International Society for First World War Studies @fwwsoc.bsky.social Find out more about the Society on our website https://firstworldwarstudies.org/
Dr Lauren Padgett @drlaurenpadgett.bsky.social Assistant Curator of Collections @ Bradford District Museums and Galleries ⚙🏺🖼 🏛 | PhD 🎓 | Historian 📜 | Proud Bradfordian 💪🐗 | Interested in local heritage; bygone times; people from the past; & dusty old things | 📌 🗺 Bradford, Yorkshire | Views my own.
MAEASaM @maeasamproject.bsky.social Mapping Africa's Endangered Archaeological Sites and Monuments project funded by Arcadia.
https://maeasam.org
Herschel Museum of Astronomy @herschelmuseum.bsky.social The Herschel Museum of Astronomy is the home of William and Caroline Herschel, distinguished astronomers and musicians. Patron: Sir Brian May 🔭🎸
https://herschelmuseum.org.uk/
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/
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/
Museums & Galleries of NSW @m-g-nsw.bsky.social Museums & Galleries of NSW supports museums, galleries and Aboriginal cultural centres in metropolitan and regional NSW.
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.
Christina Riggs @christinajriggs.bsky.social Writer and historian: photography, art, archives, museums, colonialism (Egypt, Sudan). Chair in the History of Visual Culture @durhamhistory.bsky.social. Author of Treasured: How Tutankhamun Shaped a Century. https://christinariggs.com
Wollaston Museum @wollastonmuseum.bsky.social Village Museum, operated by Wollaston Heritage Society (est 1970). Site includes the between-the-wars Curiosity Cottage and Beacon Hill, a Scheduled Ancient Monument. 
Morris Graves Museum of Art @thegravesmuseum.bsky.social Supporting the art and artists of Northern California like it's our job. 
Research Group on Manuscript Evidence @rgmemss.bsky.social Dedicated to the love of books, manuscripts, written words in multiple media across the ages. Did we mention books?
Our website = https://manuscriptevidence.org/wpme/
Museum Study @museumstudy.bsky.social Online professional development for cultural institutions
Institute of Languages, Cultures and Societies @ilcs.bsky.social The national centre for research in languages, cultures and societies, at the School of Advanced Study, University of London https://ilcs.sas.ac.uk/
Starter pack for languages, literatures, cultures and societies: https://go.bsky.app/TdEXaP2
Royal Historical Society @royalhistsoc.org The Royal Historical Society is the UK's foremost society promoting the scholarly and professional study of the past. Our membership is an international community of 7000+ historians - please join us: https://royalhistsoc.org/
Nina Parish @ninaparish.bsky.social Head of School (Modern Languages and Cultures) and Professor of French @uofglasgow.bsky.social. Text/image, modern & contemporary poetry, memory studies & museums.
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
RCPSG Heritage @rcpsgheritage.bsky.social News, events and stories from the library, archive and museum at the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow
https://heritage.rcpsg.ac.uk/ #histmed #libraries #archives #museums
NorthLan Heritage @nlheritage.bsky.social Connecting you with North Lanarkshire's industrial & social heritage | Explore museum, archive & local studies collections | Visit our museums & search rooms
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. 
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
Oxford School of Anthropology and Museum Ethnography @oxford-anthro.bsky.social We tackle real world problems through our uniquely wide-ranging approach, producing internationally recognised research & teaching on challenging issues.
Museum Ethnographers Group @musethnogroup.bsky.social MEG is a UK-based international collective and subject-specialist network, for anyone interested in caring for global cultures collections.
Web: https://museumethnographersgroup.org.uk/
Meghan Backhouse @mobbackhouse.bsky.social Museum person at NML. Chair of Museum Ethnographers Group. All things Collections. Opinions expressed are my own. She/her. Go Cubs!
Museum of Bath Architecture @batharchitecture.bsky.social A unique museum exploring the architecture, development and built heritage of Bath. A Bath Preservation Trust #museum.
https://museumofbatharchitecture.org.uk/
Royston Museum @roystonmuseum.bsky.social Discover the story of Royston, a town shaped by its ancient landscape and historic crossroads. Nurture your curiosity and connect with people and places, past and present.
Find out more: linktr.ee/roystonmuseum
Supported by Royston Town Council
Kathryn Havelock @kathrynhavelock.bsky.social Marketing & Comms Specialist @ Pallant House
ex V&A, IWM, British Museum, Design Museum, Wallace Collection
Trustee at Collections Trust & Estorick Collection
Studying art history at @bbkhistorical.bsky.social
Alina Botezatu @alinanbotezatu.bsky.social AHRC PhD University of Stirling and Historic Environment Scotland
Uncovering hidden stories of Trinity House, Leith and its portable objects collection 
Conservation at University of Lincoln @uolconservation.bsky.social Official profile for the Conservation of Cultural Heritage programmes at the University of Lincoln, UK. Part of @uolhumanities.bsky.social.
🔗 https://www.lincoln.ac.uk/hh/
Posts by @LeahWW.bsky.social
Fiona McLees @mclees-fiona.bsky.social Paper conservator in Wales. Manuscripts, drawings, artists’ materials, studios, sideline interests in holy wells, roodscreens, and all manner of heritage at the end of long country lanes. Colour-related Instagram posts @chromatic_dispatches
TheNACBS @thenacbs.bsky.social Official Bluesky account for the North American Conference on British Studies (NACBS). We're in Pasadena for #nacbs2026!
Shoemakers Museum @shoemakersmuseum.bsky.social Footwear. Shoemaking. Quaker history. Somerset. C&J Clarks Archive. Marketing history. Factory life. A new museum opening late summer 2025 in Street, Somerset the original home of Clarks shoes..
Centre for Museum Cultures @museumsbirkbeck.bsky.social A hub for intellectual exchange and debate relating to all aspects of museology, curation, and heritage. 
National Museum Directors' Council @nmdcnews.bsky.social The National Museum Directors' Council represents the leaders of the UK's national collections and major regional museums.
Our Newsletter updates you on what's happening in museums and cultural policy in the UK.
https://www.nationalmuseums.org.uk/
Dr Rebecca Bennion @calymeneblue.bsky.social Palaeontologist working in a local history museum 🖼️ collections (of all kinds), curation, and community engagement 🐬 PhD on whales and marine reptiles, now also working on sharks and cave archaeology
Social History Curators Group @shcg.bsky.social Not just for curators! Social history? Museums? Join us!
No bio, no follow back.
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/shcg-conference-2025-curating-communities-tickets-1353581481649
Scottish Football Museum @scotfootballmuseum.bsky.social Official account of the Scottish Football Museum & Hampden Park Stadium Tour.
Open 7 days a week - book now to experience Scottish football like never before! #scottishfootballmuseum
www.scottishfootballmuseum.org.uk 
Museums Association @museumsassociation.org Membership organisation and network for everyone working in museums and heritage 🤝 based in the UK 📍 museumsassociation.org
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/
Claire Bown @thinkingmuseum.bsky.social Author of The Art Engager: Reimagining Guided Experiences in Museums | Techniques & tools to engage with art, objects and museums | The Art Engager podcast | museum educator, trainer, facilitator, coach | Based in NL🇳🇱
HappyMuseum Project @happymuseum.bsky.social Re-imagining museums for the wellbeing of people, place and planet.
Posts via @hilaryjennings
Clarissa J. Ceglio, PhD @cjceglio.bsky.social Lives at intersection of public history, museum studies & digital humanities. Associate Director of Collaborative Research at UConn Humanities Institute and Associate Professor.
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/
Avon @avonwy.bsky.social MSc Modern History Student
Amber Burbidge @amberburbidge.bsky.social Early Modern PhD researcher | EUI History | premodern race-making in material culture | Erasmus at EHESS | decolonisation | race | gender | intersectional | global history | 17c | 18c |heritage | Uni of York alumni 🏳️🌈
betancur . n @nelbeu.bsky.social art & architectural historian / visual, material & religious culture
Barry Masteller @barry-masteller.bsky.social Contemporary American abstract painter. https://www.barrymasteller.com
https://buymeacoffee.com/barrymasteller
Eureka Henrich @eurekahenrich.bsky.social Historian interested in all things 'm' (migration, museums, memory, material culture, medicine) and a few others too. Currently writing a history of migration and health in postwar Australia. https://research.unsw.edu.au/people/dr-eureka-henrich
Tulsi Parikh @tulsiparikh.bsky.social Research fellow in archaeology at the BSA. Lecturer at CYA. Greece, outreach, and migrant rights.
The History Files @historyfiles.bsky.social An extensive collection of information covering all historical states, with comprehensive features, detailed maps, and lists of rulers for each state. Contributors welcomed with fevered enthusiasm.
Located in Europe and North America.
catriona elder @caatty1000.bsky.social scrolling, reading, sharing
intersectionality, anti racism
embroidery, shoes
she/her
Naarm
Liberty Paterson @libertypaterson.bsky.social AHRC PhD, Birkbeck & the National Portrait Gallery, London
Cultural Legacies of Slavery
Exhibition Curator 'Slavery & the Bank' (2022-24), Bank of England Museum
Alexandra Ortolja @alexandraortolja.bsky.social Lecturer in Digital Humanities & History, University of Sheffield
Research: translation of Enlightenment rights discourses; colonial history/ legacies of early modern European collections.
Approaches: book history; DH; critical digital heritage studies.
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 😭
Lorna Richardson @lornarichardson.bsky.social Norwich academic/lecturer in digital media/public archaeology/AI/multimedia storytelling/UCU/bassline junkie/dogmother/stuff/nonsense/whimsy/claptrap
David Hingley @davidhingley.bsky.social Head of Arts, Heritage and Culture at Peridot. Trustee at Painshill Park and Museum of the Broads - with previous form running visitor experience at Tate Galleries, Hampton Court Palace, Landmark Trust and BOP Consulting
BEM for queues
Dr Elizabeth Gow @ecgow.bsky.social Manuscript curator and archivist in Manchester, UK. 
Peter Yeandle @peteryeandle.bsky.social Historian of 19/20thC British history, working on cultural histories of war and empire.
Laura Crossley @lfcrossley.bsky.social Arts & heritage consultant. Coach.
Indie disco-er & lover of sad bangers. Football fan. Dog enthusiast. Bright clothes & hoop earrings please. she/her 🌈❤️
Dinah Winch @dinahw.bsky.social Curator, historian, collector of stuff, pots, stories, museums, buildings.
Emma Martin @tibetcurator.bsky.social Senior Lecturer Museology and 2026 British Academy Mid-Career Fellow at the University of Manchester. Practicing & researching Tibetan museology & material culture, past & present #Tibet #Museums #MaterialCulture #Archives #Colonialism #Provenance
Charlotte Johnson @charjoyjohnson.bsky.social Curator of Industry and Metalwork🍴
Recently submitted my PhD ‘Imperial Connections: Re-examining Kedleston Hall, Derbyshire’, AHRC M4C CDA, National Trust and University of Birmingham
Vandana @veepeeo.bsky.social A museum sector professional, maker of things to wear and foodie. Views my own.
Claire Wintle @clairewintle.bsky.social Historian of museums, exhibitions, collecting, imperialism, decolonisation, India, thinking about now. Director of the Centre for Design History and teaching MA Curating at University of Brighton. 
Chad Hitchcock @chadhitchcock.bsky.social 25 | They\He | Museum Professional | Queer
Jen Grasso @brightonphotobooth.bsky.social Photobooth technician turned archivist | Digital Content & Systems Coordinator @DesignArchives.bsky.social | 1/2 of the Photobooth Technicians Project https://tinyurl.com/ymd7kcax | She/her
Dr Sadia Habib @sadiahabib.bsky.social Senior Lecturer - University of Manchester. Also based at Manchester Museum & Centre on the Dynamics of Ethnicity. Co-founder of The Riz Test.
#education #museums #cats
Own views
Chris Kempshall @chriskempshall.bsky.social Historian & Author on #FWW allied relations, historical games studies, & #StarWars. Rep'd Justin Nash of Kate Nash Literary Agency. Consulting partner @historystudiola.bsky.social. He/him
https://linktr.ee/chriskempshall
Ellie Armstrong @ellietheelement.bsky.social I am Space Research Fellow at University of Leicester (UK). Founding the Constellations Lab for feminist social studies of outer space.
Prev: PDRA @ UStockholm (SE), UDel (USA); PhD @ UCL.
https://ellietheelement.squarespace.com
@lisagraves.bsky.social @lisagraves.bsky.social museums + anthropology
Harriet Atkinson @harrietatkinson.bsky.social historian of art and design | researcher | writer | filmmaker | Course Leader MA Curating Collections & Heritage at University of Brighton
https://research.brighton.ac.uk/en/persons/harriet-atkinson
On a train somewhere between London & Brighton
Dr Pauline McGonagle @pgmcgonagle.bsky.social Lecturer in Mod Lit, University of Groningen, Netherlands. Donegalian. AHRC PhD at Exeter/BL on archive of Ruth Prawer Jhabvala.@unigroningen@bsky.social
Dr Alice Williams @aliceinmuseums.bsky.social AHRC Research Fellow, UCL Institute of Archaeology | Museum and exhibition history, specialising in the display and reception of collections from Egypt.
Robyn C @robynlc.bsky.social Teacher of History, Trustee of a heritage site. Interested in material culture & heritage sites in education, Museums, Engagement with objects, Letters, Journals,✨ MCCT working on #CTeach 
Tom Hughes @tomtelltale.bsky.social Passionate about museums, community heritage, storytelling, stone circles, medieval history, folklore, and bagpipes.
Cruck Cottage @cruckcottage.bsky.social Historic cottage museum in the village of Torthorwald, near Dumfries. Last remaining example in the south of Scotland of a once common building type, now cared for by volunteers. We explore rural history, folklore, and traditions.
www.cruckcottage.com
Angie Thompson @youthcurator.bsky.social Youth Engagement Curator, Leeds Museums and Galleries. Based at Leeds Art Gallery. Socially engaged practioner, JNC qualified Youth and Community Development worker.
Rep for Engage and Tate 💜
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/
Historical Association @histassoc.bsky.social The Historical Association is the voice for history. For over 100 yrs we have brought, teachers, students, academics and enthusiasts together to explore the past and inspire future historians. We provide digital and in-person resources. www.history.org.uk
Miriam Al Jamil @miriam1.bsky.social 18th century art, sculpture and literature; travel writing, material culture; fine arts editor BSECS Criticks, Burney Society, women’s Studies Group, Johnson Society. Too many books.
Caroline Clark @1carolineclark.bsky.social Scotland’s heritage - nature, stories, places
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
Dr Joanne Norcup @drjn.bsky.social Historical Geographer
YPCCS University of Warwick (Caribbean histories & geographies)
Also Nottingham and OU Geog Depts.
(Martial) Arts, photography, films, comedy, books, libraries, archives, trees, pottery. Always curious.
https://jonorcup.com
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
Pompey History Society @pompeyhistory.bsky.social Registered Charity No: 1201687 #PompeyChampsOfEngland history@pompeyfc.co.uk Supported by the Heritage Fund #Pompey #PompeyHistory #Pompey125
Jo @octavosaurus.bsky.social Special collections / heritage / libraries / archives, education, Wikimedia, art, UCL, GirlGuiding, neurodiversity, geekery. 🌈📚📦✨
https://linktr.ee/octavosaurus
trogersc @trogersc.bsky.social artist
Hen Lockhart @archivewhg.bsky.social Curator at Winterbourne House and Garden, Birmingham, posting about collections, archives, The Winterbourne Press, University of Birmingham Herbarium www.winterbourne.org.uk
Sarah Longair @scl1979.bsky.social Historian of empire, museums and collecting in East Africa and the Indian Ocean. University of Lincoln. Also interested in islands, the environment and pedagogy.
Dr Cath Feely @cathfeely.bsky.social Cultural historian of modern Britain. Senior Lecturer at the University of Derby and Councillor of the Royal Historical Society. All views my own.
Tim Chamberlain 🧭 @waymarks.bsky.social Historian, interested in Exploration & Empire. PhD from Birkbeck College, University of London. FRGS. https://tim-chamberlain.owlstown.net/
Carly Richardson @carlyannrichardson.bsky.social Software and Digital in #GLAM ✨
#histsci and material culture studies (big love for volvelles 🤩)
MCR 🐝 she/her
Dr Sean Cham @seancham.bsky.social Art, Museums, and the British Empire
Stephe Harrop @stepheharrop.bsky.social Associate professor, storyteller, author, Greek chorus wrangler. Also: tea, islands, debatable lands, long walks on cold beaches. "Impressively undaunted." https://www.stepheharrop.co.uk/ 
Sarah Smith @smithsarah.bsky.social CRC in Art, Culture & Global Relations @westernufims.bsky.social @westernu.ca | Co-founder @nacdi.bsky.social | New open access book 𝘛𝘳𝘢𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘯 𝘈𝘳𝘵 https://www.ubcpress.ca/asset/103563/1/9780774868938_OA.pdf
saraheksmith.com
linktr.ee/saraheksmith- V Rachel Smith @valuequestion.bsky.social Lecturer in Anthropology & Museum Studies. Vanuatu/Western Pacific; labour migration, kava, social change. Co-editor @anthropologyofwork.bsky.social
cms @camillemarys.bsky.social Researching museums & extraction
cmsharp.ca
Haley Bryant @passionprojecting.bsky.social Museum professional & Ph.D. candidate studying labor in museums
@uoftinfofaculty. https://haleybryant.carrd.co/
Part-time and Contract Museum Staff Compensation Transparency 2023 Spreadsheet: shorturl.at/iuGM7
Hannah Ayres @hannahva390.bsky.social PhD @ University of Warwick I IAS Early Career Fellow I queer & trans* re/presentation in museums 🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈🏛📸 “Mistress of queer history” I She/her I Co-host @theoryishpodcast.bsky.social