Sometimes you have to utilise the prevailing power dynamic to make good change.

How can we share power in the cultural sector?

‘What counts as memory?’ And if a fallen statue us still in a museum basement rather than melted down there is a risk of re-erejection.

‘Not having a dream happen and then needing to have another dream’. This is a real challenge for funding streams that ALWAYS require newness.

‘Hopeful or harmful’. Let’s discuss. What can cultural organisations do.

‘We are not lone individuals we are constellations.’

Love the discussion about access - right to roam, walking in cities, everyday spaces as opposed to culture and heritage being behind locked doors in museums.

If we can adjust to a re-brand we can adjust to the removal of a violent aggressor names from buildings.

Huge thanks to @lspurdle.bsky.social and Mark McLeod for organising, and @tamsincrussell.bsky.social for ace facilitation skills.

Reflections on the Code of Ethics | Working it out 🤝 As part of a series of blog posts about the new Code of Ethics, @tamsincrussell.bsky.social, our workforce development lead, discusses the importance of ethical practice in creating inclusive, welcoming workplaces.

Low pay in the museum sector has a detrimental impact on workforce attraction, retention and wellbeing. Led by @tamsincrussell.bsky.social, we’ll be exploring how to redress poor pay and implement more equitable pay policies in our next session in the lecture theatre at 3.20pm 💷 #Museums2025

Fabulous Friday night. Radical Book Fair.

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Heritage Volunteering Group What if everyone stopped volunteering? A new Works4U report (with our input at HVG) warns the UK would face soaring isolation, weaker democracy & fragile communities. Volunteering isn’t optional – it’s society’s backbone. Read more www.works-4u.com/what-if

Younger daughter and I have been working on prototypes for the small portable museums that will be in my Etsy shop soon. We’ll be making a wooden grid in each tin for the finds & a booklet about the neuroscience of how collecting & arranging your finds alleviates anxiety & lifts mood #mentalhealth

Museums, libraries, archives people! We're doing another meet up on September 16th. No agenda, no presentations, just an informal gathering over a drink. Full details here: gigs.museumsshowoff.org.uk/2025/09/02/m...

Delighted to be chairing this @museumsassociation.org event on Wednesday - www.museumsassociation.org/events/helpi...

Nominations are open for the 2025 Women into Leadership Awards, which recognise those who go above and beyond to champion diversity and empower women across the civil service. Find out more and submit nominations using the link below: leadership-awards.co.uk/women-into-l...

"Bluesky shows higher level of content originality in scholarly discourse, perhaps due to a higher proportion of academic users. X tends to favor simple retweets. This positions Bluesky as a richer environment for substantive science communication."🧪 True for our study www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Delighted to be chairing and speaking at this event next week about workforce wellbeing why not come along? www.museumsassociation.org/events/membe...

Delighted to be chairing and speaking at this event next week about workforce wellbeing why not come along? www.museumsassociation.org/events/membe...

Fabulous service again from NHS. Phoned surgery at 8:30. Triage call at 9:10. In person appointment at 10:30 Three prescriptions, blood taken and two more appts booked in and home by 11:00. Bill-zero. Some people want to look to fully privatise the NHS we must always fight for it. ❤️

The children are always ours, every single one of them, all over the globe; and I am beginning to suspect that whoever is incapable of recognizing this may be incapable of morality. James Baldwin

BREAKING WSJ: The Trump White House plans to conduct a far-reaching review of Smithsonian museum exhibitions, materials and operations ahead of America's 250th anniversary to ensure the museums align with "Trump's interpretation of American history." www.wsj.com/politics/pol...

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A big shout out to everyone who is matrix managing but isn’t classed as a manager, with their associated pay because they are not direct line reports. When we all really know the skills to manage in a matrix fashion far outweigh the skills for line management. ❤️

Great to see other museums adopt the approach from Birmingham Museums. ❤️🤓❤️

So excited about this next programme. We have a waiting list of mentees already so why not make their day, career, future?

Museums take note – you are part of the problem. Next time you advertise a freelance role, do some research on what their fees need to cover and ask yourself if what you’re expecting to pay is reasonable.

9 years since we said goodbye to my mum. This is who she was, ahead of her time, inspiring, amazing - channeling her everyday especially where it comes to inclusion and feminism ❤️🤓❤️

This was my view last Monday my view today will be emails and Zoom meetings. Wish me luck and have a great week people.

Raising a glass to this handsome chap - can’t believe my youngest is now 15! ❤️❤️❤️

Strip club in #Vancouver #Coldplay

Having been away for most of the last 4 weeks - London, Athens, Swansea, Madrid, Birmingham, London - I am making the most of the light evenings in Scotland whilst they are here. 22:10, sitting in the garden chillin.

New AHRC Doctoral Focal Award PhDs aimed at candidates based in the Scottish Highlands & Islands to develop in-situ research capacity. "A Golden Thread: Crafting the Creative Economy from Scotland’s Highlands, Lowlands & Islands’, aims to strengthen Scotland’s craft sector..." tinyurl.com/tkx7b66z

You know what emergent tech of the last decade actually works well, and was adopted by millions? 3D printing. It’s great! So many applications. But also nobody is sneering at you for not having or utilizing 3D printing. Nobody is trying to sneak a 3D printer into your garage without your consent

To exciting. This was our local schools go to for school visits and activity weeks. Many found memories of also ‘escaping’ to go to the pub from one said activity weeks. It would be great to go back 🤓🤣❤️.

This is sage advice. I recently created a list with the title - Things Tamsin Needs To Put to Bed and it was helpful.

🤞Cross your fingers every time you try & recruit #volunteers for a dull task? Try these handy tips instead 🔗 karenknight.ca/recruiting-v... 🗞️ Join our newsletter for regular content like this heritagevolunteeringgroup.org.uk/join-us/ #101Wednesday #LoVols #VolMngmnt #VolunteerEngagement

Aside from generally solving poverty and inequality, UBI recognises that regardless of background, income, or circumstance, every individual deserves opportunity and the basic resources to access dignity, hope, and agency.

Volunteer at Conference 2025 in Cardiff 🤝 If you’re a museum studies student, current museum volunteer, front-of-house worker or unwaged, this is for you 📢 Our conference is good fun, and you’ll get to experience the event for free in exchange for lending us a hand. Apply by 7 September 👇

The most interesting thing about these stats is that the most political judge of all - the Lord Chief Justice - is constitutionally responsible for choosing which judge hears which case against the Government (see www.whatthelawdoes.com/p/whose-side...).

I was explaining to my Ukrainian colleague the phrase ‘There’s no such thing as a free lunch’. She told me the equivalent in Ukrainian is ‘The only free cheese is in the mousetrap’ - which is so much better

🙌 Join Sarah Holloway at #HeritageVolunteering25 from @heritageopenday to uncover how England’s biggest festival of history & culture empowers thousands of volunteers to tell their stories 🎟️ 25-26 Nov, £30, online: buff.ly/4TwA19z #LoVols #Heritage #Volunteering #Museums #VolunteerManagement

Much talk today about @museumsassociation.org 2025 Conference. What I do know is there will be plenty of these available. So for more information visit our website - www.museumsassociation.org/events/confe...

Enjoying a visit to Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery. This is a photo from 2015 - when I was here at @museumsassociation.org Conference.

Fuck.

Out of Office nearly off when I get to WiFi- Early-ish start for @museumsassociation.org Rep day in Bonnie Birmingham. Looking forward to talking all things careers, professional development and wellbeing - 🤓 ppl

OOOO - being productive on holiday - poolside.