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
Sometimes you have to utilise the prevailing power dynamic to make good change.
November 7, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Sometimes you have to utilise the prevailing power dynamic to make good change.
How can we share power in the cultural sector?
November 7, 2025 at 6:34 PM
How can we share power in the cultural sector?
‘What counts as memory?’ And if a fallen statue us still in a museum basement rather than melted down there is a risk of re-erejection.
November 7, 2025 at 6:30 PM
‘What counts as memory?’ And if a fallen statue us still in a museum basement rather than melted down there is a risk of re-erejection.
‘Not having a dream happen and then needing to have another dream’. This is a real challenge for funding streams that ALWAYS require newness.
November 7, 2025 at 6:24 PM
‘Not having a dream happen and then needing to have another dream’. This is a real challenge for funding streams that ALWAYS require newness.
‘Hopeful or harmful’. Let’s discuss. What can cultural organisations do.
November 7, 2025 at 6:19 PM
‘Hopeful or harmful’. Let’s discuss. What can cultural organisations do.
‘We are not lone individuals we are constellations.’
Love the discussion about access - right to roam, walking in cities, everyday spaces as opposed to culture and heritage being behind locked doors in museums.
November 7, 2025 at 6:15 PM
‘We are not lone individuals we are constellations.’
Love the discussion about access - right to roam, walking in cities, everyday spaces as opposed to culture and heritage being behind locked doors in museums.
November 7, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Love the discussion about access - right to roam, walking in cities, everyday spaces as opposed to culture and heritage being behind locked doors in museums.
If we can adjust to a re-brand we can adjust to the removal of a violent aggressor names from buildings.
November 7, 2025 at 6:00 PM
If we can adjust to a re-brand we can adjust to the removal of a violent aggressor names from buildings.
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Huge thanks to @lspurdle.bsky.social and Mark McLeod for organising, and @tamsincrussell.bsky.social for ace facilitation skills.
Just got home after a fantastic day at MuseumsCamp filled with engaging discussions and plenty of ideas. It’s unusual to come away from a conference feeling energised rather than exhausted. And lovely to meet so many new people / bsky people irl!
September 19, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Huge thanks to @lspurdle.bsky.social and Mark McLeod for organising, and @tamsincrussell.bsky.social for ace facilitation skills.
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Reflections on the Code of Ethics | Working it out 🤝
As part of a series of blog posts about the new Code of Ethics, @tamsincrussell.bsky.social, our workforce development lead, discusses the importance of ethical practice in creating inclusive, welcoming workplaces.
As part of a series of blog posts about the new Code of Ethics, @tamsincrussell.bsky.social, our workforce development lead, discusses the importance of ethical practice in creating inclusive, welcoming workplaces.
Reflections on the Code of Ethics | Working it out - Museums Association
Tamsin Russell, the MA's workforce development lead, discusses the importance of ethical practice in creating inclusive workplaces
www.museumsassociation.org
September 22, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Reflections on the Code of Ethics | Working it out 🤝
As part of a series of blog posts about the new Code of Ethics, @tamsincrussell.bsky.social, our workforce development lead, discusses the importance of ethical practice in creating inclusive, welcoming workplaces.
As part of a series of blog posts about the new Code of Ethics, @tamsincrussell.bsky.social, our workforce development lead, discusses the importance of ethical practice in creating inclusive, welcoming workplaces.
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Low pay in the museum sector has a detrimental impact on workforce attraction, retention and wellbeing.
Led by @tamsincrussell.bsky.social, we’ll be exploring how to redress poor pay and implement more equitable pay policies in our next session in the lecture theatre at 3.20pm 💷
#Museums2025
Led by @tamsincrussell.bsky.social, we’ll be exploring how to redress poor pay and implement more equitable pay policies in our next session in the lecture theatre at 3.20pm 💷
#Museums2025
Pay in museums - Museums Association
Read the 2024 update of our Salary Research and Recommendations to address low sector pay
www.museumsassociation.org
October 8, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Low pay in the museum sector has a detrimental impact on workforce attraction, retention and wellbeing.
Led by @tamsincrussell.bsky.social, we’ll be exploring how to redress poor pay and implement more equitable pay policies in our next session in the lecture theatre at 3.20pm 💷
#Museums2025
Led by @tamsincrussell.bsky.social, we’ll be exploring how to redress poor pay and implement more equitable pay policies in our next session in the lecture theatre at 3.20pm 💷
#Museums2025
Fabulous Friday night. Radical Book Fair.
November 7, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Fabulous Friday night. Radical Book Fair.
:-)
Reflections on the Code of Ethics | Working it out 🤝
As part of a series of blog posts about the new Code of Ethics, @tamsincrussell.bsky.social, our workforce development lead, discusses the importance of ethical practice in creating inclusive, welcoming workplaces.
As part of a series of blog posts about the new Code of Ethics, @tamsincrussell.bsky.social, our workforce development lead, discusses the importance of ethical practice in creating inclusive, welcoming workplaces.
Reflections on the Code of Ethics | Working it out - Museums Association
Tamsin Russell, the MA's workforce development lead, discusses the importance of ethical practice in creating inclusive workplaces
www.museumsassociation.org
September 23, 2025 at 11:13 AM
:-)
Heritage Volunteering Group
What if everyone stopped volunteering?
A new Works4U report (with our input at HVG) warns the UK would face soaring isolation, weaker democracy & fragile communities. Volunteering isn’t optional – it’s society’s backbone.
Read more www.works-4u.com/what-if
What if everyone stopped volunteering?
A new Works4U report (with our input at HVG) warns the UK would face soaring isolation, weaker democracy & fragile communities. Volunteering isn’t optional – it’s society’s backbone.
Read more www.works-4u.com/what-if
What if everyone stopped volunteering? | Works4u
Pioneering report on what would happen to the UK if everyone stopped volunteering. Written by Dominic Pinkney and with contributions from over 30 expert volunteering stakeholders across the United Kin...
www.works-4u.com
September 23, 2025 at 11:12 AM
Heritage Volunteering Group
What if everyone stopped volunteering?
A new Works4U report (with our input at HVG) warns the UK would face soaring isolation, weaker democracy & fragile communities. Volunteering isn’t optional – it’s society’s backbone.
Read more www.works-4u.com/what-if
What if everyone stopped volunteering?
A new Works4U report (with our input at HVG) warns the UK would face soaring isolation, weaker democracy & fragile communities. Volunteering isn’t optional – it’s society’s backbone.
Read more www.works-4u.com/what-if
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Younger daughter and I have been working on prototypes for the small portable museums that will be in my Etsy shop soon. We’ll be making a wooden grid in each tin for the finds & a booklet about the neuroscience of how collecting & arranging your finds alleviates anxiety & lifts mood #mentalhealth
September 14, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Younger daughter and I have been working on prototypes for the small portable museums that will be in my Etsy shop soon. We’ll be making a wooden grid in each tin for the finds & a booklet about the neuroscience of how collecting & arranging your finds alleviates anxiety & lifts mood #mentalhealth
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Museums, libraries, archives people! We're doing another meet up on September 16th. No agenda, no presentations, just an informal gathering over a drink. Full details here: gigs.museumsshowoff.org.uk/2025/09/02/m...
Let’s Meet Up Again!
We had a lovely time at the first GLAM meet up last month so we’re doing it again this month! If you work in or with museums, libraries and archives and would like to get together, and chat /…
gigs.museumsshowoff.org.uk
September 4, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Museums, libraries, archives people! We're doing another meet up on September 16th. No agenda, no presentations, just an informal gathering over a drink. Full details here: gigs.museumsshowoff.org.uk/2025/09/02/m...
Delighted to be chairing this @museumsassociation.org event on Wednesday - www.museumsassociation.org/events/helpi...
Helping Hands: Harnessing the Power of Volunteers - Museums Association
Volunteering in museums and galleries takes many different forms, from front of house, events and learning and engagement roles, through …
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September 15, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Delighted to be chairing this @museumsassociation.org event on Wednesday - www.museumsassociation.org/events/helpi...
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Nominations are open for the 2025 Women into Leadership Awards, which recognise those who go above and beyond to champion diversity and empower women across the civil service.
Find out more and submit nominations using the link below:
leadership-awards.co.uk/women-into-l...
Find out more and submit nominations using the link below:
leadership-awards.co.uk/women-into-l...
Women into Leadership Awards - Leadership Awards
NOMINATIONS DEADLINE: NOMINATIONS NOW OPEN The 2025 Women into Leadership Awards After a hugely successful launch of the inaugural Women into Leadership Awards last year, we are delighted to introduce...
leadership-awards.co.uk
September 3, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Nominations are open for the 2025 Women into Leadership Awards, which recognise those who go above and beyond to champion diversity and empower women across the civil service.
Find out more and submit nominations using the link below:
leadership-awards.co.uk/women-into-l...
Find out more and submit nominations using the link below:
leadership-awards.co.uk/women-into-l...
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"Bluesky shows higher level of content originality in scholarly discourse, perhaps due to a higher proportion of academic users. X tends to favor simple retweets. This positions Bluesky as a richer environment for substantive science communication."🧪
True for our study www.nature.com/articles/s41...
True for our study www.nature.com/articles/s41...
September 4, 2025 at 12:51 AM
"Bluesky shows higher level of content originality in scholarly discourse, perhaps due to a higher proportion of academic users. X tends to favor simple retweets. This positions Bluesky as a richer environment for substantive science communication."🧪
True for our study www.nature.com/articles/s41...
True for our study www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Delighted to be chairing and speaking at this event next week about workforce wellbeing why not come along? www.museumsassociation.org/events/membe...
Members Together Online: Wellbeing - Museums Association
Getting our members together for interactive, lively discussions, key information and feedback, is core to our membership offer and one …
www.museumsassociation.org
September 3, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Delighted to be chairing and speaking at this event next week about workforce wellbeing why not come along? www.museumsassociation.org/events/membe...
Delighted to be chairing and speaking at this event next week about workforce wellbeing why not come along? www.museumsassociation.org/events/membe...
Members Together Online: Wellbeing - Museums Association
Getting our members together for interactive, lively discussions, key information and feedback, is core to our membership offer and one …
www.museumsassociation.org
September 3, 2025 at 12:43 PM
Delighted to be chairing and speaking at this event next week about workforce wellbeing why not come along? www.museumsassociation.org/events/membe...
Fabulous service again from NHS. Phoned surgery at 8:30. Triage call at 9:10. In person appointment at 10:30 Three prescriptions, blood taken and two more appts booked in and home by 11:00. Bill-zero.
Some people want to look to fully privatise the NHS we must always fight for it. ❤️
Some people want to look to fully privatise the NHS we must always fight for it. ❤️
August 25, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Fabulous service again from NHS. Phoned surgery at 8:30. Triage call at 9:10. In person appointment at 10:30 Three prescriptions, blood taken and two more appts booked in and home by 11:00. Bill-zero.
Some people want to look to fully privatise the NHS we must always fight for it. ❤️
Some people want to look to fully privatise the NHS we must always fight for it. ❤️
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The children are always ours, every single one of them, all over the globe; and I am beginning to suspect that whoever is incapable of recognizing this may be incapable of morality.
James Baldwin
James Baldwin
August 10, 2025 at 7:39 PM
The children are always ours, every single one of them, all over the globe; and I am beginning to suspect that whoever is incapable of recognizing this may be incapable of morality.
James Baldwin
James Baldwin
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BREAKING WSJ:
The Trump White House plans to conduct a far-reaching review of Smithsonian museum exhibitions, materials and operations ahead of America's 250th anniversary to ensure the museums align with "Trump's interpretation of American history." www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
The Trump White House plans to conduct a far-reaching review of Smithsonian museum exhibitions, materials and operations ahead of America's 250th anniversary to ensure the museums align with "Trump's interpretation of American history." www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
Exclusive | White House to Vet Smithsonian Museums to Fit Trump’s Historical Vision
Top White House officials will scrutinize exhibitions, internal processes, collections and artist grants ahead of America’s 250th anniversary.
www.wsj.com
August 12, 2025 at 5:05 PM
BREAKING WSJ:
The Trump White House plans to conduct a far-reaching review of Smithsonian museum exhibitions, materials and operations ahead of America's 250th anniversary to ensure the museums align with "Trump's interpretation of American history." www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
The Trump White House plans to conduct a far-reaching review of Smithsonian museum exhibitions, materials and operations ahead of America's 250th anniversary to ensure the museums align with "Trump's interpretation of American history." www.wsj.com/politics/pol...