James Akers @jamesakers.co.uk Digital skills training in the creative and cultural sector with Arts Council England's Digital Culture Network
Nicola Barratt @nicolabarratt4.bsky.social Digital Culture Network's Tech Champion for Social Media. Mostly posting about social media news and updates for anyone working in arts and culture in England. Views my own
University of Cumbria UCU Branch @ucuuoc.bsky.social Fighting the vagaries & idiocies of HE management with style & panache.
With you, for you, UCU ✊🏻🏳️⚧️🪗
Reimagine Redditch @reimagineredditch.bsky.social Community arts and culture projects created by Redditch People.
North Worcestershire. Creative events, activities & workshops.
Delia Garratt @deliagarratt.bsky.social CEO Birmingham and Black Country Wildlife Trust.
Trustee at the Field Studies Council.
Views my own
Bryony Roberts @brypie.bsky.social Bristol. Feminist. Anti-racist. LGBTQ+ ally.
Here for culture, history, space, and finding some joy.
Queer Heritage and Collections Network @queerhcn.org Sharing expertise, skills and best practice on LGBTQ+ heritage 🌈 • UK-wide subject specialist network • Supported by National Lottery through Arts Council England
Contact: qhcncomms@gmail.com
Website: queerhcn.org
Newsletter: mailchi.mp/46de0e53f704/qhcn
Heather Lomas @heatherlomas.bsky.social Heritage, museums, culture
www.heatherlomas.co.uk
Rachel Mackay @rachmackay.bsky.social Head of Hampton Court Palace. Author of Delivering the Visitor Experience. Dundonian, dog owner, dancer. (That last isn’t true but I needed a D word)
therecoveryroomblog.com
Keith Merrin @keithmerrin.bsky.social Director - North East Museums.
Trustee - Virgin Money Foundation.
Blooloop50 Museum Influencer 2024.
Museums, arts, music, heritage, football and stuff.
Views and opinions all my own.
George Young @reluctantgeorge.bsky.social Museum and music geek. Of Cumbria, in Manchester. Lead Collections and Exhibitions at Manchester Museum, Trustee at Morecambe Bay Partnership and Museums Association. All views expressed here are mine alone.
Katy Jackson @culturekaty.bsky.social Museums and culture person. Big library worker. PhDing at Manchester Uni: participatory programmes, emotions, care ethics, and histories of gender-based violence.
IG: @culturekaty
Museums + Heritage @museumsandheritage.com Organisers of sector events, Museums + Heritage Show and Awards, and publishers of Museums + Heritage Advisor. Known simply as M+H, we are at the centre of connecting the world of museums, galleries and heritage attractions
https://museumsandheritage.com
Migration Museum @migrationmuseum.org Building the UK’s Missing Museum. We explore how the movement of people to and from the UK has made us who we are.
Community guidelines → https://www.migrationmuseum.org/community-guidelines/
Rebecca Land @rebechuana.bsky.social Head of Communications & Advocacy at National Science and Media Museum - Trustee at Heptonstall Museum - embarrassing mum, crafter and very amateur runner at home.
Ollie Douglas @olliedouglas.bsky.social Farm boy at @themerl.bsky.social (at Uni of Reading). Looks after old rural stuff in a big shed. On committee of British Agricultural History Society. Active in AIMA, RMN, and Folklore Society. Views own. “Iconic”.
National Theatre of Scotland @ntsonline.bsky.social On stage, on screen, on tour
Donmar Warehouse @donmarwarehouse.bsky.social Welcome to the Donmar, where anyone with a passion or curiosity for seriously good theatre belongs.
Ticket Qs? boxoffice@donmarwarehouse.com
Arts Professional @artsprofessional.co.uk The UK's leading arts management journal and independent voice of the culture sector.
Women's Community Matters, Barrow in Furness @wcmbarrow.bsky.social We are a women's centre based in Barrow in Furness in the North West of England. https://www.womenscommunitymatters.org/
Queens Award for Voluntary Service 2020.
Working with Trauma Quality Mark at Silver Level: Trauma Informed 2025.
Daniel Tyler-McTighe @danieltylermctighe.bsky.social Artistic Director of www.BarrowFull.org.uk, PhD in theatremaking/adaptation of Shakespeare, #AngloIndian #Hispanophile, Fellow of the RSA
The Museum of English Rural Life (MERL) @themerl.bsky.social We explore the history of the English countryside and its people. Chaotic Good.
https://merl.reading.ac.uk/
Trinity College Library, Cambridge @trincolllibcam.bsky.social The Trinity College Library in Cambridge comprises the modern student library, the Wren Library, and significant rare books, manuscript and archive collections.
https://www.trin.cam.ac.uk/library/home/
https://trinitycollegelibrarycambridge.wordpress.com/
Cartoon Art Museum @cartoonart.bsky.social Founded in 1984, CAM is a San Francisco-based, educational arts nonprofit that has something for everyone—from comic strips, comic books, and anime to political cartoons, graphic novels, and underground comix. Come visit our galleries: cartoonart.org
British History Online @bho.bsky.social British History Online is a digital library of primary and secondary sources for the history of the Britain, Ireland and empire. Part of the Institute of Historical Research.
https://www.british-history.ac.uk/
Vagina Museum @vaginamuseum.bsky.social World's first bricks and mortar museum dedicated to vaginas, vulvas and the gynae anatomy.
Website: https://www.vaginamuseum.co.uk/
Other social links: https://beacons.ai/v_museum
Donate: https://www.vaginamuseum.co.uk/donate
Auschwitz Memorial @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social Former German Nazi concentration & extermination camp Auschwitz. Official account. We commemorate victims, educate about history & preserve the authentic site.
www.auschwitz.org | lesson.auschwitz.org | podcast.auschwitz.org
Museum Bums @museumbums.bsky.social Callipygian statues 👍🏛🍑
'Cheeky, Witty, Funny' - The Bookseller;
'Crude' - Daily Express 🤣
(curated by @thehistoryboy.bsky.social & @jackshoulder.bsky.social)
Buy our book here:
linktr.ee/museumbums
Institute of Historical Research @ihr.bsky.social The Institute of Historical Research is the UK’s national home for history. Supporting historians with digital resources, library, seminars & training
https://www.history.ac.uk/ Part of @sasnews.bsky.social
Bodleian Libraries @bodleian.ox.ac.uk Amazing collections and breath-taking libraries. Facilitating research at the University of Oxford.
Readers: www.bodleian.ox.ac.uk
Visitors: visit.bodleian.ox.ac.uk
La Brea Tar Pits & Museum @tarpits.org TEMPORARILY CLOSED. The Samuel Oschin Global Center for Ice Age Research at La Brea Tar Pits will reopen in 2028.
🐾 http://linktr.ee/thelabreatarpits
Royal Ontario Museum @romtoronto.bsky.social The largest museum in Canada - we showcase art, culture, and nature from around the world and across the ages.
Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County @nhm.org Inspiring wonder, discovery, and responsibility for our natural and cultural worlds. Open 9:30am - 5pm daily.
🦖 http://linktr.ee/nhmla
weird medieval guys @weirdmedieval.bsky.social fibre arts enthusiast
https://linktr.ee/weirdmedievalguys
Nuffield College Library @nuffieldlibrary.bsky.social We are a social sciences library serving Nuffield College and the University of Oxford.
https://www.nuffield.ox.ac.uk/the-college/library/
Profile images courtesy of Tom Weller
Sainsbury Library @sainsburylib.bsky.social The Saϊd Business School’s library, and one of the University of Oxford’s Bodleian Libraries. Updates on library news, services and business resources.
https://linktr.ee/sainsburylib
Jerwood Library @jerwoodlibrary.bsky.social Libraries of Trinity Hall, Cambridge
Borthwick Institute for Archives @uoyborthwick.bsky.social The Borthwick Institute for Archives at the University of York, UK, for records of the archdiocese, local parishes, businesses, hospitals etc. borthwick-institute@york.ac.uk
Open Research, University of Aberdeen @openresearchuoa.bsky.social Open Research at University of Aberdeen. Providing expertise, support, advice and news on #OpenResearch #OpenAccess #OpenData
https://www.abdn.ac.uk/library/support/open-research.php
UCC Library @ucclibrary.bsky.social UCC Library | Est. 1849
Supporting learning, research & community at UCC & beyond 📚
Events, insights & a bit of craic
linktr.ee/UCCLibrary
Digital Scholarship @ British Library @bldigischol.bsky.social Enabling innovative research with British Library digital collections. Posts by our Digital Curators were at https://blogs.bl.uk/digital-scholarship/
We're not age verified (!) so we can't see DMs.
Relayed from Mastodon by Skymoth
Archäologisches Landesmuseum Baden-Württemberg @almbawue.bsky.social Das ALM ist das Schaufenster der Landesarchäologie Baden-Württembergs, hier posted @drnwillburger
Modern Records Centre, University of Warwick @mrcwarwick.bsky.social Archives rich in social and political history from the late 19th century onwards.
Follow the MRC for highlights from our collections, details of our online resources and more!
https://warwick.ac.uk/services/library/mrc
Barts Health Archives @bharchives.bsky.social Explore nearly 900 years of history through the archives and objects cared for by Barts Health NHS Trust Archives. Part of Barts Health NHS Trust. Find out more at www.bartshealth.nhs.uk/barts-health-archives
Merchant Adventurers’ Hall @merchantshallyork.org Discover one of the finest medieval guildhalls in the world. Home to York’s entrepreneurs for 660 years and counting.
merchantshallyork.org
The Open University Library @oulibrary.bsky.social The Open University (OU) Library enables OU students and staff around the world to access a world-class online library service. Visit www.open.ac.uk/library to get started.
Starter Pack for OU (UK) staff here: https://go.bsky.app/UhqW8VR
The Portico Library @porticolibrary.bsky.social The Portico Library is Manchester’s original 19th-century home of literature and learning. Uncovering, imagining, and sharing new histories together.
Gladstone's Library @gladlib.bsky.social A unique residential library in North Wales with beautiful Reading Rooms, Food for Thought restaurant, accommodation and more.
Read, write, rest!
linktr.ee/gladlib
LSE Library @lselibrary.bsky.social Sharing our collections, celebrating our community and letting you know about our free events! Home to @lsepress.bsky.social and proudly #PartOfLSE.
lse.ac.uk/library
Colchester Museums @colmuseums.bsky.social We're renowned for Romans, cuckoo about clocks and wild for animals! Custodians of Colchester Castle, Hollytrees Museum and Colchester's Natural History Museum.
Speelgoedmuseum Roden @speelgoedmuseumkw.bsky.social Speelgoedmuseum Roden met speelgoed uit de periode 1850 tot heden.
Op de Brink in Roden.
Oregon Zoo @oregonzoo.bsky.social Together for Wildlife
Monterey Bay Aquarium @montereybayaquarium.org How do you do, fellow squids? 🌊 We're your frondly Aquarium with a mission to inspire conservation of the ocean. https://www.montereybayaquarium.org
Libraries Connected @librariesconnected.org.uk We are an independent charity that supports, promotes and represents public libraries. Our work is driven and led by our membership, which includes almost every library service in England, Wales, Northern Ireland and the Crown Dependencies.
British Transport Films Stills @btfstills.bsky.social A bot randomly posting images taken from films made by British Transport Films, a government film unit active from 1949-1986. 3 posts a day. Expect trains.
by bsky.app/profile/joegrassby.bsky.social
Sachs Museum at Missouri Botanical Garden @mobotmuseum.bsky.social @mobotgarden.bsky.social's Museum
Now on view: THE LITERARY GARDEN
The Cultivation of Plants & Gardens in Narratives
Through March 31, 2027
The Cromwell Museum @cromwellmuseum.bsky.social World's best collection of items on life & times of Oliver Cromwell (1599-1658), telling his story 'warts and all'. "National Museum in a Matchbox". Huntingdon, UK
www.cromwellmuseum.org
University of York Library @uoylibrary.bsky.social Welcome to the library. We're here to connect with the academic community at York, and beyond. Tips, updates, dialogue and scholarly comms.
https://linktr.ee/uoylibrary
Uni of York people! Starter Pack here: https://go.bsky.app/24quNDW
Getty @gettymuseum.bsky.social Bringing people together through art. Based in Los Angeles, working globally.
getty.edu
University of Illinois RBML @illinoisrbml.bsky.social Rare Book & Manuscript Library at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | Main Library 346 | https://www.library.illinois.edu/rbx/
Follow us on Instagram (illinois_rbml) and Facebook (IllinoisRBML)!
Bradford District Museums and Galleries @bradfordmuseums.bsky.social Home to some of the best museums in Yorkshire, we are part of Bradford Metropolitan District Council - find out more via our
https://linktr.ee/bradfordmuseums
ENU Heritage Collections @enuheritage.bsky.social Home of Edinburgh Napier University's archives, rare books, and museum collections.
See also @edinburghnapier.bsky.social and @enulibrary.bsky.social.
Pitt Rivers Museum @pittriversmuseum.bsky.social Anthropology and archaeology collections from world cultures past and present.
https://www.prm.ox.ac.uk
NHM Library and Archives @nhmlibraryarchives.bsky.social One of the finest collections of natural history literature, art and online resources.
Come and research with us Tuesday - Thursday 10.00 - 16.00 (by appointment).
linktr.ee/nhmlibraryarchives
(Natural History Museum, London and Tring)
The Old Operating Theatre Museum & Herb Garret @oldoptheatre.bsky.social A medical museum housing the oldest operating theatre in Europe (1822) in the heart of London Bridge. Likes and retweets are not endorsements. #OldOpTheatre
www.oldoperatingtheatre.com
RCSEd Library & Archive @rcsedlibandarchive.bsky.social News, collection highlights and heritage stories from the Library & Archive at Surgeons' Hall/Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh #histmed
https://archiveandlibrary.rcsed.ac.uk
https://www.rcsed.ac.uk/career-hub/learning-resources/library-and-archive
Ashmolean Museum, Oxford @ashmoleanmuseum.bsky.social 🖼 🏺 World famous collections, from Egyptian mummies to contemporary art
🕙 Open every day 10am–5pm 🏛 linktr.ee/ashmoleanmuseum
Surgeons' Hall Museum @surgeonshall.bsky.social Home to the largest & most historic collection of surgical pathology in the world.
Open 10am-5pm, 7 days a week.
University of Reading Art Collection @unirdg-artcol.bsky.social ♦️ Sharing Art Collections held at the University of Reading
https://linktr.ee/uorartcollection
Physicians' Gallery @physiciansgallery.bsky.social A free museum and library exploring the science and humanity of medicine at the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh
Sign up to our newsletter www.rcpe.ac.uk/newsletter
Fishbourne Roman Palace @romanpalace.bsky.social Romans, Archaeology, Museums, Typos.
We're not a villa and we don't do Latin.
The Common Room @thecommonroomgn.bsky.social The Common Room in Newcastle upon Tyne is a heritage venue, library and archive. It has a cafe bar called 5|Quarter.
RAF Air Defence Radar Museum @rafadrm.bsky.social Award-winning, Norfolk Broads-based, volunteer-run museum of all things radar and air defence from 1941 onwards at the former RAF Neatishead base.
Open Easter-November, Tues-Sat, 10am-5pm.
Got a question on WW2/Cold War air defence? Send us a DM
Snowdonia Slate Trail team @sstteam.bsky.social
Digital Scholarship at Oxford @discoxford.bsky.social An initiative to support and enhance humanities research through the use of innovative digital methods.
https://digitalscholarship.web.ox.ac.uk/home
@dhoxss.bsky.social @dhoxss.bsky.social
Museums Association @museumsassociation.org Membership organisation and network for everyone working in museums and heritage 🤝 based in the UK 📍 museumsassociation.org
LCHS Museums @lchsmuseum.bsky.social the coolest nonprofit museum on Bluesky. physically in Utica, Illinois, mentally in the library of alexandria...
Buckinghamshire Archives @bucksarchives.bsky.social Your favourite archive's favourite archive.
We're the archives and local studies library for the historic county of Buckinghamshire, England, and the home of Buckinghamshire History Festival.
Website: buckinghamshire.gov.uk/culture-and-tourism/archives/
Farnham Castle Trust @farnhamcastletrust.bsky.social Explore 900 years of history at Farnham Castle, Surrey. Former home of the Bishops of Winchester, venue for Tudor monarchs and Civil War military base.
Check our website for opening times and updates https://www.farnham-castle.com/
The Society of Antiquaries of London @antiquaries.bsky.social In the heart of London, we are the centre of antiquarian learning, discovery & community. As a royal learned society, our Fellows have been inspiring scholarship, debate & research for over 300 years. Also own Kelmscott Manor, past home of William Morris.
Queer at Last @queeratlast.bsky.social Two pals. One museum artefact. Millennia of queer history unlocked before your very ears 🏳️🌈 Podcast episodes released fortnightly ✨ https://queeratlast.com 🔗
Joe Vaughan @joevaughan.net writer, podcaster, social media lead at The Museum of English Rural Life
https://joevaughan.net
Bluesky @bsky.app official Bluesky account (check username👆)
Bugs, feature requests, feedback: support@bsky.app