Age Quote by William Buckland

Geologists complain that when they want specimens of the common rocks of a country, they receive curious spars; just so, historians give us the…

— Richard Whately

“Museums hold collections in trust for future generations. It is our responsibility to see that these objects—representing the cultural heritage of more than 8,000…

— Holly Witchey

Different cultural and geological references inspire the collection as seen in ancient tribes and tradition,

— Lubov Azria

Some of our greatest historical and artistic treasures we place in museums; others, we take for walks.

— Roger Caras

[Geology] may be looked upon as the history of the earth's changes during preparation for the reception of organized beings, a history, which has…

— Edward Forbes

He who seeks to approach his own buried past must conduct himself like a man digging. . . . He must not be afraid…

— Walter Benjamin

“We know we are a species obsessed with itself and its own past and origins. We know we are capable of removing from the…

— Kathleen Jamie

Antiquities, or remnants of history, are, as was said, tanquam tabula naufragii: when industrious persons, by an exact and scrupulous diligence and observation, out…

— Francis Bacon

What I think about when I frequent the Museum of Natural History, the Metropolitan [Museum of Art], and I look at these artifacts that…

— Nick Cave

It gives liberty and breadth to thought, to learn to judge our own epoch from the point of view of universal history, history from…

— Henri Frederic Amiel

Archaeology can be overlooked as a discipline, I think, but it's incredibly important to have this other way of approaching the past - not…

— Alice Roberts

The noble science of Geology loses glory from the extreme imperfection of the record. The crust of the earth with its embedded remains must…

— Charles Darwin