Mark Liebenrood
@markliebenrood.bsky.social
Historian, mostly museums. Postdoctoral researcher at Birkbeck 2023-2025 (https://mapping-museums.bbk.ac.uk/museum-closure-in-the-uk-2000-2025/).
Personal website: https://markliebenrood.com/
Personal website: https://markliebenrood.com/
A Red Dwarf Starbug could be yours for $10,000 entertainment.ha.com/itm/movie-tv...
June 24, 2025 at 2:22 PM
A Red Dwarf Starbug could be yours for $10,000 entertainment.ha.com/itm/movie-tv...
A nice detail from the same painting is the bird's nest (a house martin?) under the roof above.
April 23, 2025 at 2:38 PM
A nice detail from the same painting is the bird's nest (a house martin?) under the roof above.
Some gorgeous detail in this Marriage of the Virgin by Niccolò di Buonaccorso, c. 1380. The gold ground has been overpainted with tempera, which is scraped back to reveal the gilding and make patterns on fabrics. In the Siena show at @nationalgalleryuk.bsky.social.
April 23, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Some gorgeous detail in this Marriage of the Virgin by Niccolò di Buonaccorso, c. 1380. The gold ground has been overpainted with tempera, which is scraped back to reveal the gilding and make patterns on fabrics. In the Siena show at @nationalgalleryuk.bsky.social.
Getting the National Archives to finally respond to an FOI request is like getting blood from a stone. Six months and waiting ...
April 8, 2025 at 9:18 AM
Getting the National Archives to finally respond to an FOI request is like getting blood from a stone. Six months and waiting ...
Did a ‘government source’ really say ‘ululating’? www.theguardian.com/education/20...
March 10, 2025 at 8:45 AM
Did a ‘government source’ really say ‘ululating’? www.theguardian.com/education/20...
Quince blossom starting to open on a beautiful day.
March 6, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Quince blossom starting to open on a beautiful day.
View from my hotel room window for an archive visit to Bristol. #AcademicGlamour
January 16, 2025 at 10:18 AM
View from my hotel room window for an archive visit to Bristol. #AcademicGlamour
While doing my PhD I kept all my printed drafts, handwritten notes, and other bits and pieces. Years later I guess it's time to get rid of this 23cm stack of paper ...
December 30, 2024 at 4:20 PM
While doing my PhD I kept all my printed drafts, handwritten notes, and other bits and pieces. Years later I guess it's time to get rid of this 23cm stack of paper ...
Was this juxtaposition deliberate?
December 20, 2024 at 1:29 PM
Was this juxtaposition deliberate?
Thanks to Microsoft Teams for this helpful reminder
November 7, 2024 at 2:18 PM
Thanks to Microsoft Teams for this helpful reminder
Luke Jerram's Gaia at Southwark Cathedral last night.
October 31, 2024 at 2:14 PM
Luke Jerram's Gaia at Southwark Cathedral last night.
Today’s research venue
October 15, 2024 at 10:57 AM
Today’s research venue
A fragment of a long-closed museum, photographed by an urban explorer. The Ramsgate Motor Museum occupied the old West Cliff Concert Hall until 2005 - this sign was still there 7 years later.
From www.28dayslater.co.uk/threads/west...
From www.28dayslater.co.uk/threads/west...
January 5, 2024 at 5:36 PM
A fragment of a long-closed museum, photographed by an urban explorer. The Ramsgate Motor Museum occupied the old West Cliff Concert Hall until 2005 - this sign was still there 7 years later.
From www.28dayslater.co.uk/threads/west...
From www.28dayslater.co.uk/threads/west...
The 'Museum of the Moon', an installation by Luke Jerram, on display inside Southwark Cathedral last night.
October 26, 2023 at 7:36 AM
The 'Museum of the Moon', an installation by Luke Jerram, on display inside Southwark Cathedral last night.
One of the oldest staircases in Hertfordshire, possibly late 14th century. On the ground floor of the tower of St Nicholas Stevenage. 🗃️
September 24, 2023 at 2:56 PM
One of the oldest staircases in Hertfordshire, possibly late 14th century. On the ground floor of the tower of St Nicholas Stevenage. 🗃️
I spoke at the first Making Museum Professionals workshop about Li Yuan-Chia and and his LYC museum. Could Li be seen as an amateur curator, or a professional, or was he in another category altogether? Read my thoughts here: makingmuseumprofessionals.blogs.lincoln.ac.uk/2023/09/12/l...
September 12, 2023 at 4:09 PM
I spoke at the first Making Museum Professionals workshop about Li Yuan-Chia and and his LYC museum. Could Li be seen as an amateur curator, or a professional, or was he in another category altogether? Read my thoughts here: makingmuseumprofessionals.blogs.lincoln.ac.uk/2023/09/12/l...