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Fishermen cleaning and preparing large fish on a coastal village dock with stone houses and hills in the background.

Tomorrow's #OnlineArtExchange theme is land and sea for Of Land and Sea at scarbsmuseums.bsky.social 🌊

We're looking forward to seeing your choices!

'Staithes' by James William Booth (1867–1953) 📷 Scarborough Museums and Galleries

🧠 @blooloop.bsky.social Roto launches “Prototype: The Experimental Museum” in Columbus — something different in museum design #museum #news
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🚇 Rome’s Metro C to feature “museum-stations” — turning underground transit stops into public displays of recent archaeological finds- @blooloop.bsky.social
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From villain to zodiac hero: how Zootopia 2’s snake character has made the film a global hit Released in the Year of The Snake, and with clear nods to East Asian culture, Disney’s latest animated feature has smashed box office records in China.

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Natural History Museum turns on sensors in new high-tech gardens The Natural History Museum has switched on a sensor network in its new gardens, allowing it to collect environmental data and study the site.

Natural History Museum turns on sensors in new high-tech gardens. Museum can now collect environmental data and monitor nature. via @blooloop.bsky.social blooloop.com/museum/news/...

The theme for #OnlineArtExchange is ceramics this week, so we’re sharing a cuppa with these dainty tea cups ☕ @artukdotorg.bsky.social

🖼️Still Life with Tea Cups
👨‍🎨Pieter Gerritsz. van Roestraten (1629/1630–1700)
📸Sheffield Museums

two ladies heads, one blonde styled as day, against a blue sky, the other a brunette as night.

Today's @artukdotorg.bsky.social #onlineartexchange theme is Time, for 'Tony Foster: Exploring Time' at #Conwall #Museum.

This is "Day and Night" by Edward Robert Hughes (1851 -1914).

Attendance at Natural History Museum's new gallery reveals demand for climate solutions The Natural History Museum in London has welcomed 1 million visitors in just four months to its new gallery, Fixing Our Broken Planet.

Attendance at Natural History Museum’s new gallery reveals demand for climate solutions via @blooloop.bsky.social blooloop.com/museum/news/... @nhm-london.bsky.social

Empowering conservation educators: inside IZE’s global mission for wildlife The International Zoo Educators (IZE) network supports educators with training, resources, and a global community.

🎓 Member spotlight: Judy Mann-Lang, International Zoo Educators Association President & Task Force member, shares how zoos can drive real conservation impact through behaviour change education.

Inspiring read via @blooloop.bsky.social 👉 blooloop.com/animals/in-d...

#ConservationEducation

Don’t be cruel to a heart that’s true: what went wrong with Elvis Evolution (vs. why) In an era where “immersion” is both buzzword & business model, few have arrived with as much promise or as much backlash as Elvis Evolution

Lou Pizante Op-Ed | Did 'Elvis Evolution' A Mix Of Live Music, Storytelling And Digital Performance Deliver? | @blooloop.bsky.social

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Today's @artukdotorg.bsky.social #OnlineArtExchange theme is religion for Fragments of Devotion: A Sensory History of Illuminated Manuscript Cuttings’ at The Barber Institute.

This is John Byam Shaw's 'The Victory of #Christ' (1899).

Today's @artukdotorg.bsky.social #OnlineArtExchange theme is religion for Fragments of Devotion: A Sensory History of Illuminated Manuscript Cuttings’ at The Barber Institute.

This is John Byam Shaw's 'The Victory of #Christ' (1899).

💻🗃️ Imperial War Museums (IWM) has partnered with Capgemini and Google Cloud to transform 20,000 hours of oral history, comprising around 8,000 interviews recorded between the 1940s and 2000s, into a fully searchable digital archive.
#archive #digital #museum #ai @blooloop.bsky.social
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Three new challenges in visitor experience Rachel Mackay identifies three fresh challenges in visitor experience since she published her book Delivering the Visitor Experience in 2023.

What are the new frontiers of VEX I would talk about if I was writing Delivering the Visitor Experience today?

Find out in my new piece for @blooloop.bsky.social

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Imperial War Museums makes 20,000 hours of oral history accessible with AI Imperial War Museums, Capgemini, and Google Cloud will transcribe over 20,000 hours of IWM's oral history collection using AI technology.

Imperial War Museums makes 20,000 hours of oral history accessible with AI Via @blooloop.bsky.social blooloop.com/museum/news/...

naked woman reclining on a bed with a dark background and a red sheet

This week's theme from #OnlineArtExchange from
@artukdotorg.bsky.social is the Female Form to mark 'Jenny Saville: The Anatomy of Painting' exhibition at The National Portrait Gallery.

Here's Tamara de Lempicka's La Belle Rafaëla (1927).

blooloop 50 Museum Influencer List 2025 nominations are open blooloop, in association with BeWunder, experts in spectacular multisensory experiences using a range of media and technology, is pleased to announce that

blooloop 50 Museum Influencer List 2025 nominations are open via @blooloop.bsky.social blooloop.com/museum/news/...

Creative Studio Berlin designs reimagined laser maze for the German Spy Museum Creative Studio Berlin has unveiled Mission Nuclear, a redesigned laser maze experience at the German Spy Museum in Berlin.

When can we visit!... 'Creative Studio Berlin designs reimagined laser maze for the German Spy Museum' via @blooloop.bsky.social blooloop.com/museum/news/...

naked woman reclining on a bed with a dark background and a red sheet

This week's theme from #OnlineArtExchange from
@artukdotorg.bsky.social is the Female Form to mark 'Jenny Saville: The Anatomy of Painting' exhibition at The National Portrait Gallery.

Here's Tamara de Lempicka's La Belle Rafaëla (1927).

This week's theme from #OnlineArtExchange from
@artukdotorg.bsky.social is the Female Form to mark 'Jenny Saville: The Anatomy of Painting' exhibition at The National Portrait Gallery.

Here's Auguste Toulmouche's Vanity (1889).

Houses beside a stream with people and trees behind. A rainbow in the sky above.

'Summer in Itako' - Kawase Hasui, ca. 1945-46.
#JapaneseArt #shinhanga

A map of the United Kingdom (Not that it was called that then, but it makes it easier to describe the map) and the coast of France showing all the places the Mary Rose went to., the most northerly being Newcastle. Some, such as Brest, St-Pol-de-leon & Morlaix, as well as Portmsouth, have sword symbols showing that military action took place. Greenwich has a tankard as the crew got drunk and attacked a merchant vessel there. We'll talk abut that in a later post...

Some people will tell you that the Mary Rose never made it out of the harbour, but she was actually rather well travelled, at least for a ship in Henry VIII's fleet where coastal defence was more important than conquering the world...

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Wonderful! How are you doing this, and whose access are you restricting? Is there a link about your work/process?

Fundraiser launched to save historic coaster cars retired from theme parks A non-profit organisation dedicated to preserving the history of roller coasters is fundraising to save four historic coaster cars.

Fundraiser launched to save historic coaster cars retired from #themeparks.

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Terra's legacy & passing on lessons: innovation in sustainability During the Innovation in Sustainability session at blooloop Festival of Innovation 2025, we discussed the Terra Pavilion at Expo City Dubai

The team at #Terra at Expo City Dubai on their #sustainability journey, and progress, not perfection.

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greenloop: Green AI? How Google is tackling digital carbon for sustainable progress AI has exploded into the public consciousness and seems to be infiltrating every aspect of our online lives. Although this new technology offers

Green #AI?

How #Google is tackling digital carbon for #sustainable progress.

Catayoun Azarm, Google Cloud in Dublin, will address greenloop attendees’ interest on managing the energy demands of #AI. tinyurl.com/2rzx8cmr

Today's #onlineartexchange theme, with @artukdotorg.bsky.social , is "orange".

This is Byam Shaw's , "Now is the Pilgrim Year Fair Autumn's Charge".

We’re here in Liverpool for #ICOMUK25

Day 1 features a fantastic conference programme focused on regenerative practices for #museums.

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