Amy Noel Ellison

@timdotbiz @ZaraAnishanslin Hi Zara! :) It’s true, Portrait of a Woman in Silk is one of my all time favs. Thank you for writing it!

History writing that’s grounded in objects & artifacts captures my imagination & attention far more than the god’s eye view that scans names & dates moving across a map. Makes me excited to read one of my wife’s favorites, Portrait of a Woman in Silk by @ZaraAnishanslin.

Currently reading Marion Turner’s excellent Chaucer: A European Life. Some thoughts:

@cja_bates @mikedoesmuseums @AmPhilSociety @AmRevMuseum Oh wow, that’s really interesting! Will definitely look into this. Thank you for sharing!

@amyknoel @mikedoesmuseums @AmPhilSociety @AmRevMuseum You might be interested in the Parlington Triumphal arch in Leeds, England, built from 1781-1783(?) to celebrate American victory in the War of Independence. Interesting for a Brit to be doing this. 🇬🇧 🇺🇸

Thanks @mikedoesmuseums @AmPhilSociety @AmRevMuseum for pulling this together! Always fun to talk Peale, triumphal arches, and crowds.

@Boston1775 @AmPhilSociety @MHS1791 There was a mixup in the description. This talk is about Peale’s 1784 arch to celebrate the end of the war, not his 1789 arch to celebrate GW.

@AmPhilSociety Boston built its arch for Washington in 1789. (Link from @MHS1791) masshist.org/database/viewe…

In 1789, Philadelphians celebrated the arrival of George Washington with a “Triumphal Arch”—but it nearly ended in disaster. Learn the details in the 2nd installment of #CrowdedHistory with @amyknoel, @mikedoesmuseums, and @AmRevMuseum amphilsoc.org/crowded-history #VisitPhilly

@dianaemarsh @EleanorHarvey @NatGeo @mikedoesmuseums That’s so sad!!

The Chinese paddlefish survived unimaginable changes like the mass extinction that killed the dinosaurs—but it couldn't survive humans on.natgeo.com/2sSIxCl

Thanks for publishing our book on the Peale exhibits and conservation work, @AmPhilSociety!

Opening day! Come to the Los Altos History Museum and check out our new exhibition, Silicon Valley Eats: A Taste for Innovation! #siliconvalleyeats

Curators of the 2018 APS Museum exhibition @amyknoel and @LadyStaircase tell us more about some of the women anthropologists they highlighted in "In Franklin's Footsteps" in their blog post, "The Study of Man (Done by Women)": amphilsoc.org/blog/study-man…

Check out my friend Ali’s blog post on TJ and ground sloths!

Maria Mitchell, the first American woman elected to the APS (1869), was a pioneer in astronomy, education, and equal pay for women. Read more about her fascinating life in this post from Assistant Librarian and Head of Cataloguing, Marian Christ: amphilsoc.org/blog/maria-mit…

I highly recommend applying for this fellowship!

Thanks to the Secrets of Philadelphia site for visiting In Franklin's Footsteps. Check out their review of the exhibition for some highlights, including a field sketch of a "wiggle waggle"-ing polar bear tail by explorer Elisha Kent Kane secretsofphiladelphia.com/2018/08/12/tre…

Very proud of this new book, pub in spring 2019: a graphic novel on Humboldt’s 5–year exploration of South America – an intimate portrait of him illustrated by amazing Lillian Melcher & Humboldt’s own diary pages, sketches, drawings & engravings. tinyurl.com/ycs76pq3

From Ben Franklin's library chair to Neil Armstrong’s signed copy of the moon landing transcript, chk out treasures on display at @AmPhilSociety's current exhibit, open now thru Dec 30th! #archivespHL

Check out my blog post on Mildred Cohn, one of the amazing APS Members we got to feature in our current exhibition! twitter.com/amphilsociety/…

'It is a feminist act to preserve stuff that women have done and written' Elizabeth Denlinger, curator NY Pub Lib in Diane Mehta @parisreview The Rare Women in the Rare Book Trade. Obv. reprinting neglected classics diff from collecting original volumes; but not so diff.

Today's reading of the #DeclarationofIndependence, accompanied by George III's response & selections from Abigail Adams & Seneca Falls Declaration of Sentiments. Starring Dir of Scholarly Programs @Adrianna_Link, Librarian Patrick Spero, Curator of Printed Materials @davidjgary

#tbt to c. 1800 when somebody goofed and mislabeled this creepy figurine. One of my favorites from the @AmPhilSociety #museum collections. #aps275

For #NationalAmericanEagleDay we are sharing this eagle drawing by Titian Ramsay Peale for a coin or medallion circa 1835-1836, contributed by @AmPhilSociety - Find this record and more on the DPLA here: bit.ly/2MBLPyI

In case you were wondering, one-third (95 out of 289) of all American Nobel Prizes in the Sciences have been earned by Immigrants to the United States.