Catriona Wilson
@catrionacurator.bsky.social
Head of Petrie Collection of Egyptian and Sudanese Archaeology, UCL | Trustee BGI/National Videogame Museum | Membership secretary, University Museums Group | ACE Designation panel member | Mental health first aider
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Hello 👋 add me if you're interested in museums, archaeology and a little bit of gaming. Come see me at the Petrie Museum when you can!
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Hello to everyone on @bsky.app! We are home to one of the world's largest and most important collections of Egyptian and Sudanese archaeology, telling the stories of people who lived in the Nile Valley in the past. www.ucl.ac.uk/museums-coll...
March 6, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Hello to everyone on @bsky.app! We are home to one of the world's largest and most important collections of Egyptian and Sudanese archaeology, telling the stories of people who lived in the Nile Valley in the past. www.ucl.ac.uk/museums-coll...
Absolutely fantastic research talk today if you can make it!
How did the Old Kingdom Egyptian state implant itself within indigenous socio-political networks? Join us for the upcoming Research in Focus talk with Natasha Rai on 14 March.
Research in Focus talks
This free monthly lunchtime talk series presenting current research into UCL's Museums and Collections continues with three talks in the Petrie Museum.
www.ucl.ac.uk
March 14, 2025 at 10:14 AM
Absolutely fantastic research talk today if you can make it!
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In celebration of Women’s History Month, we’re reflecting on the women who opened the Petrie (@uclpetriemuseum.bsky.social) and Grant Museum (@uclgrantmuseum.bsky.social) collections to the public for the first time. Read more here:
How women pioneered public access to UCL’s museum collections
In celebration of Women’s History Month, we’re reflecting on the women who opened the Petrie and Grant Museum collections to the public for the first time.
www.ucl.ac.uk
March 14, 2025 at 9:48 AM
In celebration of Women’s History Month, we’re reflecting on the women who opened the Petrie (@uclpetriemuseum.bsky.social) and Grant Museum (@uclgrantmuseum.bsky.social) collections to the public for the first time. Read more here:
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A fantastic insight into the importance of preserving videogame magazines by @keefstuart.bsky.social highlighting the important work of @gamehistoryorg.bsky.social and ourselves in ensuring this important part of videogame culture remains accessible.
Hi I wrote about the imminent availability of the @gamehistoryorg.bsky.social digital archive of video game magazines and spoke to @nvmuk.bsky.social about why mags are important to preserve!
www.theguardian.com/games/2025/j...
www.theguardian.com/games/2025/j...
Scans for the memories: why old games magazines are a vital source of cultural history – and nostalgia
As the Video Game History Foundation opens a new digitised archive, what can titles like Crash, Mega, Edge and GamesMaster tell us about the early days of gaming?
www.theguardian.com
January 28, 2025 at 11:13 AM
A fantastic insight into the importance of preserving videogame magazines by @keefstuart.bsky.social highlighting the important work of @gamehistoryorg.bsky.social and ourselves in ensuring this important part of videogame culture remains accessible.
Reposted by Catriona Wilson
Join Us as Chair or Trustee of @thebgi.bsky.social
Are you passionate about videogames, culture and education? Do you have the strategic vision and experience to support a growing national charity?
For more information, download our Chair or Trustee Recruitment Pack ⬇
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Are you passionate about videogames, culture and education? Do you have the strategic vision and experience to support a growing national charity?
For more information, download our Chair or Trustee Recruitment Pack ⬇
thenvm.org/about/work-w...
November 26, 2024 at 4:00 PM
Join Us as Chair or Trustee of @thebgi.bsky.social
Are you passionate about videogames, culture and education? Do you have the strategic vision and experience to support a growing national charity?
For more information, download our Chair or Trustee Recruitment Pack ⬇
thenvm.org/about/work-w...
Are you passionate about videogames, culture and education? Do you have the strategic vision and experience to support a growing national charity?
For more information, download our Chair or Trustee Recruitment Pack ⬇
thenvm.org/about/work-w...
The brilliant @nvmuk.bsky.social featured in @theguardian.com yesterday: www.theguardian.com/games/2025/j... 👌
Scans for the memories: why old games magazines are a vital source of cultural history – and nostalgia
As the Video Game History Foundation opens a new digitised archive, what can titles like Crash, Mega, Edge and GamesMaster tell us about the early days of gaming?
www.theguardian.com
January 29, 2025 at 10:28 AM
The brilliant @nvmuk.bsky.social featured in @theguardian.com yesterday: www.theguardian.com/games/2025/j... 👌
Always look for the helpers. A niche but really beautiful way to help ease a horrible situation.
If you've lost your home in a wildfire and it held cremains that you weren't able to take with you- contact Alta Heritage Foundation. They're archaeologists who have developed methods of recovering cremains from ashes of homes. Non-profit, at no cost.
#PalisadesFire
#EatonFire
#AltadenaFire
#PalisadesFire
#EatonFire
#AltadenaFire
January 13, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Always look for the helpers. A niche but really beautiful way to help ease a horrible situation.
Returning some objects to permanent display from a short term loan today meant that I got to hold this meteoric iron bead - one of only 8 or so (from Gerzeh in Egypt) and considered to be the earliest worked iron (c.5000 years old) found anywhere in the world. Absolutely incredible.
January 13, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Returning some objects to permanent display from a short term loan today meant that I got to hold this meteoric iron bead - one of only 8 or so (from Gerzeh in Egypt) and considered to be the earliest worked iron (c.5000 years old) found anywhere in the world. Absolutely incredible.
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Kicking off the year with a public "Research in Focus" talk at the Petrie Museum, on archaeological ephemera:
🟠 Friday 17 January, 1.15-2pm 🟠
"Excavating museum drawers: Archaeological ephemera in the Petrie collection"
www.ucl.ac.uk/culture/what...
#MakingEphemeraHappen
🟠 Friday 17 January, 1.15-2pm 🟠
"Excavating museum drawers: Archaeological ephemera in the Petrie collection"
www.ucl.ac.uk/culture/what...
#MakingEphemeraHappen
Research in Focus talks
This free monthly lunchtime talk series presenting current research into UCL's Museums and Collections continues with three talks in the Petrie Museum.
www.ucl.ac.uk
January 8, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Kicking off the year with a public "Research in Focus" talk at the Petrie Museum, on archaeological ephemera:
🟠 Friday 17 January, 1.15-2pm 🟠
"Excavating museum drawers: Archaeological ephemera in the Petrie collection"
www.ucl.ac.uk/culture/what...
#MakingEphemeraHappen
🟠 Friday 17 January, 1.15-2pm 🟠
"Excavating museum drawers: Archaeological ephemera in the Petrie collection"
www.ucl.ac.uk/culture/what...
#MakingEphemeraHappen
This has been extended to 22 December - bit more time to apply if you're keen! Come work with me 😊
*Amazing Job Opportunity!*
Head of Museums and Cultural Programmes, UCL
Permanent, full time
£66,711–£72,370
Closes 18 December 2024
Come work with me!
www.linkedin.com/posts/catrio...
Head of Museums and Cultural Programmes, UCL
Permanent, full time
£66,711–£72,370
Closes 18 December 2024
Come work with me!
www.linkedin.com/posts/catrio...
Catriona W. on LinkedIn: UCL – University College London
*Another Job Opportunity!*
Head of Museums and Cultural Programmes
Permanent, full time
£66,711–£72,370
The Head of Museums and Cultural Programmes…
www.linkedin.com
December 18, 2024 at 3:45 PM
This has been extended to 22 December - bit more time to apply if you're keen! Come work with me 😊
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💡 Light up the holidays with a festive fusion of classic gaming and modern technology 🎄
Illuminate The Play this Christmas by experiencing a radiant collection of LED games designed by indie developers and enjoy Virtual Reality as it makes its debut with an immersive version of a retro classic.
Illuminate The Play this Christmas by experiencing a radiant collection of LED games designed by indie developers and enjoy Virtual Reality as it makes its debut with an immersive version of a retro classic.
December 11, 2024 at 10:09 AM
💡 Light up the holidays with a festive fusion of classic gaming and modern technology 🎄
Illuminate The Play this Christmas by experiencing a radiant collection of LED games designed by indie developers and enjoy Virtual Reality as it makes its debut with an immersive version of a retro classic.
Illuminate The Play this Christmas by experiencing a radiant collection of LED games designed by indie developers and enjoy Virtual Reality as it makes its debut with an immersive version of a retro classic.
Loved these Roman roof tegulae at Yorkshire Museum - replete with makers' marks, factory stamps, hobnail boot marks and dog footprints. A delightful category of object because of these marks; such an immediate connection to people and animals in the past. Guildford's even had goat hoofprints :)
December 11, 2024 at 10:00 AM
Loved these Roman roof tegulae at Yorkshire Museum - replete with makers' marks, factory stamps, hobnail boot marks and dog footprints. A delightful category of object because of these marks; such an immediate connection to people and animals in the past. Guildford's even had goat hoofprints :)
Start your day with something that lets a little light in
December 11, 2024 at 7:01 AM
Start your day with something that lets a little light in
Pure essence of horse. One of my top ten objects in any museum anywhere in the world (Stanwick horse mount, Yorkshire Museum)
December 10, 2024 at 5:38 PM
Pure essence of horse. One of my top ten objects in any museum anywhere in the world (Stanwick horse mount, Yorkshire Museum)
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For anyone coming to @tag45.bsky.social next week-end, you can catch my presentation on "Excavating the Museum Drawer" (yes, this very drawer) at Session 17, and see what all this Archaeological Ephemera business is about!
tag2024.wordpress.com/2024/09/05/s...
#ArchaeologicalEphemera
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#ArchaeologicalEphemera
December 6, 2024 at 4:12 PM
For anyone coming to @tag45.bsky.social next week-end, you can catch my presentation on "Excavating the Museum Drawer" (yes, this very drawer) at Session 17, and see what all this Archaeological Ephemera business is about!
tag2024.wordpress.com/2024/09/05/s...
#ArchaeologicalEphemera
tag2024.wordpress.com/2024/09/05/s...
#ArchaeologicalEphemera
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Al-Saddiq Al-Raddi wrote a collection of poems inspired by objects in the Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology in 2012 during his residency there - www.poetrytranslation.org/event-series...
Al-Saddiq Al-Raddi at The Petrie Museum - Poetry Translation Centre
Sudanese poet, Al-Saddiq Al-Raddi, was Poet in Residence at The Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology. He was commissioned to write new poems inspired by their collection of ancient Sudanese artefacts
www.poetrytranslation.org
September 25, 2024 at 1:14 PM
Al-Saddiq Al-Raddi wrote a collection of poems inspired by objects in the Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology in 2012 during his residency there - www.poetrytranslation.org/event-series...
Reposted by Catriona Wilson
11. Bonus book today!
The Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology: Characters and Collections: (ed) @alicestevenson.bsky.social Prof Alice Stevenson
uclpress.co.uk/book/the-pet...
#LocalAndGlobal
The Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology: Characters and Collections: (ed) @alicestevenson.bsky.social Prof Alice Stevenson
uclpress.co.uk/book/the-pet...
#LocalAndGlobal
The Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology
The Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology first opened its doors in 1915, and since then has attracted visitors from all over the world as well as providing valuable teaching resources. Named after its...
uclpress.co.uk
December 2, 2024 at 10:32 AM
11. Bonus book today!
The Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology: Characters and Collections: (ed) @alicestevenson.bsky.social Prof Alice Stevenson
uclpress.co.uk/book/the-pet...
#LocalAndGlobal
The Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology: Characters and Collections: (ed) @alicestevenson.bsky.social Prof Alice Stevenson
uclpress.co.uk/book/the-pet...
#LocalAndGlobal
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Not one but two job alerts today!
Laboratory Technician (Archaeobotany) - bit.ly/3BhIa7m
Laboratory Technician (Osteology) - bit.ly/3OI6q5O
Closing date for both 1st Jan 2025
#LocalAndGlobal
Laboratory Technician (Archaeobotany) - bit.ly/3BhIa7m
Laboratory Technician (Osteology) - bit.ly/3OI6q5O
Closing date for both 1st Jan 2025
#LocalAndGlobal
UCL – University College London
UCL is consistently ranked as one of the top ten universities in the world (QS World University Rankings 2010-2022) and is No.2 in the UK for research power (Research Excellence Framework 2021).
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December 6, 2024 at 1:58 PM
Not one but two job alerts today!
Laboratory Technician (Archaeobotany) - bit.ly/3BhIa7m
Laboratory Technician (Osteology) - bit.ly/3OI6q5O
Closing date for both 1st Jan 2025
#LocalAndGlobal
Laboratory Technician (Archaeobotany) - bit.ly/3BhIa7m
Laboratory Technician (Osteology) - bit.ly/3OI6q5O
Closing date for both 1st Jan 2025
#LocalAndGlobal
As someone who has also experienced this kind of loss, these collections always feel particularly powerful. @poisonchallis.bsky.social expresses this so beautifully here.
Thank you for sharing it, Debbie.x
Thank you for sharing it, Debbie.x
Yesterday, I went to the Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology to do some research. (Thanks @lisarandisi.bsky.social).
Today is my daughter Emily's 10th birthday. What I found made me rethink what I know & understand how I feel.
Warning: mention of baby loss
www.debbiechallis.com/post/ephemer...
Today is my daughter Emily's 10th birthday. What I found made me rethink what I know & understand how I feel.
Warning: mention of baby loss
www.debbiechallis.com/post/ephemer...
Ephemera in the Archives: Beads, Babies and Bought
Rethinking what and how I know the past through an unexpected piece of ephemera in the archives of an Egyptian museum.
www.debbiechallis.com
November 28, 2024 at 8:53 AM
As someone who has also experienced this kind of loss, these collections always feel particularly powerful. @poisonchallis.bsky.social expresses this so beautifully here.
Thank you for sharing it, Debbie.x
Thank you for sharing it, Debbie.x
Good morning from frosty Cambridgeshire fens
November 28, 2024 at 7:43 AM
Good morning from frosty Cambridgeshire fens
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Now that I'm on here, I can start shouting about all the exciting things I've been up to! Like the Archaeological Ephemera project at the Petrie Museum - looking at the bits and bobs left behind by early archaeologists and museum workers, the stories they can tell us, and what to do with them.
November 26, 2024 at 7:59 AM
Now that I'm on here, I can start shouting about all the exciting things I've been up to! Like the Archaeological Ephemera project at the Petrie Museum - looking at the bits and bobs left behind by early archaeologists and museum workers, the stories they can tell us, and what to do with them.
Appreciating this dedication in @k8shep.bsky.social's new book #IYKYK 👌
November 25, 2024 at 8:33 PM
Appreciating this dedication in @k8shep.bsky.social's new book #IYKYK 👌
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The @uniofexeter.bsky.social convened a panel to advise the university on how to use carbon offsets in its ambitious net zero target. Our conclusion is that all offsets should be ditched. We very much hope other universities will do likewise.
theconversation.com/we-have-offi...
theconversation.com/we-have-offi...
We have officially advised our university to ditch carbon offsets – and focus on cutting emissions
Your organisation should probably ditch offsets too.
theconversation.com
November 22, 2024 at 11:45 AM
The @uniofexeter.bsky.social convened a panel to advise the university on how to use carbon offsets in its ambitious net zero target. Our conclusion is that all offsets should be ditched. We very much hope other universities will do likewise.
theconversation.com/we-have-offi...
theconversation.com/we-have-offi...
*Amazing Job Opportunity!*
Head of Museums and Cultural Programmes, UCL
Permanent, full time
£66,711–£72,370
Closes 18 December 2024
Come work with me!
www.linkedin.com/posts/catrio...
Head of Museums and Cultural Programmes, UCL
Permanent, full time
£66,711–£72,370
Closes 18 December 2024
Come work with me!
www.linkedin.com/posts/catrio...
Catriona W. on LinkedIn: UCL – University College London
*Another Job Opportunity!*
Head of Museums and Cultural Programmes
Permanent, full time
£66,711–£72,370
The Head of Museums and Cultural Programmes…
www.linkedin.com
November 21, 2024 at 1:55 PM
*Amazing Job Opportunity!*
Head of Museums and Cultural Programmes, UCL
Permanent, full time
£66,711–£72,370
Closes 18 December 2024
Come work with me!
www.linkedin.com/posts/catrio...
Head of Museums and Cultural Programmes, UCL
Permanent, full time
£66,711–£72,370
Closes 18 December 2024
Come work with me!
www.linkedin.com/posts/catrio...
Ancient Egyptian hedgehogs are my favourite 🦔
Ancient Egyptian blue faience bead in the form of a curled-up hedgehog! 🦔💙
Middle Kingdom, c. 1985 -1650 BC. National Museum of Scotland 📷 by me www.nms.ac.uk/search-our-c...
#Archaeology
Middle Kingdom, c. 1985 -1650 BC. National Museum of Scotland 📷 by me www.nms.ac.uk/search-our-c...
#Archaeology
November 19, 2024 at 1:50 PM
Ancient Egyptian hedgehogs are my favourite 🦔