Behold the First Underwater Portrait in the History of Photography (Circa 1899)

@mininglandscapes.bsky.social check out this Scottish brick goodness on Anglesey

Glasgow history nerds! The Trades House Library have scanned the previously missing volumes of the Extracts from the Burgh Records, covering 1759-1809. Now available at www.tradeshouselibrary.org/glasgow.html and as far as I know nowhere else online.

One of the most iconic early discoveries of human origins is the skull from Kabwe, now thought to be around 300,000 years old. The human story behind the site, with its legacy of industrial lead contamination, is not often told with the paleoanthropological one. www.johnhawks.net/p/kabwe-famo...

The courage of the Black students who led school integration in America remains unfathomable to me. What honor Jo Ann Allen Boyce brought upon us, and what a remarkable life she led. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/13/u...

If you want to know what an #Ecomuseum is, who we are, what we do, why we do it and how to get involved join one of our free #MiningLandscapes webinars in January. Nip to our news page for more info and to book your ticket 👉 www.mining-landscapes.org/news #MiningHeritage #MiningHistory

🏛️📢 We’ve objected to the proposed total demolition of the listed Fan House at Llanbradach Colliery. The building has suffered neglect, and while some parts may now be beyond repair, demolition shouldn’t be the starting point. 👉 casework.jcnas.org.uk/appl/211506 📷 Northern Mine Research Society

Born #OnThisDay Sir John Craig (1874-1957) Joining the Motherwell steelmakers David Colville & Sons as an office boy just before his 14th birthday Craig rose to become Managing Director & Chairman of the Colvilles group His last task was overseeing the early construction of Ravenscraig Steel Works

Just uploaded another new walk exploring the #Fife #coal to #MiningLandscapes #Ecomuseum’s collection ‘A Tale of Two Earldoms’ a 2 mile linear with optional return by bus Dysart to #WestWemyss. To access the route and more info follow the thread…

Heritage & Community Manager Work where a job is not just a ‘job’, where you can be part of a team with a passion for Scotland’s heritage. The Abbotsford Trust are seeking an exceptional individual to lead our heritage conservation and our community programmes. More info online: buff.ly/OiMj2a7

BAE Systems Glasgow is preparing a Heritage Centre and is looking for donations. They are interested in any shipbuilding artefacts anyone may have from retired BAE-Yarrow-Govan employees or beyond (Barrow-Portsmouth etc). Plans, models, artefacts, photos etc. DM me & I can put you in touch.

The Society currently invites applications for its David Berry Fellowship in the History of Scotland and the Scottish People. The Fellowship, for up to £2500, supports research by historians of Scotland at any career stage: bit.ly/4ns6LJj Closing date: Friday 6 March 2026 #Skystorians

Reported for the morning (just) crowd ... All support, including reposts, very much appreciated 🙏

Want to keep up to date with all #MiningLandscapes #Ecomuseum activities and news? Our regular news round up #Coal Vaults is just published for Sept to Oct. Nip to 👉 www.mining-landscapes.org/news #MiningHeritage

by the way if any of you are still holding out on that fascist app, now might be the moment to delete (not just pause) your account—take it from someone who waved goodbye to 50k+ followers it was worth it ✨❤️

Demolition work on the 1930s Sauchiehall St branch of M&S has exposed this lettering on the structural steelwork by P&W MacLellan They had the Clutha Works in Kinning Park #glasgow

More here about how we really, REALLY need to charge the narrative around 'Treasure' and precious metal finds... 2/2 bigbookoftorcs.com/2025/10/07/s...

It's tonight ... Can't make it? Register anyway and we'll send you a recording.

oh, I love this piece (by me) ondisplayblog.wordpress.com/2013/12/09/l...

One of my supervisors recommended this book and it looks great. My research will cover deindustrialisation and ruination. Can't wait to get stuck into it. #geography #history

We're taking this week's @artukdotorg.bsky.social #OnlineArtExchange theme of dramatic art very literally AND shamelessly pandering to #swifties with this wonderful cast bronze plaque of Ophelia in front of the Arras in Hamlet. It's from Colzium House #Kilsyth artuk.org/discover/art... #taylorswift

If you're a National Trust member, it's that time of year again: Midnight tonight is the deadline. It's a shame people have to keep doing this to keep a toehold on historical truth in this country, but here we are. Voting link: www.nationaltrust.org.uk/who-we-are/a...

Dr Andy Clark opening this year’s @sticknetwork.bsky.social autumn conference at The Engine Shed in Stirling The theme is Narratives of Industrial Work Heritage. So many great insights on recording & using oral history

There’s still time to sign up for our conference on the theme of Narratives and Memories of Industrial Work and Heritage It’s on Friday 31 October @ The Engine Shed in Stirling stickssn.org/events/

Have you heard about our Decolonising North Lanarkshire's Museums Collections project? Join us at Summerlee Museum at 2pm tomorrow (Wednesday) to find out about our collections' colonial links & how we are addressing them north-lanarkshire-council-museums.arttickets.org.uk/summerlee-mu...

Here are the prompts for #museum30 2025 - the ninth year! If you would like to join in all you need to do is share an image, inspired by each days' prompt, throughout November. Don't forget to include #museum30 so other's can find your posts.

I hope this is positive news for @ironbridgegmt.bsky.social but wasn’t aware that the IGMT was in trouble. Good to see @nationaltrust.org.uk & govt recognise the importance of industrial heritage Needless to say it’s mportant to preserve jobs & heritage skills as well as the museums & artefacts

I have thoughts all over the place about this. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

‘Found in museum store’

We have just joined BlueSky! Since our foundation in 1880, we have reproduced an unrivalled selection of historic maps, plans and views of London. We also publish books and monographs containing original research. See more of what we have to offer at: londontopsoc.org

Stephen Mullen, a highly regarded historian specialising in Scotland's links with Atlantic slavery, objects to a right wing scholar's flagrant misrepresentation of his own work and that of Glasgow's Kelvingrove Museum's curators in @thetimes.com alanlester.co.uk/blog/falsify...

#MiningLandscapes #Ecomuseum has added a new blog to it’s collection 👉 www.mining-landscapes.org/blog an engaging read by former miner David Higgins describing his work at the mine and life in a pit village (Part II out early Nov) #Ayrshire #MiningHistory

Innovators, thinkers and leaders needed! Our mission is to re-imagine museums for a sustainable future – by fostering wellbeing that doesn’t cost the earth. Could you bring your unique perspective, your time and your imagination for a better future – to our Steering Group? shorturl.at/b0ejo

This might be of interest to some Edinburgh / Industrial history folks www.digitscotland.com/events/hear-...

(2/2) sign the petition: Tell Your MP: Don't Rip Up Our Rights actionstorm.org/petitions/pr...

Today is a day when arts degrees are worthless, but the product of those degrees is so valuable it would kill an entire industry if they were made to pay for it.

📍 How can you join the campaign to save Cooling Towers? ✊🏻 Sign and share the petition: change.org/p/save-brita... ✍🏼 If you're an architect, developer, artist, or public figure, sign our open-letter. Email [email protected] 📖 Order C20's new book: shop.c20society.org.uk/products/pre...

We need to utterly transform how we protect our heritage: more funding for museums, more education and disrupting our equation of heritage with monetary value. This isn't a one off. From our fiekds to our museum cases, antiquities are seen as objects for personal acquisition and monetary gain. 🏺

This is utterly ridiculous in any case, but particularly so given common commuting patterns.

What a beauty!!!!!

This remarkable therapy uses an approach the Trump administration just cancelled funding for.

🆕 New from Scottish Indexes: We’ve compiled a list of freely available books on Internet Archive to support your Scottish family history research. 📚 Browse the list: archive.org/details/@emm... #Genealogy #ScottishHistory #FamilyResearch #ScottishIndexes

This week's @artukdotorg.bsky.social #OnlineArtExchange is all about impressive buildings but we think it could do with a bit more #IndustrialHeritage This c.1930 drypoint etching by an unknown artist is of Gartsherrie Iron Works #Coatbridge artuk.org/discover/art...

We decided to do an open call for lockdown diaries... we ended up with 10,000 documents. Safe to say cataloguing them all was definitely a lockdown and beyond project! That being said, many of them are now available as part of an open-access resource! database.massobs.org.uk/projects_dat...

"This is a call to arms to prevent ill health. Cycling is part of prevention: we need ambitious vision, and walking and cycling to be the norm". Jillian Evans of NHS Grampian, highlights the public health issues prevalent in Scotland and the essential role of active travel in tackling this.

Some video from one of the most incredible experiences of my life making daguerreotypes from the roof of the dome of the U.S. Capitol Building for the Library of Congress and the U.S. Capitol: www.instagram.com/reel/DN6La3i...

📢 ANNOUNCEMENT 📢 New Glasgow Society is excited to present an exhibition highlighting a selection of buildings from across #Glasgow which are not otherwise able to participate in Doors Open Day 2025 - but that we would love to see participate in future 💚 📆 Sept 18-21 📍 1307 Argyle Street ⏰ 12-4pm

There is a petition calling for the former Possil Railway Station in Glasgow to be protected and restored - it’s a beautiful building which is being left to rot and detoriate - chng.it/n4vPscdJSX (I painted the building last year for this piece called “Paths Diverging, Journey’s End” ) #glasgow

The latest exhibition at North Lanarkshire Heritage Centre #Motherwell is 'Back to the Drawing Board' which celebrates the art of technical drawing It runs until 25 October. Here's a link to a filmed interview with former draughtsman Stuart Graham www.culturenlmuseums.co.uk/exhibition/b...

There’s quite a dramatic view of the back of Motherwell Town Hall just now The hall part is being demolished before the building is converted into housing. Latterly it was home to a Laser Quest, hence the decor