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We're loving
@WhoresofYore
's alt text on this image ๐คฃ (and also loving the image too! ๐) ๐๐๏ธ๐๐
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Folks, we've made it! ๐๐๐๏ธ๐
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When you have a flagellation at 5 but your Go-go dancing gig is at 6 ๐๐๏ธ๐
#MuseumBums
A detail from "The Flagellation of Christ", c1475, by Luca Signorelli. Painted for a church in Fabriano, now in the
@museobrera
in Milan.
Thanks
@alemadoo
for sharing ๐
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We're not familiar with
#EinorBagner
but we heartily approve of their artistic method ๐. ๐๐๏ธ๐
This photo was taken in 1910 and
@kurtrowe
brought it to our attention recently ๐
#MuseumBums
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Can confirm we are indeed real and have been filling twitter with bums since 2018 (our Instagram has been going since 2016!).
We love
@OneTopicAtATime
reaction to discovering us! So full of joy! ๐๐๏ธ๐
See it here!
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So this is ... *checks notes* ... No, yeah, this really is a sad cat caught in the jet stream of a man's fart... ๐ณ. ๐๐๏ธ๐
"Houhi-gassen" is the title of the scroll, created in 1603-1868
#Japan
, meaning "farting competition" ๐คฃ๐ฅฐ
#MuseumBums
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Today,
@wabbey
hosts one of the iconic events of the 21st century.
And one of the choir will be sat on this carved bench showing a woman beating a man's bottom with a birch switch ๐๐๏ธ๐
#MuseumBums
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Blimey! Now the
#CURATORBATTLE
is in
@guardian
! Well done
@YorkshireMuseum
๐๐๐๏ธ๐
@helenrsullivan
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When you start your
#Museum
shift a few minutes early and the statues haven't quite made it back to their plinths yet ๐ฑ๐๐๏ธ๐
#MuseumBums
This is Georg Raphael Donner's "River Traun" at
@belvederemuseum
,
#Vienna
. Thanks for sharing,
@TheBEFS
! ๐
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Imagine pulling this guy up out of the sea! ๐คฏ๐คฉ๐๐๏ธ๐
#MuseumBums
The exquisite Riace Bronzes are rare because most ancient Greek bronze was melted for re-use. Luckily Statue B escaped that by being at the bottom of the sea til 1972!
Thanks
@fi_lor
for the beautiful photos ๐
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Ah, but is it cake? ๐ฐ
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#MuseumBums
Bronze statue of a Hellenistic Prince, 200 BCE, found on the Quirinal in Rome, now at the Palazzo Massimo alle Terme, Rome
Thanks
@understandingrome
for sharing ๐
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Congratulations on surviving 270 years,
@britishmuseum
! ๐๐๏ธ๐๐ฅณ
#MuseumBums
This is the Warren Cup, owned by Edward Warren from 1911, and known by his friends as "The Holy Grail". It was bought by the BM in 1999 for ยฃ1.8m ๐
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Bums we were never expecting to see: Tsar Nicholas II! ๐ฑ๐๐๏ธ๐
These photos are from a digitisation project called
#romanovs100
and were shared with us by
@jayhulmepoet
! ๐
#MuseumBums
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So,
@DCComics
has an Archive Library in
#California
, holding 95% of DC issues. This means we can legit share
@NightWingsButt1
as a
#MuseumBums
๐ฅณ! ๐๐๏ธ๐
#Nightwingsbutt
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We've been doing
#MuseumBums
nearly six years now! ๐ฑ๐๐๏ธ๐
Here's us expertly tracking down and pointing out the bum of the cast of Michelangelo's "David" at
@V_and_A
๐
Thanks
@robwillb
for the photo ๐ฅฐ
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"Omg, I love your helmet!"
"Omg, thanks! I love your shield! So how do you know Kenny?" ๐๐๏ธ๐
#MuseumBums
Recreations of the Riace Bronzes, in polychromy, debunking the myth of whiteness in the classical world at
@metmuseum
Thanks
@vic_griffiths
and
@Sarah404BC
for sharing ๐
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Butt music from hell! ๐คฃ Thanks
@A_Kabaker
for bringing this to our attention ๐๐๏ธ๐
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2021 has been a wild ride, but we managed to share a whole year's worth of beautiful bums, cultural culs and glorious glutes with you! Thank you so much for your likes and support - wishing you all a
#MuseumBums
tastic 2022.
Did your favourite make it into our
#Top9
? ๐๐๏ธ๐
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The trick to sofa shopping is to try out each one and get proper comfy ๐๐๏ธ๐
#MuseumBums
"Naiad", 1815-1823, Antonio Canova, at
@ngadc
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Last-minute costume idea: minimalist tree ๐๐๏ธ๐
#MuseumBums
Thanks
@restot50
for sharing this foliated bum from Museo del Duomo in Milan ๐
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Absolutely adore this photo series from 1948 "Pedestrians looking at a painting of a nude in a shop window", by Robert Doisneau (a pioneer of photojournalism) ๐๐๐๏ธ๐๐๐๐๐๐
#MuseumBums
Thanks
@michaelgrr
for sharing these from Doisneau's
@LIFE
magazine assignment! ๐
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Bernie was pretty sure he'd taken a wrong turn, but it felt rude to get up and leave... ๐๐๏ธ๐
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There's no bum on him, but
#EdwardColston
was a total arse (and then some); we Bristolians are pleased to see the back of him; and he's now bottom up in the harbour. โ๐๏ธ๐.
#BlackLivesMatter
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Happy birthday
@nationaltrust
! Thank you for caring for so many of the nation's
#MuseumBums
๐ฅฐ
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(Photo from
@fountainsabbey
)
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Mandatory deodorant checks were draconian, but they made for a more pleasant gym environment ๐๐๏ธ๐
#MuseumBums
Part of Robert Mapplethorpe's "Wrestler" diptych, 1989, after "Creugas" by Canova, 1794-1796, at
@MuseoCanova
Thanks
@Alabandine2
and
@PeterIntheswim
for sharing ๐
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#happyvalentinesday
โค๏ธ to all you beautiful people, with love from the
#MuseumBums
team! ๐๐๏ธ๐
Hadrian and Antinous were ~200 years too early for valentine's but we're pretty certain they would have spent today looking at each others' butts.
#LGBTHM21
๐๐๏ธ๐ณ๏ธโ๐
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#Museum30
: Who am I? Hello! ๐ We're Jack and Mark and we put museumbums on the internet! ๐๐๏ธ๐
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Phaeton pulls the Sun in his chariot across the sky, so it stands to reason that sometimes you'll see... undercarriage ๐คฃ๐๐๏ธ๐๐โฝโฝ
#MuseumBums
This is a detail from the ceiling at Villa Chiericatia in
#Vicenza
.
Thanks
@artywaldy
for sharing! ๐
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Exciting news! "Museum Bums: Behind the Art" has been picked up for an 8-episode
@NetflixUK
series!! ๐ฑ๐๐๐๏ธ๐๐บ
#MuseumBums
We start filming in June!!
Here's
@jackshoulder
talking Producer George through Frederick Leighton's "The Fisherman and the Syren" at
@bristolmuseum
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Your starter for 10: Which long-running
@bbctwo
quiz show featured a whole picture round of
#MuseumBums
last night? Come on! ๐๐๏ธ๐
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Mr Fully-Clothed over there didn't read the dress code bit of the invitation *tuts* ๐๐๏ธ๐๐
#MuseumBums
This is Edward Casey's "The Race", 1935. Thanks
@least
.auklet for sharing ๐
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This is รatalhรถyรผk Kybele, a c.8000 y/o fertility goddess, excavated in 1961 and on display at the Museum of Anatolian Civilisations in Turkey. We most certainly applaud museums which allow you 360ยฐ views of objects ๐๐๐๏ธ๐
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Our love of bums in museums *hinges* on one thing... they must be *riveting*. ๐คฃ๐๐๏ธ๐
#MuseumBums
This is a 16th century suit of armour from
@Royal_Armouries
. Thanks
@simon_clb
and
@wkj
.arts for sharing ๐
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Truer words were never spoken.
We need "well formed buttocks are suitable for everything" on a tote bag.
And for todays 'research quoted entirely out of context' I give you Philostratus: 'Narrow buttocks are weak, buttocks that are too wide are sluggish, well formed buttocks are suitable for everything.'
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Can museums win awards for dramatic lighting? Those back and butt muscles are positively alpine!! ๐คค๐๐๏ธ๐
#MuseumBums
"Torso of Banovic Strahinja" by Ivan Mestrovic, 1908, at
@V_and_A
Thanks
@richhughesesq
for sharing! ๐
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Think your so original with your thirst trap selfies in your underpants? This one was done in ~1525 ๐๐๏ธ๐
#MuseumBums
Jacopo da Pontormo's "drawing" at
@britishmuseum
. Thanks
@TheDaiLlew
for sharing ๐
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Yesterday was the anniversary Keith Haring's death. He created iconic murals everywhere from public loos to national galleries ๐๐๏ธ๐
#MuseumBums
#LGBTplusHM
This is Tseng Kwong Chi's "Bill T. Jones, body painted by Keith Haring", London, 1983, from Grey Art Gallery in New York
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We're 33/34 years old
And we run a $0M portfolio of
#MuseumBums
.
This is our daily routine:
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Us too, for this very bum ๐ฑ! ๐ซ๐๏ธ๐
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Jules, could you grab the secateurs? My foots caught in your clematis ๐๐๏ธ๐
#MuseumBums
Roberto Bolle and Coco Rocha photographed by
#AnnieLiebowitz
for
@voguemagazine
in 2008
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This would be much easier if we'd ever seen Waldo's bum before ๐ค
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#MuseumBums
An ink drawing on paper by
@nadimzaidi
. Thanks for sharing,
@saatchi_gallery
๐
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Some days you just need to have a good look at Apollo's arse. ๐คฉ๐๐๏ธ๐
Thanks
@SAMAart
๐
#MuseumBums
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Having a bad day? Just spend a minute with the Farnese Hercules' giant thighs, rippling back, and bountiful bottom. Call it mindfulness. ๐งโโ๏ธ๐๐๏ธ๐
#MuseumBums
This one is at Chateau Vaux-le-Licomte, and was shared by
@tkinnel
๐ thanks Timmy!
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Boys' bums at the beach for a little Friday pick-me-up! ๐๐๏ธ๐
#MuseumBums
This is "Together with Friends" by Sergei Sovkov, and that title makes us feel all the feels right now ๐ฅฒ
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Win signed
#MuseumBums
goodies! ๐๐๏ธ๐
Like, follow, & tag a pal to enter (UK only)
1st prize: signed book, calendar, notecards & pinbadge
2nd prize: signed book, calendar & pinbadge
3rd prize: signed calendar & pinbadge
Winners selected at random & announced 11/12/23!
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We think
@MuseeLouvre
did this on purpose. You don't get a quadruple
#MuseumBums
view by chance! ๐๐๏ธ๐๐๐๐
Thanks
@peregrinatio
.fr for photo'ing, and
@michaeljwaldron
for pointing us in their direction! ๐
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It's been a great year for
#MuseumBums
, our
#TopNine2022
has artists like Annie Leibovitz, Tennessee Williams and Keith Haring as well as your ever-lovin' curators of bums. ๐๐๏ธ๐
BTW, Jonathan Bailey is now a huge part of V&A's musicals exhibition, so his bum doubly counts now.
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"You said this leotard was a Medium!!" squeaked Lars. ๐๐๏ธ๐
#MuseumBums
"Hamlet and his Mother", by Nicolai Abdilgaard, c1778 at
@smkmuseum
Thanks
@dominikhhh
for sharing ๐
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It's ok, they've stopped talking about the Super League now! ๐๐๏ธ๐
#MuseumBums
This is 'Couple on Beach' by Alex Colville, 1957, from
@NatGalleryCan
.
Thanks
@CanadaPaintings
for sharing!
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Steps for a successful nudist beach dive: 1) mount the rock, 2) stretch so Archibald gets an eyeful 3) stay there a bit longer than really necessary 4) attempt a graceful but manly dive 5) repeat ๐๐๏ธ๐
#MuseumBums
Suzanne Billet de Flombelle's "The Bathers" (1899-1953) ๐
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The lightning rod for this statue on top of Milan Duomo goes right between his cheeks ๐ฎโก๐๐๏ธ๐
#MuseumBums
Thanks
@icarusprints
for pointing him out ๐
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What is it with the nude blacksmithery ?? ๐ฑ
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If a "museum" can be defined as a collection of cultural artefacts, can we count
@netflix
as a museum and legitimately share Jonathan Bailey's bottom from
@bridgerton
?
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This statue of Zeus is almost perfect... Except for the nipples ๐๐๏ธ๐
#MuseumBums
100-200AD Zeus from
@MuseumLiverpool
's "Return of the Gods" exhibition
Thanks
@KyleGHistory
for sharing ๐
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2 Davids on a 2esday ๐๐๏ธ๐
#MuseumBums
These are casts of Donatello's "David" and Michelangelo's "David" at the
@V_and_A
in London ๐ข๐ข
Photo by
@jackshoulder
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These Art Deco bronze reliefs personify "Power". They're โกelectrifying!โก ๐๐๏ธ๐
#MuseumBums
They are recreations of the original 1920s motifs on the doors of
@BatterseaPwrStn
in
#London
(due to finally re-open next month!)
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The clocks have changed, which means not too long until sunshine, warmth and days at the beach ๐ฅณ
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#MuseumBums
"On the beach", Ilya Mashkov, 1926.
He was expelled from the Moscow School of Art for artistic free-thinking in 1909, by 1924 he was exhibiting in Venice & USA.
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Coming soon! The new MuseumBum Detectormatic! Point at any statue and get a hilarious and educational caption within seconds! RRP ยฃ499.99 ๐๐๐๏ธ๐
#MuseumBums
A conservator hoovering the bum of "Spartacus" by Denis Foyatier at
@MuseeLouvre
Thanks
@peregrinato
.fr for sharing ๐
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We know you've been waiting a long time to see this! Our pinbadges are back!! Wooooooooooo!! Celebrate your appreciation of the most callipygian of
#MuseumBums
with your very own ๐๐๏ธ๐ badge!!
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When you're done with the exercise part of your workout, and now you're on to the looking at yourself in the mirror part ๐๐๏ธ๐
#MuseumBums
This callipygian bronze god is from The Palazzo Massimo, in
#Rome
Thanks for the great photo,
@jonathanizard
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Clever museum design is putting this guy near the cafรฉ so that everyone who walks past subconsciously wants buns ๐คฃ๐๐๏ธ๐
#MuseumBums
This is Diadumenos, 69 ACE, at
@metmuseum
Thanks
@meakoopa
for sharing ๐
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Hermes getting his bag strap caught on the door handle as he leaves Olympus at full speed. ๐๐๏ธ๐๐๐ผโโก๏ธ
#MuseumBums
"Hermes", by Lee Lawrie, 1930, on British Empire Building, 620 Fifth Avenue, Rockefeller Center, New York
Thanks
@gushortiz
for sharing ๐
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