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reluctantgeorge.bsky.social
Museum and music geek. Of Cumbria, in Manchester. Lead Collections and Exhibitions at Manchester Museum, Trustee at Morecambe Bay Partnership and Museums Association. All views expressed here are mine alone.
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Advance apologies to anyone who comes across me on or around 12 August as I shall be regressing to my teenage self in honour of Smashing Pumpkins at Halifax Piece Hall.

Archaeologists, this one’s for you www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...

Curatorial jobs at Manchester Museum out now. Zoologists take a gander here www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...

‘You’re made to feel you don’t belong’: the black hikers challenging UK rural stereotypes. Seeing in the new year looking forwards - including the estimable Black Girls Hike taking over the partner space in Manchester Museum’s Wild exhibition.

Feeling the love and starting to get festive at Museum of Liverpool this week in the Holly Johnson exhibition #makeloveyourgoal

The nice thing about slow travelling across Europe is the little glimpses of places along the way. Just look at how beautifully the light is falling on Thomas J Price’s work at Kunsthal Rotterdam.

@naturalis.bsky.social really know how to do dinosaurs. So much to be inspired by in their clarity of interpretation, social interactivity and jaw dropping specimens.

The club has made an official account on Blue Sky 👋 @barrow-afc.bsky.social Give them a follow

*Amazing Job Opportunity!* Head of Museums and Cultural Programmes, UCL Permanent, full time £66,711–£72,370 Closes 18 December 2024 Come work with me! www.linkedin.com/posts/catrio...

A real honour for Manchester Museum to be on the European Museum of the Year nominee list. Looking forward to hearing about all of the nominees and their work. europeanforum.museum/news/emya202...

Do you love museums? Do you define yourself as D/deaf, disabled or neurodivergent? There's still a full weekend to prepare your application to become a Curating Visibility Fellow. You can find BSL, subtitled and Easy Read information about the roles on the website. screensouth.org/events/curat...

Tying up the first day of #TaNC in Manc, lots to think about in terms of discovering and transforming collections. Looking forward to this one to end the day

You should all go see wild at Manchester Museum! I did a thing about it for this month’s Museum Journal @museumsassociation.bsky.social

Also a (not always invited) regular in my online life: Manchester Museum’s Spider Crab, star of the front window and University of Manchester icon.

New people on here, hello. Here’s someone who is likely to irregularly feature, Chloe the 5-year-old rescue cat (with Manc yarden backdrop).

Leeds parties reminding me a bit of going out in Barrow #museums2024

Congratulations lovely Manchester Art Gallery colleagues on your Best Project award. Manchester museums change lives #museums2024

As I'll be following along #Museums2024 on Bluesky, thought it would be good to get a UK museumfolk starter pack going for those new or new-ish over here. Let me know who I should add! go.bsky.app/PYNaoQr