Tom Hopkins
@tmphopkins1.bsky.social
Curator of Aircraft and Exhibits, Royal Air Force Museum. Also likes classics, ancient and medieval history, books, cheese, and making heritage careers more inclusive. Views my Own.
Just coming in here to say that Carreg Cennan Castle is absolutely A1 - the stones, the setting, the mysterious caves. You have to go.
August 14, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Just coming in here to say that Carreg Cennan Castle is absolutely A1 - the stones, the setting, the mysterious caves. You have to go.
Very wholesome fun at the Evesham medieval market today
May 18, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Very wholesome fun at the Evesham medieval market today
Reading I, Claudius on the train led to a cracking literature and history chat with my fellow passenger, the best of railway experiences
March 19, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Reading I, Claudius on the train led to a cracking literature and history chat with my fellow passenger, the best of railway experiences
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The Vagina Museum is just one month away from closing. Forever. A perfect storm of circumstances means that we may have to close our doors permanently and cease all digital activities. But we're not going to go down without a fight. Save the Vagina Museum. www.gofundme.com/f/btscc2
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The Vagina Museum is one month away from closing – forever
The Vagina Museum will be forced t… Vagina Museum needs your support for Save The Vagina Museum
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March 14, 2025 at 11:00 AM
The Vagina Museum is just one month away from closing. Forever. A perfect storm of circumstances means that we may have to close our doors permanently and cease all digital activities. But we're not going to go down without a fight. Save the Vagina Museum. www.gofundme.com/f/btscc2
What would you prioritise if you’ve got a day to spend in York?
February 14, 2025 at 1:29 PM
What would you prioritise if you’ve got a day to spend in York?
Spent a whole day in one of the museum stores today, may honestly never be warm again
February 11, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Spent a whole day in one of the museum stores today, may honestly never be warm again
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Well this sucks. Museum caves in in response to a hostile article in the local press written by a former Restore Trust director.
If you’re gonna have these initiatives at your museum, you need to have some backbone too.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
If you’re gonna have these initiatives at your museum, you need to have some backbone too.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
King's Lynn museum pulls out of LGBTQ+ history trail
Concerns from volunteers and stakeholders lead to the decision to withdraw from the project.
www.bbc.co.uk
January 11, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Well this sucks. Museum caves in in response to a hostile article in the local press written by a former Restore Trust director.
If you’re gonna have these initiatives at your museum, you need to have some backbone too.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
If you’re gonna have these initiatives at your museum, you need to have some backbone too.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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I’ll tell this to any and every museum that ever asks how to roll out DEI initiatives. If you want to do that- if you really want to- then you need to STAND WITH YOUR STAFF when the trolls descend. Because they will. Every time. The institution needs to stand strong.
Well this sucks. Museum caves in in response to a hostile article in the local press written by a former Restore Trust director.
If you’re gonna have these initiatives at your museum, you need to have some backbone too.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
If you’re gonna have these initiatives at your museum, you need to have some backbone too.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
King's Lynn museum pulls out of LGBTQ+ history trail
Concerns from volunteers and stakeholders lead to the decision to withdraw from the project.
www.bbc.co.uk
January 11, 2025 at 9:39 PM
I’ll tell this to any and every museum that ever asks how to roll out DEI initiatives. If you want to do that- if you really want to- then you need to STAND WITH YOUR STAFF when the trolls descend. Because they will. Every time. The institution needs to stand strong.
The best thing about walking past a (partially) 12th C church is when you bump into the warden who lets you in!
(St Chad’s, Boningale, Shropshire)
(St Chad’s, Boningale, Shropshire)
January 6, 2025 at 8:50 PM
The best thing about walking past a (partially) 12th C church is when you bump into the warden who lets you in!
(St Chad’s, Boningale, Shropshire)
(St Chad’s, Boningale, Shropshire)
Sunny days at the end of the Christmas holidays are the best
January 2, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Sunny days at the end of the Christmas holidays are the best
At least having a Christmas flu has given me a cast iron excuse for not going out on New Year’s Eve (the very worst night to go out ever)
December 31, 2024 at 6:09 PM
At least having a Christmas flu has given me a cast iron excuse for not going out on New Year’s Eve (the very worst night to go out ever)
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December 2, 2024 at 1:23 PM
Do you work in the cultural sector & have something to say about burnout?
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Please complete this anonymous survey if you’d like to share your thoughts: www.surveymonkey.com/r/culturalse...
I just had the most pawsome taxi driver
December 3, 2024 at 7:04 PM
I just had the most pawsome taxi driver
White Ladies Priory, Shropshire, looking nice and spooky in the twilight this evening
December 1, 2024 at 5:14 PM
White Ladies Priory, Shropshire, looking nice and spooky in the twilight this evening
Not sure I like this new brand of snow-impervious spiders!
November 21, 2024 at 9:05 PM
Not sure I like this new brand of snow-impervious spiders!
Have you ever had a documentation mystery so gnarly and challenging you've wanted to scream?
November 21, 2024 at 4:16 PM
Have you ever had a documentation mystery so gnarly and challenging you've wanted to scream?
Obligatory snowy scenes from Shropshire this morning
November 19, 2024 at 11:09 AM
Obligatory snowy scenes from Shropshire this morning
As a museum worker, I do wonder which of my particular actions of today will take my successors literally hundreds of hours to unpick tomorrow.
November 18, 2024 at 3:53 PM
As a museum worker, I do wonder which of my particular actions of today will take my successors literally hundreds of hours to unpick tomorrow.
just wish this website had the capacity for running ridiculous polls
November 17, 2024 at 6:27 PM
just wish this website had the capacity for running ridiculous polls
I’m at a Spa for the first time and it’s the least relaxing experience ever. Never have I felt more out of place. I don’t know how anything works. There’s a changing room with other men in it. They’ve run out of slippers. My partner has gone into a mysterious room and I’m so alone and terrified.
November 16, 2024 at 11:29 AM
I’m at a Spa for the first time and it’s the least relaxing experience ever. Never have I felt more out of place. I don’t know how anything works. There’s a changing room with other men in it. They’ve run out of slippers. My partner has gone into a mysterious room and I’m so alone and terrified.
Now that I’m on this place I suppose I should post some top quality museum content, so please enjoy these excellent mannequins
November 13, 2024 at 7:23 PM
Now that I’m on this place I suppose I should post some top quality museum content, so please enjoy these excellent mannequins