David Hopes

A complete coincidence that this gathering of English Civic Museums Network colleagues was outside a pub #museums2025 @museumsassociation.org

Not sure how I feel about this...

Sonic Heritage - the sounds of the world's most famous sights Sonic Heritage is a global tour to examine the role sound plays in the UNESCO-listed spaces deemed the world’s most culturally significant.

Happy #WorldHeritageDay 2025! I really like this project to record the sound of heritage places citiesandmemory.com/heritage/

A burst of beauty this afternoon at the exquisite Lady Lever Gallery 🤩

This now added to my list of favourite impersonator names #mancsinatra

This morning at Temple Newsam 🤩

Guess where?!

Toledo didn't disappoint, particularly the beautiful Museo del Greco 🤩

Buy a Temple Newsam tote bag, see the world! 🌎 @museodelprado.es

A glorious Saturday morning in Madrid exploring the Sakiko Nomura show at the Fundacion Mapfre

Jobs at Ellisland - Ellisland Museum & Farm We don't always have roles available, but we will update this page with any vacancies at Ellisland Museum and Farm.

An exciting time to join the project team at Ellisland - please share! www.ellislandfarm.co.uk/about/jobs-a...

Rethink - Rethink... museums - BBC Sounds What are museums for?

Great discussion here about the future of museums with @benansell.bsky.social @tonybutler1.bsky.social @stephenkb.bsky.social Sara Wajid and Sharon Ament.

Culture, community and cash at the heart of the debate. Give it a listen.

www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

Miffy's 70th Birthday Leeds City Museum | 7 Feb - 7 Sept 2025 | An exhibition celebrating 70 years of miffy and Dick Bruna's artwork in Leeds..

Today we opened Miffy’s 70th Birthday at Leeds City Museum @leedsmuseums.bsky.social 🐰

museumsandgalleries.leeds.gov.uk/pQdMnCd/miff...

Lovely evening at @I_W_M North for the opening of Chila Burman's awesome new show

Guess who forgot to buy neeps and tatties? Happy #BurnsNight all the same!

One of my new year's resolutions is to see this place: www.ft.com/content/4fa9...

Access in Museums Conference Join us in Leeds for the first national Access in Museums Conference.

Join us in Leeds for the first national Access in Museums Conference.

In partnership with @gem-heritage.bsky.social and YAMN (Yorkshire Accessible Museums Network).

museumsandgalleries.leeds.gov.uk/whats-on/112...

I've just finished reading Blair's On Leadership. Found it insightful and useful. Enjoy!

So sorry to hear of the passing of Gavin Sprott. As a young curator, he was a role model. Intelligent, gracious, funny. Pride and Passion, which he co-produced in 1996, remains one of my favourite exhibitions on Burns. Thank you, Gavin

Leeds Museums and Galleries Online Shop Explore Leeds Museums and Galleries products, inspired by our 8 venues, exhibitions and our collection of over 1.3 million objects.

Delighted to announce that @leedsmuseums.bsky.social new online shop is now up and running so follow this link and have a browse www.shopleedsmuseums.co.uk And massive thank you to all those amazing staff that have made this happen 🙂

Leeds Museums & Galleries are consulting on changes to the service in response to Leeds City Council facing unprecedented financial challenges.

There are two proposals, which are now out for public consultation ⬇️

Gorgeous skies this morning over Manchester 🤩

Limbs in the Loch: Catching a Killer On a cold December morning, the limbs of a young man are discovered in Loch Lomond, sparking an international man hunt. The inside story of a macabre murder that shocked Scotland.

A chilling reminder of what happened in my hometown 25 years ago. Beggs clearly a monster, but the documentary shows too what can happen when societal homophobia leads to self hatred www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...