aspired to be more than a treasury of rare and beautiful objects. Every day, art comes alive in the Museum’s galleries and through its exhibitions and events, revealing new ideas and unexpected connections across time and across cultures.
Admission fee: Paid
The Metropolitan Museum of Art presents over 5,000 years of art from around the world for everyone to experience and enjoy. The Museum lives in two iconic sites in New York City—The Met Fifth Avenue and The Met Cloisters. Millions of people also take part in The Met experience online.
Since its founding in 1870, The Met has always aspired to be more than a treasury of rare and beautiful objects. Every day, art comes alive in the Museum’s galleries and through its exhibitions and events, revealing new ideas and unexpected connections across time and across cultures.
Admission fee: Paid
The Royal Ontario Museum (ROM) is a museum of art, world culture and natural history in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is one of the largest museums in North America and the largest in Canada.
With more than 6,000,000 items and 40 galleries, the museum’s diverse collections of world culture and natural history contribute to its international reputation. The museum contains a collection of dinosaurs, minerals and meteorites; Canadian, and European historical artifacts; as well as African, Near Eastern, and East Asian art. It houses the world’s largest collection of fossils from the Burgess Shale with more than 150,000 specimens. The museum also contains an extensive collection of design and fine art, including clothing, interior, and product design, especially Art Deco.
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Admission fee: Paid
Ivan Honchar Museum (National Centre of Folk Culture) is a museum in Kiev, Ukraine showcasing the culture of Ukraine and preserving Ukrainian folk art.
The National Museum of History of Azerbaijan
Admission fee: Paid
The museum expositions and exhibitions reflecting all period of Azerbaijan history. In the library of the museum are more than 80. 000 books, as well as rare journals and newspapers printed in the early of 19th -20th centuries.The museum building is one of the beautiful architectural monuments of Baku. It was built on the basis of chief architect Josef Goslavsky’s project. The mansion was the residence of famous entrepreneur and philanthropist of Hadji Zeynalabdin Tagiyev and since 1920 the building began its activity as a museum.
The museum has more than 2000 exhibits and includes the following departments:[4]
Modern history department, Ethnography department, Department of ancient and medieval history of Azerbaijan, Scientific excursion department, Laboratory for restoration of museum exhibits
Fund of Numismatics: Including the collection of Yevgeni Pakhomov, Art design group, Library
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