Ida Tolgensbakk
@idatolgensbakk.bsky.social
Folklorist at Norsk Folkemuseum. Migration history, folklore, childlore, netlore.
ida.tolgensbakk@norskfolkemuseum.no
ida.tolgensbakk@norskfolkemuseum.no
Today in #museumlife : thinking about the fact that plastic is the worst to conserve.
November 14, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Today in #museumlife : thinking about the fact that plastic is the worst to conserve.
Wet, pretty, and probably not historically correct cobblestone #museumlife
November 12, 2025 at 11:55 AM
Wet, pretty, and probably not historically correct cobblestone #museumlife
Today: revision of the toy collection at @norskfolkemuseum.bsky.social . Some toys are more cursed than others! #academicsky #foklore
November 11, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Today: revision of the toy collection at @norskfolkemuseum.bsky.social . Some toys are more cursed than others! #academicsky #foklore
Warm and wet november, climate change will probably not do our church good. But it does look nice and dramatic! #museumlife
November 6, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Warm and wet november, climate change will probably not do our church good. But it does look nice and dramatic! #museumlife
Spent a lovely Halloween evening (and some late night hours) solo, writing about Christmas, only interrupted by some trick-or-treaters. #academicsky
November 1, 2025 at 1:09 AM
Spent a lovely Halloween evening (and some late night hours) solo, writing about Christmas, only interrupted by some trick-or-treaters. #academicsky
Happy pig at @norskfolkemuseum.bsky.social during lunch break #museumlife
October 27, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Happy pig at @norskfolkemuseum.bsky.social during lunch break #museumlife
Best part of this weekend's Halloween at @norskfolkemuseum.bsky.social (apart from amazing fiddle players): when blasé tweens get really, really frightened 😁
October 26, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Best part of this weekend's Halloween at @norskfolkemuseum.bsky.social (apart from amazing fiddle players): when blasé tweens get really, really frightened 😁
Now darkness has set and we are on to the witches' sabbath 🧙♀️ #museumlife /end.
October 25, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Now darkness has set and we are on to the witches' sabbath 🧙♀️ #museumlife /end.
...devils with fiddles, witches... and a priest in deep trouble!
October 25, 2025 at 5:29 PM
...devils with fiddles, witches... and a priest in deep trouble!
There's a rather extra gambling den... 3/x
October 25, 2025 at 5:20 PM
There's a rather extra gambling den... 3/x
This year @norskfolkemuseum.bsky.social went all in on the spooky! 2/x
October 25, 2025 at 5:19 PM
This year @norskfolkemuseum.bsky.social went all in on the spooky! 2/x
Old log houses are very #halloween -friendly. #museumlife 1/x
October 25, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Old log houses are very #halloween -friendly. #museumlife 1/x
At the EXITNORWAY end-conference! 🥳
October 23, 2025 at 1:07 PM
At the EXITNORWAY end-conference! 🥳
Open air museums provide good strolls for stressed-out museum researchers. Especially in autumn! #museumlife
October 21, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Open air museums provide good strolls for stressed-out museum researchers. Especially in autumn! #museumlife
It has been a loooong week, and I wonder if anybody would notice if I stole a 1940s cigarette from the collection? #museumlife 🗃
(Of course I would never do that!)
(Also, I would probably die inhaling 80 year old super dry tobacco.)
(Of course I would never do that!)
(Also, I would probably die inhaling 80 year old super dry tobacco.)
October 17, 2025 at 2:54 PM
It has been a loooong week, and I wonder if anybody would notice if I stole a 1940s cigarette from the collection? #museumlife 🗃
(Of course I would never do that!)
(Also, I would probably die inhaling 80 year old super dry tobacco.)
(Of course I would never do that!)
(Also, I would probably die inhaling 80 year old super dry tobacco.)
I have excellent colleagues who send me great #notalion 😁 #museumlife
October 15, 2025 at 7:37 PM
I have excellent colleagues who send me great #notalion 😁 #museumlife
Also: being allowed to dig up the leftover potatoes from the season!
October 13, 2025 at 8:27 AM
Also: being allowed to dig up the leftover potatoes from the season!
Perks of working at an open air museum: meeting Mons on a regular basis. #museumlife
October 13, 2025 at 8:25 AM
Perks of working at an open air museum: meeting Mons on a regular basis. #museumlife
On my way to lunch: autumn! #museumlife
October 10, 2025 at 9:39 AM
On my way to lunch: autumn! #museumlife
I've been so confused about the DHL emails saying a package was on its way - I could not for the life of me remember that I had ordered anything. But then it was this lovely thing! Edited by Benjamin Gatling w/ some great scholars & activists, on #migration #narrative
@illinoispress.bsky.social
@illinoispress.bsky.social
October 7, 2025 at 7:33 PM
I've been so confused about the DHL emails saying a package was on its way - I could not for the life of me remember that I had ordered anything. But then it was this lovely thing! Edited by Benjamin Gatling w/ some great scholars & activists, on #migration #narrative
@illinoispress.bsky.social
@illinoispress.bsky.social
Just a little glimpse of a glacier as I prepare for todays workshop 🥰
October 1, 2025 at 9:33 AM
Just a little glimpse of a glacier as I prepare for todays workshop 🥰
October 1, 2025 at 7:05 AM