Michael D. Barton @darwinsbulldog.bsky.social Historian & Darwin aficionado. Editor, John Tyndall Correspondence Project. Father & advocate for connecting children to nature (natureplaysign.com). He/him/his. Portland, OR.
Lesley A Hall @erinacean.bsky.social Archivist, historian, reader, Londoner, feminist
@erinacean
@erinacean@h-net.social
www.lesleyahall.net
https://lesleyahall.blogspot.com/
RPS Historical Group @rpshistgroup.bsky.social The Historical Group of the Royal Photographic Society.
Promoting the history of photography through talks, visits and our journal, The PhotoHistorian.
https://rps.org/groups/historical/
Trinity Hall, Cambridge @trinityhallcamb.bsky.social Celebrating academic excellence and community. A college of the University of Cambridge.
Follow for news, research and events.
New School of the Anthropocene @nsota.bsky.social Founded in 2022. Addressing biopolitical emergency & climate justice through art-critique-experiment. Building a new society in the shell of the old.
Join us at the Art Workers' Guild in London or across seven continents online!
www.nsota.org
Helene Scott @hscottfordsmand.bsky.social Philosophy-medicine-bodies | working on messy categories in clinical enquiry @STSucl | previously @camHPS & @ClareHall | PhD from Medical Museion (@UCPH)
Dr Laura Humphreys @bogarty.bsky.social Curatorial Lead 🏛️
Science Museum Group collections 🛰️
Returned Cardiffian 🏴
Allotment Nerd 🌱
Views my own. She/her/hi
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.
SOAS Library @soaslibrary.bsky.social Library at the heart of SOAS University of London
UK National Research Library for Asia, Africa and the Middle East
Not monitored 24/7
https://soas.libguides.com/
Also, our:
Gallery @soasgallery.bsky.social
Special Collection @soas-speccoll.bsky.social
Jim Neal @jimneal.bsky.social University Librarian Emeritus at Columbia University. All things: libraries, technology, copyright, intellectual freedom, leadership, music, theater, museums, nature. Citizen of the world.
Arts Council England @artscouncilengland.bsky.social Your national development agency for creativity and culture
• Awarding @dcmsgovuk & @tnluk funds
• Got a question? ☎️ artscouncil.org.uk/contact
Louise A Ray @louisearay.bsky.social The A is for Archivist
Dr Mirjam S. Brusius @mideastineurope.bsky.social Heritage & History Professor btw Germany, the UK & the Mid East
Writes on Photography, Memory, Preservation, Destruction, Museums & Museum Storage. PhD Cambridge/HPS
Co-curates @100histories.bsky.social
https://ethnologie.uni-koeln.de/content.php?kid=542
Sarah Arens @saraharens.bsky.social Far-flung euro-🇩🇿 researching and teaching (hi)stories of science, animals, empire, and antifascist movements (FR and BEL) | my own views 🌱 | no dms
Clemency Cooper @clemencycooper.bsky.social Landscape Archaeologist, Engagement Practitioner | PhD @york.ac.uk @anthropocenebio.bsky.social | Trustee @archaeologyuk.bsky.social | Palaeoecology and perceptions of natural and cultural heritage in the North York Moors | Views own
Pitt Rivers Museum @pittriversmuseum.bsky.social Anthropology and archaeology collections from world cultures past and present.
https://www.prm.ox.ac.uk
Beverley Glover @beverleycubg.bsky.social Director of Cambridge University Botanic Garden. Professor of Plant Systematics and Evolution. Researching flower development and evolution.
Kew Gardens @rbgkew.bsky.social The home of Kew Science 👩🔬
🌱Collections
📚Archives
🍄Applied research
🤝Partnerships
🥼Training
👉More: linktr.ee/kewscience
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.
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
Ipswich Museums @ipswichmuseums.bsky.social From mammoths to masterpieces, we’re wild for history, buzzing about art, and all about adventure! Explore Christchurch Mansion and (in 2026) Ipswich Museum & Ipswich Art Gallery. 🖼️🦣
Sainsbury Centre @sainsburycentre.bsky.social "The UK's most radical museum" - The Guardian
✨ Where art is alive
❓ What is the Meaning of Life?
🎟 Pay if and what you can
💭 Life’s biggest questions
sainsburycentre.ac.uk
Wessex Museums @wessexmuseums.bsky.social Regional museum partnership supporting seven museums in Dorset and Wiltshire, dedicated to telling the story of Wessex.
Website wessexmuseums.org.uk/
Our museums wessexmuseums.org.uk/our-museums/
V&A Dundee @vadundee.bsky.social We are Scotland’s design museum, designed for everyone.
Open daily, 10.00 – 17.00 ☺️
Dorset Museum & Art Gallery @dorsetmuseum.bsky.social
London Museum @londonmuseum.bsky.social
Science Museum @sciencemuseum.org.uk Welcome to the home of human ingenuity. We curate a world-renowned collection & organise exhibitions and events for over 3 million visitors a year. Read our community guidelines: https://www.sciencemuseumgroup.org.uk/smg-social-media-community-guidelines
The Story Museum @thestorymuseum.bsky.social Step into an immersive world of stories at Oxford’s most unusual museum for all ages and celebrate the power of stories to teach and delight.
Website: www.storymuseum.org.uk
Box office: 01865 807600
JORVIK Viking Centre @jorvikviking.bsky.social 👆 Follow us for Viking fun! 🤪
Book a visit to discover the REAL Vikings 🔥
Museum of Homelessness @ourmoh.bsky.social We are a grassroots community museum in Finsbury Park North London led by people with experience of homelessness
We do direct community action, independent investigations, collecting and unforgettable art. Find out more:
museumofhomelessness.org
Selwyn College @selwyn1882.bsky.social Selwyn College combines academic excellence with a strong, diverse community. Founded in 1882, and at the heart of the modern University of Cambridge.
Jesus College Cambridge @jesuscollegecam.bsky.social Official account of Jesus College, University of Cambridge. We are a friendly and modern academic community founded in 1496. Tag us with #JesusCollegeCambridge
Fitzwilliam College, University of Cambridge @fitzwilliamcollege.bsky.social Founded in 1869.
King's College Cambridge @kingscollege.bsky.social King's (est. 1441): a dynamic and diverse community committed to intellectual excellence and development of new knowledge, with a world famous Chapel & Choir.
The Stained Glass Museum @stainedglassmuseum.bsky.social The only museum dedicated to the art of stained glass in the UK. Located in Ely Cathedral, Cambridgeshire. Our collection spans over 800 years!
Laura Greenfield @lauragreenfield.bsky.social Director of the Royal Society of Literature @rsliterature.bsky.social; previously @theUL.bsky.social; Clore Fellow; FRSA. I like books, libraries, culture and cake.
Jack Shoulder @jackshoulder.bsky.social 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
Writer, historian, wants to make the world a better place
#TodayInQueerHistory
Hotties in Art out in Autumn
Co-writer and Co-Curator of @museumbums
For events and books check out:
https://linktr.ee/jackshoulder
Black Country Living Museum @bclivingmuseum.bsky.social An award-winning open-air museum bringing 250 years of Black Country history to life. https://linktr.ee/bclivingmuseum
Yorkshire Sculpture Park @yspsculpture.bsky.social Yorkshire Post Awards Tourist Attraction of the Year Award and Culture Award 2023
Art Fund Museum of the Year 2014
Book tickets online
ysp.org.uk
University of Oxford @ox.ac.uk Welcome to our official account 👋 Follow for the latest news, research and updates about life at Oxford.
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
Corpus Christi College Cambridge @corpuscambridge.bsky.social Founded in 1352 by the townspeople of Cambridge. A friendly, small College in the heart of the city.
Lucy Cavendish College @lucycavcoll.bsky.social The official account of Lucy Cavendish College, University of Cambridge.
https://www.lucy.cam.ac.uk/
Sheffield Museums @sheffieldmuseums.bsky.social Six museums and historic sites across the city, creating life-shaping, eye-opening, joy-filled memories with you ✨
Neal Spencer @nealspencer.bsky.social Deputy Director Collections & Research Fitzwilliam Museum -- #amarawest -- co-chair Collections-Connections-Communities … co-director Cambridge Visual Culture
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
The Art Newspaper @theartnewspaper.bsky.social Our experts bring you crucial art stories from around the world.
📍London / New York
Dr Emily Bradfield @erbradfield.bsky.social Researcher & Consultant working at the intersection of arts, public health, wellbeing, and ageing | Creative Capture®
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.
Clare Hall, University of Cambridge @clarehallcambridge.bsky.social A college for advanced study at the University of Cambridge, renowned for its Fellowship and annual programme for visiting academics.
https://www.clarehall.cam.ac.uk/
CRASSH @crasshlive.bsky.social Welcome to the official account of the University of Cambridge Centre for Research in the Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities
Visit us at www.crassh.cam.ac.uk Newsletter via tinyurl.com/crasshnews
Downing College @downingcollege.bsky.social Founded in 1800, Downing College in the University of Cambridge is a community of scholars and students, current and future leaders in their fields.
Musée d'Orsay @museeorsay.bsky.social
National Science and Media Museum @mediamuseum.bsky.social Exploring the science and culture of image and sound technologies. Home to @picturevillecinema.bsky.social. Based in Bradford. 🎥
Plan your next visit: scienceandmediamuseum.org.uk
Cambridge University Press @universitypress.cambridge.org Our publications, research, and higher education solutions spread knowledge, spark curiosity and aid understanding around the world.
View our social media commenting policy here: https://cup.org/38e0Gv2
Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology @maacambridge.bsky.social Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, telling two million years of human history 🗺
Website: maa.cam.ac.uk/
Collections: collections.maa.cam.ac.uk/
Blog: maadigitallab.org/
Cambridge Zero @cambridgezero.bsky.social #CambridgeZero A bold response to climate change, harnessing
Cambridge University's research and policy expertise to build a zero-carbon future. Led by @eshuck.bsky.social
Darwin College, University of Cambridge @darwincollegecam.bsky.social The official account of Darwin College, founded in 1964 as the first postgraduate College in the University of Cambridge
Cambridge Festival @cambridgefestival.bsky.social Celebrating the arts, sciences, and ideas that shape our world 🌍✨
https://www.festival.cam.ac.uk/
HathiTrust @hathitrust.bsky.social A not-for-profit collaborative of academic and research libraries preserving and providing access to 19+ million digitized items in the HathiTrust Digital Library. Discover how we serve libraries and the academic community at www.hathitrust.org
Beth Kidd @bkidd.bsky.social PhD candidate in HPS @UCL. Research in: Registers of value in early science and natural history collecting | & | Applications of knowledge graphs in education technology
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/
Sarah May @sarahmay1.bsky.social Heritage, Archaeologist, solidarity, she/her - hoping for more kindness, often anxious and sharp. Professionally garrulous. Living in Cardiff. Ageless, so no DMs
Itay Lotem @ilotem.bsky.social Looks like I’m a historian. Senior Lecturer at UWestminster: wrote a book about the memory of colonialism in Britain and France, and another one about the pitfalls of memory politics in post-WWII Europe. Dogs are better.
Catherine Clarke @cathamclarke.bsky.social Writer, historian, professor. Director @chppc.bsky.social and @vch-home.bsky.social. #AHistoryOfEnglandIn25Poems (Penguin Allen Lane, 2025): a Book of the Year in The Times, FT & BBC History Extra. Find me in my beach hut.
https://www.catherineclarke.info/
@alexfoulds5.bsky.social @alexfoulds5.bsky.social 📜 Archivist @Gladlib.bsky.social, 🏴 Chair of @ARACymruWales.bsky.social, PhD in 19th-century literature and culture, Trekkie, tennis player & wannabe drummer
Rockwatch - The UK's Nationwide Geology Club for Children @rockwatch.bsky.social The junior club of the Geologists' Association - the UK-based Society for amateur and professional geologists and earth scientists.
anaïs walsdorf @global-subterra.bsky.social We are never as steeped in history as when we pretend not to be - Trouillot
Warwick Uni & Science Museum PhD on histories of 19th c. British metallurgy & industrial imperialism: collection/ extraction/ combustion/ manufacture/ decay
views my own. she/elle
Robinson College, Cambridge @robinsoncollege.bsky.social Founded in 1977, Robinson is one of the most modern & ambitious Cambridge Colleges
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)
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 📜
Peterhouse, Cambridge @peterhousecam.bsky.social The official account for the oldest of the University of Cambridge Colleges, founded in 1284.
Queens' College, Cambridge @queens.cam.ac.uk Official account of Queens' College, part of the University of Cambridge. Founded in 1448 and world famous bridge.
Wellcome Connecting Science Engagement and Society @engagewcs.bsky.social We are part of @connectingscience.bsky.social and the Wellcome Sanger Institute sangerinstitute.bsky.social. We work with a diverse range of communities, learners, educators, and researchers.
https://www.wellcomeconnectingscience.org
🌈 Dr Ross Brooks @rossbrooks.co.uk Historian #histsci #queerhistory. DARWIN AND THE QUEER ORIGINS OF LIFE (Yale, 2026). Curator of queeroxford.info. LGBTQ+ life & culture. Classical music. Seaside living (near Brighton). He/him/they. rossbrooks.co.uk. Agent: www.philippasitters.co.uk.
Homerton College, Cambridge @homertoncollege.bsky.social A modern Cambridge College for a changing world.
homerton.cam.ac.uk
Michael Durrant @michaelwdurrant.bsky.social Lecturer in Book History at IES, Uni of London. Author of The Dreadful Name of Henry Hills (MUP 2026). Co-editor of upcoming Routledge Companion to Book Studies.
Cambridge University Botanic Garden @cubotanicgarden.bsky.social One of the largest university-owned botanic gardens in the world, CUBG's diverse collection of 8,000+ plant species supports leading scientific research. Welcoming 350,000+ visitors annually, it also inspires a love of plants, learning & horticulture.
Cambridge Development & Alumni Relations @yourscambridge.bsky.social The University of Cambridge Development and Alumni Relations office. Supporting excellence in education and research through philanthropy and alumni engagement. 🎓
🔗 www.philanthropy.cam.ac.uk | www.alumni.cam.ac.uk
Mark Witton @markwitton.bsky.social Palaeoartist, palaeontologist, author, documentary consultant and creature designer. Affiliated with the University of Portsmouth, UK; views and opinions are my own.
More about me at markwitton.co.uk.
Support my work at www.patreon.com/markwitton
Alisa Bokulich @alisabokulich.bsky.social Professor @ Boston U, History & Philosophy of Science—esp Philosophy of Geosciences, Director Phi-Geo Research Group, Assoc @ Harvard U. Hist Sci, Radcliffe Fellow Alum. Settler, wife, & mother. 📸s my crappy phone.
Webpage: https://bokulich.org/
Alejandro Fábregas-Tejeda @alejandrofabregastejeda.com Philosopher & Historian of Biology 🇲🇽 • Postdoctoral Fellow @theramseylab.bsky.social (@clpskuleuven.bsky.social) • https://www.alejandrofabregastejeda.com • https://mitpress.mit.edu/9780262052825/the-organism-environment-pairing/ • #philsci #HPS #philsky
Anna Alexandrova @annaalexandrova.bsky.social Philosophy of science, methodology of social sciences, wellbeing, evidence based policy, measurement.
Professor @hpscambridge.bsky.social
Fellow @kingscollege.bsky.social
Russian Brit
She/her
https://philpeople.org/profiles/anna-alexandrova
Dodo and Dinosaur @dododinosauruk.bsky.social Award-winning independent publisher bringing natural history to life for little explorers. #ExtraordinaryExtinct
dodoanddinosaur.com
Elise Garritzen @egarritzen.bsky.social Historian; cultural & social history of 19th c. history writing, archives & book history. Latest passion: scholarly celebrity culture. Researcher at the U. of Helsinki. Author of Reimagining the Historian in Victorian England cliosfootnotes.wordpress.com
Dr Ann Kennedy Smith @akennedysmith.bsky.social Writing about books and 19th-20thc women's history in 'Cambridge Ladies' Dining Society' on Substack: https://akennedysmith.substack.com
Essays & reviews also in TLS, Slightly Foxed, ODNB & History Today etc
Friends of Friendless Churches @friendlesschurches.bsky.social Our 'A Victorian Revival match-funding campaign' aims to save two historic churches in Lincolnshire and Carmarthenshire. These churches are at risk of being lost forever
Support our match-funding now, and every £ given will be matched by our generous donor
Jessica Gardner @jessicagardner.bsky.social University Librarian and Director of Library Services, University of Cambridge and Fellow of Selwyn College. Loves libraries, archives, research and all things books and learning. Reads a lot of books.
Caylin Smith @caylin.bsky.social Head of Digital Preservation for Cambridge University Libraries | Trustee for the Centre for Computing History | AHRC Peer Review College member | Article Editor for Archives and Records | Interested in file formats, digital forensics, web archiving...
Jo @octavosaurus.bsky.social Special collections / heritage / libraries / archives, education, Wikimedia, art, UCL, GirlGuiding, neurodiversity, geekery. 🌈📚📦✨
https://linktr.ee/octavosaurus
Richard Wragg @richdwragg.bsky.social Work in a cathedral to nature. Archives, libraries, natural history, medieval medical manuscripts and morris dancing. Personal account, all views my own.
Dr Jessamy Carlson @jessamycarlson.bsky.social Archivist. Historian. Knitter. Walker. Guider. Mama. Half deaf.
Leeds Centre for the History and Philosophy of Science @hpsleeds.bsky.social Established in 1957 at the University of Leeds. We are a group of researchers exploring the development and meanings of science, technology and medicine.
Archives and Records Association - Midlands @aramidlands.bsky.social ARA branch for archives and records professionals in the East and West Midlands
Society of Genealogists @sogorg.bsky.social 🌳 A charity with the unique purpose of helping people to discover their place in history.
📜 Preserving the records of everyday lives & promoting family histories.
📍 Explore more: sog.org.uk
#Genealogy #FamilyHistory #HistoryMatters
Durham University Library @dulib.bsky.social 📚 Home to @durham-university.bsky.social Libraries and @ducollections.bsky.social
💜 Amazing resources, fantastic spaces and friendly staff
💬 Not monitored 24/7
Website: durham.ac.uk/library
Linktree: linktr.ee/DULib
Sandwich Guildhall Museum @sandwichmuseum.bsky.social Sharing the history of the town and Cinque Port of Sandwich! Visit the museum and 16th century courtroom Wednesday to Sunday, 10am to 4pm.
linktr.ee/sandwichguildhallmuseum
Bate Collection of Musical Instruments @batecollection.bsky.social Museum in Oxford. We hold over 1,000 of the most magnificent musical instruments in the world. Part of the University of Oxford.
linktr.ee/bate.enquiries