Joe Baubles @joeborges.bsky.social MA World Heritage student, interested in magical objects, museum collections and meaning-making. Formerly British Museum Loans and Exhibitions. (he/him)
Jan Lormis @janlormis.bsky.social Alumni M.A. Museumspädagogik - Bildung und Vermittlung im Museum #HTWKLeipzig | Mitarbeiter Bildungsabteilung KZ-Gedenkstätte #MittelbauDora - @buchenwald-dora.bsky.social | privater Account
Sonia Purnell FRHistS @soniapurnell.bsky.social Kingmaker: Pamela Harriman’s astonishing life of power, seduction & intrigue. New York Times bestselling author. A Woman of No Importance. Fellow of Royal Historical Society. Warned you about Johnson. Plutarch Prize winner www.soniapurnell.com
Mark Thomas @markthomasinfo.bsky.social Older artiste.
He/Him
https://www.markthomasinfo.co.uk
Charles Keener @charleskeener.bsky.social Anti-Zionist Free Palestine Ukraine Solidarity Anti-Racist Anti-Carceral Abolitionist Anti-Genocide Anti-Colonial Anti-War Anti-Imperialist Intersectional Feminist Queer LGBTQI+ Green Eco-Socialist People Planet Peace Interfaith Seeker of Beloved Community
Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social Green Party Leader (England & Wales)
London Assembly Member.
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Promoted by Elfrede Brambley-Cranshaw on behalf of the Green Party of England and Wales. c/I po box 78066, London. SE16 9GQ
R Moore Building Conservation @rmbconservation.bsky.social Historic Building Conservation & Stone Masonry Specialists. Linktree: https://linktr.ee/rmoorebuildingconservation
UK Archive Sector Leadership @uknatarcsector.bsky.social Archive Sector Leadership department at The National Archives UK. We support archives of all types and sizes across England.
Find out more about the support we offer: https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/archives-sector/
Trending - World @trendingworld.bsky.social We post the main trending topics in the world every 30 minutes. There are usage tips in the pinned post @terraprotege.bsky.social
Karen Young @karenlibdem.bsky.social Lib Dem Councillor in Cambridge. European.
Catherine Mailhac @catherinemailhac.bsky.social Freelancer helping to connect people with each other and with nature. Evaluation, research, engagement, participation, partnerships, programming, interpretation. Mainly working in the cultural, heritage and environmental sectors. Carbon Literacy trainer.
Friends of Lister Lane Cemetery (KAVS) @listerlanecem.bsky.social In collaboration with Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council, the Friends maintain this Grade II listed, significant cemetery; the final resting place of some 20,000 individuals. Location: Halifax, England.
https://www.listerlanecemetery.co.uk
Norwich Castle @norwichcastle.bsky.social
Linnea Wallen @linneawallen.bsky.social Lecturer in Sociology | Researching memory work in museum community engagement activities | (she/her)
📍Glasgow
Richard Ovenden @richove.bsky.social Bodley's Librarian, @bodleian.ox.ac.uk & Head of Gardens, Libraries & Museums @ox.ac.uk OBE. FSA. FRHistS, FRSE. President, DPC. Fellow, @Ballioloxford.Bsky.social. Member, @AmPhilsociety.Bsky.social Hon. Fellow @britishacademy.bsky.social
The Observer @theobserveruk.bsky.social Enjoy The Observer journalism in print every Sunday, and digitally, seven days a week 🗞️
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Eskdale Mill @eskdalemill.bsky.social Grade II* listed water cornmill based in Boot, Eskdale. Owned by the small charity - Eskdale Mill & Heritage Trust, this is managed, maintained and operated by their Mill Manager and volunteers. Open for public visits since July 1976.
Penny Duggan @pennyduggan.bsky.social Archives | Local History | Family History
Bexley, Blackfen, Kent, London, Ireland
Archives Officer @BexleyArchives
Chair of Lamorbey and Sidcup Local History Society
http://blackfenpastandpresent.com
Benton End @bentonend.bsky.social Former home, garden and art school of Sir Cedric Morris and Arthur Lett-Haines. On a mission to become a place of learning, creativity and experimentation once more.
gardenmuseum.org.uk/bentonend
The Savvy Museum Visitor @savvymuseumvisitor.bsky.social Escape into the world of museums, art, & wellness. Whether in-person or online, museums & art benefit our intellect and our emotional wellness. New knowledge. Awe & wonder. Rejuvenation.
Find me at thesavvymuseumvisitor.substack.com
W-ICAD @w-icad.bsky.social W-ICAD stands for the Workshop for Inclusive Co-created Audio Description. W-ICAD provides museums with a tool to produce audio description based on co-created discussions between blind, partially-blind and sighted co-creators. https://w-icad.org/
Beckford's Tower @beckfordstower.bsky.social 120ft high Tower and #Museum in Bath. Built in 1826 for the use of one privileged man, now open to all.
https://beckfordstower.org.uk/
Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology @maacambridge.bsky.social Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, telling two million years of human history 🗺
Website: maa.cam.ac.uk/
Collections: collections.maa.cam.ac.uk/
Blog: maadigitallab.org/
HilaryMcGowan @hilarymcgowan.bsky.social Cultural Consultant, specialist in heritage governance & leadership; www.hilarymcgowan.co.uk Patron RSC, Trustee @theees.bsky.social; loves cats, Grant, Shakespeare, theatre, ballet. New Leadership book with Piotr Bienkowski just out! lives in Somerset
Bernard Donoghue @bernarddonoghue.bsky.social Hello. I’m CEO of Association of Leading Visitor Attractions (ALVA) in the UK; Chair Bristol Old Vic Theatre; Chair People’s History Museum; Chair London and South East Regional Board of the National Trust; 🏳️🌈 EU OBE culture ambassador and wanderer.
Alison Giles @agiles2.bsky.social Museum Educator, East of England Rep for Group for Education in Museums. Interested in history, science and museums.
Walkie Talkie @walkietalkieguides.bsky.social We empower museum interpreters and curators to bring stories to life - simple, multilingual, and human-centric.
Sign up and create your first museum guides for free (no credit card needed): walkietalk.ie
Profile managed by creators: Åsmund & Thor
Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social Everything is Connected.
Journalist, novelist, screenwriter. Always looking for stories. LDN, NYC, LA
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Buy Me A Coffee: coff.ee/chadbourn
Fiona Davidson @learninghoolet.bsky.social Learning Officer; Scots speaker; LEGO whisperer; interests in archaeology & industrial history; waterwheel nerd; in wi the bricks @StanleyMills/ Aw views ma ain.
Mohamed A. El-Erian @elerianm.bsky.social Professor, Wharton School, and Senior Fellow, Lauder Inst (both at UPenn). Allianz Chief Economic Advisor. Chair, UnderArmour Board of Directors. Board member, NBER. CFR. Former co-CIO/CEO PIMCO and President, Queens' College, Cambridge University.
Cambridge Connect @cambridge-connect.bsky.social Stay updated with Cambridge Connect's vision to see Light Rail introduced to the historic city of Cambridge!
Miranda Stearn @mirandastearn.bsky.social Culture/Museums pro interested in making a difference to the bigger picture. Curator Lancaster Arts. Recovering Head of Learning. Still about the people as well as the things! Clore Leadership Fellow 2024-25. Opinions my own. She/her.
Patricia Kopp @mvgal92691.bsky.social She/her. Library Cataloger, quilter, bookworm. Now retired. Moderate, not a progressive. Still with her (Hillary & Kamala). Never Bernie. I believe in the horseshoe theory of politics. If you’re screaming Do Something, pass me by. No DMs.
Dementia Community @dementiacommunity.bsky.social Dementia Community is a Charitable Community Benefit Society, a membership cooperative that provides learning and networking opportunities for the dementia care community. For more information please visit our website: journalofdementiacare.co.uk
Museum Education Roundtable @museumedrt.bsky.social Sharing, teaching, listening, shaping.
Museum Education Roundtable inspires innovative thinking for the field through engagement with scholarly and practice-based content explored in the Journal of Museum Education.
https://www.museumedu.org/
Brian Groom @groomb.bsky.social Ex-Financial Times Assistant Editor. Ex-editor Scotland on Sunday. Author of 'Made in Manchester' and 'Northerners: A History'. 'These Isles' due Feb 2026.
The Community Development Podcast @cdpodcast.bsky.social Podcast about #CommunityDevelopment: sharing learning, connecting practitioners, global perspectives. By llannerch.bsky.social
Patreon: TheCDPodcast
https://soundcloud.com/the-cd-podcast
thecommunitydevelopmentpodcast@gmail.com
Heather Paterson @heatherpaterson.co.uk Head of Partnerships and Development @consortium.lgbt | Chair @proudchangemakers.bsky.social | LGBTQ+ Columnist Exposed Magazine
Proud queer 🏳️🌈 Trans ally 🏳️⚧️ Intersectional feminist ✊ Anti-fascist #LGBWithTheT
www.heatherpaterson.co.uk
Secret Curator @secretcurator.bsky.social
Dr Rafie Cecilia @rcecilia.bsky.social Lecturer at KCL in culture media and creative industries. Currently looking at affordances of AI as assistive technology for the museum experience of with visitors with disabilities
Scott Hutchison @freeebooter.bsky.social Film, architecture, theatre. Atheist, Rebellious Scot. Pro-Independence, Pro-Europe, vehemently anti-Tory/Reform/Fascist. Oxford comma advocate. Currently helping to restore an Art Deco cinema in Prestwick (broadway.scot )
MBTI: ISTJ-T 🏴 🇵🇸 🇺🇦 🏳️⚧️ 🏳️🌈 🇪🇺
History: The Journal of the Historical Association @hisjournalha.bsky.social BlueSky account for History: The Journal of the Historical Association. Academic history journal published by Wiley; editorial team based at Northumbria University. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/1468229X
Jeremy @jeremyadamkay.bsky.social Retail business owner/Graphic Designer/Dad/Spurs/Gamer/Proud European
StrictlyChristo 🇺🇦🌻 @strictlychristo.bsky.social “The reward for a thing well done is to have done it.“
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
Boswell Book Festival @bozzybookfest.bsky.social Bestselling authors bring biography and memoir to life at Boswell Book Festival. Join us for a weekend of in-person and live-streamed talks from 8-10 May.
Dr Matt Rowland @mjprowland.bsky.social Heritage Officer in North Wales/Chester. Fan of things. Dislike social media. #bwfc 🏴
Ex Nihilo Consulting @exnihiloconsulting.bsky.social Interested in most things digital, primarily in the Higher Education & Cultural Heritage space offering Project & Programme Management Consultancy services
Find out more at: www.exnihiloconsulting.co.uk
Latest project: www.towardsdigitalcollections.org
Dane Pavitt 🦕🌍 @danepavitt.bsky.social Natural Sciences student, researcher & educator at The Open University & Potteries Museum
Palaeontologist 🦕 Natural Historian 🦈 Museum worker 🏛 Science Communicator 🥼 Conservation & climate 🌍 Metal guitarist 🤘(He/him)
Often speak in GIFs
Dr. Hope Luhman @hluhman.bsky.social Cultural Heritage professional. Anthropologist. 17th generation Knauss. All views are my own.
Catherine McCullough FRHistS @catherinemuseum.bsky.social Museums, maps, social history are my thing! PhD Researcher at Ulster University: EU-funded cross-border museum projects in Ireland. Author: Irish Historic Towns Atlas, Armagh. Sailor and 'enthusiastic maverick' (apparently). Life interrupted/Long Covid
Alex Sterling @alexsterling.bsky.social Bumbling around
Sam @samavenue.bsky.social
@kateslearning.bsky.social @kateslearning.bsky.social
Emily Goss @barrowmember.bsky.social Love nature, writing, arts & crafts, music, community, books, #SciComm, play & growing. Editor Ciadish.co.uk (for chronically ill and #disabled [CIAD] writers & the readers who love their books). Co-founder CripCoop.co.uk mutual support network #CripCoop
Arts Professional @artsprofessional.co.uk The UK's leading arts management journal and independent voice of the culture sector.
No To Racism @notoracism.bsky.social Say - No To Racism 📣
❤️ Opposing hate, inequality, and discrimination
❤️ Justice, dignity, and equality for all
❤️ Be Kind
❤️ Stronger Together
❤️ Anti-War
❤️ F*uk ICE
❤️ F*uk Trump
🚫fascists🚫bigots🚫racists🚫evil🚫maga
Roman Vaughan-Williams @romansartwork.bsky.social London Based Artist/Curator
Royal Drawing School-Drawing year 2024
I make artworks to map the impasse, trying to escape but failing.
Website: https://romanvaughanwilliams.wordpress.com/recent-work/
richard mortimer @richardmortimer.bsky.social Archaeologist, Mekon, Drinker
Sawston via Devon and Dartford
#aofoto AOfoto.art
Gill Porter @gillskap.bsky.social Disabled Postgraduate Researcher (Centre for Disability Studies, Uni of Leeds) & HE Study Skills Tutor. Quals research on ableism & postgraduate 'belonging' in UK universities. Coffee drinker, cat lover, veggie, nature/cities, can be a bit sweary. She/her.
Museum 4 Watton @museum4watton.bsky.social We are a museum in Watton, Norfolk, UK, located in the historic Wayland Hall. Open Wed to Sat 10-4. Social Media Coordinator - Stephanie. https://www.museumforwatton.org.uk
School for Advanced Research @sarsf.bsky.social The School for Advanced Research.
Create. Connect. Understand.
SAR: The only residential research institution supporting scholars & artists at the intersection of humanities, social sciences, & Native arts.
Anthropology I Archaeology I Humanities I Art
Morris Graves Museum of Art @thegravesmuseum.bsky.social Supporting the art and artists of Northern California like it's our job.
iniva @iniva-arts.bsky.social Institute of International Visual Arts is an evolving visual arts organisation. Est. 1994.
Stuart Hall Library
16 John Islip St, London
Open Tuesdays to Fridays, 10am to 5pm.
www.iniva.org
https://linktr.ee/iniva_arts
Hannah Jones @hannahkj.bsky.social Sector Development Manager East and Arts at TNA. Fan of tea, cake, gin and eye-wateringly loud music.
Philippa Smith @philippajs.bsky.social Retired archivist, loves books, gardening and nature
Rachel Carpenter @rachelcambsskills.bsky.social Senior Manager, Cambridgeshire Skills. All views my own.
Tracey @traceymos.bsky.social Museums, galleries, theatre, film, architecture, surfing. Pembrokeshire & Cardiff. Museum curator turned pub owner
Julie TK @julietkart.bsky.social @MuseumsAssociation Regional Rep England: South West | Front of House advocate. Views my own. #museums #arts #culture #heritage #workforce She/Her.
AM dial @amdial7.bsky.social Liberation. Books. Women’s sports. History. Feminist butch lesbian 🌈📚🐾🦉⚢ #stopwhitesupremacy
Your Royal Docks @yourroyaldocks.bsky.social Stories and news from the Royal Docks, a unique waterfront and a growing home for business and culture in Newham, East London.
https://linktr.ee/RoyalDocks
Andrea Dumbrell @andreadumbrell.bsky.social Museums, walks, and random industrial heritage.
Mainly in London but often elsewhere.
Walk Ambassador for Refugee Tales and likely to go on about it a bit.
Here's the fundraising page: https://www.justgiving.com/page/andrea-dumbrell-refugee-tales-2025
Museum Tales @museumtales.bsky.social Freelance consultant specialising in all things family friendly
Eleanor R @elle-root.bsky.social Ideas magpie, history nerd, cultural professional, easily distracted
Artcast4D @artcast4d.bsky.social Artcast4D: Unleashing creativity! Aims to design, develop, and test immersive technologies to boost Cultural Creative Industries in Europe
REEVALUATE EU Project @reevaluate-project.bsky.social An EU funded project that provides tools for prioritization, contextualization, 3D modeling and reuse of cultural heritage to empower museums and the public to collaborate in making heritage accessible, inclusive and secure. Visit us at "reevaluate.eu".
Kate Mason @katejmason.bsky.social #CreativeNewham #artseducation #creativeindustries #art #craft #design #heritage #charityleadership / experienced #CharityCEO #Trustee & #NED / 30 yrs experience / a Mother
Fast Familiar @fastfamiliar.bsky.social participatory, playful + political artworks by an interdisciplinary studio | powered by curiosity, coffee + misplaced idealism | finally left the hellsite
Pierrette Squires ACR @museumpierrette.bsky.social Conservator managing Conservation for Glasgow Museums.
Sharing my Cat, Books 📚(often Queer fantasy 🏳️🌈), Museums, Suede 🎶, beautiful & interesting science.
I read a lot. Deaf 🧏♀️ with Endometriosis
🩷💜💙 She/Her 🇪🇺
Museum Ian @trumerz.bsky.social Ian Andrew Oswald Trumble. Archaeologist. Curator #BoltonsEgypt @BoltonLMS. LocalAmb @TheEES. Chair @BoltonAES. Leader @GM_YAC. PhD @UniOfYork
Karen (Harman) Gray @kcrgray.bsky.social Arts, ageing, social care, dementia, methods, policy, values, evaluation | Researcher @ University of Bristol | ConnectED project | Hoppiness. She/her.
John Grindrod @grindrod.bsky.social Social historian of modern places. Tales of the Suburbs, on LGBTQ+ history, out now. Wrote Concretopia and Outskirts. Disappointingly unserious. Podcast: Monstrosities Mon Amour
Find out more: https://linktr.ee/johngrindrod
Paul Marden @paulmarden.bsky.social CEO @rubbercheese.com & @carbonsix.digital | Host @skipthequeue.fm | Trustee Kids in Museums | Primary School Governor | Umbraco 2x MVP
Skip the Queue Podcast @skipthequeue.fm Skip the Queue is a podcast for visitor attraction owners, directors and suppliers who want to improve their organisations and deliver a better experience for their guests.
Brought to you by Merac
Hosted by Andy Povey
Helen Fountain @helenfountain.bsky.social Museum fan/ creative ageing enthusiast Midlands/Oxfordshire Champion @chwa Trustee @humanstorytheatre
Jessica Hartshorn (Jessi Illustrates) @jessiillustrates.bsky.social Working with museums and art galleries to bring heritage, nature and art collections to life through bespoke illustrations, education resources, art projects and murals.
Rachel Moss @particip8tion.bsky.social Freelancer. 20 years working in Museums & galleries. Passionate about Arts Education, evaluation & progression routes into the sector. Pronouns: She/her
Mainly Museums @mainlymuseums.bsky.social A personal take on museums big and small from contributors across the globe.
Timewalkproject @timewalkproject.bsky.social Local Historian in Sheffield, community activist, disabled, believer in environmental justice and cooperative action. I will speak up for the oppressed not because I am, but because I don't like bullies.
Dr Uta Rautenberg @utarautenberg.bsky.social Holocaust, Jewish, gender and queer History, genocide, feminism. Author of ‘Homophobia in Nazi Concentration Camps’. Educator and senior leader at secondary level in England. My views are my own.
Will Haynes @willhaynes83.bsky.social Historian, museum professional, veteran, progressive, dog owner, and noted wife guy.
Currently workshopping a book of a Civil War soldier’s letters for publication.
John Chamberlain @johnchamberlain.bsky.social Lowestoft BlueSky Dabbler. Pebble Collector.
www.johnchamberlainart.com
The Experience Alchemists @the-exp-alchemists.bsky.social We are experience designers, facilitators, and strategic thinkers. We work with clients to create purposeful strategies, craft interpretive plans, and implement transformative moments. We are a Certified B Corp. https://theexperiencealchemists.com