I dropped by to see the patch of Lathraea clandestina Purple Toothwort introduced 17 years ago to Crack Willows in a pit near Norwich. It’s doing well there but I didn’t expect to find it growing directly from the bark a meter above ground! The weirdest epiphyte? #wildflowerhour

I love swings, there are far too few for adults. My favourite was on a campsite in Oregon, 2 wooden framed swings the same sort of size as the one you shared hidden in some trees but when you swung high the view was of the Oregon coast and out to sea. I was there for hours

Its all goodnews at the Grimwade.

The Cripps Foundation have added another 15 million dollars to support the inspirational work at The Grimwade Centre who deliver people first heritage conservation education and research.

www.unimelb.edu.au/newsroom/new...

A multicoloured fish 🐠 which we think some of our followers might recognise from back in the day

#WeekMForMulticoloured #AlphabetChallenge

Love it, do you have the actual tin?

For the colour purple we have gone for some tin designs.

Until the 1990s Barnsley was home to the Barnsley Canister Company who made beautiful tins which were distributed all over the world.

Our museum is hiring a new Director of Collections if you or someone you know is interested! aam-us-jobs.careerwebsite.com/job/beatrice...

Cool for cats! 🐈

Figurine by C H Brannam from the ceramic collections at Cannon Hall Museum.

Postdoctoral Research Associate (Ancient DNA) at University of York An opportunity for an academic position as a Postdoctoral Research Associate (Ancient DNA) is available, as advertised on jobs.ac.uk. Apply now and explore other academic job openings.

Want to come and work at York? 👇 www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DML043/p... #archaeology 🏺🧪

Polar plunge

Polar bear Nora loves to dive, so care staff came up with a way to safely place a camera at the bottom of her pool to watch her underwater. Beary cool!

Blending in, yet standing out. A quiet moment at the zoo.

Blending in, yet standing out. A quiet moment at the zoo.
#birds

If you had 6days and nights in #Athens with family (including 3 very active children age 5-10)

followed by 3 days and nights in Athens alone with your partner to relax what would you do?

Where would you go?

Where would you eat?

This is for October 2025
I’ve never been before

Colour 💜

Shared with some hashtags to raise engagement

#Museum #Museums

I love them all especially, the Glastonbury one I volunteered at Glastonbury Festival for over a decade and it still feels like home

Someone removing a book from a shelf

Does your organisation have an archive? 📚

Join the annual UK archive survey by March 31! Your input will help ensure museums, galleries, and arts organisations are represented.

Find out more 👉 buff.ly/PXiKhdl

📷 Pexels

Explore Exhibition: Stories of Childhood at Experience Barnsley in 3D Explore more than 100 years of memories of growing up in Barnsley.

As always we always make our exhibitions available online my.matterport.com/show/?m=cWk9...

A photograph of a velvet worm - an orange and purple-patterned invertebrate composed of many soft segments and tiny spined legs. The velvet worm has long, segmented antenna and a pair of organs on its head which squirt glue for prey capture.

A photograph of a velvet worm - an Blue and yellow-patterned invertebrate composed of many soft segments and tiny spined legs. The velvet worm has long, segmented antenna and a pair of organs on its head which squirt glue for prey capture.

Introducing New Zealand's latest Bug of the Year- the magnificent Ngāokeoke / Velvet Worm!

NZ has two genera: one lays eggs (Ooperipatellus, 1st photo) and another gives live birth (Peripatoides, 2nd). They also deposit sperm which burrow through their partner's skin, but that's another story! 🧪

Bordeaux warmer than Lille

He looked so cute I couldn’t resist but he woke up as I took the photo 😅

Bonus poem because this is fun…

I may look soft and snuggly but..

Interfere with my human and…

I shall transform

from soft snuggly kitty to angry mutt

Black and white cats face looking annoyed with eyes squinted and one ear back

Milo was unimpressed at being woken up to a camera shoved in his face again #Cat

And yes before anyone moans I am aware that where fore art thou means why are you not where are you but poetic licence - it rhymes

Snuggle kit
Oh snuggle cat
Wherefore art thou
snuggling at

By Sacha’s tit
is where I’m at
snuggling into Sacha’s pit
I am one contented cat

#Book #Booksky

What film is this Lois?!! I feel I need to watch it

This packaging makes me 🤤🤤🤤

Cover of book “She’s always hungry” by Eliza Clark. Hard back book in pale pink with iridescent print Venus fly catcher vine trailing round outside dripping with blood surrounding the title and author

Amidst a very busy weekend I found time to Swim and to Read, I’m loving this collection of short stories don’t be misled by the cute pink cover it’s full of dark fables not for the feint hearted.

Throughout our #MuseumOfMankind exhibition, we've been asking visitors what they cherish enough to be buried with. Contemporary grave goods researcher
@jen-studies-death.bsky.social has analysed these, and put together this incredible summary - Grave Goods Wrapped drive.google.com/file/d/1Kc_Q...