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Curator at Charles Dickens Museum. Striving to improve access to museum collections. Views my own.
Our new exhibition âShowtime!â at the
#CharlesDickensMuseum
has now been open a week! đ Time for some instal reminiscing
#exhibition
#theatre
#adaptations
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When your reality becomes art đ
@modernartoxford.bsky.social
#ModernArtOxford
#ModernArt
#oxford
#archive
4 months ago
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Visited the only free
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in
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. 1. Inn sign, about 1700-50.
#Hedgehogs
were common inn signs, likely due to folk tales of them feeding grapes to their young. 2. Fanny Elblerâs mechanical wings from her role as the lead in the
#ballet
âSylphideâ, 1840.
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Really love the way the
#PostalMuseum
has tried to decode archival documents for visitors in their new exhibition âVoices of Resistance: Slavery & Post in the Caribbeanâ
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Greg Jenner
4 months ago
BIG EMBROIDERY-NOT-A-TAPESTRY NEWS!
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Bayeux Tapestry to return to British Museum on loan after 900 years
Bayeux Tapestry will be shown at the British Museum, which will lend treasures to Normandy museums.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c14ev1z6d5go
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Hallie Rubenhold
4 months ago
I'm really so pleased that ordinary, working women's stories are being integrated back into the historical record. Their lives are interesting too, but part of me despairs when every Georgian woman's story has to be told in connection with Jane Austen.
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/j...
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Beyond the bonnets: Jane Austenâs working women finally get their place in the spotlight
Exhibition looks at housekeepers, maids and governesses who âenable the lives of the heroines and heroesâ
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2025/jul/07/beyond-the-bonnets-jane-austens-working-women-exhibition-hampshire?CMP=share_btn_url
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Museums Association
4 months ago
News | River & Rowing Museum confirms âextremely difficultâ decision to close â venue's net losses have averaged ÂŁ1m a year due to high cost of running building
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River & Rowing Museum confirms âextremely difficultâ decision to close - Museums Association
Venue's net losses have averaged ÂŁ1m a year due to high cost of running building
https://www.museumsassociation.org/museums-journal/news/2025/07/river-and-rowing-museum-confirms-extremely-difficult-decision-to-close/
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Dr Claire Collins
5 months ago
Looking forward to MERL's Romany and Traveller Heritage Day on Saturday!
merl.reading.ac.uk/event/romany...
add a skeleton here at some point
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Jennie Morgan
5 months ago
Vacancy Senior Research Associate: Plants, Enslavement, and Public History
www.bristol.ac.uk/jobs/find/de...
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Details | Working at Bristol | University of Bristol
https://www.bristol.ac.uk/jobs/find/details/?jobId=376775&jobTitle=Senior%20Research%20Associate:%20Plants,%20Enslavement,%20and%20Public%20History
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Tincture of Museum
5 months ago
Tomorrow the Charles Dickens Museum is free all day to celebrate their 100th Birthday đ On the blog I have been looking back at their 1925 opening and recalling my own visits over the years.
tinctureofmuseum.wordpress.com/2025/06/08/h...
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Happy Birthday to the Charles Dickens Museum, June 2025
From my first visit ⊠100 Years is certainly something to celebrate, so on Monday 9 June I am looking forward to heading to the Dickens Museum at 48 Doughty Street to celebrate with members oâŠ
https://tinctureofmuseum.wordpress.com/2025/06/08/happy-birthday-to-the-charles-dickens-museum-june-2025/
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