Terri Dendy
@terridendy.bsky.social
Find me in museum stores, previously opinionated blogger @ Ministry of Curiosity.
Known for looking angry at objects - but really obsessed with them
Also over here: https://www.instagram.com/terri.dendy
Known for looking angry at objects - but really obsessed with them
Also over here: https://www.instagram.com/terri.dendy
Sunday stroll around @maacambridge.bsky.social and @zoologymuseum.bsky.social. Enjoyed an AI chat with a brain coral and this guy's pec tat (object marking).
November 30, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Sunday stroll around @maacambridge.bsky.social and @zoologymuseum.bsky.social. Enjoyed an AI chat with a brain coral and this guy's pec tat (object marking).
Great day at IWM North!
November 25, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Great day at IWM North!
Living my best Disney life.
October 8, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Living my best Disney life.
New gaff, same colour scheme!
September 17, 2025 at 8:29 PM
New gaff, same colour scheme!
Colourful patches were initially added to civilian smocks by Ansars as symbols of poverty and virtue, as demand increased so did the uniformity.
September 2, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Colourful patches were initially added to civilian smocks by Ansars as symbols of poverty and virtue, as demand increased so did the uniformity.
On the 2nd September 1898 this Ansar Jibbah was collected after the Battle of Omdurman, 127 years ago today!
September 2, 2025 at 2:10 PM
On the 2nd September 1898 this Ansar Jibbah was collected after the Battle of Omdurman, 127 years ago today!
Last museum lift selfie at NAM
September 1, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Last museum lift selfie at NAM
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Also a mention of our forthcoming exhibition 'Beyond Burma: Forgotten Armies' opening on the 16th of September.
Thank you as ever to the excellent @terridendy.bsky.social for facilitating this behind the scenes look at our work.
📺🎥
www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis... 24.04 (link active for 24 hours)
Thank you as ever to the excellent @terridendy.bsky.social for facilitating this behind the scenes look at our work.
📺🎥
www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis... 24.04 (link active for 24 hours)
BBC News at Six - 13/08/2025
The latest national and international news from the BBC.
www.bbc.co.uk
August 13, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Also a mention of our forthcoming exhibition 'Beyond Burma: Forgotten Armies' opening on the 16th of September.
Thank you as ever to the excellent @terridendy.bsky.social for facilitating this behind the scenes look at our work.
📺🎥
www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis... 24.04 (link active for 24 hours)
Thank you as ever to the excellent @terridendy.bsky.social for facilitating this behind the scenes look at our work.
📺🎥
www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis... 24.04 (link active for 24 hours)
Shakesy-P's birthplace, Tudor restoration and the best Tap Room name. Gorgeous weekend in Stratford upon Avon
August 4, 2025 at 8:29 AM
Shakesy-P's birthplace, Tudor restoration and the best Tap Room name. Gorgeous weekend in Stratford upon Avon
My last Collections Hack @ NAM
July 24, 2025 at 3:59 PM
My last Collections Hack @ NAM
Visited the Battle of Britain Memorial flight centre at RAF Coningsby today! The last working Lancaster Bomber in the UK.
❤️ The restored historic motifs showing the bombs dropped over Berlin (in red) and Italy (in🍦)
❤️ The restored historic motifs showing the bombs dropped over Berlin (in red) and Italy (in🍦)
July 7, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Visited the Battle of Britain Memorial flight centre at RAF Coningsby today! The last working Lancaster Bomber in the UK.
❤️ The restored historic motifs showing the bombs dropped over Berlin (in red) and Italy (in🍦)
❤️ The restored historic motifs showing the bombs dropped over Berlin (in red) and Italy (in🍦)
Myth and Reality now open @nam_london
6 weeks of intensive conservation by @plowden_smith one hefty lift up the stairs with @crozierfinearts and the huge painting of the Capitulation of Kars by Thomas Jones Barker has been hung and looks fabulous.
Quite a bit fun for my last Namstall!
6 weeks of intensive conservation by @plowden_smith one hefty lift up the stairs with @crozierfinearts and the huge painting of the Capitulation of Kars by Thomas Jones Barker has been hung and looks fabulous.
Quite a bit fun for my last Namstall!
July 1, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Myth and Reality now open @nam_london
6 weeks of intensive conservation by @plowden_smith one hefty lift up the stairs with @crozierfinearts and the huge painting of the Capitulation of Kars by Thomas Jones Barker has been hung and looks fabulous.
Quite a bit fun for my last Namstall!
6 weeks of intensive conservation by @plowden_smith one hefty lift up the stairs with @crozierfinearts and the huge painting of the Capitulation of Kars by Thomas Jones Barker has been hung and looks fabulous.
Quite a bit fun for my last Namstall!
Love that we get to watch the Red Arrows perform from the doorstep
June 28, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Love that we get to watch the Red Arrows perform from the doorstep
Reposted by Terri Dendy
IWM has recently launched our India's War collecting project, aiming to improve our representation of the Indian experience of the Second World War within the museum’s collections. More details here:
www.iwm.org.uk/collections/...
www.iwm.org.uk/collections/...
India's War: An IWM Collecting project
Find out more about how IWM is looking to increase the representation of the Indian experience of the Second World War within the museum’s collections.
www.iwm.org.uk
June 24, 2025 at 10:27 AM
IWM has recently launched our India's War collecting project, aiming to improve our representation of the Indian experience of the Second World War within the museum’s collections. More details here:
www.iwm.org.uk/collections/...
www.iwm.org.uk/collections/...
Ok a conveyor belt for digitisation is just a game changer Smithsonian www.instagram.com/p/DLBFti_R80...
June 18, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Ok a conveyor belt for digitisation is just a game changer Smithsonian www.instagram.com/p/DLBFti_R80...
Reference book nook of dreams @cubotanicgarden.bsky.social
June 15, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Reference book nook of dreams @cubotanicgarden.bsky.social
There's more colours than Army green in NAM collections 🌈
June 12, 2025 at 3:34 PM
There's more colours than Army green in NAM collections 🌈
Farm shop and brewery Saturdays ❤️
June 7, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Farm shop and brewery Saturdays ❤️
The granny trolley has resurfaced for trips down to the allotment.
May 26, 2025 at 3:21 PM
The granny trolley has resurfaced for trips down to the allotment.
Army issue thigh highs
May 22, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Army issue thigh highs
And I shall name him Def Leopard. Fun day of analysis reveals he's really into heavy metals.
May 21, 2025 at 5:40 PM
And I shall name him Def Leopard. Fun day of analysis reveals he's really into heavy metals.
Reposted by Terri Dendy
The indestructible Adrien Carton de Wiart VC painted by William Orpen in 1919, seen today at the National Portrait Gallery, London. He threw his glass eye out of a taxi window after he was obliged to wear one for a War Office interview.
May 14, 2025 at 4:08 PM
The indestructible Adrien Carton de Wiart VC painted by William Orpen in 1919, seen today at the National Portrait Gallery, London. He threw his glass eye out of a taxi window after he was obliged to wear one for a War Office interview.
Reposted by Terri Dendy
A favour to ask - if you've read Memory Bank: A Biography of Blythe House, would you be willing to give us a review? On Goodreads, Amazon, or wherever you buy your books, I'd be *super* grateful!
www.amazon.co.uk/Memory-Bank-...
www.amazon.co.uk/Memory-Bank-...
Memory Bank: A Biography of Blythe House
Buy Memory Bank: A Biography of Blythe House by Humphreys, Laura, Percival, Kevin (ISBN: 9781785515026) from Amazon's Book Store. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders.
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May 9, 2025 at 10:01 AM
A favour to ask - if you've read Memory Bank: A Biography of Blythe House, would you be willing to give us a review? On Goodreads, Amazon, or wherever you buy your books, I'd be *super* grateful!
www.amazon.co.uk/Memory-Bank-...
www.amazon.co.uk/Memory-Bank-...
Finally finished resolving the documentation backlog on the ethno spears at the NAM.
Lots of lessons learnt about how ethno objects are documented in military collections. Main takeaway it's probably not a Zulu assegai...
Lots of lessons learnt about how ethno objects are documented in military collections. Main takeaway it's probably not a Zulu assegai...
May 6, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Finally finished resolving the documentation backlog on the ethno spears at the NAM.
Lots of lessons learnt about how ethno objects are documented in military collections. Main takeaway it's probably not a Zulu assegai...
Lots of lessons learnt about how ethno objects are documented in military collections. Main takeaway it's probably not a Zulu assegai...