Links

Links to some of our kindred spirits:

History

• Alternate Histories Rob Murray’s cartoon series from History Today.
• American Wiseass History Comedy From the History Channel (really).
• Ask a Slave: A a new comedy web series hosted by the housemaid to George and Martha Washington.
• The Captioned Adventures of George Washington on Lady History’s tumblr page.
• Chris White Answers Profound Questions About the Presidents Chris White once drove three hours out of his way to see the spot where William McKinley was shot.
• Dawn of Time Webcomic about Bubba the Caveman and his Chimp friend Milo.
• Drunk History is making history.
• Drunk History Same as above, but on Comedy Central.
• Epic Rap Battles of History
• Founding Boys US History has never looked this immature.
• Funny Religious History of West Europe
• Future History Channel Shows The title says it all.
• Hark! A Vagrant Verily worth the time.
• The History Channel Sucks Now Facebook page.
• History Major Heraldic Beast Those who forget the past are doomed to fail the midterm.
• History In a Bar History stops for a drink, explained by a computer.
• History Satires YouTube videos by George Streeter.
• History Teachers Channel Music Videos to Make Teaching History Fun.
• I Made America Follows six Founding Fathers who are kidnapped from their time and brought to 2012 to be used as props in the election.
• Jeff Martin’s War of 1812 A weekly web-comic featuring the misadventures of John and George, two fearless men of the Canadian militia.
• Johnson & Boswell The adventures of Samuel Johnson and James Boswell through history.
• Laughing Historically shows you that history is funnier than you remember from high school.
• Lieblingsfachful’s Channel Horrible History Episodes and other fun stuff.
• Lileks.com New perspectives on 1920s-1970s advertising, ephemera, and design (there’s a LOT here).
• Mr. Peabody and Sherman A few full episodes.
• Next Week In History With Jesse Joyce.
• The Onion’s Extremely Accurate History of the Internet The Onion has collected decades of research, corralled hundreds of experts, and clicked millions of mouse buttons to bring you the most definitive and most important video series in the world.
• Originalos [Blank] Years Before the Invention of [Blank].
• Stuff That Must Have Happened What-If History On Cracked.
• Who Is Tippecanoe? The Triumph of William Henry Harrison.

Museums

• Art Handlin’ Art Handling & Exhibitions Humor.
• Attendant’s View or It Shouldn’t Happen to a Gallery Assistant (also check out their Tumblr page).
• B.R. Cohen’s Days at the Museum Standing athwart the doors of the knowledge-increasing and -diffusing Institute and dodging humidity-addled tourists, this dispatch will record the ins and outs of muggy days in America’s attic.
• The Conservator – Versus Life . . . . . . A comical look into the world of cultural conservation versus the rest of the world
• Curate Meme Where Curators Curate Memes about Curation.
• Hey Girl. I Love Museums Ryan Gosling, museum lover.
• It Is What It Is Todd Balthazor’s webcomic based on his experience as a guard at the Walker Art Center.
• Lord It’s the Samurai Exhibit site from the Asians Art Museum of San Francisco, a parody exhibit site of the Asian Art Museum’s Lords of the Samurai exhibit (complete with a side by-side-comparison of the anatomy of a parody).
• Museum of Bad Art The world’s only museum dedicated to the collection, preservation, exhibition and celebration of bad art.
• Museums Suck “Hire Me Or You’re Doomed” and Other Useful Advice For a Decreasingly Relevant Industry. Curator’s Comment: this site has closed, but we are keeping it on the list in tribute to its memory.
• People Behaving Appropriately in Art Museums It actually happens.
• Rangers Pointing At Things The title says it all.
• Registrar Humor from Registrar Trek.
• Ryan Gosling, Arts Administrator A Companion to “Hey Girl, I Love Museums” (see above).
• Tacky Tourist Photos Tacky Places. Tacky Poses. Tacky Things.
• When You Work At a Museum as related in GIFs.
• When You Work At a Nonprofit the experience captured in GIFs.

Art

• Artnose an impartial and insightful news website for the art world.
• Duggoons Artoons by Peter Duggan.
• The GIF Connoisseur is a connoisseur of GIFS.
• Historic LOLs Captioned portraits of yore.
• Ikea b4-XVI Tipes and tricks to redecorate your house, all from before 1650.
• Museum of Selfies It all started when my friend aka. right hand and I went to the National Gallery of Denmark in Copenhagen.
• Pearls of Girls can’t stop collecting images of Vermeer’s Girl with a Pearl Earring.
• Ugly Renaissance Babies The kids aren’t all right.
• What They See You visit museums to see works of art. Have you ever wondered what they see instead?
• WTF Art History For everyone interested in art history who has asked, WTF?

Reenacting

• The Best of Reenactor Memes A Facebook Page.
• JonahWorld! Home of Jonah Begone, Scourge of Civil War Reenacting.
• The Journal of Constant Belcher The newly discovered journal of a common soldier of the American Revolution.
• Mal Adroit Jonah Begone’s Pard (see JonahWorld! above).