Anna Woodham
@annawoodham.bsky.social
Museum & Heritage Studies, King’s College London (views own)
Really enjoyed this 👇 thank you @kostasarvanitis.bsky.social for the invitation.
Really wonderful to speak with @annawoodham.bsky.social today at Manchester University on “working with feeling: emotions in the cultural heritage workforce”: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/working-wi...
Working with feeling: workforce emotions in cultural heritage organisations
Dr Jennie Morgan, University of Stirling and Dr Anna Woodham, King's College London
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November 13, 2025 at 7:45 AM
Really enjoyed this 👇 thank you @kostasarvanitis.bsky.social for the invitation.
Just a few days left to take part and help shape future research on workforce emotions in the cultural heritage sector 👇
Live! Pilot study on emotions in the museum & heritage workforce. Curious to reflect on emotions in your role & work? To help test methods for a future project? See survey link below with additional info & invitation to participate @annawoodham.bsky.social qualtrics.kcl.ac.uk/jfe/form/SV_...
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September 23, 2025 at 6:27 AM
Just a few days left to take part and help shape future research on workforce emotions in the cultural heritage sector 👇
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Live! Pilot study on emotions in the museum & heritage workforce. Curious to reflect on emotions in your role & work? To help test methods for a future project? See survey link below with additional info & invitation to participate @annawoodham.bsky.social qualtrics.kcl.ac.uk/jfe/form/SV_...
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August 27, 2025 at 7:33 AM
Live! Pilot study on emotions in the museum & heritage workforce. Curious to reflect on emotions in your role & work? To help test methods for a future project? See survey link below with additional info & invitation to participate @annawoodham.bsky.social qualtrics.kcl.ac.uk/jfe/form/SV_...
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🫶 'It is crucial to understand the “feeling rules” that operate in the sector – unspoken norms dictating which emotions are deemed acceptable.'
Dr @annawoodham.bsky.social and @drmorgan.bsky.social promote emotional support for museum workers on @museumsassociation.org 👇
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Dr @annawoodham.bsky.social and @drmorgan.bsky.social promote emotional support for museum workers on @museumsassociation.org 👇
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Museum staff’s emotional wellbeing is not a side issue - Museums Association
The emotional complexities of roles aren’t recognised, say Jennie Morgan and Anna Woodham
www.museumsassociation.org
June 13, 2025 at 11:03 AM
🫶 'It is crucial to understand the “feeling rules” that operate in the sector – unspoken norms dictating which emotions are deemed acceptable.'
Dr @annawoodham.bsky.social and @drmorgan.bsky.social promote emotional support for museum workers on @museumsassociation.org 👇
buff.ly/HrcpxW2
Dr @annawoodham.bsky.social and @drmorgan.bsky.social promote emotional support for museum workers on @museumsassociation.org 👇
buff.ly/HrcpxW2
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@annawoodham.bsky.social & I reflecting on the importance of recognising & supporting emotional complexities of museum work. Thanks @museumsassociation.org for featuring our opinion! www.museumsassociation.org/museums-jour...
Museum staff’s emotional wellbeing is not a side issue - Museums Association
The emotional complexities of roles aren’t recognised, say Jennie Morgan and Anna Woodham
www.museumsassociation.org
June 4, 2025 at 10:15 AM
@annawoodham.bsky.social & I reflecting on the importance of recognising & supporting emotional complexities of museum work. Thanks @museumsassociation.org for featuring our opinion! www.museumsassociation.org/museums-jour...
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Have a read, only 5mins of your day and super picture of Holly Jones Amin and one of the Golden dragon museum's dragons.
Thrilled to have a new guest blog post by @jane-henderson.bsky.social on our @annawoodham.bsky.social emotions in museum work website. Thoughtful reflection the emotions of conservation work! museumemotion.stir.ac.uk?p=278
Guest Blog - 'Conservation challenge and change – the opportunity of emotion' | New futures of care: Investigating emotionally laden work in museums
museumemotion.stir.ac.uk
April 30, 2025 at 6:32 AM
Have a read, only 5mins of your day and super picture of Holly Jones Amin and one of the Golden dragon museum's dragons.
New guest blog for our museum emotions project from @jane-henderson.bsky.social on conservation work. Take a 👀👇
Thrilled to have a new guest blog post by @jane-henderson.bsky.social on our @annawoodham.bsky.social emotions in museum work website. Thoughtful reflection the emotions of conservation work! museumemotion.stir.ac.uk?p=278
Guest Blog - 'Conservation challenge and change – the opportunity of emotion' | New futures of care: Investigating emotionally laden work in museums
museumemotion.stir.ac.uk
April 29, 2025 at 5:21 AM
New guest blog for our museum emotions project from @jane-henderson.bsky.social on conservation work. Take a 👀👇
Really excited to share the details of this fully funded PhD collaborative studentship with V&A looking at stored collections and V&A East Storehouse. Take a look 👇 www.kcl.ac.uk/study-legacy... @drmorgan.bsky.social
AHRC Collaborative Doctoral Partnership (CDP) studentship: V&A East Storehouse: Exploring the impact of dynamic approaches to stored collections on museum identity, user engagement and collections man...
Fully funded studentship to start from October 2025.
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March 26, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Really excited to share the details of this fully funded PhD collaborative studentship with V&A looking at stored collections and V&A East Storehouse. Take a look 👇 www.kcl.ac.uk/study-legacy... @drmorgan.bsky.social
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Great day working with @annawoodham.bsky.social on our “emotions in museum work” collaboration. A spring update here, including currently writing on ‘feeling rules’ in museums museumemotion.stir.ac.uk?p=272
Spring 2025 Update | New futures of care: Investigating emotionally laden work in museums
museumemotion.stir.ac.uk
March 13, 2025 at 7:47 AM
Great day working with @annawoodham.bsky.social on our “emotions in museum work” collaboration. A spring update here, including currently writing on ‘feeling rules’ in museums museumemotion.stir.ac.uk?p=272
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Thanks @museumsassociation.org for this super summary of our Royal Society of Edinburgh funded pilot study. Thankful
also for UoS & KCL support. Onwards to more
emotions @annawoodham.bsky.social !
also for UoS & KCL support. Onwards to more
emotions @annawoodham.bsky.social !
News | Emotional demands of some types of museum work are ‘growing in intensity’ – research explores how UK museum professionals articulate, experience and utilise emotions
Emotional demands of some types of museum work are 'growing in intensity' - Museums Association
Research explores how UK museum professionals articulate, experience and utilise emotions
www.museumsassociation.org
February 15, 2025 at 6:47 AM
Thanks @museumsassociation.org for this super summary of our Royal Society of Edinburgh funded pilot study. Thankful
also for UoS & KCL support. Onwards to more
emotions @annawoodham.bsky.social !
also for UoS & KCL support. Onwards to more
emotions @annawoodham.bsky.social !
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Thrilled to post today a report summarising findings from our Royal Society of Edinburgh supported workshops exploring “emotions in museum work”. Wonderful to work with Dr Anna Woodham, & all who participated. museumemotion.stir.ac.uk?p=270
RSE workshop grant complete! | New futures of care: Investigating emotionally laden work in museums
As of 1 February 2025, we met a major milestone with the completion of our Royal Society of Edinburgh (RSE) supported workshop grant. We are extremely thankful for the support of RSE, and additiona...
museumemotion.stir.ac.uk
February 10, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Thrilled to post today a report summarising findings from our Royal Society of Edinburgh supported workshops exploring “emotions in museum work”. Wonderful to work with Dr Anna Woodham, & all who participated. museumemotion.stir.ac.uk?p=270
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Super day leading with @annawoodham.bsky.social our second RSE funded workshop on emotions in museum work, this time deep diving into collections management and curatorial work.
November 21, 2024 at 9:09 AM
Super day leading with @annawoodham.bsky.social our second RSE funded workshop on emotions in museum work, this time deep diving into collections management and curatorial work.
Me too! Great to be part of Social History Curator’s Group Journal no.48! Something if you’d asked the 20 yr old me I would never have thought I could do! 😊
Thrilled to see @annawoodham.bsky.social and my first publication (out now in print) from our Royal Society of Edinburgh workshop-grant funded collaboration museumemotion.stir.ac.uk
November 14, 2024 at 10:31 PM
Me too! Great to be part of Social History Curator’s Group Journal no.48! Something if you’d asked the 20 yr old me I would never have thought I could do! 😊