Man who cooks everything on gas mark 7 @lownesandtheifis.bsky.social Deaf social historian, EM Scotland, marginality, crime, poverty, vagrancy.
Random posts on darker side of life in early modern Edinburgh and Canongate
HMS Tern Living Museum @hmstern61.bsky.social We are creating a Living Museum at HMS Tern in Orkney. The team of volunteers and paid staff are recreating the look, smell and feel of a training airfield in World War II on Orkney. The site is open to the public, see our website for opening times.
Èvi Numen @evinumen.bsky.social Medical Heritage Museum Curator @TCD, queer #deathpositive artist, childfree cat-lady. Dublin / Drogheda 🇮🇪. Aspiring sociologist @ UCD writing on death, mortality, & display.
🇵🇸 🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈 🐈⬛🪶📚📷💀🎨
https://www.evi-numen.com/
www.thanatography.com
Views, my own.
Glasgow Science Centre @glasgowscience.bsky.social One of Scotland's must-see visitor attractions - presenting concepts of science & technology in unique & inspiring ways.
Follow @glasgowplanetarium.bsky.social
Mainly Museums @mainlymuseums.bsky.social A personal take on museums big and small from contributors across the globe.
Wigan Museum @wiganmuseum.bsky.social Showcasing Wigan Borough through exhibitions, events, and local studies. Operated by wigancouncil.bsky.social. Opening hours: Tuesday-Friday 10am-4pm. Saturday 10am-2pm.
Fay Bound-Alberti @fayboundalberti.bsky.social Writer and Historian. Interested in bodies, emotions, medicine. THE FACE: A CULTURAL HISTORY @penguinbooks @hachetteus
LSHTM Library, Archive & Open Research Services @lshtm-laors.bsky.social Library, Archive & Open Research Services @LSHTM.bsky.social - supporting discovery, preserving history, and promoting open access & open science, including LSHTM Press. Sharing collections, insights & updates from our community.
Amberley Museum @amberleymuseum.bsky.social Travel back in time and explore the South’s working past in the heart of the South Downs National Park.
RCP museum @rcpmuseum.bsky.social The Royal College of Physicians museum, heritage library, archive & garden in Regent's Park | History, medicine, art & modernist architecture | Exhibitions & events
The Devil's Porridge Museum @devilsporridge.bsky.social We tell the incredible WW1 story of HM Factory Gretna, the greatest munitions factory on Earth. Eastriggs and Gretna Heritage Group SCIO.
SCN SC031616
HANNAH ROSE PLATT @hannahroseplatt.bsky.social ARTIST
Exploring beauty in shadows & magic in the mundane
FRAGILE CREATURES out NOW! ✨
'Powerful & affecting'- Harpers Bazaar
Label @xtramilerecordings
Alistair Coleman @alistaircoleman.bsky.social Former internet celebrity. Former journalist. Current human author and @apiln.bsky.social Supreme Leader. Ally. fizzandnonsense.bsky.social completes me.
Molly Conisbee @mollyconisbee.bsky.social I research social histories of dying and death. I like dogs and books and wine. No Ordinary Deaths: A People's History of Mortality (Profile/Wellcome) out in spring 2025.
Terry Simpson MD FACS @terrysimpson.bsky.social Surgeon, Skeptic, science communicator, Athabaskan, medical correspondent, podcast "Fork U", @drterrysimpson on TikTok, instagram. Proud UChicago alumnus
Bowers Museum @bowersmuseum.bsky.social Bringing the World to You
#bowersfestival
Non-profit Museum
Ambrose Parry @ambroseparry.bsky.social Wife and husband writing team of Dr Marisa Haetzman and
@brookmyre.bsky.social. Authors of The Way of All Flesh, The Art of Dying, A Corruption of Blood and Voices of the Dead. It's probably Marisa posting.
Friends of St Cecilia’s Hall and Museum @friendsofstcecilia.bsky.social We support St Cecilia’s Hall and Museum, Edinburgh. This hidden gem is the oldest purpose-built concert hall in Scotland and has a collection of over 6,000 historic musical instruments. We hold concerts. Join us!
https://friendsofstceciliashall.com
Barnsley Museums @barnsleymuseums.bsky.social We are Barnsley Museums. Sharing stories from our collections and our five free to visit venues across Barnsley; Cannon Hall Museum, The Cooper Gallery, Experience Barnsley Museum, Worsbrough Mill & Elsecar Heritage Centre
www.barnsley-museums.com
The Metropolitan Museum of Art @metmuseum.org Explore 5,000 years of history from across the globe right here at The Met. Plan your visit → http://met.org/Visit
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
Archives & Special Collections @ Ohio University @aldenlibdigital.bsky.social Mahn Center for Archives and Special Collections, Preservation & Digital Initiatives, Ohio University Libraries @aldenlibrary.bsky.social, Athens.
https://bit.ly/m/archives-ohiouniversity
(Not that XL public uni in Columbus)
chiller @chiller.eurosky.social good luck
Chris Brookmyre @brookmyre.bsky.social Author. One half of Ambrose Parry. One sixth of Fun Lovin' Crime Writers.
Wellcome Collection @wellcomecollection.bsky.social A free museum and library in London and online. Explore the past, present and future of health with us.
wellcomecollection.org
ArtRabbit @artrabbit.bsky.social The best independent contemporary art guide for art lovers and professionals. Sign up for art openings, #ArtOpps, resources and more.
https://artrabbit.com/linktree
Jane Bradley @janekbradley.bsky.social Arts correspondent at The Scotsman and Scotland on Sunday newspapers in Edinburgh.
Also write about figure skating.
https://www.scotsman.com/author/jane-bradley
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..."
The Hunterian @hunterianglasgow.bsky.social At the heart of the University of Glasgow since 1807, The Hunterian connects people with stories, individuals and ideas.
National Library of Scotland @natlibscot.bsky.social Scotland’s living memory. If you can think of it, we probably have it. 
The Wiener Holocaust Library @wienerlibrary.bsky.social The world's oldest Holocaust archive and Britain's largest collection on the Nazi era.
Website: www.wienerholocaustlibrary.org
Digital Archive: www.whlcollections.org
Donate: www.wienerholocaustlibrary.org/what-we-do/support-our-work/donate/
Canadian Museum of Health Care @museumofhealthcare.bsky.social Where Canada’s Health History Lives!
Ann Baillie Building (NHS)
32 George Street
Kingston, ON
The Long Shop Museum @longshop.bsky.social Conserving and celebrating East Suffolk's Agricultural & Industrial history. Expect posts about museums, history, heritage & culture, and anything else that interests us (which is quite a lot).
www.longshopmuseum.co.uk
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
Dr Jenner's House @drjennerhouse.bsky.social A discovery that changed the world.
From his home in Berkeley, Dr Jenner’s House tells the story of the pioneering Gloucestershire scientist Edward Jenner (1749-1823) and his ongoing legacy of vaccination.
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/
SOAS Special Collections @soas-speccoll.bsky.social Archives, manuscripts and rare books from
@SOASLibrary, the UK National Research Library for Asia, Africa and the Middle East | special.collections@soas.ac.uk
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
British Records Association @britrecs.bsky.social The British Records Association is a UK charity, working for archives since 1932. Please become a member and support our work https://www.britishrecordsassociation.org.uk/
Perth Museum @perthmuseum.bsky.social The new #PerthMuseum is now open! Visit Monday-Saturday, 10am-5pm, and Sunday, 11am-4pm.
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 
Wendy Moore @wendymoore99.bsky.social Journalist, author of six non-fiction books on medical and social history. 
Metropolitan Police Museum and Crime Museum @mpsheritage.bsky.social Metropolitan Police lives and stories 1829-now.
Open to researchers and visitors by appointment.
Like/repost/follow≠endorsement
No bio or posts, no follow back.
https://t.co/f5xOlVyLoc
Kawartha Lakes Museum and Archives @klmuseumarchives.ca Collecting, preserving & sharing since 1957.
https://www.klmuseumarchives.ca/
50 Victoria Ave. N Lindsay ON
705-324-3404
Lindsay Daily Post Digitization Project:
https://archive.org/details/klma_newspapers
Winter hours:
Thurs - Sat, 10 am to 4 pm
Migration Museum @migrationmuseum.org Building the UK’s Missing Museum. We explore how the movement of people to and from the UK has made us who we are.
Community guidelines → https://www.migrationmuseum.org/community-guidelines/
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
Wakefield Museums and Castles @wakefieldmuseums.bsky.social Wakefield Council Museums and Castles team. Follow us for news about our museums and castles across the district and stories from our collections.
Black in Natural History Museums @blackinnhms.bsky.social Black in Natural History Museums Week is an initiative to share the stories, perspectives & knowledge of Black people in the NHM community.
🔗: wlo.link/@blackinnhm
Museums Worcestershire @museumsworcs.bsky.social Discover 3 fantastic museums:
🎨 Worcester City Art Gallery & Museum
🏰 County Museum at Hartlebury Castle
👑 The Commandery & 💫 Escape Room: Commandery Quest
https://linktr.ee/museumsworcestershire
Canadian Peace Museum @canadianpeacemuseum.ca Peace promotion is urgent. Learn more and support us at 🌐 canadianpeacemuseum.ca
Opening 2026. A registered charity.
Thomas Vye @thomasvye.bsky.social Medical Historian MA Medical Humanities
Medical History, horror, rpgs, water birds, squirrels, sumo (相撲), Japanese culture, games. Autistic.
Royal College of Emergency Medicine @rcem.ac.uk The Royal College of Emergency Medicine's official Bluesky account.
RCEM is the membership body representing Emergency Department (A&E) clinicians and their patients, and working to #ResuscitateEmergencyCare
Suzie Edge @suzieedge.bsky.social Medical doctor turned writer. Gory tales of human bodies in history and dead king juice.
Books, TikToks, photographs and films.
SarahScotland @myveggietravels.bsky.social Storyteller - Scotland and beyond - find my videos on IG: SarahScotland or TikTok: myveggietravels
Orkney Library & Archive @orkneylibrary.bsky.social Books and Archives since 1683.
Website: orkneylibrary.org.uk
Linktree: linktr.ee/orkneylibrary
Val McDermid @valmcdermid.bsky.social Writer, broadcaster, civil(sometimes) partner, mother, lesbian feminist, lover of libraries, vocalist with the Fun Lovin’ Crime Writers. Once described as the ‘gobby shop steward of crime fiction’. Www.valmcdermid.com @quineofcrime on Insta
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
Al Nicholl @alnicholl.bsky.social A Northern Irish man living in rural Scotland with his wife and two boys. Likes whodunnit crime novels, fitness and family time.
The Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh @rcsed.bsky.social Championing the highest standards of surgical and dental practice worldwide since 1505.
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
Lauren Mallin @that-museum-girl.bsky.social Communications Officer at National Galleries Scotland • Freelance Writer • Arts & Culture Content Creator • Dog Mum • Instagram @thatmuseumgirl_ •TikTok @thatmuseumgirl
📧 hello.thatmuseumgirl@gmail.com
Views my own🙋🏼♀️ She/Her
Iris Millis @historical-iris.bsky.social Historian/Museum Professional, Singer. Interested in animal, current politics and much more.
David @davidmuseums.bsky.social Over here cause I don't want to be over there. Marcomms person in Scotland
Library and Knowledge Services at NHS Highland @nhshlibraries.bsky.social Bringing the right health information to the right people at the right time
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
Maths Week Scotland @handle.invalid #MathsWeekScot is an annual celebration of the importance of maths in our everyday lives. This year Maths Week Scotland will be celebrating its 10th anniversary. https://mathsweek.scot/
Hopkins Medical Archives @jhmedarchives.bsky.social The Johns Hopkins Alan Mason Chesney Medical Archives. We collect, preserve, and share the history of Johns Hopkins Medicine, Nursing, and Public Health.
medicalarchives.jhmi.edu
V&A Dundee @vadundee.bsky.social We are Scotland’s design museum, designed for everyone.
Open daily, 10.00 – 17.00 ☺️
Leah Hazard @leahhazard.bsky.social NHS midwife, activist, author of Womb (NYT Editors’ Choice), Hard Pushed (UK Sunday Times bestseller) and Birth Wars (coming 2027 from Allen Lane/Penguin Press). Trustee, Amma Birth Companions. www.leahhazard.co.uk. All views my own.
Ashmolean Museum, Oxford @ashmoleanmuseum.bsky.social 🖼 🏺 World famous collections, from Egyptian mummies to contemporary art
🕙 Open every day 10am–5pm 🏛 linktr.ee/ashmoleanmuseum
Mábel Fuentes @mabelfuentes.bsky.social Mi profesión son los archivos fílmicos y mis aficiones, la filosofía de la ciencia, la música y escribir. 🎞️🩺🥁✍️
Lou Bell @louisebell.bsky.social Researches artificial limbs in #ww1 and #ww2 | Committee member @socialhistsoc.bsky.social | co-founder @ukdishisthub.bsky.social | goes to a lot of gigs | she/her
@beamishmuseum.bsky.social @beamishmuseum.bsky.social 
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
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
Tom Gillingwater @tomgillingwater.bsky.social Professor of Anatomy at the University of Edinburgh. FRSE, FRSB, HonFAS. Mood generally influenced by family, anatomy, science (MND/SMA/ALS/NMJ), music, whisky and NFFC. Owned by a Lakeland Terrier. My opinions etc!
📍Edinburgh/East Lothian 🏴
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
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
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
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
Pitt Rivers Museum @pittriversmuseum.bsky.social Anthropology and archaeology collections from world cultures past and present.
https://www.prm.ox.ac.uk
@ianclem.bsky.social @ianclem.bsky.social 
Wee Walking Tours @weewalkingtours.bsky.social Join us on our family-run historical and entertaining walking tours of #Edinburgh. Our Golden Retrievers, Walter and Arthur, also help us share stories, history, myths, and legends from our travels around #Scotland.
https://www.weewalkingtours.com/
Clifton Suspension Bridge @brunelsbridge.bsky.social Official museum for Bristol’s most photographed landmark! 📷
FREE museum open 10:00-17:00 daily.
Friends of Glasgow Royal Infirmary @friendsofgri.bsky.social OSCR SC050180|Museum open Tues-Fri 11-3, Sat 12-2|📧info@friendsofgri.org
http://friendsofgri.org
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
National Coal Mining Museum @ncmme.bsky.social Open Wednesday-Sunday. Visit for a unique all-weather adventure! Meet a miner, explore exhibitions and enjoy the great outdoors.
Explore more: www.ncm.org.uk
Dan Snow @thehistoryguy.bsky.social Creative Director of the world's best History Channel https://linktr.ee/HistoryHit | I host the Dan Snow’s @HistoryHit podcast
Adrian Teal @tealcartoons.bsky.social Caricaturist for Spitting Image & other TV. Co-creator of award-winning kids' non-fic. Open for caricature commissions. I will never listen to your podcast. www.etsy.com/uk/shop/TealCartoons 🚫GenAI
Enquiries: Teal.Cartoons@yahoo.com
www.adrianteal.com
Hannah Redler-Hawes she / her🕷️ @hannahredlerhawes.bsky.social Independent Curator / Museum bod. Own views.
Specialising in Contemporary and Interdisciplinary Arts (Digital / Media Art; Art + Science, Data, AI)
Director, Data as Culture at Open Data Institute (Associate)
Curator Oxford Cultural Programme (External)
Kathryn MacKinnon Cook @arfarfarf.bsky.social Freelancer Educator
General Museum Nerd, Artist, Education Enthusiast, Mother of Hounds, Burlesquer, Lover of Glitter
Louise Sutherland @lsutherland.bsky.social 📍Lives in The North.
💼 Head of Engagement, North @ The National Lottery Heritage Fund.
❤️Likes Bowie, Gin, Museums, Heritage, Culture, Nail Polish & PokemonGO. Unapologetically Gen X.
👉Follows/reposts not endorsements.
📝Views & skeets very much mine.
Dr John Tanner @historyjt.bsky.social Passionate about heritage and what it can mean for people & places.
Head of Masterplan, National Coal Mining Museum for England. 🛠️
Director (voluntary, alongside amazing local history mates) of Lichfield Discovered CIC. 🏛️
museumsmith @museumsmith.bsky.social Elderly millennial, museum factotum, 🇬🇧 🇪🇺, lay catholic-ish Anglican of non-conformist ancestry, #AuDHD, strolling player, cishet 🏳️🌈/🏳️⚧️/🍉/anti-racist/refugee ally.
Own views (who else would want them?!). He/him.
Claire Adler @cladle.bsky.social Heritage, Culture & Communities Consultant: NLHF Mentor; supporting and developing NLHF museum & community heritage projects, audience development research and also Chair of Queen Edith’s Community Forum, Cambridge (she/her) www.claireadler.co.uk
Tony Butler @tonybutler1.bsky.social Director, Derby Museums
Banner “Lo Winter is Past” 1963. Marion Adnams (1898-1995). Derby Museum and Art Gallery
Linke in comments @dannybirchall.bsky.social Capercaillie, lammergeier, cassowary
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. 
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
Tamsin C Russell @tamsincrussell.bsky.social Leader: Changemaker: Ally: Facilitator: Action Learning Facilitator: Mentor: Trainer: Cheerleader: #Museums : #Heritage : #Culture : Realising the potential of others: Keep safe, keep well, keep learning: She/Her