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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
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
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
Posted this to Instagram but not here for "digital" yesterday. #Museum30
November 13, 2025 at 1:06 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
November 5, 2025 at 9:27 PM
From "sketchbook" to reality for #Museum30. Thank goodness for our technician who can turn my scribbles into a solid structure.
November 4, 2025 at 7:12 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.
November 3, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Day 2 of #Museum30 is signage- wayfinding, instructive or informative whether in a museum or on a walk
November 2, 2025 at 2:21 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.
November 1, 2025 at 10:52 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
September 14, 2025 at 8:06 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.
March 14, 2025 at 5:06 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.
January 18, 2025 at 1:16 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.
January 16, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Love doing a lego set when it's cold & frosty outside <3
January 11, 2025 at 4:26 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!
December 26, 2024 at 12:53 PM
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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!
November 28, 2024 at 3:38 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
November 27, 2024 at 7:10 PM