Woohoo! Great #digipres story @makethecatwise https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20251009-rescuing-knowledge-trapped-on-old-floppy-disks

For anyone having Terra Nova feelings today ...

Having a nostalgic listen to this. The sound of Windows 95 launching was more evocative than I would have predicted

I finally saw this exhibition today - two days before it closes. I wish I'd gone sooner! It's a lovely calming exhibition, yet gently provocative about the materials we use and consume. I think I'll go back again tomorrow, and I heartily recommend it to anybody else who's in the Bradford area.

I stopped in at the V&A Wedgwood Collection nrar Stoke today. I enjoyed their little display about the project to catalogue the collection, I imagine updating the 'number of objects available online'counter is a very satisfying job 📜

'ALIEN: Level 5 of the National Science and Media Museum' is now Certified Fresh in Bradford at 100%

Stephanie Shirley was a major donor to Balliol College, becoming the second woman (after the college's founder from nearly eight centuries ago!) to have her portrait displayed in Hall. I think this might also be the first painting in a college with what looks like an iPad in it!

Dame Stephanie Shirley has died aged 91. She adopted the name "Steve" in correspondence as letters signed Stephanie went unanswered. Despite such thoroughly ingrained sexism in computing, she built an astonishing tech career and did all huge amount to support other women in tech #histsci #histtech

This has been a long-standing issue, rooted in historical cultural norms and policies, for nearly every National Antarctic Program; This thread 🧵recommends scholarly work from humanities and social scientists who have studies this for years #histsci #envhist #Antarctica #polar

Fantastic role for somebody! #histsci #museumjobs

Created hand in hand with our community, the new Sound and Vision galleries have accessibility running through their DNA. Find out more in this article from The National Lottery Heritage Fund: www.heritagefund.org.uk/news/putting...

New volunteer-led exhibition, Reel-ise, opened at Leeds Industrial Museum this afternoon. It focuses on film history in the city from women taking the lead to lost cinemas of Leeds and of course a nod to Louis Le Prince. museumsandgalleries.leeds.gov.uk/pQ20BFv/reel...

a brilliant reinvention of a once cherished mega-cinema. The auditorium of Bradford Live is pretty impressive. In Tune comes live from here today between 5-7pm on BBC Radio 3.

Fairies and vampires and aliens, oh my! Great photos from the new Sound and Vision galleries at @mediamuseum.bsky.social. We've got a brilliant family day lined up for tomorrow *and* temperature controlled galleries 😎 www.scienceandmediamuseum.org.uk/whats-on/sou...

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

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

If you like Victorian photography, especially stereos, and #histSTM material culture generally (and who does not?!), I recommend the new Instagram account my colleague Julie Gibb has set up www.instagram.com/juliegibbnms...

Bradford launches its new city centre market at Darley Street this weekend The transition from old markets to new, inspired a year-long photographic project to document the life and spirit of these places before they disappear forever By Gerard Liston

It's just ONE WEEK until Sound and Vision opens, celebrating over 200 years of media history through over 500 incredible exhibits. 📅

Smells like #histsci

Happy #CleanAirDay from me and my daily cycle commute. I spotted the sign on the one small bit of road I have to navigate on my otherwise pleasantly green 5 mile journey Lots of people out on bikes this morning - the weather helps!

Not long now... we're putting the finishing touches in place, and it's looking fab ❤️

Calling all scholars of night work! I am organising a workshop on the night shift since 1900 this September at Newcastle. Looking for scholars across disciplines who think about working at night in critical context to give short working papers. More info here: kristinhussey.co.uk/research/34u...

Collections hazard management in the news Librarians at St Andrews have developed a new tool for detecting the presence of arsenic in book covers 📜

A few thoughts from me as my first ever period of research leave approaches! 👇

I am working on this. No joke. Pray for me to get the grant so I can actually get it written in a reasonable time frame.

📹 Setting up a livestream isn’t easy. That’s why we turned to an expert: Sophia Tung. See how this creative software engineer brought her signature mix of tech + chill to our new microfiche scanning livestream—now preserving government records in real time. www.youtube.com/watch?v=r93Q...

If you look after a public toilet (or just want to spread the word) you can order red cord cards from the Euan's Guide site that explain that the red cord must hang freely to the floor. www.euansguide.com/get-involved...

Lovely piece about photo collections - their care and meanings (In German)

Excellent blog post from Martha on our conservation team. In which we learn why she made a pair of sunglasses for an enormous animatronic hare 😎 You can see the hare in all it's glory at the @mediamuseum.bsky.social from 10 July when our new Sound and Vision galleries open 📜

More of this please. Co-designing play spaces with children and young people near their homes led to “what researchers say is the highest increase in children’s physical activity ever recorded by an intervention of its kind”

This looks completely delightful - I recommend watching the 5 min video on the website for an insight into Clare Hewitt's environment-focused practice. The exhibition's on now, so I better get over there for a look!

🎥 Pictureville presents: Northern Youth on film, seen through southern eyes Northern Youth film season brings raw, real stories of growing up in the North to Bradford’s Pictureville Cinema from 30 May to 13 June By Freya Webber

This is absolutely dreadful news for anyone interested in musical instrument making in the UK. Newark is the place to study for many aspirant makers & I am not sure there would be a replacement if it went; harming these crafts in the UK.

I've stopped by the Bradford Progress at its stop in Robert's Park, about 9 hours into a 36 hour musical journey across Bradford District. Sunshine, South Asian sounds, ice cream, cricketers in the background... beautiful @bradford2025.co.uk

The convergence of heritage digitisation plus a fully digital production pipeline in the creative industries mean we’ll see more of this, which requires careful governance & data protection to avoid unethical use, or the creation of misinformation. Are we in the heritage sector ready…?

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!

I enjoyed this. Timely too as I've been pondering the technological diplomacy baked into the song contest (as opposed to cultural diplomacy). E.g. how important was it to overtly & peacefully collaborate on pan European advances in comms/satellite tech, esp. in the cold war context?

📣 New funding opportunity @gem.org.uk is offering grants up to £5,000 for projects that remove barriers to work experience and create inclusive pathways. Application deadline: 7 July. Find out more about applying 👉 gem.org.uk/our-work/gem...

I went for a lunchtime outing with colleagues to do a bit of drawing. It was a mental health awareness week initiative, but also a great opportunity to link in with @bradford2025.co.uk's DRAW! programme, and also to enjoy Saad Qureshi's new Tower of Now artwork 😍

Instead of this nonsense (polite translation) I give you the real Bradford, as expressed in Bradford Progress "a musical journey celebrating the sound of Bradford – and the musicians who create our district’s glorious soundtrack." bradford2025.co.uk/programme/th...

This was nice news this morning - the new reserve includes sites in Baildon, Bingley, Burley, Harden, Haworth, Stanbury and Ilkley. Just one more reason to visit Bradford district during City of Culture year (and beyond!)

For the lovers of optics: A true 'Schatzkammer' filled with some of the most (in)valuable instruments in the history of optics from antiquity to the early 20th century! #HistSci #HisTech 🗃️ 🏛️.

Are you a humanities researcher interested in exploring geological collections? The Natural History Humanities initiative has an exciting opportunity for a 2 Yr postdoc, ideally focuseed on geological and/or biological collecfions @cambridgeuni.bsky.social www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/50729/#:....

There's lots of food for thought in here for museums and other cultural orgs, plus useful tools to work with to help us develop practicable measures. It's especially resonant here in Bradford, where as City of Culture we're actively thinking city- and district-wide about culture at the moment 📜

Join us on the 27 May, 5-6.30pm (GMT) for the next event in the Photoecologies online seminar series: Siobhan Angus & Jennifer Raab: Cultivating Empire: Photography and Fertilizer To attend, please register via our Eventbrite page: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/siobhan-an...

This was fun! Listen back for platypus facts, chat about biases in natural history museums and the perils of poorly labeled specimens 📜

🗣️ Got a bold idea to bring history of science, tech or medicine to the public? 🧪🎬🧵🎭📚 Apply for a BSHS Outreach & Engagement Grant – up to £500 available! 📅 Deadline: 16 May 2025 🔗 bshs.org.uk/grants/outreach-and-engagement-project-grants #HistSTM #SciComm #PublicHistory #BSHSGrants #HSTM

Nice little review of David Hockney: Pieced Together at @mediamuseum.bsky.social - only a few weeks left to see it (closes on 18 May). There's more time to see the Hockney show currently on at Salts Mill, it runs until January next year.

Pleased to see they've used a photo of some actual flag-planting to illustrate their article.