Museums and Collections Content / Museums and Collections Content for ºÙºÙÊÓƵ en Victoria Juharyan on the Destruction of Ukrainian Cultural Heritage /news/podcasts-and-shows/the-backdrop/episode/victoria-juharyan-destruction-ulrainian-cultural-heritage Victoria Juharyan discusses the destruction and threat of destruction of Ukraine’s cultural heritage during the Russian invasion. March 31, 2022 - 5:00pm Soterios J Johnson /news/podcasts-and-shows/the-backdrop/episode/victoria-juharyan-destruction-ulrainian-cultural-heritage ‘The Backdrop’ Podcast Features Scholar on the Destruction of Ukrainian Cultural Heritage /arts/blog/backdrop-podcast-features-scholar-destruction-ukrainian-cultural-heritage <p><span><span><span><span><span>The Russian invasion of Ukraine is causing untold suffering and devastation, with thousands of civilians killed and injured and millions of Ukrainians now refugees fleeing for their lives.</span></span></span></span></span></p> <p><span><span><span><span><span>On top of the human toll extracted from Ukraine is the destruction and threat of destruction of Ukraine’s cultural heritage.</span></span></span></span></span></p> April 06, 2022 - 2:42pm Soterios J Johnson /arts/blog/backdrop-podcast-features-scholar-destruction-ukrainian-cultural-heritage Massive Spider Wasp Collection Donated to Bohart Museum /blog/massive-spider-wasp-collection-donated-bohart-museum <p>The&nbsp;<a href="https://bohart.ucdavis.edu/">Bohart Museum of Entomology</a>&nbsp;at ºÙºÙÊÓƵ recently received an unusual gift: 50,000 dead wasps.</p> <p>The collection of more than 50,000 aculeate (stinging) wasp specimens, primarily&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spider_wasp">spider wasps</a>, came from the estate of renowned wasp expert&nbsp;Marius Wasbauer of Brookings, Ore., who died earlier this year. Wasbauer was a retired senior scientist at the California Department of Food and Agriculture and a global expert on wasps, especially spider wasps.</p> June 04, 2021 - 9:59am Andy Fell /blog/massive-spider-wasp-collection-donated-bohart-museum Traveling (Virtually) with the Arts Blog: London /arts/blog/traveling-virtually-arts-blog-London <p><em>As a consolation for not being able to travel the world (or pretty much anywhere) this summer, the Arts Blog will take you beyond our regional museum virtual tours and visit across the globe. In this first installment, we go to London, England. Don't miss the Natural History Museum's particularly realistic tours. And, you can get to the royal dinner party a bit early and see a set table in the tour of royal homes below.</em></p> July 21, 2020 - 4:13pm Karen Michele Nikos /arts/blog/traveling-virtually-arts-blog-London