Museum Wannabe
@museumwannabe.bsky.social
I'm an EMP at the start of their museums journey & hoping to get back into online networking! (formerly on the bird app)
Working in Learning. Passionate about breaking down barriers for the next gen of museum professionals. 💗🏛️💗
Working in Learning. Passionate about breaking down barriers for the next gen of museum professionals. 💗🏛️💗
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Attention students in years 10-12! Spend a week with us at Colchester Museums and get a firsthand look at what it takes to keep the history alive, from visitor services to curatorial insights and beyond.
January 6, 2025 at 10:04 AM
Attention students in years 10-12! Spend a week with us at Colchester Museums and get a firsthand look at what it takes to keep the history alive, from visitor services to curatorial insights and beyond.
Quiet morning with most staff off for the holidays & few visitors. Spent 2 hours slowly going round our temporary exhibition, enjoying the opportunity to have it to myself.
December 20, 2024 at 12:55 PM
Quiet morning with most staff off for the holidays & few visitors. Spent 2 hours slowly going round our temporary exhibition, enjoying the opportunity to have it to myself.
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The three horsemen of the utopia
December 17, 2024 at 11:29 AM
The three horsemen of the utopia
First day facilitating in my workplace's Xmas jumper. Feeling very festive and warm. Thoroughly recommend getting out your festive jumpers if you work at a chilly heritage site!
December 5, 2023 at 3:23 PM
First day facilitating in my workplace's Xmas jumper. Feeling very festive and warm. Thoroughly recommend getting out your festive jumpers if you work at a chilly heritage site!
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The Marbles are a brittle dam of self-justification for UK museums. If they can go back, then everything else could.
November 28, 2023 at 10:37 AM
The Marbles are a brittle dam of self-justification for UK museums. If they can go back, then everything else could.
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NEW BLOG POST!
What do you do when your historic site does not have any queer history to interpret, but you want to expand the inclusion? I keep coming back to this question and I finally have an answer:
Composite Histories.
Read my post here: www.notyouraveragecistory.com/blog/composi...
What do you do when your historic site does not have any queer history to interpret, but you want to expand the inclusion? I keep coming back to this question and I finally have an answer:
Composite Histories.
Read my post here: www.notyouraveragecistory.com/blog/composi...
Composite Histories: How To Interpret Queer History Where It Does Not Exist
A case study on how to create queer interpretation at historical sites that do not have obvious queer histories.
www.notyouraveragecistory.com
November 20, 2023 at 12:25 PM
NEW BLOG POST!
What do you do when your historic site does not have any queer history to interpret, but you want to expand the inclusion? I keep coming back to this question and I finally have an answer:
Composite Histories.
Read my post here: www.notyouraveragecistory.com/blog/composi...
What do you do when your historic site does not have any queer history to interpret, but you want to expand the inclusion? I keep coming back to this question and I finally have an answer:
Composite Histories.
Read my post here: www.notyouraveragecistory.com/blog/composi...
Useful blog on how to get started on this new platform, including tips for migrating from Twitter. Deffo reading later! ⏬
You may be interested in this blog post if you want more tips. Nevertheless, welcome to the other side!!!
How to get started on Bluesky
Twitter was an amazing resource for networking and discussion in astronomy. But since Elon Musk's increasingly disastrous takeover of the platform, everyone has been looking for better alternatives to...
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November 15, 2023 at 1:31 PM
Useful blog on how to get started on this new platform, including tips for migrating from Twitter. Deffo reading later! ⏬
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Question for people here on Bluesky:
What museums are displaying medieval and/or early modern art in the most exciting and engaging ways for you right now? What do you like about their displays, interpretation, etc?
What museums are displaying medieval and/or early modern art in the most exciting and engaging ways for you right now? What do you like about their displays, interpretation, etc?
November 14, 2023 at 10:04 PM
Question for people here on Bluesky:
What museums are displaying medieval and/or early modern art in the most exciting and engaging ways for you right now? What do you like about their displays, interpretation, etc?
What museums are displaying medieval and/or early modern art in the most exciting and engaging ways for you right now? What do you like about their displays, interpretation, etc?
Facebook reminded me that I've been working with schools for 2 years...
In that time, I've worked with schools across:
- 3 subjects
- 4 jobs
- 7 sites
- All Key Stages
That first delivery seems so long ago, & yet so little time has actually passed.
In that time, I've worked with schools across:
- 3 subjects
- 4 jobs
- 7 sites
- All Key Stages
That first delivery seems so long ago, & yet so little time has actually passed.
November 14, 2023 at 11:52 AM
Facebook reminded me that I've been working with schools for 2 years...
In that time, I've worked with schools across:
- 3 subjects
- 4 jobs
- 7 sites
- All Key Stages
That first delivery seems so long ago, & yet so little time has actually passed.
In that time, I've worked with schools across:
- 3 subjects
- 4 jobs
- 7 sites
- All Key Stages
That first delivery seems so long ago, & yet so little time has actually passed.
If there was heavy rain around 3pm, a previous workplace would always get flooded by teens from the local school until the sky cleared. I don't think "rain" was listed as a reason for visiting on our visitor survey tho!
Do you know why people are in your building is a question that comes up in wayfinding research with museums.
This New Yorker cartoon on user intents
This New Yorker cartoon on user intents
November 10, 2023 at 12:41 PM
If there was heavy rain around 3pm, a previous workplace would always get flooded by teens from the local school until the sky cleared. I don't think "rain" was listed as a reason for visiting on our visitor survey tho!
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Inclusive Welcomes workshop cards (from German conference). Clarifying the Welcome, the Journey and What’s Next. How Accessible design supports all of this.
November 5, 2023 at 11:40 AM
Inclusive Welcomes workshop cards (from German conference). Clarifying the Welcome, the Journey and What’s Next. How Accessible design supports all of this.
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Please can one Halloween pass in which some museum somewhere doesn't think it's a great idea to post actual human remains as a "weird spooky object" all over their socials.
October 31, 2023 at 8:26 PM
Please can one Halloween pass in which some museum somewhere doesn't think it's a great idea to post actual human remains as a "weird spooky object" all over their socials.
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Archivists of twitter(uk), could you help me? We need a few people with experience of managing digital records to join focus groups about digital asset registers: do you have one, are you building one, how's it going, what do you wish you'd done better?
October 30, 2023 at 6:14 PM
Archivists of twitter(uk), could you help me? We need a few people with experience of managing digital records to join focus groups about digital asset registers: do you have one, are you building one, how's it going, what do you wish you'd done better?
Found a lot of familiar faces from... that other platform. Who else from UK museums is here who I need to follow?
October 29, 2023 at 11:05 AM
Found a lot of familiar faces from... that other platform. Who else from UK museums is here who I need to follow?
Hi Bluesky! New platform, should probably introduce myself. 👋
I'm an EMP who (offline) has now been working full time in Learning for almost 2 years. Online, I enjoy creating conversations open to & for pre-career & EMP peeps. Looking forward to getting back into online networking!
I'm an EMP who (offline) has now been working full time in Learning for almost 2 years. Online, I enjoy creating conversations open to & for pre-career & EMP peeps. Looking forward to getting back into online networking!
October 28, 2023 at 10:19 AM
Hi Bluesky! New platform, should probably introduce myself. 👋
I'm an EMP who (offline) has now been working full time in Learning for almost 2 years. Online, I enjoy creating conversations open to & for pre-career & EMP peeps. Looking forward to getting back into online networking!
I'm an EMP who (offline) has now been working full time in Learning for almost 2 years. Online, I enjoy creating conversations open to & for pre-career & EMP peeps. Looking forward to getting back into online networking!