My day so far... reviewing care and conservation plans and researching whether there are any hazardous materials in collections... #Museums #MuseumCollections #Yikes
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My day so far... reviewing care and conservation plans and researching whether there are any hazardous materials in collections... #Museums #MuseumCollections #Yikes
Isn’t it time this was returned to #CanterburyCathedral?#Repatriation of #MuseumCollections
Villa Finale can be quite peaceful. #historichousemuseums #museumcollections #trustsites #sanantonio #curatorial
Have you ever taken a self-guided tour of Villa Finale? #historichousemuseums #sanantonio #trustsites #museumcollections #kingwilliamhistoricdistrict
That Napoleon can't help himself! But you can: treat yourself to a visit to Villa Finale. We have lots to see! #historichousemuseums #kingwilliamhistoricdistrict #museumcollections #sanantonio ##napoleonbonaparte
Probably a must for journal clubs at Natural History Museums. I will present for the CEG group will take up Letsch et al. (2025) 'Type Genomics: A Framework for Integrating Genomic Data into Biodiversity and Taxonomic Research' upcoming Tuesday.
doi.org/10.1093/sysb...
#museumcollections #zoology
Art is not always serious. #museumcollections #trustsites #sanantonio #kingwilliamhistoricdistrict #humor
Reassessing a #Holocene #extinction: Multiple lines of evidence do not support the historical presence and recent extirpation of a protected anole on the Island of Anguilla zslpublications.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... #museumcollections #archivalDNA Résumé aussi en #français
Happy #HumanRightsDay! 🎉
Human rights are the core of the TOWCHED project, focusing specifically on the right to education, cultural rights, and the rights of the child. 👧🏽👦🏼
#MuseumCollections #SDG #EducationforSustainableDevelopment #museums #MyDayMyRights #ForEveryChild
A different kind of #FindsFriday!
We’ve just received 20 second-hand, acid-free archive boxes to help repackage and protect our archaeological collections to museum standards, improving storage at Maidstone.
Thanks to AIM and The Pilgrim Trust for supporting this work!
#MuseumCollections 🏺
Project Assistant – University of Oxford, UK
GLAM Move Project – Museum Collections Handling & Relocation
Deadline: 5 January 2026
Details: higherjobz.com/project-assi...
#AcademicJobs #MuseumCollections #EuropeJobs #CareerOpportunity #ProjectRole #MuseumStudies @ox.ac.uk
…over a century earlier. They are part of local history having been saved at the time of the reformation. When I see them I think of the men and women who made them and the skills they must have had.”
#TowneleyBehindTheScenes
#Burnleyhistory
#Museumcollections
#Vestments
…..the property. Fascinating!”
#TowneleyBehindTheScenes
#Burnleyhistory
#Museumcollections
#Daisywheels
Fully funded PhD for UK students working wt me at @uniofreading.bsky.social, Prof Ken Norris @nhm-london.bsky.social & @btobirds.bsky.social
Application deadline 12 Jan 2026 & further details in link below
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
#birds 🐦 #phenology🌿🌏 #museumcollections #AI #LLM
…battlefield, it is said that Cromwell helped her try to find her husband's body to bring home.”
#Burnleyhistory
#Museumcollections
#BattleofMarstonMoor
In 1564 he published his ‘Monas hieroglyphica’ where he presented a single mathematical-magical symbol as the key to unlocking the unity of nature.
#TowneleyBehindTheScenes
#Burnleyhistory
#Museumcollections
….collection by Professor John Garstang.”
#TowneleyBehindTheScenes
#Burnleyhistory
#Museumcollections
#Egyptology
We're all batty about this! We hope to 🥸 you Saturday, October 11, at the Museum.
#spookyscience #freakyfinds #museumcollections #thingstodoinflagstaff
…Richard lived at Towneley Hall until his death in 1707. This sundial on the Southwestern corner of the building commemorates him and his remarkable achievements”.
#TowneleyBehindTheScenes
#Burnleyhistory
#Museumcollections
#RichardTowneley
We encourage responses from anyone who works with collections, whether in a paid or volunteer capacity. Read our guidance to starting the conversation in your organisation and submit your response by 11 December via our survey 👇
#MuseumCollections #EmpoweringCollections
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…..sculpture. I could feel the light through the marble it looked so serene.”
#TowneleyBehindTheScenes
#Burnleyhistory
#Museumcollections
This Sunday, 21st September is #AskACurator or #AskaMuseum day so, in the run up do comment below with your questions for our curator or for any of our friends at museums in Kent!
#askacurator #askamuseum #Curator #Collections #Museumlife #museumcollections
#MetropolitanMuseumJournal #ArtHistory #MuseumStudies #PeerReviewed #TheMet #CallForPapers #ArtResearch #ArtHistoryScholarship #MuseumCollections (6/6)
How Much Wood Could a Museum Collect? Much More Than a Woodchuck Could!
#Archives #museums #MuseumCollections
www.smithsonianmag.com/blogs/nation...
…scene of strong emotions that can be understood by a person who watches it. It’s fantastic, and all this created by a painter in 1850 that’s why I love this painting.”
#TowneleyBehindTheScenes
#Burnleyhistory
#Museumcollections
#Museummemories
#Workexperience
Was Amelia Earhart’s plane finally been found?
A deep-sea exploration team may have located wreckage in the Pacific that matches her lost Lockheed Electra.
History doesn’t always stay buried.
tinyurl.com/2s4jtrp7
#AviationHistory #MuseumCollections #AmeliaEarhart
So is my #V&A blog post on collecting an early object of #genAI and how popular magazines help us tell stories about more intangible things in #museumcollections:
www.vam.ac.uk/blog/museum-...
Archaeologists in Jerusalem just uncovered a 1,300-year-old gold ring—possibly worn by a child. Intricate. Mysterious. Human.
Even the smallest artifacts can carry the biggest stories.
tinyurl.com/5zk2tb5u
#Archaeology #MuseumCollections #MaterialCulture