What I will say is that if you’re concerned by this news as a member, as a fan of any of EH’s properties, or simply as someone who likes to walk around ruins, country houses and prehistoric sites, please write to English Heritage to say so.
Your voice matters the most.
This week my employer of 17 years English Heritage announced 200 jobs lost, and my Alma mater Cardiff Uni announced 400 jobs lost. The planning system that protects our heritage and provides thousands of archaeology jobs is at risk, and Higher Education is in free fall more generally #ThisIsFine
Partial Tudor fiddle in a museum display case
Look at this beauty!
Museum display case of Tudor musical instruments including a fiddle, drum, and woodwind
The problem with museum displays like this is that I really really want to purchase replicas in the gift shop
Started with such good intentions for #Museum30 then life got busy. Loved seeing other people's posts.
Maybe next year
On display in a museum cabinet, a section of a strip map, in which a route is depicted as one long strip showing junctions and landmarks
#Museum30 Day 4 Document
Strip maps are brilliant, they give off the same vibes as printing off the driving directions, before SatNavs were a thing
A grotto at the far side of a lawn amongst some trees
A formal garden with colourful flowers in front of a ruined country house
#Museum30 Day 3 Landscape
If you could only choose one? Formal garden, sculpted and symmetrical? Or informal garden with lakes, winding paths, maybe a couple of follies?
Hi 👋 and thanks for the reminder, I've been meaning to make it to that exhibition, hope I can get there this weekend!
When offered the choice he did say he prefers our washing machine at home 😆
#Museum30 Day 2 Introduction
One big joy of interacting with kids is getting to introduce new concepts for the first time - We went to a museum in half term, and the excitement on the kid's face when he worked out what a washing dolly was for was an absolute delight
More info about #Museum30 here: magnifyingzoology.wordpress.com/2023/10/23/m...
It's time for #Museum30.
For today's theme 'Museum' lets start with a board game 🕵️♀️
Museum Suspects was an impulse buy that's become a new favourite, it's simple to learn and the theme is excellent
boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/35...
Young child looking through a stereoscope optical illusion device
"I think you're holding that stereoscope upside down"
"I'll turn the picture upside down too"
Fortunately they're still enjoying meandering around museums for half term
Screenshot from an online version of the Diatom board game showing an arrangement of colourful shapes.
That feeling when you see a new board game, and end up down a googling rabbit hole learning about Victorian diatom art
www.kickstarter.com/projects/ludoliminal/diatoms
Visited a living history market for the first time today, that was the most fun I've had shopping in a long time, I returned home with a pocketful of history trinkets
Hey Bluesky, it's introduction time.
I spend a lot of my time travelling to explore heritage sites. I geek out about history, board games, and trying new crafts.
My username is from my habit of perpetually bookmarking things I like, and rarely having the time to go back to them.
A great question to consider
Happy to be here, but also brb got a dissertation due in a week so don't let me post yet, regular service will begin soon