Preservation Equipment Ltd @preservatione.bsky.social Products and supplies for the conservation and preservation of artefacts, artwork, archives and collections. Clean | Repair | Store | Display > preservationequipment.com
Conservation Resources @consresuk.bsky.social For over 40 years, CR has been the trusted partner for museums, galleries, libraries, and archives around the world. We're passionate about Preserving The Past For The Future.
Icon Sustainability Group @iconsg.bsky.social Encouraging positive sustainability practices in cultural heritage, disseminating knowledge & understanding & championing best practice.
Jenny Poulin @jennypoulin.bsky.social Senior Conservation Scientist at the Canadian Conservation Institute. I use fabulous instrumentation to investigate 🎨 fine art, 🏛️museum objects and🗿archaeology. |🔥Py-GC-MS |🧵 dyes |👩🔬 chemistry |🔬 heritage science |
Andrew Robb @anosro.bsky.social Conservator: Photographs, Collection Emergencies, & Preservation Supplies. @conservators Fellow. Fan: Baseball, Fútbol, Hockey, & Oxford Comma. Dad, Husband, Brother, & Uncle. he/his
Jerrad Alexander @conservingspace.bsky.social (He/Him) Museum Conservator, veteran, sci-fi fan, fluent in movie quotes/song lyrics/pop-culture references, semi-professional coffee drinker, amateur adult, casual gamer, TTRPG enthusiast. Caffeine-fueled opinions and sarcastic quips are my own.
ICCROM @iccrom.bsky.social ICCROM is the only institution of its kind with a worldwide mandate to promote the conservation of all types of cultural heritage.
Heritage Network @heritagenetwork.bsky.social The Heritage Network (formerly Heritage Trust Network) is the UK's umbrella body for organisations that are rescuing, restoring and re-using historic buildings, structures and spaces.
https://heritagetrustnetwork.org.uk
Churches Conservation Trust @visitchurches.bsky.social Churches Conservation Trust cares for over 350 historic buildings with world-class art, architecture and archaeology spanning 1,000 years of history.
NatSCA @natsca.bsky.social The Natural Sciences Collections Association is a charity that supports natural science collections and the people who work with them.
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
Heritage Science Data Service @hsds-update.bsky.social Unlocking potential for innovation in heritage science and conservation
Trimontium Trust & Museum @trimontiumtrust.bsky.social A unique museum dedicated to Roman & Iron Age Scotland.
🌟Thistle Awards Winner
Melrose, Scottish Borders
🔗https://linktr.ee/trimontiumtrust
Food Museum @foodmuseumuk.bsky.social We connect people with where our food comes from, past, present & future, using our large collection, historic buildings and 84 acres of Suffolk countryside.
Archives and Records Association UK and Ireland @araukie.bsky.social The membership body for recordkeeping professionals in the UK & Ireland.
Posts are by Deborah Mason, Head of Communications for ARA. You can reach her on deborah.mason@archives.org.uk (quicker than a DM).
Find our more about ARA here www.archives.org.uk
Icon Scotland @iconscotland.bsky.social Icon Scotland represents conservators, conservation scientists and preservation specialists working in Scotland. We welcome membership from all with an interest in conservation in Scotland. We work to promote professional standards, training and membership
ICON Archaeology Group @iconarchaeology.bsky.social Official ICON Archaeology Group account run by committee members
@helenacdo.bsky.social @helenacdo.bsky.social Accredited conservator providing collection care advice and support to more than 460 museums and heritage organisations across the southwest of England. Views are my own.
Paige Roberts @paige-roberts.bsky.social Public historian:
Archives & Special Collections at Phillips Academy (Andover, Mass., USA) https://phillipsacademyarchives.net/
Swimming, hiking | Seacoast NH (she/Dr.)
Interested in #EnvHist
Museum Wayne @museumwayne.bsky.social Classicist with an MA in Preventive Conservation, currently researching 'Preservation of degrading plastic objects in small underfunded museums'
Bruce Springsteen @brucespringsteen.net brucespringsteen.net
Melanor Rigby @rigbymel76.bsky.social Musician, Library worker, Historian, Museum Nerd, Insatiable Reader, Dog Mom, Cat Mom. Auntie. Into singing, feminism, movies, justice, sustainability, animals, science, holidays, folklore, antiracism, gardens, art, libraries - most things. She/her
Lapworth Museum of Geology @lapworthmuseum.bsky.social From dinosaurs to volcanoes, we engage all ages & backgrounds with 4.6 billion years of Earth history and evolution 🌋🦕
Museum Objects @museumobjects.bsky.social Posting objects from various museums, starting with the Metropolitan Museum of Art (more soon)!
Bot by @evanbaldonado.com (posts tagged #MuseumObjects are automated). You may also enjoy following @paludarium.org.
Donations: https://ko-fi.com/s/967ea41cfe
Royal Welsh Museum @rwmuseum.bsky.social Our museum tells the long and proud story of the regiment of The Royal Welsh with over 300 years of history. The Royal Welsh is an amalgamation of RRW, RWF (23rd), SWB (24th), and Welch Regiment (41st & 69th).
Website: https://royalwelshmuseum.wales
Timby2 @timby2.bsky.social It's not how much you're given, it's what you do with what you've got. Folk music, archaeology, football and lefty views. Semi-retired, the boss will be furious when she finds out. Looking for hope and laughter.
@csiro.bsky.social @csiro.bsky.social
National Heritage Science Forum @nhsf.bsky.social Bringing the heritage science community together to improve collaboration, make better use of research, and demonstrate the public benefit of heritage science.
NEDCC @nedcc.bsky.social Founded in 1973, NEDCC specializes in conservation, digitization, audio preservation, and training.
CARAA Center @caraacenter.bsky.social 🔬 Centre d'Analyses et de Recherche en Art et Archéologie
La science au service de l’Art
📍 at Paris & Le Mans
Voices of Motherhood @voicesofmotherhood.bsky.social Investigating the history of maternal activism in the UK since 1914 | Partnered with @gmmedicalmuseum.bsky.social | Funded by a @ukri.org Future Leaders Fellowship | Profile picture © Charles Hastings Education Centre |
voicesofmotherhood.wp.worc.ac.uk
Jon Sleigh @jonsleigh.bsky.social Arts Educator & Learning Curator working nationally freelance. All views my own. (he/him) Author of ‘What Are Museums For?’ book link https://bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/what-are-museums-for
Cluny Macpherson @clunym.bsky.social Dad. Carer for our Rosie. Chair of Leeds Museums and Galleries Development Trust & Vice-chair of Leeds Conservatoire. Volunteer for British Trust for Ornithology. Latest score: Cluny 2 Cancer 0
Lizzy Wilson @lizzyinthearts.bsky.social Head of Audience Development at Leeds Museums & Galleries @leedsmuseums.bsky.social
Kate Fellows @katehfellows.bsky.social Head of Learning & Access @leedsmuseums.bsky.social. GEMYH rep, Yorkshire Accessible Museums Network chair, Artsmark moderator, Cultural Learning Alliance advisory panel. Change the world with tea, cake & awesome arts and culture. Own views. She/her.
Elizabeth McKay @mckayeli.bsky.social Museum Director and CEO, Londoner by choice, Opera fan, Ski nut, Mum, Feminist definitely.
Here to escape the crazies on X but still there @McKayEli
Jenny Durrant @durrantjenny.bsky.social Museums, Collections, Ethics
Consultant, Writer, Researcher, Practitioner
Freelance and Jane Austen's House
Own views (which may also be about cats, church, or cake!)
www.jennydurrant.co.uk
Corinne Fowler @corinnefowler.bsky.social Prof. of Colonialism & Heritage @ University of Leicester UK.
Penguin author of Our Island Stories. 10 Walks through Rural Britain & its Hidden History of Empire (2024) repd by. Emma Bal @ Madeleine Milburn agency.
@OnlyinBirmingham podcast
On Substack
Bionic Beverley @bionicbeverley.bsky.social Heritage Network UK Operations Manager/bionic woman/Stacey Dooley Fresh Starts Podcast interviewee/artist
Into regeneration of communities through the re-use of old buildings and painting magical places.
https://beverleygormleyart.com/
Becki Morris (she/her) @becksm36.bsky.social Lead Access Auditor, speaker, trainer and consultant for EMBED.
Founder of @museumdcn.bsky.social
Multi-sector inc #arts and #heritage for #access and #inclusion
Trustee of @achieveabilitynd.bsky.social
#Neurodivergent and proud of it
Kala Phool by Indy Hunjan @kalaphool.bsky.social Cultural Consultancy & Mentoring / Founded by Indy Hunjan - currently working with @nationaltrust / CoChair of CEDIA at Birmingham City University / F1.
www.kalaphool.com
Anooshka Rawden @anooshka.bsky.social #museums #collections #archaeology #landscapes Formerly Museum Development SE, Science Museum Group, Society of Antiquaries, Chichester Museum, Reading Museum. Mainly #dogs #cats #books #archery and musings. All views my own.
George Young @reluctantgeorge.bsky.social Museum and music geek. Of Cumbria, in Manchester. Lead Collections and Exhibitions at Manchester Museum, Trustee at Morecambe Bay Partnership and Museums Association. All views expressed here are mine alone.
Ben Gammon @benjamingammon.bsky.social Freelance museum professional - exhibition and programme development, audience research & strategic planning. STEM, history, art - I cover all bases.
https://www.instagram.com/benjamingammon10/
Dr Rachel Souhami @rachelsouhami.bsky.social Museums consultant. Works at the intersection of design, narrative, partnerships and process. Develops and facilitates new approaches to museum practice. Founder of Prospect Heritage Freelancers branch. Producer of @museumsshowoff.bsky.social
She/her
Keith Merrin @keithmerrin.bsky.social Director - North East Museums.
Trustee - Virgin Money Foundation.
Blooloop50 Museum Influencer 2024.
Museums, arts, music, heritage, football and stuff.
Views and opinions all my own.
Florence Symington @flo-sym.bsky.social Museum person, culture, heritage, data.
Director of Audiences & Brand at Royal Armouries Museum (not on here just yet).
charlotte @charlhyde.bsky.social Museum meme enthusiast & deaf accessibilty advocate.
Personal account, so opinions my own.
she/her
Dr Alexandra Woodall @alexandrawoodall.bsky.social Beautiful things, culture, creativity, curiosity, care. Chesterfield Art Foundation course student. Museum and gallery consultant and mentor. Trustee of Create Sheffield. Co-founder of GLAM Cares. She/her. 🇪🇺 💚
Emily Fuggle @emilyfuggle.bsky.social Freelance Curator • Exhibitions/Collections Management • Specialising in museums, exile and migration / émigré artists • PhD Research at Ben Uri Gallery and Queen Mary on the Women (curators, donors…) of Ben Uri
Dr Katy Barrett FSA @spoonsontrays.bsky.social Deputy Chief Curator & Head of Engagement @UKParliament. Vice Chair of Trustees @OldOpTheatre. #histArt #histSci #sciart. Keeper #MuseumofShadows All opinions my own.
www.spoonsontrays.com
Hannah Crowdy @hannahcrowdy.bsky.social Brighton (from), Belfast (here now) and Berlin (one day..) Head of Curatorial at National Museums NI but all views my own. Trustee at the Museums Association and Lyric Theatre Belfast.
Nerys Watts @nerysw.bsky.social COO Wells Cathedral. Was @HeritageFundUK Trustee @Cornwall_Museum and on @BANES Heritage Advisory Board. Books, music, films, sailing. Mum to E & N. Tweets all my own.
Dr Andrew Higgins @ashiggins.bsky.social Director of Development at Imperial War Museums. Tolkien Scholar and author Live in Balham London 🏳️🌈
Museums Showoff @museumsshowoff.bsky.social A cabaret-style night for people who love museums, libraries, archives and heritage. Masterminded by @RachelSouhami. gigs.museumsshowoff.org.uk
Klas Grinell @grinell.bsky.social Museiutvecklare @ Göteborgs museer & konsthall. Idéhistoriker. Författare. Islamforskare. www.grinell.se Skriver, läser och pratar för att försöka förstå. Hoppas (trots allt) på kunskap, omställning, demokrati & en digital offentlighet.
Tom Hopkins @tmphopkins1.bsky.social Curator of Aircraft and Exhibits, Royal Air Force Museum. Also likes classics, ancient and medieval history, books, cheese, and making heritage careers more inclusive. Views my Own.
LMLM @talkingpictures.bsky.social breathing life into exhibits, making things talk, thanks to AI
Matthew Constantine @constantwhine.bsky.social Curator. Heritage, museums, other random stuff. Lancastrian doing missionary work in Yorkshire.
Terri Dendy @terridendy.bsky.social Find me in museum stores, previously opinionated blogger @ Ministry of Curiosity.
Known for looking angry at objects - but really obsessed with them
Also over here: https://www.instagram.com/terri.dendy
Rachel Adams @r-adams.bsky.social Have worked in the museums and heritage sector since 2000. PhD from School of Museum Studies at the University of Leicester. Currently on a career break and studying for a MSc in Strategic and Digital Marketing at the University of South Wales.
@johannaberg.bsky.social @johannaberg.bsky.social Still serendipity driven. Working on cultural heritage, digital & #openGLAM at Swedish National Museums of World Culture. Wrote on afroswedes in history ”Afrosvenskar” (2023) & on showbiz/human zoo shows ”Föreställningar, John Hood & hans värld” (2024)
Heather Lomas @heatherlomas.bsky.social Heritage, museums, culture
www.heatherlomas.co.uk
London Heritage Volunteering Group @londonhvg.bsky.social Peer support network for individuals and organisations engaging volunteers in the heritage sector in Greater London.
We're free to join via HVG here (https://heritagevolunteeringgroup.org.uk/join-us/) - select LondonHVG as your regional network!
Yvonne Hardman @museums-yvonne.bsky.social Head of Collections & Programmes at Leeds Museums & Galleries. She/her. Views my own.
Image: Ciara Phillips in British Art Show 8 at Leeds Art Gallery.
Sonia Solicari @soniasolicari.bsky.social Director, Museum of the Home.
Trustee, Bethlem Gallery.
Crystal Palace local.
Lisa Broadest @lisabroadest.bsky.social Head of Operations & Enterprise for Leeds Museums & Galleries. Sustainability lead. She/her. Views my own.
Caroline Hall @carolinehistory.bsky.social Exploring Britain’s cultural past through archives, museums and popular entertainment history. Ragtime, seaside spectacle, forgotten stages.
Henrique Entratice @entratice.bsky.social museums, indigenous rights & latin america | Law, Anthropology & Cultural Management.
Junior Researcher at Institute of Contemporary History, Lisbon | TheMuseumsLab 2024 | Global Cultural Assembly 2025
https://ihc.fcsh.unl.pt/en/henrique-entratice/
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
Vanessa Theed @vanessatheed.bsky.social Passionate about and an advocate for volunteer engagement and volunteer management. All posts and views expressed are my own.
About me: Volunteer and Apprenticeship Manager, NHM, Vice-Chair @heritagevols and Vice-Chair @londonhvg
Farrah Nazir @farrah-nazir.bsky.social 📊 EDI Insights & Learning Lead at @wellcometrust.bsky.social
🔥 Cofounder New Fables Collective https://newfablescollective.com
✨ “What we cannot imagine cannot come into being” bell hooks
✍🏽 https://farrah-nazir.medium.com/
Emma Canterbury @emmac-panther.bsky.social Museum Director @RoystonMuseum.bsky.social, Trustee at St Neots Museum, Scout Leader, and Mum to 2 amazing boys.
All views my own (she/her)
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/
Queer in Brighton / Queer Heritage South @queerinbrighton.bsky.social Queer Heritage South is a heritage learning project celebrating and promoting the rich cultural life of the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Intersex, Transgender and Queer (LGBTQIA+) communities in Brighton & Hove.
linktr.ee/QueerInBrighton
John Hansard Gallery @johnhansardgallery.bsky.social Contemporary art gallery, part of @unisouthampton.bsky.social. Visit our curious, connected and inclusive world, inspired by art. Open Tuesday to Saturday, 11am–5pm. Free Entry
📍 142–144 Above Bar St, Southampton SO14 7DU
🔗 linktr.ee/JohnHansardGallery
Creative Ageing SIG @bsgcreativeageing.bsky.social an international community of interest of researchers, practitioners, artists, and other stakeholders interested in exploring what it means to age creatively.
Sarah Baccianti @sarahbaccianti.bsky.social Research Manager @NatMuseumsNI - Heritage|Museums|Research / Former academic-Medieval Scandinavia:Science|Medicine|Food/RT≠endorsements/Opinions all mine/Swiss
Janet Dugdale @janetdugdale.bsky.social Consultant working with and for museums, heritage & culture.
NISE Network @nisenet.bsky.social The National Informal STEM Education Network (NISE Network) is a community of informal educators and scientists dedicated to supporting learning about science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) across the United States. https://www.nisenet.org
Will Tregaskes @tregaskesw.bsky.social Culture is for All | Arts Development Manager @AandBCymru | Advisory Group @HeritageVols | Activist Museum Award Winner 2023 | All Views Own |
Roger Highfield @rogerhighfield.bsky.social Museum exec, visiting prof at the Dunn School, Oxford, and UCL Chemistry. Ex MRC, Editor of New Scientist and Science Editor of the Telegraph. Co-author #VirtualYou and more books. Neutron bouncer
Richard Sandell @richardsandellrcmg.bsky.social Co-Director, RCMG @LeicsMusStud
He/him.
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.
@penmaenmawrmuseum.bsky.social @penmaenmawrmuseum.bsky.social
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/
Hundred Heroines Museum 🏛️ @hundredheroines.org Celebrating women in photography. #Museum 🏛️ and Gallery based at Unit 19, Nailsworth Mills, Nailsworth, Glos. GL6 0BS. #Charity. Open Thurs - Sat 11:00 - 16:00
https://hundredheroines.org
Dr Johnson's House @drjohnsonshouse.bsky.social Quirky historic house tucked away in central London. 18th-century interiors & a good supply of dictionaries. Open Tues, Wed, Thurs, Friday & Sat 11am - 5pm
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
Amgueddfeydd Wrecsam / Wrexham Museums @wrexhammuseum.bsky.social Archwiliwch a mwynhewch straeon cyffrous am Bêl-droed Cymru a hanes Wrecsam.
Explore and enjoy exciting stories of Welsh Football and Wrexham history.
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 🌈❤️
Charlotte Connelly @curatorconnelly.bsky.social Head Curator at the National Science and Media Museum. Historian of science and technology. Nerdy about media tech, the history of electricity, the polar regions and the history of exploration #histsci #histtech #museums 📜
Redbridge Museum & Heritage Centre @redbridgemuseum.bsky.social Redbridge Museum explores the many different people, places & events which are part of the history of Redbridge.
Open Tuesday - Saturday 11:00 - 17:00
🔗 visionrcl.org.uk/museum
No.1 Royal Crescent @no1royalcrescent.bsky.social Experience fashionable English 18th century living at the first house to be built in the Royal Crescent, Bath. Also known as the Featherington residence in Bridgerton ✒
https://no1royalcrescent.org.uk/
#Museum
Bath Preservation Trust @bathprestrust.bsky.social Through conservation, education and museums BPT ensures the sustainable enhancement of our beautiful heritage city & setting. https://www.bath-preservation-trust.org.uk/
Bexhill Museum @bexhillmuseum.bsky.social We are an independent museum in Bexhill, East Sussex. Our collections include natural history, clothing and transport. Our opening hours are Tuesday to Sunday from 11-4.
Brunel Museum @brunelmuseum.bsky.social London’s story of an engineering family that changed the World. Contact us by email - hello@thebrunelmuseum.com
Buy tickets at https://thebrunelmuseum.com/visiting-us/
Clayton Hall Living History Museum @claytonhall.org Historic moated Tudor manor house in Clayton Park. A 15-minute tram ride from Manchester's city centre.
Once the family seat of the Byrons and latterly Humphrey Chetham, now an entirely volunteer-run museum.
🔎 Visit claytonhall.org
Siouxsie Smith @siouxsiesmith.bsky.social PR and comms officer at Birmingham Museums Trust. Lives in Birmingham but loves being by the seaside. Would-be aerialist (in my dreams).
Alistair Brown @alistairbrown.bsky.social Head of Museums, Libraries and Archives Policy at the National Lottery Heritage Fund