The 2025 Finds Research Group meeting is approaching (15+16 Nov), It's going to be a day of discussions on Mudlarking and Finds. With a tour of "Secrets of the Thames, Mudlarking London's lost treasures" @londonmuseum.bsky.social Members and non-Members welcome! You can get tickets here:

Wonderful trip to Orkney this year, spectacular weather and I was able to help triage the Neolithic pottery from the Ness of Brodgar 🌞@nessofbrodgar.bsky.social

Our six-week pottery triage project came to an end this afternoon. A big thank-you to all the volunteers who made their way back to Ness HQ to help out. #archaeology #NessOfBrodgar #Neolithic #pottery #ceramics #postexcavation

Abstract submissions for the inaugural CROPSNet conference are now open! If you're involved or interested in online PGT teaching & delivery and you have anything to share with the online PGT community, submit your abstract via the link below: imperial.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

We're pleased to invite you to see Herbarium Cabinet by Tess & Alfred Newall, on display for London Craft Week 2025. Handcrafted in Sussex, the cabinet features handpainted botanicals using a decoupage technique inspired by Linnaeus' bedroom. Open until Friday, 16th May, 10am to 5pm!

An expedition is an opportunity to help transcribe a specific collection of digitised herbarium plants 🍂 Our latest one is on orchids 👉 volunteer.ala.org.au/project/inde... You'll need to make a free account to get started (takes just a minute!)

Another of the DigiVol expeditions I put together for the Kew Science Collections Digitisation Project is live! This one is Orchids, check it out and have a go at transcribing some of the Herbarium collection 🌿 volunteer.ala.org.au

The Collaborative Research for Online Postgraduate Studies Network is looking for speakers to present at our seminars! 💻 If you would like to present a 20-minute talk on a topic relevant to online PGT teaching & delivery, please let me know ☎️ #EduSky #OnlineEducation #UKHigherEd #PGT

Happy holidays! Thinking of baking some #gingerbread this year?

Exploring wellbeing: experiences of museum professionals of colour 👥 In 2022 we conducted sector-wide research to identify the current state of wellbeing within the museum workforce. The research informed the launch of a campaign in 2023, including a variety of related initiatives and activities.

For #FindsFriday a link to the Finds Toolkit: Pottery 👇 www.archaeologists.net/toolkits/pot...

Snow day in the ancient past ❄️ There's something so magic about seeing this place change through the seasons...

Happy #GISDay 🗺️ On this most special of days, may all your data be clean, none of your software crash, and all your scale bars be accurate. 1/2

Brrr! With temperatures plunging, here's how we can help wildlife weather the cold. ❄️

Let this tragedy spur us to action, not mire us in defeat. There's still time to save the other 1,600+ endangered species in Europe -- and the 16,300+ worldwide. We must reduce our climate impact and preserve their habitats now, or announcements like this will only become more and more frequent.