Vanessa Reid @archaeologyness.bsky.social
Mainly Museums @mainlymuseums.bsky.social A personal take on museums big and small from contributors across the globe.
Helena Heald @helenaheald.bsky.social Award-winning Commissioning Editor for Ancient History & Classical Studies
@edinburghup.bsky.social ~ she/her ~ various kinds of nerd 🎮🎲📚 ~ views my own etc.
Let's talk books: helena.heald@eup.ed.ac.uk
Edinburgh Bibliographical Society @edibibsoc.bsky.social The Edinburgh Bibliographical Society promotes the study of books and manuscripts of any date, particularly Scottish. Founded in 1890, it is the oldest such society in the world and the only extant one with a Scottish focus.
Oxbow Books @oxbowbooks.bsky.social #Archaeology Books including #prehistory #ancienthistory #classicalworld #numismatics #medievalworld
Current Archaeology @currentarchaeology.bsky.social The UK's favourite archaeology magazine. Tweets by Editor Carly and team.
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UHI Institute for Northern Studies @insuhi.bsky.social The UHI Institute for Northern Studies is a hub for world-class research and teaching on all aspects of the culture, heritage, and history of the Highlands and Islands, including their wider connections across the world.
Chartered Institute for Archaeologists @cifarch.bsky.social CIfA is the leading professional body representing archaeologists working in the UK and overseas, promoting high standards and ethics in archaeology.
HAAM-community @haam-community.bsky.social We are a community of researchers focusing on Human ancient DNA, ancestry & mobility | Posts by you, me & the community | https://haam-community.github.io/
James Taylor @archaeo-james.bsky.social Archaeologist and Lecturer @University of York. Neolithic Greece and Turkey and beyond, digital methods, GIS, fieldwork, and the creative mess of turning trenches, data, and drawings into knowledge of the past.
The Conversation UK @uk.theconversation.com Independent news website. Only publishes articles written by academics and researchers. No paywall, no ads. All Creative Commons licensed.
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UCD School of Archaeology, Dublin @ucdarchaeology.bsky.social Our Bluesky account - University College Dublin,
Ireland - posts by Aidan O'Sullivan and Conor McDermott
American Association of Biological Anthropologists @bioanth.org The American Association of Biological Anthropologists (AABA) is a professional organization for biological anthropologists. See website for more info! 💻
bioanth.org
The Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies @thedickvet.bsky.social We are a world leader in veterinary education, research, and clinical practice. Part of the University of Edinburgh. Also on LinkedIn, Facebook, Instagram and YouTube. https://vet.ed.ac.uk/
The Roslin Institute @roslininstitute.bsky.social Pioneering animal biosciences. Our aim is to achieve sustainable agriculture, control diseases and enhance health. Part of the Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies at the University of Edinburgh. Also on Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn and YouTube.
Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle @mnhn.fr 400 ans d’aventures scientifiques pour éclairer demain
🌍 Observer, comprendre, agir pour la Terre et le vivant
📍 10 musées, jardins et zoos en France
S’abonner 👉 mnhn.fr/la-newsletter-du-museum-sur-la-terre-et-le-vivant
Florian Cousseau @flocousseau.bsky.social Post Doctoral Research Associate in Prehistory | Durham University | Neolithic Europe | Megalithic Architecture
Annie Mason @annieemason.bsky.social Zooarchaeology
Palaeoanthropology
Osteoarchaeology
Biological anthropology
Domestication
Dogs (both personally and academically!)
If it's bones, then I dig it!
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Open Education at The University of Edinburgh @openededinburgh.bsky.social Open Education and Wikimedian In Residence services at The University of Edinburgh.
https://open.ed.ac.uk/contact-us/
https://information-services.ed.ac.uk/help-consultancy/is-skills/wikimedia
#OER #OpenEducation #Wikipedia activities & initiatives.
Internet Archive @archive.org Internet Archive is a non-profit research library preserving web pages, books, movies & audio for public access. Explore web history via the Wayback Machine.
The English Historical Review @enghistrev.bsky.social Academic history journal, publishing in all fields and periods.
Find our content here:
https://academic.oup.com/ehr
Indigo Reeve @indigopareeve.bsky.social PhD Researcher in Scottish Medieval Health and freelancer in bioarchaeology, museums and heritage.
BioArCh @york-bioarch.bsky.social A centre of excellence in bioarchaeology, specialising in the analysis of human, animal and plant remains and molecular techniques - proteins, lipids, DNA and stable isotopes. Department of Archaeology, University of York
WSU Department of Anthropology @wsuanthropology.bsky.social We emphasize integrative approaches to the study of human behavior, evolution, culture, and biology. Our program offers degrees in Anthropology (BA, MA, and PhD) and Human Biology (BA) across WSU Global, Pullman, and Vancouver campuses.
Radiocarbon @14cjournal.bsky.social International journal of cosmogenic isotope research based at the University of Arizona, USA, and published in partnership with Cambridge University Press.
radiocarbon.org
https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/radiocarbon
Edinburgh Open Research @edopenresearch.bsky.social We're the Open Research and Research Support teams at the University of Edinburgh. We work to make research more open and accessible to all.
We are working towards UNESCO and LERU's pillars of Open Research.
Find out more:
https://eor.start.page
Sharon Clough @bonegirl.bsky.social Osteoarchaeologist for Cotswold Archaeology. Views my own.
Cordelia Beattie @cordeliabeattie.bsky.social Professor of History, with particular focus on women in England c.1300-1700. Was PI on AHRC-funded Alice Thornton’s Books project, 2021-25. https://thornton.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/people/cbeattie/
The Gefrin Trust @gefrintrust.bsky.social Dedicated to the preservation and investigation of a nationally-significant early medieval royal palace site at Yeavering, Northumberland. *Order our new monograph here: https://adgefrin.co.uk/shop/Ad-Gefrin-Brian-Hope-Taylor-and-his-Quest-p811658455
Kristina Killgrove @killgrove.bsky.social Staff writer @LiveScience.com
Email: kkillgrove@livescience.com
Web: Livescience.com/author/kristina-killgrove
PhD in anthropology, MA in classical archaeology. Former professor & Roman bioarchaeologist.
I crochet and bake a lot. Chapel Hill, NC based.
Guillaume Robin @guillaume-robin.bsky.social Archaeologist | European Prehistory | Neolithic monuments, rock art, landscapes | Senior Lecturer at @edinburgharchaeo
Michael Harris @davidmichaelharris.bsky.social MA (Hons), MScR, FSA Scot
Archaeologist. Adult Education Tutor. Editor & proofreader.
Member: Friends of the Earth Scotland; Red Rope; Solidarity Federation-IWA
St Giles' Cathedral @stgilescathedral.bsky.social The High Kirk of Edinburgh, situated at the historic heart of the Old Town.
This account is managed by the Heritage and Culture Team.
You can also find us on Instagram and Facebook.
Council for British Research in the Levant (CBRL) @cbrl.bsky.social A learned society working with the countries, peoples and societies of the Levant to advance public education through promoting and disseminating research in the humanities, social sciences and related subjects.
https://www.cbrl.ac.uk
Friends of Kinneil @kinneil.bsky.social The Friends of Kinneil are a group promoting historic Kinneil House, Museum, Estate and Nature Reserve in Bo’ness. Get the full info at www.kinneil.org
ATRIUM Research @atrium-eu.bsky.social ATRIUM — Advancing Frontier Research in the Arts and Humanities — is a European Commission-funded project bridging four leading research infrastructures: DARIAH, ARIADNE, OPERAS and CLARIN 🏺
https://atrium-research.eu/
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.
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".
📚 Dunblane's historic Leighton Library @leightonlibrary.bsky.social Scotland's oldest purpose-built independent library, built 1687 from bequest of 17th century Robert Leighton, Principal of University of Edinburgh, Chancellor of University of Glasgow, Bishop of Dunblane Cathedral
https://www.leightonlibrary.org.uk
Centre for the Sciences of Place and Memory @memoryplace.bsky.social Anchored in philosophy @stir.ac.uk
Researching place & memory
across cognitive sciences, social sciences & the arts
Led by @suttonprofessor.bsky.social & @reaveyp.bsky.social
Funded by @leverhulme.ac.uk
placememory.net
Scotland's Archaeology Strategy @scotarchstrat.bsky.social We want to live in a Scotland where archaeology is for everyone! https://archaeologystrategy.scot/
DerbyshireArchaeology @derbyshirearch.bsky.social Posts from the Archaeology Advisory Team and the Historic Environment Record at Derbyshire County Council
Emily Johnston @theheritagetourist.bsky.social Archaeology PhD Student at Edinburgh University | Public Archaeologist
International Medieval Congress Leeds @imc-leeds.bsky.social Welcoming the world's researchers to share ideas in Medieval Studies at @UniversityofLeeds.bsky.social and online. Communities, 5-8 July 2027.
https://www.imc.leeds.ac.uk
Oxford Radiocarbon Accelerator Unit @oxradiocarbon.bsky.social Collaborating across disciplines & providing a high precision #radiocarbon dating service. https://radiocarbon.arch.ox.ac.uk
@unioxarchaeology.bsky.social @ox.ac.uk
Node of NERC-AHRC funded National Environmental Isotope Facility @isotopesuk.bsky.social
SGSAH @sgsah.bsky.social The Scottish Graduate School for Arts & Humanities, based at the University of Glasgow, offers world-leading support for doctoral researchers in the Arts & Humanities across Scotland. 🎓✨
Director: Professor Maria Fusco
Scotland's Churches Trust @scotchurchestrust.bsky.social Celebrating Scotland's rich culture and built heritage since 1978. We preserve, promote and protect Scotland's unique assemblage of ecclesiastical buildings.
https://www.scotlandschurchestrust.org.uk/
Society of Antiquaries of Scotland @socantscot.bsky.social A membership charity founded in 1780 that supports the study and enjoyment of Scotland’s past through publications, lectures, @scarf-scot.bsky.social, @digitscotland.bsky.social, @churchheritage.bsky.social and more | Visit https://www.socantscot.org/
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
Past Glasgow @pastglasgow.co.uk Glasgow then and now
New-Cleckit Dominie @ncdominie.bsky.social University maths teacher (failed academic); very amateur local history; slightly worse photography. Not always very neurotypical. Uaireannan beagan Gàidhlig cuideachd. Same handle on the elephant site. Web: http://www.dominie.scot.
This Is My Glasgow @thisismyglasgow.bsky.social 'This Is My Glasgow' is a photographic project from Colin M. Drysdale, author of 'Glasgow Uncovered: 18 Walks Through its Past, Present and Future.' All images are my own.
Claire McDade @clairemcdde.bsky.social Heritage, social justice, music, culture, and, increasingly, gardens and cute animals.
Heritage Lead for Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow https://heritage.rcpsg.ac.uk/
Gordon Barr @gordonbarr.scot Buildings/heritage/tech/Muppets fan, ex-scientist.
Works @archhfund.org.uk Scotland
50% of @ScottishCinemas.org
33% of @glasgowgardenfestival.org
Also at @gordonbarr@mastodon.scot
Jennie Morgan @drmorgan.bsky.social Senior Lecturer in Heritage. Own views. UK / NZ. Museums, ethnography, emotional labour, collecting, methods. Norwegian forest cat 😂 and newly diagnosed coeliac posts 😭
Dialectographer (Mitch Miller) @dialectographer.bsky.social Artist-illustrator, teacher. Words and Pictures from the edges of this and that. Off 'The Shows'/post-industrial nomad mostly located in Glasgow, Scotland. Find me at: www.dialectograms.com, www.recollective.org.uk and https://preferredfictions.substack.co
Rich Welsh @rdwglass.bsky.social Stained Glass Studio. Restoration / Repair / Beginners Classes. Etched Glass. RDW Glass. Dennistoun. Glasgow. Scotland. 🏴
RDW Glass - Rich Welsh, Keira Mclean, Caireen Stuart.
www.stainedglass.scot
Nebo Peklo @nebopeklo.bsky.social Glasgow based illustrator under the pseudonym Nebo Peklo / Public sector worker 9-5 / Maw 24.7 / #MDANT / Views are my own
www.nebo-peklo.co.uk
Lorraine @wolfq4.bsky.social Historian | Archivist | Taphophile | Architecture | Built Heritage | 16-17th century witchcraft in the west of Scotland |
Music fan with wanderlust. Personal acct, so views my own! Occasionally random posts
https://archivisthistoryblog.wordpress.com/home/
Wiebke McGhee @wiebkemcghee.bsky.social Archivist, North Lanarkshire - history, nature, literature - auch auf Deutsch
Walk Talk Tours @walktalktours.bsky.social Discovering Glasgow, it’s hidden Countryside, Southside, West End and beyond. Celebrating the City
www.walktalktours.uk
Insta: @walktalktours1
T/X @tours_talk
dr nicky imrie @njimrie.bsky.social public-library worker ▪ ab&zu auf de/ö ▪ often on my bike ▪ she/her ▪ neurospicy ▪ own views ▪
🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
Glasgow West End Today @glasgowwestend.bsky.social Celebrating Scotland’s greatest city in words and pictures, and our 10th anniversary in 2026.
🌍 https://linktr.ee/GlasgowWestEndToday
Aaron Sheridan @acsheridan.bsky.social History PhD at the University of Strathclyde researching social history of council housing in Edinburgh, 1919 - 1999 | Living Rent, Govan and Ibrox branch
Justin Parkes @justparkes.bsky.social Museum curator | travel | industrial history | art | photography | views mine
Ewan Gibbs @ewangibbs.bsky.social Historian of work, energy, industry and protest. Author of An Injury to All: The Unmaking of the British Working Class and Coal Country. Should be running or writing.
Meg Bertera-Berwick @megberteraberwick.bsky.social Writing about land & memory. PhD in post-colonial stuff. Shortlisted for the Nan Shepherd Prize 2023. Glasgow. Free 🇵🇸
On insta: @meg.berteraberwick
Newsletter: https://podbypod.substack.com/
Represented by @portyliterary.bsky.social
Alison Spring @acspring.bsky.social Glasgow-ish based Qualified Genealogist @ RQG, specialising in Scottish research linktr.ee/scotsancestors
Speaker - see my talks listed at https://tinyurl.com/yb9cht29
@lynncorrigan.bsky.social @lynncorrigan.bsky.social Clyde-built. Recovered shambrarian, monger of metadata and fettler of systems. Genealogy/Local history. Work as if you live in the early days of a better nation.
Dr Graeme Millen @weegiegraeme.bsky.social Working class, Glaswegian 🏴, Historian of late 17th century specialising in Scotland, warfare, martial culture, identity and migration. Former HE lecturer.
Publishing on Jacobites, the Highland War (1689-1691) & Scots-Dutch Brigade 🇳🇱
All views my own.
Bygone Bungo @bygonebungo.bsky.social Documenting local history in and around Strathbungo, Glasgow.
Look up your house or just read the blog at bygone.bungoblog.com
Darren McLean @darrenmcleanuk.bsky.social Building conservation university teacher and practitioner.
Historic building materials, construction techniques, and architecture.
Studying Roman construction and writing a book on Historic Floors
UK/Italy
ScottishCinemas.org @scottishcinemas.org Visit http://www.scottishcinemas.org for 1000s of current & archive pictures of 100s of cinemas across Scotland.
Run by @GordonBarr.scot and
@garypainter74.bksy.social
since 2001.
Dr Katie Strang @palaeokatie.bsky.social Curator of Mineralogy & Petrology at The Hunterian 🏴 Trustee of Scottish Geology Trust & Fossil Grove Trust. Researcher of Scotland’s rocks, industrial heritage, coprolites & graveyard geology.
The Urban Historian- Stephen Clancy @theurbanhistorian.bsky.social See the history around you...
One-time archaeologist now delivering Heritage Walks, Talks, History Cafes & Genealogy services in Paisley, Renfrewshire 🏴
www.theurbanhistorian.co.uk
www.renfrewshireancestors.uk
www.discoverrenfrewshireheritage.com
Glasgow Coat of Arms @glasgowcoa.bsky.social Collecting images of the many variations on the theme of Glasgow's coat of arms.
Snaps my own if not credited. Contributions welcome! #Glasgow 🌳🐦🔔🐟
Maxine Ross @maxineross.bsky.social "Queen of the Yew Trees" RBGE trained Horticulturist/Botanist, #YewTreesoftheClydeValley 🏹 Scottish Garden & Landscape History, Ethnobotany, #ScottishSundials #YewTangClan
Katherine Mackinnon @kamack.bsky.social Writer and PhD researcher interested in oral history, migration and methodology. Also radical history walking tours, books, social history, Glasgow kmackinnon.org radicalglasgowtours.com she/her
Prof Fiona Skillen @fionaskillen.bsky.social Professor in History, GCU. Research: sports & gender history, heritage &volunteering.
Dr Robyne Calvert @robyneerica.bsky.social Cultural Historian: art, design, architecture, fashion. Author: The Mack @YaleBooks; Academic & Learning Developer (SLD) @UofGlasgow. Feminist & aspire to be a good Ally. Sewist 🪡🧵 Kdrama Addict🫰and GenX Nerd 🧙🏻♀️👻☕️ she/her
https://robynecalvert.com/
Niall Murphy @murphyniallgla.bsky.social If you are interested in architecture, urbanism and conservation issues in Glasgow, Scotland, then follow me. I’m Director of Glasgow City Heritage Trust, Chair of Govanhill Baths BPT a Trustee of BEFS and Co-chair of the Glasgow Built Heritage Commission.
Dr Ailsa Boyd @ailsaboyd.bsky.social Victorian art history, design, literature, house history, Scottish heritage #retrofirst
Valerie Wright @vawright10.bsky.social Historian of modern and contemporary Scotland: deindustrialisation, regional policy, housing, new towns, women and work | Feminist, mum and Paisley Buddy | she/her
https://www.ed.ac.uk/profile/dr-valerie-wright
Scottish Industrial Heritage Society @scotindustria.bsky.social SIHS promotes the heritage of Scottish industry, past and present. Founded in 1984 by combining the Scottish Society for the Preservation of Historical Machinery and the Scottish Society for Industrial Archaeology. www.sihs.co.uk/
Inverclyde History from Cartsburn Publishing @inverclydehistory.bsky.social Local/Social History from Inverclyde:Greenock, Port Glasgow, Gourock and the local villages.
Local publisher www.cartsburnpublishing.com
Yvonne McFadden @ymcfadden.bsky.social Social & cultural history; women’s & gender history; oral history; housing history; cats;
all views my own
Gavin Brewis @gavinbrewis.bsky.social C4 Community Catapult Research Fellow with interests in youth culture, communities, systemic violence, and intergenerational psychosocial trauma. Scholar of Buckfast Tonic Marxism. 🍾
Lost Glasgow @lostglasgow.bsky.social Trying to make sense of my surroundings, and myself, in an ever-changing city. Dreamer and imagineer.
Memorial Device: Alternative National Treasure
Bricking It Glasgow @brickingglasgow.bsky.social I make Lego models of Glasgow buildings and landmarks.
Get in touch if you have a request.
https://glasgowbrickingit.etsy.com
Duille @duille.com Life is the green leaf.
We're an independent design studio inspired by Charles Rennie Mackintosh.
Tel: +44 (0)1604 312960
Shop here: duille.com
Friends of Glasgow Royal Infirmary @friendsofgri.bsky.social OSCR SC050180|Museum open Tues-Fri 11-3, Sat 12-2|📧info@friendsofgri.org
http://friendsofgri.org
@chrislesliephoto.bsky.social @chrislesliephoto.bsky.social
Tony McK @oakroyd.bsky.social @Oakroyd on Twitter/X #Glasgow/Photos/Pols/Hoops/Blues/Jazz
The Alasdair Gray Archive @agrayarchive.bsky.social Scottish Charity SC052417 caring for Gray’s studio & visual/literary material. Education & New Commissions. Inclusive Community. Custodian sorchadallas.bsky.social
The Empire Cafe @the-empire-cafe.bsky.social The Empire Café explores Scotland & Empire through events, places, writing & conversation. Co-created by Louise Welsh & Jude Barber. Podcast 'Who owns the Clyde?', co-produced with Halina Rifai out now. https://podfollow.com/who-owns-the-clyde/view
Maryhill Burgh Halls @maryhillburghhalls.bsky.social 🔍 Maryhill Museum
🏠 Local Heritage & Community Events
👩💼 Event Venue & Office Space
⏰ Open Mon-Fri 10am-5pm
Glasgow Science Centre @glasgowscience.bsky.social One of Scotland's must-see visitor attractions - presenting concepts of science & technology in unique & inspiring ways.
Follow @glasgowplanetarium.bsky.social
The Agnes Owens Archive @aowensarchive.bsky.social Opening 16.01.26, a new public resource dedicated to the Scottish writer Agnes Owens. This archive is housed within agrayarchive.bsky.social
ScotsFoundedFootball @gedboy58.bsky.social Football History of the Scotch Professor. Telling the story of how Scotland invented modern world football. Working to Preserve, Protect and Publicise the history of the game from a Scottish perspective and crush the myth that England invented the game.