EspeciallySarah
@especiallysarah.bsky.social
social history curator, book & theatre nerd and general enthusiast. She/her.
"Heavy" the day this Barbara Hepworth came into the basement gallery @stalbansmuseums.bsky.social from a wall at the University of Hertfordshire was one of my most stressful work days ever...#Museum30
November 14, 2025 at 6:47 PM
"Heavy" the day this Barbara Hepworth came into the basement gallery @stalbansmuseums.bsky.social from a wall at the University of Hertfordshire was one of my most stressful work days ever...#Museum30
When I saw the #Museum30 themes I had something planned for "background" already. If you look in the background of the Madonna della Vittoria you can see a cockatoo - where did Mantegna see one in 15th century Europe when they are native to Indonesia/Australia? Travel/trade history is fascinating
November 13, 2025 at 7:05 PM
When I saw the #Museum30 themes I had something planned for "background" already. If you look in the background of the Madonna della Vittoria you can see a cockatoo - where did Mantegna see one in 15th century Europe when they are native to Indonesia/Australia? Travel/trade history is fascinating
For anyone not on instagram- Mum died on Saturday and we're now in the middle of planning a joint funeral for Monday so a very strange time but I'm very well supported <3
November 13, 2025 at 1:09 PM
For anyone not on instagram- Mum died on Saturday and we're now in the middle of planning a joint funeral for Monday so a very strange time but I'm very well supported <3
Museums talk a lot about co-curation, co-prodction etc but even in the most simple ways I love exhibitions which have space for visitors to share their stories and reflections too. The best kinds of sharing go both ways #Museum30
November 5, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Museums talk a lot about co-curation, co-prodction etc but even in the most simple ways I love exhibitions which have space for visitors to share their stories and reflections too. The best kinds of sharing go both ways #Museum30
Three eyes for today's #Museum30. Two sheep eyes and one chalk eye on the Uffington White Horse. Very grey and blustery but fully rekindling my love of landscape history.
November 3, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Three eyes for today's #Museum30. Two sheep eyes and one chalk eye on the Uffington White Horse. Very grey and blustery but fully rekindling my love of landscape history.
I'm going to try #museum30 but no promises. So as an introduction here are two objects from World Connected: St Albans and the Islamic, the most recent exhibition I have curated.
November 1, 2025 at 10:52 PM
I'm going to try #museum30 but no promises. So as an introduction here are two objects from World Connected: St Albans and the Islamic, the most recent exhibition I have curated.
Midsummer Night's Dream for one night only with the actors only seeing their sides and the incredible Sarah Finigan as prompt <3 everything I love about @shakespearesglobe.bsky.social (and many of the people) in one night. I kind of want to live in Puck's dream now though
September 14, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Midsummer Night's Dream for one night only with the actors only seeing their sides and the incredible Sarah Finigan as prompt <3 everything I love about @shakespearesglobe.bsky.social (and many of the people) in one night. I kind of want to live in Puck's dream now though
Just two days left to see @marcdavenant.bsky.social's Outsiders @stalbansmuseums.bsky.social . It's been such a privilege to host the exhibition and hear the conversations and responses it's prompted.
March 14, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Just two days left to see @marcdavenant.bsky.social's Outsiders @stalbansmuseums.bsky.social . It's been such a privilege to host the exhibition and hear the conversations and responses it's prompted.
Money can't buy you happiness but it can buy you lego which is pretty much the same... saving this for a rainy day.
January 18, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Money can't buy you happiness but it can buy you lego which is pretty much the same... saving this for a rainy day.
Some exhibitions really lodge in your heart and I have been so lucky to be able to bring @marcdavenant.bsky.social 's Outsiders to @stalbansmuseums.bsky.social. The photographs and stories are so engaging and placing it in the Assembly Room felt strange but I hope it makes people stop and think.
January 16, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Some exhibitions really lodge in your heart and I have been so lucky to be able to bring @marcdavenant.bsky.social 's Outsiders to @stalbansmuseums.bsky.social. The photographs and stories are so engaging and placing it in the Assembly Room felt strange but I hope it makes people stop and think.
Love doing a lego set when it's cold & frosty outside <3
January 11, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Love doing a lego set when it's cold & frosty outside <3
Very happy with my Christmas book haul <3 (technically one of those I picked up myself but it was during Dad's Christmas Forbidden Planet trip so I'm counting it).
I would love to see anyone else's new books - always good to restock the wishlist!
I would love to see anyone else's new books - always good to restock the wishlist!
December 26, 2024 at 12:53 PM
Very happy with my Christmas book haul <3 (technically one of those I picked up myself but it was during Dad's Christmas Forbidden Planet trip so I'm counting it).
I would love to see anyone else's new books - always good to restock the wishlist!
I would love to see anyone else's new books - always good to restock the wishlist!
It's #ClergyMaltClub time from a lay participant after a packed Midnight Eucharist @stalbanscathedral.bsky.social (today's dram is Octomore from @bruichladdich1881.bsky.social h)
December 25, 2024 at 12:59 AM
It's #ClergyMaltClub time from a lay participant after a packed Midnight Eucharist @stalbanscathedral.bsky.social (today's dram is Octomore from @bruichladdich1881.bsky.social h)
The way the AO3 logo looks on my new @otw.bsky.social donor reward blanket <3 it arrived with the Christmas post and I'm in love.
December 21, 2024 at 2:26 PM
The way the AO3 logo looks on my new @otw.bsky.social donor reward blanket <3 it arrived with the Christmas post and I'm in love.
If I ever own a house it's going to have both winter jasmine and summer jasmine growing up the walls - summer for the scent and winter because doesn't this sight just make you smile <3
December 12, 2024 at 10:36 PM
If I ever own a house it's going to have both winter jasmine and summer jasmine growing up the walls - summer for the scent and winter because doesn't this sight just make you smile <3
Glorious evening at The Importance of Being Earnest @NationalTheatre - it was just what I needed: silly and colourful and fun and just full of joy. Ncuti Gatwa and Hugh Skinner made such a good duo, Sharon D Clarke is a queen and Amanda Lawrence was made to play Miss Prism ❤️
December 9, 2024 at 10:50 PM
Glorious evening at The Importance of Being Earnest @NationalTheatre - it was just what I needed: silly and colourful and fun and just full of joy. Ncuti Gatwa and Hugh Skinner made such a good duo, Sharon D Clarke is a queen and Amanda Lawrence was made to play Miss Prism ❤️
It always does amuse me to see my Spotify Unwrapped, I kind of believe the artists but I'm very surprised by the song! Though I do love the combination of 2 followed by 3 (or rather 3 followed by 2). Also amused Plastic Jesus made it into my top 25!
December 4, 2024 at 10:07 PM
It always does amuse me to see my Spotify Unwrapped, I kind of believe the artists but I'm very surprised by the song! Though I do love the combination of 2 followed by 3 (or rather 3 followed by 2). Also amused Plastic Jesus made it into my top 25!
When your local library has a Creator Space and runs a session for the Rainbows... yes this is the one I made with 2 of the girls, yes I did have at least as much fun as they did.
December 3, 2024 at 7:25 PM
When your local library has a Creator Space and runs a session for the Rainbows... yes this is the one I made with 2 of the girls, yes I did have at least as much fun as they did.
Why museums? Because, as #Museum30 always shows, at their best they hold the memories of a community and evidence of our past, because they can welcome and inspire communities and lastly because my job is NEVER dull!
November 30, 2024 at 7:04 PM
Why museums? Because, as #Museum30 always shows, at their best they hold the memories of a community and evidence of our past, because they can welcome and inspire communities and lastly because my job is NEVER dull!
Hope for #Museum30 in the form of a badge showing Pandora and her box from Hill End Hospital but also hope as this badge was part of @horusofnekhen.bsky.social's Mapping an Uneven Path @stalbansmuseums about Health & Disability in Roman Verulamium
November 29, 2024 at 7:52 PM
Hope for #Museum30 in the form of a badge showing Pandora and her box from Hill End Hospital but also hope as this badge was part of @horusofnekhen.bsky.social's Mapping an Uneven Path @stalbansmuseums about Health & Disability in Roman Verulamium
Three letters for #museum30 chosen by my volunteers
1. A mineral being donated to the museum "not scarce"
2. A recommendation from Sanders Orchid Nursery for a man joining the armed forces.
3. A donation of butterflies being turned down by the museum because they have mites!
1. A mineral being donated to the museum "not scarce"
2. A recommendation from Sanders Orchid Nursery for a man joining the armed forces.
3. A donation of butterflies being turned down by the museum because they have mites!
November 28, 2024 at 3:38 PM
Three letters for #museum30 chosen by my volunteers
1. A mineral being donated to the museum "not scarce"
2. A recommendation from Sanders Orchid Nursery for a man joining the armed forces.
3. A donation of butterflies being turned down by the museum because they have mites!
1. A mineral being donated to the museum "not scarce"
2. A recommendation from Sanders Orchid Nursery for a man joining the armed forces.
3. A donation of butterflies being turned down by the museum because they have mites!
Today's word is discovery and I loved discovering these artworks in Catching the Chain today. @stalbansmuseums.bsky.social has very talented visitors! #Museum30
November 27, 2024 at 7:10 PM
Today's word is discovery and I loved discovering these artworks in Catching the Chain today. @stalbansmuseums.bsky.social has very talented visitors! #Museum30