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Charles Tiplady Pratt and it officially opened in 1889. Do you have a favourite small or community museum? If so, please share. Photo courtesy of Jonathan Brennan CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 #musuem #smallmuseum #Cawthorne #heritage

March 26, 2026 at 1:11 PM

MUSEUMSHIFT

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Text posts to accompany my Instagram meme page of the very same name.

#museumprofessional #museums #museumlife #collectionsmanagement #museumstudies #museumcollections #smallmuseum #museumshift

January 20, 2025 at 12:18 AM

Salterton Arts Review

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#queerbritain #bronskibeat #jimmysomerville #80smusic #whatsonlondon #smallmuseum #exhibitionreview #granarysquare #kingscross

April 23, 2025 at 8:17 PM

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From Wellington we head south, stopping first at the newly renovated Port Chalmers Maritime Museum.

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#portchalmers #portchalmersmaritimemuseum #dunedinnz #maritimehistory #maritimemuseum #smallmuseum

Port Chalmers Maritime Museum – Salterton Arts Review

A refurbishment and expansion project is a great excuse to revisit an old favourite, the Port Chalmers Maritime Museum. Port Chalmers and its Maritime History Port Chalmers is a settlement close to th...

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April 3, 2025 at 12:44 PM

Deep Time Detour at Dinosaur Ridge

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Opening #MemorialDay weekend! Ticket sales available for the new #DeepTimeDetour exhibition at the #MartinGLockleyDiscoveryCenter Entrance 1 to #RedRocksAmphitheatre Can't wait for you to see the phenomenal #SciArt #NaturalHistory #SmallMuseum #PrehistoricLife #Dinosaurs and more! Dinoridge.org

Exterior photo of Martin G. Lockley Discovery Center with colorful new mural painted by Julia The Designosaur Williams

Photo of life-sized Triceratops sculpture in the Deep Time Detour exhibition

Photo of early horse sculpture in the Deep Time Detour exibition

Photo of Stegosaurus skeleton sculpture in the Deep Time Detour exhibition

May 11, 2026 at 4:20 PM

Salterton Arts Review

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Today's post is the first museum we're visiting in Bishkek: a very memorable experience and a lesson in persistence. It's the Museum of the National Academy of Arts T. Sadykova.

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#bishkek #kyrgyzstan #socialistrealism #sculpture #sculptor #smallmuseum

Museum of the National Academy of Arts. T. Sadykova (Музей национальной академии художеств им. Т. Садыкова), Bishkek – Salterton Arts Review

A description of a unique visitor experience at the Museum of the National Academy of Arts. T. Sadykova (Tinibek Sadykov).

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October 26, 2025 at 11:45 AM

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Visit another curious London spot with me today: the Wimbledon Windmill Museum, which has been not just a mill but a block of flats in its time.

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#wimbledonwindmill #wimbledoncommon #wimbledon #smallmuseum #windmill #londonhistory #londonmuseums

Wimbledon Windmill Museum, London – Salterton Arts Review

Discover the hidden history of Wimbledon Windmill Museum, exploring milling, model windmills, and a touch of scouting heritage.

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October 3, 2025 at 8:21 PM

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Claye Bowler's 'Top' at Queer Britain transforms a seven year wait for gender-affirming surgery into an archive you can step inside.

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#clayebowler #queerbritain #transart #lgbtq #contemporaryart #whatsonlondon #smallmuseum #transvisibility #artlover

Top - Queer Britain, London – Salterton Arts Review

Claye Bowler’s Top at Queer Britain transforms the artist’s seven-year wait for gender-affirming surgery into an unflinching archival installation. Content warning: lots of representations of breasts,...

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September 29, 2025 at 6:25 PM

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In today's post we check out Queer Britain, one of London's newer museums and a national first to boot.

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#queerbritain #whatsonlondon #londonmuseums #smallmuseum #museumlover #lgbtq #lgbtq🌈 #granarysquare #kingscross

Queer Britain, London – Salterton Arts Review

A small but important new museum, Queer Britain tells the story of Britain’s Queer community through objects, archival materials and personal stories. Queer Britain One of the wonderful things about w...

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February 17, 2025 at 6:50 PM

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My final post from Lisbon is another house museum, the Casa-Museu Dr. Anastácio Gonçalves. The lovely Art Nouveau design was the first purpose-built artist's home in Lisbon.

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#housemuseum #casamuseudranastaciogoncalves #artnouveau #visitlisbon #smallmuseum

Dr. Anastácio Gonçalves House Museum (Casa-Museu Dr. Anastácio Gonçalves), Lisbon – Salterton Arts Review

Just enough time to squeeze in a final museum visit in Lisbon! The Casa-Museu Dr. Anastácio Gonçalves is a survivor from the expansion of Lisbon’s suburbs, when architects competed to build the most b...

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June 13, 2026 at 10:54 AM

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The Museu Medeiros e Almeida houses one of Portugal's finest decorative arts collections. Also a great pick for visitors: a little off the beaten track and away from the busier parts of the city.

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#museumedeirosealmeida #housemuseum #smallmuseum #azulejos