Julia Higginbottom @gabysslave.bsky.social You can find me @croft_22 on TikTok
or on Signal
Elgin Museum @elginmuseum.bsky.social Welcome to #ElginMuseum!
From Sat 1st August: Elgin Museum in Miniature opens in our Side Hall! Fri-Mon, 1pm-4pm.
Sign up for more info: www.elginmuseum.org.uk
Visit from home via our website & YouTube.
Walking Scotland @walkingscotland.bsky.social We are Walking Scotland. Your national walking and wheeling charity. Formerly known as Paths for All 👣
🌐 www.walkingscotland.org.uk
Leonardo Da Vinci @da-vinci2026.bsky.social Painter, anatomist, engineer, daydreamer.
I left more notebooks than finished works because curiosity always pulled me sideways.
If you have ten passions and finish three, you might be one of mine, find it out at mypeeps.ai
Marcus Aurelius @marcusaurelius2026.bsky.social Emperor of Rome by inheritance. Stoic by choice.
I kept a private journal specifically so that nobody would read it. That has gone about as well as you can see.
If you give excellent advice and take none of it: mypeeps.ai
matthewcr @matthewcr.bsky.social Here for art, books, film, music, comedy, food, football, cricket, history, old newspapers, birds, mountains and more.
Horniman Museum and Gardens @hornimanmuseum.bsky.social
UK National Covid Memorial Wall @covidmemorialwall.bsky.social Registered Charity responsible for the offical national memorial to our UK Covid dead. Account run by bereaved volunteers.♥️
www.nationalcovidmemorialwall.org
Kitty @kittyfisher.bsky.social liking stuff since 1741. arctic expeditions, medical history, marine life, flouncy mantuas, the sea, perfume. Edward Forbes fan account.
🦪 https://edwardforbes.net
The Shipping Forecast ⚓️ @shippingforecast.bsky.social I'm Finisterre, the experimental bot mapping the day's shipping forecast details from around the British Isles using public Met Office data ⚓️
(Originally on 'the bird app' but now prefer it here - this isn't a BBC or Met Office account)
Penlee House Gallery & Museum @penleehousegallery.bsky.social Penlee House is Cornwall's only public Gallery, specialising in the Newlyn School artists. It is the artistic heart of West Cornwall's history, a space to relax, explore, and discover.
Open Monday - Saturday
Owned and operated by Penzance Council
The Empty City @davidallengreen.bsky.social Writes about law and policy at The Empty City blog and elsewhere.
Birmingham/London. Janeite. #AVFC
www.theemptycity.com
Matthew Stewart @roguestrands.bsky.social Weaving ways through poetry. Second full collection, ‘Whatever You Do, Just Don’t’, a Poetry Society Book of the Year 2023, available from HappenStance Press.
Andrew Male @andrewmale.bsky.social Writer and arts journalist. MOJO, Guardian, and The Sunday Times. Sight & Sound's TV columnist.
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.
Chris Schweizer @schweizercomics.bsky.social Cartoonist/Kentucky Colonel/3x Eisner Award nominee. Former college professor, former social studies teacher. History buff, but certainly no expert. Hopkins County, KY. He/him
schweizercomics.com
outlawsapprentice.com
@wytchhazel.bsky.social @wytchhazel.bsky.social #MDANT Aberdeenshire. Woke. Snowflake ❄️ Adventures of Hamish the ginger tom.
Sorcha Dallas @sorchadallas.bsky.social Avid mother, reader, runner. Custodian of agrayarchive.bsky.social Curatorial practice centred on care.
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
One Further @onefurther.bsky.social A digital consultancy. We help arts and culture organisations do digital better.
Rose Ruane @regretteruane.bsky.social Artist, writer, sweetheart, battleaxe, she/her
Novels This Is Yesterday & Birding with Corsair Books
Rep: Becky Thomas at Lewinsohn Literary
Chair of The Adamson Collection Trust: work created in the art therapy studio at Netherne hospital during the C20th
Sean Brady @formbyjournal.bsky.social Micro-stories
Comments, snippets, and stories close to home and across the world to prompt your interest.
https://formbyfootnotes.blog/
Orkney Heritage Society @orkneyheritagesoc.bsky.social orkneyheritagesociety.org.uk
Louvain Rees ⚰️ @hellohistoria.bsky.social Award-winning Historian & Genealogist ✍️🏻
Death, Wales and Psychiatry 💀
Glamorgan County Lunatic Asylum 🧠
Workhouses | Poor Law | Lunacy 🧠
🥇BBC History Extra '30 under 30' 📚
📍Cardiff | views are my own • she/her
🔗 www.linktr.ee/louvainrees
Grise l’Indécis @wildobliquities.bsky.social small duck energy
@cathrynb.bsky.social @cathrynb.bsky.social
Barb Drummond @barbdrummond.bsky.social Self publishing historian mostly on 18th century Britain. Books on wife selling, machines of the Enlightenment, and much more. Latest book The Great Flood of 1607 published September 2024. Love photography, churchcrawling, curiosity
HMS Tern Historic Airfield Orkney @hmstern.bsky.social HMS Tern (RNAS Twatt) was a vital part of the Royal Navy's presence in Orkney during WWII. The airfield is maintained by Birsay Heritage Trust.
Guided tours available April-Sept Wed, Fri & Sun 2pm.
hmstern.co.uk
@errollynwallen.bsky.social @errollynwallen.bsky.social
Dig It Dan @digitdan.bsky.social Uncovering history across Maine. I detect properties for owners to showcase their history by finding items lost by past inhabitants. Credited with discovering a Militia/Civil War muster field in ME. Posts about Maine history and things that interest me.
Kirkdale Bookshop @kirkdalebooks.bsky.social indie bookshop in Sydenham, SE London | open since 1966
| new books | second hand books | children's books | gifts |
Mon-Sat 9:30-5 Sun 12-4 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
Working Class History @workingclasshistory.com History isn't made by kings or politicians, it's made by us: billions of ordinary people. https://patreon.com/workingclasshistory
Danny Robins @dannyrobins.bsky.social #Uncanny fans 👻🛸 The brand new Uncanny Summer Specials are out NOW on BBC Sounds and wherever you get your podcasts!
Museum Tales @museumtales.bsky.social Freelance consultant specialising in all things family friendly
Benji W 🏳️🌈🇬🇧 @benjiw.bsky.social Live/work in Birmingham, UK. Kent @ Canterbury & Goldsmiths Alum. Bright/Breezy. Books. Queer Christian. Living with cancer.🌹🏳️🌈
SS Great Britain @ssgreatbritain.bsky.social
Kids in Museums @kidsinmuseums.bsky.social We work with museums, heritage sites and cultural organisations to help them welcome and include children, young people and families.
www.kidsinmuseums.org.uk
Ness of Brodgar @nessofbrodgar.bsky.social Ongoing project investigating a monumental Neolithic complex in Orkney, Scotland.
www.nessofbrodgar.co.uk
National Library of Scotland @natlibscot.bsky.social Scotland’s living memory. If you can think of it, we probably have it.
Stromness Museum @stromnessmuseum.bsky.social Orkney's museum of Natural and Maritime History, founded in 1837. "A treasure trove of objects from across the centuries..."
Wonderland Bookshop @wonderlandbookshop.bsky.social An independent bookshop for children and young adults in Retford, North Notts. Quite possibly the cutest little bookshop in the world. British Book Awards Children's Bookseller of the Year 2025.
wonderlandbookshop.co.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
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