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 📜
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Introduction time...
I mainly post about work-ish stuff as a science and technology curator. I've worked with comms and computing collections at the Science Museum, Arctic and Antarctic collections at the Scott Polar Research Institute and now I'm at the National Science and Media Museum
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I mainly post about work-ish stuff as a science and technology curator. I've worked with comms and computing collections at the Science Museum, Arctic and Antarctic collections at the Scott Polar Research Institute and now I'm at the National Science and Media Museum
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Starting in 10mins... I'll be talking about the history of Antarctic photography with the excellent Naomi Boneham from @scottpolar.bsky.social
Capturing Antarctica
Eventbrite - UK Antarctic Heritage Trust presents Capturing Antarctica - Monday, 10 November 2025 - Find event and ticket information.
www.eventbrite.co.uk
November 10, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Starting in 10mins... I'll be talking about the history of Antarctic photography with the excellent Naomi Boneham from @scottpolar.bsky.social
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Woohoo! Great #digipres story @makethecatwise
https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20251009-rescuing-knowledge-trapped-on-old-floppy-disks
https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20251009-rescuing-knowledge-trapped-on-old-floppy-disks
A digital dark age? The people rescuing forgotten knowledge trapped on old floppy disks
From lectures by Stephen Hawking to the letters of British politician Neil Kinnock – it's a race against time to save the historical treasures locked away on old floppy disks.
www.bbc.com
October 10, 2025 at 12:14 PM
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For anyone having Terra Nova feelings today ...
Here's a thing I wrote about footage of polar shipwrecks, back when the Endurance was found under the Weddell ice: www.patreon.com/posts/on-icy...
On the Icy Deaths of Polar Ships | Tealin
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September 3, 2025 at 8:30 AM
For anyone having Terra Nova feelings today ...
Having a nostalgic listen to this. The sound of Windows 95 launching was more evocative than I would have predicted
Witness History - The launch of Windows 95 - BBC Sounds
In 1995 Microsoft released a new operating system after a $300 million marketing campaign
www.bbc.co.uk
August 24, 2025 at 8:37 AM
Having a nostalgic listen to this. The sound of Windows 95 launching was more evocative than I would have predicted
I finally saw this exhibition today - two days before it closes. I wish I'd gone sooner! It's a lovely calming exhibition, yet gently provocative about the materials we use and consume.
I think I'll go back again tomorrow, and I heartily recommend it to anybody else who's in the Bradford area.
I think I'll go back again tomorrow, and I heartily recommend it to anybody else who's in the Bradford area.
Artist Clare Hewitt & Impressions Gallery invite you to take part in the community-driven distribution of 'Everything in the forest is the forest' — a handmade, biodegradable photobook inspired by the interconnectedness of the forest. 🌳
Register your interest by noon 2 June 2025
bit.ly/forest_book
Register your interest by noon 2 June 2025
bit.ly/forest_book
August 21, 2025 at 6:53 PM
I finally saw this exhibition today - two days before it closes. I wish I'd gone sooner! It's a lovely calming exhibition, yet gently provocative about the materials we use and consume.
I think I'll go back again tomorrow, and I heartily recommend it to anybody else who's in the Bradford area.
I think I'll go back again tomorrow, and I heartily recommend it to anybody else who's in the Bradford area.
I stopped in at the V&A Wedgwood Collection nrar Stoke today. I enjoyed their little display about the project to catalogue the collection, I imagine updating the 'number of objects available online'counter is a very satisfying job 📜
August 17, 2025 at 7:15 PM
I stopped in at the V&A Wedgwood Collection nrar Stoke today. I enjoyed their little display about the project to catalogue the collection, I imagine updating the 'number of objects available online'counter is a very satisfying job 📜
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'ALIEN: Level 5 of the National Science and Media Museum' is now Certified Fresh in Bradford at 100%
August 12, 2025 at 12:02 PM
'ALIEN: Level 5 of the National Science and Media Museum' is now Certified Fresh in Bradford at 100%
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Stephanie Shirley was a major donor to Balliol College, becoming the second woman (after the college's founder from nearly eight centuries ago!) to have her portrait displayed in Hall. I think this might also be the first painting in a college with what looks like an iPad in it!
August 12, 2025 at 1:12 AM
Stephanie Shirley was a major donor to Balliol College, becoming the second woman (after the college's founder from nearly eight centuries ago!) to have her portrait displayed in Hall. I think this might also be the first painting in a college with what looks like an iPad in it!
Dame Stephanie Shirley has died aged 91. She adopted the name "Steve" in correspondence as letters signed Stephanie went unanswered. Despite such thoroughly ingrained sexism in computing, she built an astonishing tech career and did all huge amount to support other women in tech
#histsci #histtech
#histsci #histtech
Dame Stephanie 'Steve' Shirley, technology pioneer, dies aged 91
She founded the software company Freelance Programmers in 1962, which almost exclusively hired women, and in later life donated almost £70m of her fortune.
www.bbc.co.uk
August 11, 2025 at 6:23 PM
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This has been a long-standing issue, rooted in historical cultural norms and policies, for nearly every National Antarctic Program; This thread 🧵recommends scholarly work from humanities and social scientists who have studies this for years #histsci #envhist #Antarctica #polar
We've been waiting for this report from NSF for many months — results of a survey on sexual harassment at US Antarctic stations. The numbers aren't good, but at least this problem is out in the open & starting to be tackled. www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Sexual harassment is rife at US Antarctic research bases, fresh survey finds
More than two-thirds of people polled had witnessed sexual harassment or assault on the ice.
www.nature.com
August 6, 2025 at 7:43 PM
This has been a long-standing issue, rooted in historical cultural norms and policies, for nearly every National Antarctic Program; This thread 🧵recommends scholarly work from humanities and social scientists who have studies this for years #histsci #envhist #Antarctica #polar
An excellent opportunity to join the curatorial team at the Science Museum has come up! Please spread the word.
🌍Curator of Climate & Earth Sciences
⚗️Part of the excellent Team Science in London Curatorial
⌛ Permanent, Full-Time
💲 £41k p/a
bit.ly/4m3uQFp
🌍Curator of Climate & Earth Sciences
⚗️Part of the excellent Team Science in London Curatorial
⌛ Permanent, Full-Time
💲 £41k p/a
bit.ly/4m3uQFp
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July 21, 2025 at 7:17 PM
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Created hand in hand with our community, the new Sound and Vision galleries have accessibility running through their DNA.
Find out more in this article from The National Lottery Heritage Fund: www.heritagefund.org.uk/news/putting...
Find out more in this article from The National Lottery Heritage Fund: www.heritagefund.org.uk/news/putting...
Putting inclusion, access and participation at the heart of the National Science and Media Museum
The museum’s new Sound and Vision galleries tell the story of how photography, film, television and sound technologies shape our past, present and future.
www.heritagefund.org.uk
July 14, 2025 at 9:58 AM
Created hand in hand with our community, the new Sound and Vision galleries have accessibility running through their DNA.
Find out more in this article from The National Lottery Heritage Fund: www.heritagefund.org.uk/news/putting...
Find out more in this article from The National Lottery Heritage Fund: www.heritagefund.org.uk/news/putting...
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New volunteer-led exhibition, Reel-ise, opened at Leeds Industrial Museum this afternoon. It focuses on film history in the city from women taking the lead to lost cinemas of Leeds and of course a nod to Louis Le Prince.
museumsandgalleries.leeds.gov.uk/pQ20BFv/reel...
museumsandgalleries.leeds.gov.uk/pQ20BFv/reel...
July 14, 2025 at 8:32 PM
New volunteer-led exhibition, Reel-ise, opened at Leeds Industrial Museum this afternoon. It focuses on film history in the city from women taking the lead to lost cinemas of Leeds and of course a nod to Louis Le Prince.
museumsandgalleries.leeds.gov.uk/pQ20BFv/reel...
museumsandgalleries.leeds.gov.uk/pQ20BFv/reel...
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a brilliant reinvention of a once cherished mega-cinema. The auditorium of Bradford Live is pretty impressive. In Tune comes live from here today between 5-7pm on BBC Radio 3.
July 11, 2025 at 12:24 PM
a brilliant reinvention of a once cherished mega-cinema. The auditorium of Bradford Live is pretty impressive. In Tune comes live from here today between 5-7pm on BBC Radio 3.
Fairies and vampires and aliens, oh my!
Great photos from the new Sound and Vision galleries at @mediamuseum.bsky.social. We've got a brilliant family day lined up for tomorrow *and* temperature controlled galleries 😎
www.scienceandmediamuseum.org.uk/whats-on/sou...
Great photos from the new Sound and Vision galleries at @mediamuseum.bsky.social. We've got a brilliant family day lined up for tomorrow *and* temperature controlled galleries 😎
www.scienceandmediamuseum.org.uk/whats-on/sou...
July 11, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Fairies and vampires and aliens, oh my!
Great photos from the new Sound and Vision galleries at @mediamuseum.bsky.social. We've got a brilliant family day lined up for tomorrow *and* temperature controlled galleries 😎
www.scienceandmediamuseum.org.uk/whats-on/sou...
Great photos from the new Sound and Vision galleries at @mediamuseum.bsky.social. We've got a brilliant family day lined up for tomorrow *and* temperature controlled galleries 😎
www.scienceandmediamuseum.org.uk/whats-on/sou...
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I've been a bit quiet recently due to being busy getting our new Sound and Vision galleries ready @mediamuseum.bsky.social
They opened today! There was a gaggle of kids having a brilliant time in there when I wandered through this morning 😍
Lovely overview here from @samiraahmeduk.bsky.social
They opened today! There was a gaggle of kids having a brilliant time in there when I wandered through this morning 😍
Lovely overview here from @samiraahmeduk.bsky.social
Thrilled to be at the opening of the National Science and Media Museum’s new Sound & Vision galleries in Bradford last night. Lots of new adventures inside…
July 10, 2025 at 12:24 PM
I've been a bit quiet recently due to being busy getting our new Sound and Vision galleries ready @mediamuseum.bsky.social
They opened today! There was a gaggle of kids having a brilliant time in there when I wandered through this morning 😍
Lovely overview here from @samiraahmeduk.bsky.social
They opened today! There was a gaggle of kids having a brilliant time in there when I wandered through this morning 😍
Lovely overview here from @samiraahmeduk.bsky.social
I've been a bit quiet recently due to being busy getting our new Sound and Vision galleries ready @mediamuseum.bsky.social
They opened today! There was a gaggle of kids having a brilliant time in there when I wandered through this morning 😍
Lovely overview here from @samiraahmeduk.bsky.social
They opened today! There was a gaggle of kids having a brilliant time in there when I wandered through this morning 😍
Lovely overview here from @samiraahmeduk.bsky.social
Thrilled to be at the opening of the National Science and Media Museum’s new Sound & Vision galleries in Bradford last night. Lots of new adventures inside…
July 10, 2025 at 12:24 PM
I've been a bit quiet recently due to being busy getting our new Sound and Vision galleries ready @mediamuseum.bsky.social
They opened today! There was a gaggle of kids having a brilliant time in there when I wandered through this morning 😍
Lovely overview here from @samiraahmeduk.bsky.social
They opened today! There was a gaggle of kids having a brilliant time in there when I wandered through this morning 😍
Lovely overview here from @samiraahmeduk.bsky.social
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If you like Victorian photography, especially stereos, and #histSTM material culture generally (and who does not?!), I recommend the new Instagram account my colleague Julie Gibb has set up www.instagram.com/juliegibbnms...
July 7, 2025 at 11:26 AM
If you like Victorian photography, especially stereos, and #histSTM material culture generally (and who does not?!), I recommend the new Instagram account my colleague Julie Gibb has set up www.instagram.com/juliegibbnms...
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Bradford launches its new city centre market at Darley Street this weekend
The transition from old markets to new, inspired a year-long photographic project to document the life and spirit of these places before they disappear forever
By Gerard Liston
The transition from old markets to new, inspired a year-long photographic project to document the life and spirit of these places before they disappear forever
By Gerard Liston
Picturing the end of an era for Bradford’s markets
A free online photobook documents the final year for Kirkgate and Oastler markets before the transition to a new site this summer
yorkshirebylines.co.uk
July 5, 2025 at 7:39 AM
Bradford launches its new city centre market at Darley Street this weekend
The transition from old markets to new, inspired a year-long photographic project to document the life and spirit of these places before they disappear forever
By Gerard Liston
The transition from old markets to new, inspired a year-long photographic project to document the life and spirit of these places before they disappear forever
By Gerard Liston
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It's just ONE WEEK until Sound and Vision opens, celebrating over 200 years of media history through over 500 incredible exhibits. 📅
July 3, 2025 at 2:30 PM
It's just ONE WEEK until Sound and Vision opens, celebrating over 200 years of media history through over 500 incredible exhibits. 📅
Smells like #histsci
For a deep dive into this fascinating story, take a look at this blog written by historian @katysduncan.bsky.social 👇 www.rigb.org/explore-scie...
The Tiny Vial That Changed the World: Benzene at 200
www.rigb.org
June 30, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Smells like #histsci
Happy #CleanAirDay from me and my daily cycle commute. I spotted the sign on the one small bit of road I have to navigate on my otherwise pleasantly green 5 mile journey
Lots of people out on bikes this morning - the weather helps!
Lots of people out on bikes this morning - the weather helps!
June 19, 2025 at 8:04 AM
Happy #CleanAirDay from me and my daily cycle commute. I spotted the sign on the one small bit of road I have to navigate on my otherwise pleasantly green 5 mile journey
Lots of people out on bikes this morning - the weather helps!
Lots of people out on bikes this morning - the weather helps!
Not long now... we're putting the finishing touches in place, and it's looking fab ❤️
We're actually super busy behind the scenes with the next stage of our glow up - here's a sneak peek.
Our new Sound and Vision galleries span 2 floors, 200 years, over 500 exhibits and countless stories. Opening 10 July! 📸 🎬📺📻🕹️
Our new Sound and Vision galleries span 2 floors, 200 years, over 500 exhibits and countless stories. Opening 10 July! 📸 🎬📺📻🕹️
June 16, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Not long now... we're putting the finishing touches in place, and it's looking fab ❤️
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Calling all scholars of night work! I am organising a workshop on the night shift since 1900 this September at Newcastle. Looking for scholars across disciplines who think about working at night in critical context to give short working papers. More info here: kristinhussey.co.uk/research/34u...
June 12, 2025 at 8:20 AM
Calling all scholars of night work! I am organising a workshop on the night shift since 1900 this September at Newcastle. Looking for scholars across disciplines who think about working at night in critical context to give short working papers. More info here: kristinhussey.co.uk/research/34u...
Collections hazard management in the news
Librarians at St Andrews have developed a new tool for detecting the presence of arsenic in book covers 📜
Librarians at St Andrews have developed a new tool for detecting the presence of arsenic in book covers 📜
If books could kill: The poison legacy lurking in libraries
New technology at St Andrews University helps librarians detect when old books are bad for readers' health
www.bbc.com
June 7, 2025 at 7:03 AM
Collections hazard management in the news
Librarians at St Andrews have developed a new tool for detecting the presence of arsenic in book covers 📜
Librarians at St Andrews have developed a new tool for detecting the presence of arsenic in book covers 📜