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.
Nadine Akkerman @misswalsingham.bsky.social Archival detective, author, biographer, cryptographer, editor, spymistress. Prof in early modern lit & culture at @unileiden.bsky.social
Michael Pearce @michaelpearce.bsky.social History, Scotland. Probably writing about material culture, costume, household accounts, letters, recipe books, and the fine grain detail of Scottish royal revenue.
Website: https://vanishedcomforts.org/about/
Saw this on a map @stuartackland.bsky.social From crazy cartouches, wonderful beasts or general carto-frippery, a site that highlights the non-map part of maps! From the Map team at the Bodleian Library
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.
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/
Leadhills Miners' Library @lhminerslibrary.bsky.social Founded 23 Nov, 1741: the oldest subscription library in the British Isles.
Perched high in the Southern Uplands of Scotland 📚🏴⛰️⛏️
#librarywithaltitude
Fleming Collection @flemingartcoll.bsky.social Collection of both established and emerging Scottish artists.
Publisher of Scottish Art News.
flemingcollection.com
Royal Scottish Academy @royalscottishacad.bsky.social Run by artists, for artists.
Founded in 1826, the Royal Scottish Academy supports art and architecture in Scotland.
Scottish Museums Federation @scottishmuseums.bsky.social Representing members of Scotland's cultural sector since the 1930s.
🏺 Museums
🎨 Galleries
📜 Archives
🏛️ Heritage sites
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1sCGLoV6Yyq7_h3dO60hyp9vizNchMPuVMgw921ud2co/edit?usp=sharing
Melissa Terras @melissaterras.bsky.social Professor of Digital Cultural Heritage, Edinburgh College of Art, University of Edinburgh. Computers versus the past. Digital Humanities and somesuch, including Transkribus. MBE FREng FRSE.
Anna Groundwater @agroundwater.bsky.social Historian, early modern Scotland & Britain, borders, things, James VI, Union of the Crowns … & oh yes, Mary Queen of Scots
@bletherobooks 1st November: http://bit.ly/43mW82w
Scottish History Society @scothistorysociety.bsky.social The Scottish History Society is a registered charity and the leading publisher of original sources relating to the history of Scotland. Founded in 1886, the Society has published over 170 volumes.
Sarah Mackay @smgthomson.bsky.social Curator @natlibscot.bsky.social 📚
Patrick Hart @silcrow.bsky.social 
Stephanie Shakay Tierney @littletiern.bsky.social 🇦🇲/🇺🇸PhD candidate in social anthropology at the University of Edinburgh. Research focus on the contemporary memorialisation of Scotland’s 16th-18th century witch trials.
Politics of memory, kinship, gender, landscape, queer anthropology
Society for Renaissance Studies @srsrensoc.bsky.social SRS, the main academic organisation in UK & Ireland dedicated to the promotion of the study of the Renaissance. Hatched in 1967. 🐥 🔥 🐣 🐦🔥 https://rensoc.org.uk/
Dr Lizzie Marx @lizziemarx.bsky.social Curator of Dutch and Flemish Art at the National Gallery of Ireland
Insta: Lizzie.S.Marx
Dr Rita J. Dashwood @rjdashwood.bsky.social Literary Scholar and Historian of the 18th and 19th Centuries | FWO Senior Postdoctoral Fellow at Ghent University, The Heiress: Women, Property and Economics | Author of Women and Property Ownership in Jane Austen + Reading the Romantic Ridiculous
V&A Dundee @vadundee.bsky.social We are Scotland’s design museum, designed for everyone.
Open daily, 10.00 – 17.00 ☺️
@leedsmuseums.bsky.social @leedsmuseums.bsky.social 
Glasgow Women's Library @womenslibrary.bsky.social The only Accredited Museum in the UK dedicated to women’s history, with a lending library and innovative programmes of public events and learning opportunities
JORVIK Viking Centre @jorvikviking.bsky.social 👆 Follow us for Viking fun! 🤪
Book a visit to discover the REAL Vikings 🔥
Ashmolean Museum, Oxford @ashmoleanmuseum.bsky.social 🖼 🏺 World famous collections, from Egyptian mummies to contemporary art
🕙 Open every day 10am–5pm 🏛 linktr.ee/ashmoleanmuseum
205TF @205tf.bsky.social TF, two letters that stand for Type Foundry and Typographie Française (French Typography).
https://www.205.tf/
LJMU Special Collections & Archives @ljmu-sca.bsky.social Home to: LJMU's history; punk & pop culture; visual arts; music; women & girls' comics (Femorabilia); Stafford Beer; Liverpool theatre; 19th Century periodicals; & more! ✏📰
https://linktr.ee/ljmu_sca
Art Collection, University of Stirling @artatstirling.bsky.social Making arts and culture a part of daily life for staff, students and visitors to the University of Stirling through exhibitions, events and workshops. Based in Pathfoot Building.
https://t.co/mbETTqX3Mb 
Library of Innerpeffray @innerpeffray.bsky.social Scotland's first free, public lending library - a treasure in the Perthshire countryside. History of reading, stories of the borrowers, rare books and fun stuff!
University of Cambridge Museums @camunivmuseums.bsky.social Eight University of Cambridge Museums & the Botanic Garden | Five million marvellous objects to discover | Come on in! museums.cam.ac.uk
University of Reading Art Collection @unirdg-artcol.bsky.social ♦️ Sharing Art Collections held at the University of Reading
https://linktr.ee/uorartcollection
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)!
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
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
DMU Archives and Rare Books @dmuspecialcolls.bsky.social De Montfort University Special Collections, part of Library and Student Services. Explore our collections on our catalogue: http://specialcollections.catalogue.dmu.ac.uk
Scottish Council on Archives @scotsarchives.bsky.social We provide leadership for the archives and records management sector in Scotland. Lead. Inform. Inspire.
Website: https://www.scottisharchives.org.uk/
The National Manuscripts Conservation Trust, aka NMCT @thenmct.bsky.social We give grants for manuscript conservation projects and are the the only UK charity focusing solely on supporting manuscript conservation in non-national GLAMs
University of Brighton Design Archives @designarchives.bsky.social Award-winning archive of British & international industrial & communication design
designarchives@brighton.ac.uk
https://blogs.brighton.ac.uk/brightondesignarchives/
https://linktr.ee/design_archives
University of Stirling Archives @unistirarchives.bsky.social News, events and activities related to the collections held in the University of Stirling Archives.
Find out more at:
https://libguides.stir.ac.uk/archives
UCD Archives @ucdarchives.bsky.social We curate private paper collections documenting the modern Irish State; UCD; and many elements of the Franciscan manuscript patrimony. www.ucd.ie/archives
CILIP Rare Books and Special Collections Group @ciliprarebooks.bsky.social 
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
RAS Library and Archives @astrolibrarian.bsky.social We look after the astronomy and geophysics collections in the library and archive of the Royal Astronomical Society.
https://ras.ac.uk/library
UEA Archives @ueaarchives.bsky.social University of East Anglia's Archives / Doris Lessing/ British Archive for Contemporary Writing / Towards a Centre for Contemporary Poetry www.uea.ac.uk/bacw
Uni of Sheffield Special Collections, Heritage and Archives SCHA @uoscollections.bsky.social 🎪National Fairground and Circus Archive
📜Special Collections and Archives
🖼️University Heritage Collection
📚University Archives
tinyurl.com/unisheffSCHA
Cambridge UL Special Collections @theulspeccoll.bsky.social Cambridge University Library Special Collections, featuring our manuscripts, archives, maps, music, rare books, photographs, objects and more. https://www.lib.cam.ac.uk/collections/special-collections
📚 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
Newcastle Uni Special Collections & Archives @ncllibspeccoll.bsky.social Newcastle University Special Collections & Archives is an Accredited Archive Service, home to Newcastle University's archive and rare book collections.
Find out more: https://www.ncl.ac.uk/library/special-collections/
Bishopsgate Institute @bishopsgateinst.bsky.social Proudly independent since 1895. Dive into our archives and learn with us online. https://www.bishopsgate.org.uk/
ARA Scotland @arascot.bsky.social The Scottish section of @araukie.bsky.social
Comann na Tasglannan is Clàraidhean na h-Alba.
DCLA Reading Room @dclareadingroom.bsky.social The Reading Room, Dublin City Library and Archive, 139-144 Pearse Street, Dublin 2 Tel: +353 1 2224999
We collect, care for and share Dublin's history.
Kresen Kernow @kresenkernow.bsky.social Home to a million and a half original documents, books & photographs relating to Cornwall's history! Provider of activities & resources linked to these! Connecting, collecting and inspiring people here and across the world with Cornwall's archive history.
Durham University Collections @ducollections.bsky.social Collections from @durham-university.bsky.social museums, art collection, biosciences, archives and special collections. Not monitored 24/7. @dulib.bsky.social
https://linktr.ee/DUCollections 
Magdalen Libraries & Archives @magdlibandarch.bsky.social Magdalen College, Oxford has a large circulating library, a significant early printed & manuscript books collection, and an extensive archive.
History of Advertising Trust @historyofads.bsky.social The History of Advertising Trust - the largest archive of UK advertising in the world. Search our catalogue: http://bit.ly/2xQLOAN
Cork LGBT Archive @corklgbtarchive.bsky.social Gathering, digitizating, and sharing the rich history of Cork's LGBTQ+ communities 🏳️🌈
https://CorkLGBTArchive.com
Scottish Society for Northern Studies @northernstudies.bsky.social The Scottish Society for Northern Studies (SSNS) was founded in 1968 to explore the inter-relationships between the Scandinavian, Celtic, and Scottish cultures.
https://ssns.org.uk
McNaughtan's Bookshop @mcnaughtans.co.uk Rare & second-hand bookshop in central Edinburgh, est. 1957.
Open every day 11am to 5pm, and till 8pm on Thursdays.
British Online Archives (BOA) @boapublishing.bsky.social Our skilled team curate and digitise unique collections of primary sources that illuminate key historical concepts, events, and themes.
Mainly Museums @mainlymuseums.bsky.social A personal take on museums big and small from contributors across the globe.
Forum Rare Books @forumrarebooks.bsky.social Rare book dealers from the Netherlands, specializing in books, manuscripts, prints, maps & other works on paper concerning Travel & Exploration, Islamic World, Natural History, Early Printing, Cartography, Science & Medicine, etc.
www.forumrarebooks.com
California Rare Book School @calrbs.bsky.social California Rare Book School is a continuing education program dedicated to providing the requisite knowledge and skills for the rare book and library community. More info: https://linktr.ee/calrbs
Blackwell's Rare Books @blackwellrare.bsky.social Blackwell's Rare Books buys and sells rare books of all kinds, since 1879. Purveyor of #badlydrawnanimals. Follow us on Instagram @blackwellrare
Leeds University Library Galleries @lulgalleries.bsky.social Highlights from Cultural Collections & Galleries @universityofleeds.bsky.social
Free and open to all. Visit us at The Stanley & Audrey Burton Gallery, Treasures of the Brotherton, and Brotherton Research Centre.
bit.ly/LULGWebsite
Royal Berkshire Archives @berksarchives.bsky.social The Royal Berkshire Archives holds the archives of the Royal County of Berkshire. We look after nearly nine hundred years of the County's history.
Website: royalberkshirearchives.org.uk
Archives and Special Collections, Loyola University Chicago @lucarchives1928.bsky.social Book an appointment with us at Cudahy Library, send us an email at archive@luc.edu, or give us a call at 773 508-2660!
Northeastern University Archives and Special Collections @nu-archives.bsky.social Northeastern University's Archives & Special Collections preserves and provides access to records of Boston's neighborhood social justice organizing and infrastructure history and Northeastern's history.
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
Art UK @artukdotorg.bsky.social Connecting you to art 🖼 Art UK is an art education charity and digital space that connects everyone with the UK's public art collection.
Take part in the #OnlineArtExchange every Thursday!
https://artuk.org/
https://linktr.ee/artukdotorg
Caroline Gould @cgould57a.bsky.social Principal Archivist, University of Reading Special Collections and the Museum of English Rural Life
National Library of Scotland @natlibscot.bsky.social Scotland’s living memory. If you can think of it, we probably have it. 
Archives & Collections, Library of Birmingham @theironroom.bsky.social Preserving & sharing 800 years of Birmingham's history at the Library of Birmingham.
For enquiries, please email archives.heritage@birmingham.gov.uk
Follow our blog @ www.theironroom.wordpress.com
More info @ birmingham.gov.uk/archives
University of Galway Library Heritage Collections @uniofgalwayasc.bsky.social Archives, Special Collections and Digital Collections at the University of Galway Library
Cardiff University Libraries @cardiffunilib.bsky.social Croeso // Welcome 👋.
Cyfrif swyddogol ar gyfer Gwasanaeth Llyfrgelloedd Prifysgol Caerdydd // Official account for the Cardiff University Library Service 📚🤫.
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..."
Towards a National Collection (TaNC) @nationalcollection.bsky.social TaNC is an AHRC/UKRI-funded research and development programme to bring together disparate collections across the UK through collaborative research.
University of Surrey Archives and Special Collections @archives-unisurrey.bsky.social We hold the University archive, collections related to the artist E H Shepard, the collections of the National Resource Centre for Dance and other Special Collections.
Aston University Archives @astonunarchives.bsky.social Archives of Aston University in Birmingham, UK closely linked with the Aston University Archives Centre and the History programmes at Aston University.
University of Aberdeen Collections @uoacollections.bsky.social News, Events, Exhibitions and a look at the extensive and varied collections cared for by the University of Aberdeen Collections.
uoacollections@abdn.ac.uk
www.abdn.ac.uk/collections
National Trust Research @researchnt.bsky.social News, stories, opportunities, and occasional memes from the National Trust's Research Team. You're welcome to contact us at research@nationaltrust.org.uk.
Dr Katie Aske @katieaske.bsky.social Lecturer in English at Edinburgh Napier University, specialising in 18th-century beauty and skincare. Instagram: @drkatieaske
Morven @morvenrodger.bsky.social Cultural Heritage and Museum person in Scotland's Central Belt | she/her
University of Reading Special Collections @uorspeccoll.bsky.social Sharing treasures from our Special Collections, Rare Books and Archives.
Website: https://collections.reading.ac.uk/special-collections/
Enquiries: specialcollections@reading.ac.uk
Linktree: https://linktr.ee/unirdg_collections
Rare Book School @rarebookschool.bsky.social Rare Book School is a non-profit institute located in Charlottesville, VA, that provides advocacy, education, and outreach for the study, care, and uses of written, printed, and born-digital materials.
rarebookschool.org
The National Archives Trust @natarchivestrust.bsky.social Supporting education and engagement projects to share the stories held at The National Archives and beyond.
Sarah Finn @romanceofbooks.bsky.social Special Collections Librarian / Print Historian
Fascinated by the history of scientific illustration. Documenting natural history books I encounter in my research 📚🦋
Royal College of Nursing Library and Museum @rcnlibraries.bsky.social The RCN (@rcn.org.uk) Library and Museum is Europe’s largest nursing library. Use our services online or visit our libraries, exhibitions and events in person.
Get in touch via: www.rcn.org.uk/library
Online|Belfast|Cardiff|Edinburgh|London
Museum Study @museumstudy.bsky.social Online professional development for cultural institutions
Milner Library Special Collections @isumilnerspc.bsky.social A visual spectacle to behold, ISU Milner Library's Special Collections houses the Circus & Allied Arts, Children’s Literature & Historical Textbooks, Lincoln, and Rare Book collections.
201 N. School Street, Normal, Illinois 61761
bit.ly/m/MilnerLibSPC
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
Marsh's Library @marshslibrary.bsky.social Beautiful library of the early Enlightenment in central Dublin. Opened in 1707; still welcoming visitors, tourists and scholars.
Registered Charity RCN 20000752
KU Leuven Libraries Special Collections @speccoll-kuleuven.bsky.social We take care of KU Leuven Libraries' heritage collections housed in the University Library: rare books, lecture notes and other manuscripts, graphics... We also have a reference collection of more than 65.000 titles on book history.
The Hunterian @hunterianglasgow.bsky.social At the heart of the University of Glasgow since 1807, The Hunterian connects people with stories, individuals and ideas.
UofGlasgow Archives & Special Collections @uofglasgowasc.bsky.social Collecting since 1451, Archives and Special Collections @UofGlasgow, part of @UofGLibrary. Always inspiring people with our collections. #UofGASC
The Bibliographical Society @bibsoc.bsky.social The Bibliographical Society exists to promote the study of the history of the book, for librarians, collectors, historians and book lovers everywhere.
The Signet Library @signetlibrary.bsky.social The Signet Library in Edinburgh, the home of the WS Society, is a world class centre of knowledge and learning in law and the history and culture of Scotland.
Kristof Selleslach @kristofselle.bsky.social Curator of Archives at Museum Plantin-Moretus • Self-funded PhD Candidate at University of Amsterdam • Posts about the printing staff of the Plantin Press
Bob MacLean @bobmaclean.bsky.social Assistant Librarian (rare books), University of Glasgow Library Archives and Special Collections
Christopher Olive @transacrhivist.bsky.social he/him | UK | Archivist
https://linktr.ee/butchboyfriend
Edinburgh Napier Library: not active or monitoring this account @enulibrary.bsky.social We're not currently active or monitoring this account. You can find lots of Library information and interact with us in other places: email library@napier.ac.auk, see the Library's Instagram account, the Library blog and myNapier Library pages.
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.