Knife-shaped coins from the Liaoning region, China, and the northern part of the Korean Peninsula. Warring States Period c. 401–221 BCE. #archaeology #numismatics #museumcollections
May 4, 2025 at 3:10 AM
Knife-shaped coins from the Liaoning region, China, and the northern part of the Korean Peninsula. Warring States Period c. 401–221 BCE. #archaeology #numismatics #museumcollections
Another #FindsFriday: Iron Age pottery repaired in antiquity!
These fragments from KARU’s Isle of Grain excavations were drilled with flint and tied with plant fibres or animal gut.
Found similar pottery repairs in your projects or collections? Let us know!
#Archaeology #MuseumCollections
These fragments from KARU’s Isle of Grain excavations were drilled with flint and tied with plant fibres or animal gut.
Found similar pottery repairs in your projects or collections? Let us know!
#Archaeology #MuseumCollections
May 22, 2026 at 9:00 AM
Another #FindsFriday: Iron Age pottery repaired in antiquity!
These fragments from KARU’s Isle of Grain excavations were drilled with flint and tied with plant fibres or animal gut.
Found similar pottery repairs in your projects or collections? Let us know!
#Archaeology #MuseumCollections
These fragments from KARU’s Isle of Grain excavations were drilled with flint and tied with plant fibres or animal gut.
Found similar pottery repairs in your projects or collections? Let us know!
#Archaeology #MuseumCollections
Harpalinae, one of the largest subfamilies of beetles in the world with ~19,000 species, but not as you know it! #taxonomy #systematics #entomology #MuseumCollections resjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Beetles, barcodes and big data: A deep dive into the phylogeny of Harpalinae (Carabidae)
The largest phylogenetic study of the Carabidae to date is provided with a focus on the Harpalinae. Using novel mitogenomes with a site-based approach combined with data mining from GenBank and BOLD...
resjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
April 9, 2026 at 1:12 PM
Harpalinae, one of the largest subfamilies of beetles in the world with ~19,000 species, but not as you know it! #taxonomy #systematics #entomology #MuseumCollections resjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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-...
www.vam.ac.uk/blog/museum-...
July 22, 2025 at 5:15 PM
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-...
www.vam.ac.uk/blog/museum-...
Do you like museums? Want to learn more about how decisions are made behind the scenes? Listen as we explore how some museums are rethinking their practices and working with communities to better care for their holdings #PeoplingThePast #CulturalHeritage #MuseumCollections #ColonialLegacies
In this week’s #PeoplingPodcast episode we are joined by Dr. Lisa Saladino Haney to discuss museum pedagogy, community engagement in exhibit development, and the display of Egyptian cultural heritage: peoplingthepast.com/2025/05/20/s...
May 20, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Do you like museums? Want to learn more about how decisions are made behind the scenes? Listen as we explore how some museums are rethinking their practices and working with communities to better care for their holdings #PeoplingThePast #CulturalHeritage #MuseumCollections #ColonialLegacies
A bronze Buddhist bell, Goryeo Dynasty 1058, found in Yeoju, Gyeonggi-Do, Korea. #archaeology #museumcollections
May 3, 2025 at 1:39 PM
A bronze Buddhist bell, Goryeo Dynasty 1058, found in Yeoju, Gyeonggi-Do, Korea. #archaeology #museumcollections
Want to discover more objects that tell stories of power, everyday life and empire?
🏛️ Explore Colchester Castle: colchester.cimuseums.org.uk/visit/colche...
#RomanHistory #AncientRome #ColchesterMuseums #MuseumCollections
🏛️ Explore Colchester Castle: colchester.cimuseums.org.uk/visit/colche...
#RomanHistory #AncientRome #ColchesterMuseums #MuseumCollections
Visit Colchester Castle | Colchester Museums
Discover the largest Norman Keep in Europe. With interactive displays, star exhibits and the surrounding park, this museum has something for everyone.
colchester.cimuseums.org.uk
July 5, 2026 at 5:03 PM
Want to discover more objects that tell stories of power, everyday life and empire?
🏛️ Explore Colchester Castle: colchester.cimuseums.org.uk/visit/colche...
#RomanHistory #AncientRome #ColchesterMuseums #MuseumCollections
🏛️ Explore Colchester Castle: colchester.cimuseums.org.uk/visit/colche...
#RomanHistory #AncientRome #ColchesterMuseums #MuseumCollections
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
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
December 10, 2025 at 8:44 AM
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
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
Congratulations to #ElaineDuigenan on having 'XII' (detail pictured)—from the series ‘What Once Held Us Together’ (2024)—placed into the permanent photography collection of The Museum of Fine Art in Houston. #photography #museumcollections
January 26, 2025 at 10:58 PM
Congratulations to #ElaineDuigenan on having 'XII' (detail pictured)—from the series ‘What Once Held Us Together’ (2024)—placed into the permanent photography collection of The Museum of Fine Art in Houston. #photography #museumcollections
Snuggle up with art on this rainy day. Visit the "hits" at Villa Finale! #trustsites #commercialspoofs #art #housemuseums ##museumcollections
October 2, 2026 at 6:50 PM
Snuggle up with art on this rainy day. Visit the "hits" at Villa Finale! #trustsites #commercialspoofs #art #housemuseums ##museumcollections
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 🏺
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 🏺
December 5, 2025 at 10:11 AM
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 🏺
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 🏺
New research highlighting the utility of #MuseumCollections and #stableisotopeecology.
@williammills.bsky.social and others found that brown skuas in the Southern Ocean have shifted wintering strategies over the past 100 years, moving to more oceanic subantarctic waters.
doi.org/10.1098/rsos...
@williammills.bsky.social and others found that brown skuas in the Southern Ocean have shifted wintering strategies over the past 100 years, moving to more oceanic subantarctic waters.
doi.org/10.1098/rsos...
Reconstructing the historical wintering destinations of seabirds using stable isotope analyses of museum specimens
Abstract. Stable isotope analyses of museum specimens provide an opportunity to examine long-term changes in avian migration strategies. Here, we determine
doi.org
May 27, 2026 at 2:22 PM
New research highlighting the utility of #MuseumCollections and #stableisotopeecology.
@williammills.bsky.social and others found that brown skuas in the Southern Ocean have shifted wintering strategies over the past 100 years, moving to more oceanic subantarctic waters.
doi.org/10.1098/rsos...
@williammills.bsky.social and others found that brown skuas in the Southern Ocean have shifted wintering strategies over the past 100 years, moving to more oceanic subantarctic waters.
doi.org/10.1098/rsos...
gallery.edgeofhumanity.com/2026/07/30/h...
#MesopotamianArt #AncientArt #ArtHistory #Archaeology #AncientArchitecture #SumerianArt #BabylonianArt #AssyrianArt #AncientNearEast #CulturalHeritage #ArchaeologicalSites #HistoryOfArt #WorldHeritage #MuseumCollections #AncientCivilizations
#MesopotamianArt #AncientArt #ArtHistory #Archaeology #AncientArchitecture #SumerianArt #BabylonianArt #AssyrianArt #AncientNearEast #CulturalHeritage #ArchaeologicalSites #HistoryOfArt #WorldHeritage #MuseumCollections #AncientCivilizations
Handprints To AI Art Series | Art You Can Still See Today: Mesopotamian Art
Mesopotamian art is one of the earliest artistic traditions in history, created by the civilizations of Sumer, Akkad, Babylon, and Assyria. Because many works were made from mud brick, a material v…
gallery.edgeofhumanity.com
October 6, 2026 at 11:59 AM
Text posts to accompany my Instagram meme page of the very same name.
#museumprofessional #museums #museumlife #collectionsmanagement #museumstudies #museumcollections #smallmuseum #museumshift
#museumprofessional #museums #museumlife #collectionsmanagement #museumstudies #museumcollections #smallmuseum #museumshift
January 20, 2025 at 12:18 AM
Text posts to accompany my Instagram meme page of the very same name.
#museumprofessional #museums #museumlife #collectionsmanagement #museumstudies #museumcollections #smallmuseum #museumshift
#museumprofessional #museums #museumlife #collectionsmanagement #museumstudies #museumcollections #smallmuseum #museumshift
For #FossilFriday: my first-ever visit to the Academy of Natural Sciences in Philadelphia, which is slated to close permanently this weekend unless some sort of miracle occurs. I'm thrilled to finally be here after a lifetime of wanting to visit, but heartbroken at the circumstances for my trip. 🦖🧪
September 26, 2026 at 2:13 PM
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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#MuseumCollections #EmpoweringCollections
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Revisiting Empowering Collections 2025: call for evidence - Museums Association
Reviewing our Empowering Collections report to reflect our changing world
www.museumsassociation.org
October 3, 2025 at 10:22 AM
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
6/6
#MuseumCollections #EmpoweringCollections
6/6
August 14, 2026 at 2:04 PM
We're all batty about this! We hope to 🥸 you Saturday, October 11, at the Museum.
#spookyscience #freakyfinds #museumcollections #thingstodoinflagstaff
#spookyscience #freakyfinds #museumcollections #thingstodoinflagstaff
Creepy collections: Museum of Northern Arizona hosting Spooky Science and Freaky Finds event
Saturday's event is designed to be engaging as well as informative and is tied to the Halloween season.
azdailysun.com
October 10, 2025 at 4:49 PM
We're all batty about this! We hope to 🥸 you Saturday, October 11, at the Museum.
#spookyscience #freakyfinds #museumcollections #thingstodoinflagstaff
#spookyscience #freakyfinds #museumcollections #thingstodoinflagstaff
Travel/Art: Kirkland Museum #museumcollections #museum #artwork #artoftheday youtu.be/QL_CYI9TrMs?...
Travel/Art: Kirkland Museum
YouTube video by CFB
youtu.be
March 8, 2025 at 2:02 AM
Travel/Art: Kirkland Museum #museumcollections #museum #artwork #artoftheday youtu.be/QL_CYI9TrMs?...
#egyptology #ancientegypt #ancienthistory #nubia #kush #archaeology #egypt #egyptandsudan #sudan #museums #museumcollections #ancientworld #pyramids
March 6, 2025 at 8:32 AM
Behind every museum object is a story worth preserving. Find out how to apply for the Kathy Callow legacy fund
swfed.org.uk/kathy-callow...
#Museums #MuseumCollections #SocialHistory #Conservation #Heritage #MuseumFunding #SouthWestMuseums
swfed.org.uk/kathy-callow...
#Museums #MuseumCollections #SocialHistory #Conservation #Heritage #MuseumFunding #SouthWestMuseums
Kathy Callow Legacy Fund – South West Fed
About the Kathy Callow Legacy Fund
swfed.org.uk
September 4, 2026 at 9:48 AM
Behind every museum object is a story worth preserving. Find out how to apply for the Kathy Callow legacy fund
swfed.org.uk/kathy-callow...
#Museums #MuseumCollections #SocialHistory #Conservation #Heritage #MuseumFunding #SouthWestMuseums
swfed.org.uk/kathy-callow...
#Museums #MuseumCollections #SocialHistory #Conservation #Heritage #MuseumFunding #SouthWestMuseums
Updated this sticker at my work desk.
Anyone else work in Museum Collections? 😅
#Museums #MuseumCollections #Archives #History #Art #GothicVampire #Richmond
Anyone else work in Museum Collections? 😅
#Museums #MuseumCollections #Archives #History #Art #GothicVampire #Richmond
February 28, 2025 at 2:25 AM
Updated this sticker at my work desk.
Anyone else work in Museum Collections? 😅
#Museums #MuseumCollections #Archives #History #Art #GothicVampire #Richmond
Anyone else work in Museum Collections? 😅
#Museums #MuseumCollections #Archives #History #Art #GothicVampire #Richmond
The research network DiViAS brings together scientific methods and practices of digitising, researching and representing collection items from colonial contexts.
#research #3ddigitisation #AI #colonialcontexts #heritage #maritimehistory #museumcollections #transdisciplinary #prizepapers #divias
#research #3ddigitisation #AI #colonialcontexts #heritage #maritimehistory #museumcollections #transdisciplinary #prizepapers #divias
January 30, 2025 at 10:05 AM
The research network DiViAS brings together scientific methods and practices of digitising, researching and representing collection items from colonial contexts.
#research #3ddigitisation #AI #colonialcontexts #heritage #maritimehistory #museumcollections #transdisciplinary #prizepapers #divias
#research #3ddigitisation #AI #colonialcontexts #heritage #maritimehistory #museumcollections #transdisciplinary #prizepapers #divias
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
Application deadline 12 Jan 2026 & further details in link below
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
#birds 🐦 #phenology🌿🌏 #museumcollections #AI #LLM
November 21, 2025 at 12:34 AM
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
Application deadline 12 Jan 2026 & further details in link below
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
#birds 🐦 #phenology🌿🌏 #museumcollections #AI #LLM
Join our next MEPA session!
Maya Juman (@mayajuman.bsky.social, Cambridge University) will present "Museum collections expand the spatial, temporal, and taxonomic scope of known host–virus associations".
🗓️ Wednesday - May 6
🕒 3pm US Eastern Time
#science #pathogen #virus #museumcollections
Maya Juman (@mayajuman.bsky.social, Cambridge University) will present "Museum collections expand the spatial, temporal, and taxonomic scope of known host–virus associations".
🗓️ Wednesday - May 6
🕒 3pm US Eastern Time
#science #pathogen #virus #museumcollections
April 30, 2026 at 1:27 PM
Join our next MEPA session!
Maya Juman (@mayajuman.bsky.social, Cambridge University) will present "Museum collections expand the spatial, temporal, and taxonomic scope of known host–virus associations".
🗓️ Wednesday - May 6
🕒 3pm US Eastern Time
#science #pathogen #virus #museumcollections
Maya Juman (@mayajuman.bsky.social, Cambridge University) will present "Museum collections expand the spatial, temporal, and taxonomic scope of known host–virus associations".
🗓️ Wednesday - May 6
🕒 3pm US Eastern Time
#science #pathogen #virus #museumcollections