IT’S TIME FOR #CURATORBATTLE!

Today’s theme is #BestMuseumBum!

This cracking Roman marble statuette depicts an athlete at the peak of fitness! It may have decorated the town house of one of Eboracum’s wealthier residents. Has someone taken a bite out of this ?

BEAT THAT! pic.twitter.com/N3A6KYz339

— Yorkshire Museum (@YorkshireMuseum) June 26, 2020

Bronze statuette from a steppe aristocracy burial.
Roman provinces. Late 2nd – early 3rd century AD.
Athlete in laurel wreath a with sports ball.
Бронзовая статуэтка из погребения степной аристократии.Римские провинции конец II – начало III века нашей эры.#BestMuseumBum pic.twitter.com/7mNap87kbi

— Азовский музей (@Azov_Museum) July 2, 2020

Museums across the world are competing to find which contains the “best bum” as part of a weekly online competition between the curators. #bestmuseumbum https://t.co/0wibLD20zN

— Asiaville (@AsiavilleNews) July 2, 2020

We raise your athlete and instead give you the bum of a drunken fish. Yes you heard me.

Made by Pamela Mei Yee Leung, it was part of a body of work which married animals and humans together to create mythological creatures with personalities. #BestMuseumBum #CuratorBattle pic.twitter.com/qUAa3NgGcG

— York Art Gallery (@YorkArtGallery) June 26, 2020

Turns out we have a lot of bums and bottoms in our collections.

In the end we decided on two of our oldest so here is the approx. 3,500 year old bum of Egyptian deity Bes and this delightful Peruvian whistle pot bottom from 1350-1500. #CuratorBattle #BestMuseumBum pic.twitter.com/UlD74WedJc

— Aberdeen Uni Museums and Special Collections (@uoacollections) June 26, 2020

Oh butt you haven't seen ours yet. We thought we'd take a crack at this week's #CURATORBATTLE with these peaches @AngleseyAbbey #BestMuseumBum. We can confirm that bottom dusting is an important part of our conservation work. pic.twitter.com/U5LZITXWPp

— National Trust in the East (@East_England_NT) June 26, 2020

You want bums? We've got some bums! We'll start with this "Humorous Cards" because object titles can be hard, but wordplay is always fun. #BestMuseumBum#CURATORBATTLE pic.twitter.com/C7vSTgWTHu

— East Riding Museums (@ERMuseums) June 26, 2020

Спящий Гермафродит
Древний Рим,по греческому оригиналу III-II в.до
Сын Гермеса и Афродиты.Боги,внявшие мольбе влюбленной в него нимфы,соединили их в одно двуполое существо
Sleeping Hermaphroditius
Ancient Rome,Roman work after the Greek model,3rd-2nd century BC#BestMuseumBum pic.twitter.com/ZlhTF0Z2kK

— Эрмитаж / Hermitage (@state_hermitage) June 26, 2020

In honour of #NIW2020 we submit the Bumblebee (Bombus sp.) for this weeks #CURATORBATTLE #bestmuseumbum though floofiest (technical term) bum must surely go to the Bee Hawkmoth (Hemaris tityus) #EntoAtHome #insects #minibeasts pic.twitter.com/zRNj2NBkNz

— Grant Museum of Zoology (@GrantMuseum) June 26, 2020