Old souls at the Manchester Museum.
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Collection of butterfly specimens arranged in size and type.
Framed taxidermy goose wings arranged in a row.
Small boxes of shells arranged together in a wall.
Collection of backlit slides depicting various specimens in nature.
Collection of specimens from the Manchester Museum.
#photography #museum #nature #manchestermuseum
The ideal way to start my shift at the #manchestermuseum.
Come and see our amazing collections of Natural History and Human History. www.museum.manchester.ac.uk
A wooden toy horse from Graeco-Roman Egypt. Part of the collections at Manchester Museum. 📸 My own. #Woodensday #ManchesterMuseum
A mummy portrait of a young man, dating to the late 1st century. Originally from Fayum in Egypt, the portrait is now part of the collections at Manchester Museum. 📷 My own. #Woodensday #Fayum #ManchesterMuseum
a very dramatically lit triceratops skull
Top-notch dramatic lighting and a brilliant chat with the person looking after the fossils. Amazing as always at the wonderful #ManchesterMuseum.
At #ManchesterMuseum some galleries are open at 8 on Saturdays. It makes for an atmospheric start to the day!
First shift at #manchestermuseum. Chameleon duty!
Portrait of a bearded man - one of the ‘Faiyum Portraits’ from Roman Egypt. Part of the collections at Manchester Museum.
📸 My own. #Woodensday #Faiyum #ManchesterMuseum
It was an absolute pleasure to lead one of #ManchesterMuseum 's architecture tours this week.
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It’s sooo beautiful, especially if you’re lucky enough to catch a quieter moment in this very popular show #ManchesterMuseum #AirGiants
An incredibly well preserved 1700 year old sock which was discovered in a Roman period cemetery at Oxyrhynchus (modern day Al-Bahnasa) in Egypt. Part of the collections at Manchester Museum. 📷 My own. #ManchesterMuseum
History with Flare
(Manchester Museum, Oxford Road, Manchester, January 2024)
#photography #streetphotography #urbanphotography #architecturephotography #architecture #neogothic #neogothicarchitecture #museum #ManchesterMuseum #McrMuseum #OxfordRoadManchester #Manchester
⭐ With thanks to the amazing Manchester Nature Consortium for making it all happen:
#LancashireWildlifeTrust
#Canal&RiverTrust
#CheshireWildlifeTrust
#CityofTrees
@greatermcr.bsky.social
#Groundwork
#ManchesterMuseum
I have the #manchestermuseum #trex to myself at the moment! Come on down and visit the 2025 European Museum of the year. www.museum.manchester.ac.uk
From #coldwar to #iceage
First shift today is in the #fossils gallery at #manchestermuseum. 1. Irish Giant deer. 2. Mammoth jaw 3. Ribs of a Bison.
Well done #ManchesterMuseum!
#EuropeanMuseumOfTheYear 💪
Fun fact: I once loaned some exhibits to the museum for an exhibition about the neanderthals.
BBC News - 'Impactful' #ManchesterMuseum named European Museum Of The Year - BBC News
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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The Manchester Museum won the 2025 European Museum of the Year Award for its inclusivity and focus on community, addressing colonial histories and showcasing indigenous narratives. Awards also recognized institutions in Spain and Turkey.
#ManchesterMuseum #EMYA2025 #CommunityEngagement
Mooi nieuws uit Białystok (Polen): Museum Arnhem is tijdens de uitreiking van de European Museum of the Year Awards gehonoreerd met een Special Commendation. Congratulations to #ManchesterMuseum on winning the main award, and many thanks to the #EuropeanMuseumForum for this honour!
#EMYA2025
Details from a wonderful #graphics frieze in the #ManchesterMuseum #seasia #exhibition by the #SinghTwins Rarely can such brutal information have been so beautifully presented. Fantastic #artwork #india #britishempire #colonialism
Two #art #exhibitions at the #WhitwortArtGallery followed by a visit to #ManchesterMuseum and ending up at a packed & bouncing #02ApolloManchester with @thepogues.bsky.social A great day & night in Manchester! #history #naturalhistory #irishmusic #culture
Congratulations to Mr Sporty Spider Crab at Manchester Museum @uniofmanchester.bsky.social for (apparently) completing yesterday’s marathon! 🦀🏃 #mcrmuseum #manchestermuseum
12 dadikwakwa-kwa #ShellDolls, traditionally used to teach kinship, literacy, numeracy & women’s health given by #Indigenous Australian #Anindilyakwa community to #ManchesterMuseum on one condition: that children play with them once a year.
www.theguardian.com/culture/2025... via @theguardian.com
The #manchestermuseum late openings on Wednesdays is the best time to see our nocturnal Magnificent Tree Frogs come out to play!
A two-way healing > www.resurgence.org/magazine/art...
Anna Souter reports on #ManchesterMuseum exhibition #Wild, which tells the story of the #Indigenous #Noongar people in Australia & how their lands once so badly destroyed by colonisation are now being healed by an ecological renewal programme.
Detail from our one metre long lower jaw and molars of a Mastodon from the Pleistocene, Quaternary periods.
Missouri, USA
Come and see our fossils collection at #manchestermuseum www.museum.manchester.ac.uk
