The Science Museum Group is looking for a Systems and E-Resources Librarian, FT permanent post based at one of our sites in #Bradford #London #Manchester #Wroughton (nr Swindon) or #York #LISjobs #LibraryJobs #MuseumJobs ce0111li.webitrent.com/ce0111li_web...

We're delighted that Jo Quinton-Tulloch, Director of @mediamuseum.bsky.social, has been awarded an OBE for services to the arts in the New Year Honours list, and our Trustee, @metoffice.gov.uk Chief Scientist Stephen Belcher, has been appointed a CBE for services to climate science. Congrats both!

Lots of great objects and archives to explore (one at random here, Leighton Dalrymple's sketch of John Blenkinsop's Steam Locomotive 'Salamanca', 1812), with themed virtual exhibitions #histSTM📜

Please enjoy this project we've been working on with the lovely team at Google Arts and Culture: artsandculture.google.com/project/nati... Its so exciting to make so much of our collection accessible this anniversary year for the railways from models and artwork to tools and vehicles!

We’re finally on Bluesky!!! Go give us a follow

It's #WorldDigitalPreservationDay. As @jtullock.bsky.social says, "Digital preservation is increasingly important for even the smallest museum, imagine the impact if you weren’t able to access your digital photographs or organisational records." More: www.linkedin.com/posts/jackki... #WDPD2025

Why space needs explaining, by my colleague @libbyjackson.com blog.sciencemuseum.org.uk/why-space-ne...

It’s the World Day for Audiovisual Heritage! 🎬🎧 Discover why preserving our sounds, images, and stories matters and explore how the #DPC supports audiovisual preservation through our Audiovisual Special Interest Group (AVSIG). Read our new blog by […] [Original post on digipres.club]

@melindahaunton.bsky.social @jtullock.bsky.social Good to see an archivist featured prominently in this story, and also a demonstration of the value of corporate archives. observer.co.uk/style/drink/...

‘A hub of humanity’: National Railway Museum space reopens after £11m refit Via @theguardian.com www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

Job Klaxon! Science Museum is looking for a Curator of Chemistry. Job Details Salary - £41,177.63 Full Time London Deadline - 29/09/2025 ce0111li.webitrent.com/ce0111li_web...

It’s been a busy couple of weeks at @sciencemuseum.org.uk as we’ve been putting the finishing touches to our wonderful new Space gallery. It opens on Saturday, and we’re celebrating with a weekend full of free space themed activities.

@peaksandpuddles.com Did you see the prospect of "a shared cycling and walking strategy linking the three regions with the heart of the Peak?" www.eastmidlands-cca.gov.uk/news/mayors-...

We were sad to learn of the death of astronaut Jim Lovell, who led the Apollo 13 crew to safety. In 2013 we welcomed Jim to the museum to hear more about his remarkable achievements blog.sciencemuseum.org.uk/apollo-13s-j...

You've heard about Rail200 this year, but what about Braille200? Our amazing WROCAH placement student @tillyguthrie.bsky.social explains the dual history of Braille and the Railways in Britain: blog.railwaymuseum.org.uk/braille-200/

@doublearrow64.bsky.social Erm.

I've been a bit quiet recently due to being busy getting our new Sound and Vision galleries ready @mediamuseum.bsky.social They opened today! There was a gaggle of kids having a brilliant time in there when I wandered through this morning 😍 Lovely overview here from @samiraahmeduk.bsky.social

@thebeautyoftransport.com @danielhwright.bsky.social A Beacon footbridge in the wild at Y Fenni / Abergavenny.

@milleanick.bsky.social I ticked off another of the North Eastern Railway tiled maps at Scarborough yesterday.

🎉 Delighted to be a judge for this year's @museumsassociation.org Museums Change Lives awards. Nominations are now open - please spread the word and tell us about the people in your organisation who are doing good work: www.museumsassociation.org/campaigns/mu...

A new study says that the world's 'safe' climate limit may be closer to 1°C—not 1.5°C—as ice loss accelerates and irreversible sea level rise looms. I talk to Chris Stokes of @durham-university.bsky.social blog.sciencemuseumgroup.org.uk/paris-climat...

This just in 📢 Our new Sound and Vision galleries will open on Thursday 10 July.

Here we go... The countdown is on. Objects are being installed, interactives are being tested, labels are going in, and web content is being compiled. It's so exciting to see this coming to life after *years* of work. I can't wait to welcome visitors into the galleries!

We’re looking for new trustees at @oldoptheatre.bsky.social! Particularly if you can bring expertise in medical, commercial, fundraising or social inclusion, get in touch! oldoperatingtheatre.com/vacancies/

@olliedouglas.bsky.social The @railwaymuseum.bsky.social 1951 cattle wagon is having a moment in the sun as we prepare for the reopening of the Station Hall later this year. This is quite a late wagon from a period when cattle were increasingly travelling by road.

@lccmunicipal.bsky.social I found this classic clinging on in a side street in Mill Hill.

@thebeautyoftransport.com @doublearrow64.bsky.social Oxford could win a Least Consistent Signage award, with Rail Alphabet, Rail Alphabet 2, and several iterations of First Great Western/GWR all in evidence. I think some of the Rail Alphabet is also NSE blue.

Any thoughts @drolibetts.bsky.social?

Happy #EarthDay 🌍💚 Check out this post on how digital media can enhance our relationship with the natural world blog.scienceandmediamuseum.org.uk/earth-day-ca...

Just under a week left to apply for one (or both!) of these amazing #digitalpreservation jobs at the #dpc. Joins us!

"We’ve arranged a society on science and technology in which nobody understands anything about science and technology, and this combustible mixture of ignorance and power sooner or later is going to blow up in our faces." Carl Sagan www.openculture.com/2025/04/carl...

Details from David Hockney: Pieced Together ✨ It’s your FINAL MONTH to catch this exhibition, featuring this joiner of the museum in the 1980s (on display for the first time in 25 years!), alongside his stunning Four Seasons installation. www.scienceandmediamuseum.org.uk/whats-on/dav...

⏰ Final week to complete the @artscouncilengland.bsky.social review survey. This is your opportunity to help shape the review and influence the future of Arts Council England. Complete it here by 24 April: buff.ly/f4fPWAJ

'It’s a mind-expanding collision of science, technology, and storytelling that invites visitors to rethink who they are—and what they’re made of.' Huge well done to my @mediamuseum.bsky.social and @bradford2025.co.uk colleagues! It's wonderful to have this Marshmallow Laser Feast show in Bradford 😍

@lccmunicipal.bsky.social Today's treat is an unusually well preserved Finchley District Council stink pipe.

@lccmunicipal.bsky.social Relics of both Finchley and Barnet Urban District Councils, near their former border.

@rwldproject.bsky.social I came across this outdoor interpretation panel about a 1949 accident at Shapwick Heath National Nature Reserve, part of the Avalon Marshes west of Glastonbury, Somerset. There was also an oral history clip.

As climate scientists worry that the Earth may tip beyond a point of irreversible climate change, Science Director @rogerhighfield.bsky.social explores new research that suggests that even the simplest computer model is vulnerable to such tipping points: bit.ly/4gNufo8

It's #dpc #digitalpreservation #ff Follow Friday. This week a simple reflection. Data has never mattered more, and never more fragile. #DPC and the #digipres community have expertise and contacts that will help with that. Spread the word and save the bits.

Absolutely wonderful report from @sciencemuseumldn.bsky.social on the movement of the collection stores from Blythe House in London to custom facility in Wiltshire, including digitisation and barcoding of 300,000 objects. Phenomenal work over years, and great investment in collections access.

@doublearrow64.bsky.social Oh dear, oh dear. (Hope station bus shelter, Derbyshire)

"I realised that what is so ghastly is not so much the individual acts of barbarism that take place in SS camps but the gradual breakdown of civilisation that happens when human beings are herded like animals behind barbed wire." -Richard Dimbleby, 15 April 1945 #HolocaustMemorialDay

News | Science and Industry Museum (@sim-manchester.bsky.social) partners with @theguardian.com newspaper on slavery exhibition – project aims to increase public understanding of Manchester’s historic connections to enslavement

1.5°C target RIP. Record global temperatures, record ocean temperatures, extreme weather, fires and more - is the the Earth getting hotter, faster than thought? blog.sciencemuseumgroup.org.uk/is-the-earth...

@rooneyvision.bsky.social Shame it wasn't sunny.

Transatlantic slavery’s role in shaping Manchester to be explored in exhibition

@jackshoulder.bsky.social A bit of queer history in this blog post.

@lccmunicipal.bsky.social On display at Leeds Art Gallery @leedsmuseums.bsky.social. The photo shows The Lesson by Franta Belsky, 1957-61, at the Avebury estate in Bethnal Green.

Sunset at @yspsculpture.bsky.social.

Tickets for our new exhibition, David Hockney: Pieced Together, are on sale now 📸 Explore world-renowned Bradford-born artist David Hockney's pioneering use of film and photography in our new exhibition, opening Wednesday 15 January. Book your tickets now 🎟 https://buff.ly/4aaZXdB