The Cold War – In the Shadow of the Bomb now open at Royal Signals Museum in Dorset www.royalsignalsmuseum.co.uk/exhibitions/ #UKMuseums
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You can continue the conversation in this ‘Next Steps’ event - Climate Resilience in the Cultural Sector. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/climate-re... #UKMuseums
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Some great tips from Alex Rock from Derby Museums outlining what they learnt from flooding of Museum of Making during Storm Babet. #ClimateResilience #UKMuseums
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@emmahowardboyd.bsky.social highlights London Climate Action Week 20-28 June 2026 sign up to hear more www.londonclimateactionweek.org #UKMuseums #CulturalSector
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Kathryn Simpson, Policy and Projects Manager @nmdcnews.bsky.social is welcoming everyone. One of our key aims is to increase awareness of environmental sustainability for our members and the wider sector. #UKMuseums #ClimateResilience
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We are all ready to go for our Climate Resilience in the Cultural Sector Conference @britishlibrary.bsky.social and judging by the conversations over coffee it is going to be a fruitful day! #UKMuseums #ClimateResilience
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Tomorrow NMDC will be sharing highlights, tips and resources on climate resilience for culture via our Bluesky account from the conference. Please keep an eye out and share! #ukmuseums #climateresilience
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We are delighted that Emma Howard Boyd @clientearth.bsky.social @climate-resilience.bsky.social and Bob Ward @granthamlse.bsky.social will be our keynote speakers for the 'Climate Resilience in the Cultural Sector' Conference www.eventbrite.com/e/climate-re... #UKMuseums
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NMDC Chair Laura Pye: 'We are especially encouraged by the commitment to transformation funding to support the sustainability of local and regional museums. This support recognises the vital role we play in our communities, driving education, creativity, and local pride.' #UKMuseums
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Early Bird tickets are now on sale. The ICOM UK conference for 2026 will showcase practical examples of how museums can engage in cultural diplomacy to bridge cultural divides, address global challenges, stimulate collaboration, strengthen and heal international relationships. #UKMuseums
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Photograph of a Triceratops dinosaur model.
Photograph of two young boys sitting in front of a large Triceratops skull, they are both looking at the camera and smiling.
Photograph of families playing in a giant sand pit in an exhibition.
Photograph of a young girl in a dinosaur exhibition. She is looking up at a dinosaur skeleton and smiling.
The NMDC November Newsletter is out now, catch up on member news, the Government's Curriculum Review and sector news. Images this month are from Manchester Museum's new 'Triceratops: Eat, Roam, Repeat' family friendly exhibition. www.nationalmuseums.org.uk/news/newslet... #UKMuseums
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Museum Closure in the UK 2000–2025: an invitation. Monday 1 December, 6:00pm, London Professor Fiona Candlin, Director of the Mapping Museums Lab, Birkbeck. free booking required mapping-museums.bbk.ac.uk/2025/10/15/m... #UKMuseums
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Have Your Say: 2025 Lending and Borrowing Survey Now Open - NMDC and @theexhibitionsgrp.bsky.social want your insight will help shape the future of lending and borrowing in the UK. The survey takes about 15 mins and the deadline is 10 Nov theexhibitionsgroup.org.uk/news/have-yo... #UKMuseums
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Danny Boyle next to the Beyer-Garratt articulated steam locomotive, on display in the soon-to-reopen Power Hall: The Andrew Law Gallery at the Science and Industry Museum in Manchester. A white older man with clear glasses and a bald head smiles at the camera. He wears a blue jacket and his arm rests on a train. Behind him in the distance is a museum exhibition space with trains.
Museum team cleaning the first-class carriage in Power Hall © The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum Group. Photo of a woman museum staff member in blue hard had and yellow high vis jacket cleaning a train carriage.
View of inside Power Hall 4 Credit Dave Bewick Science and Industry Museum. Photograph of a large museum exhibition space, there is a wooden floor stretching into the distance with a train to the left and a small train carriage to the right.
Interactives inside Power Hall Credit Dave Bewick Science and Industry Museum. Photograph of museum interactives in the Power Hall a touch screen display to the left and to the right a large black and green interactive with things to touch and pull.
The NMDC October Newsletter is out now, catch up on Museum Renewal Fund news, members updates and sector news. Images this month celebrate the reopening of Power Hall: The Andrew Law Gallery at the Science and Industry Museum. #UKMuseums www.nationalmuseums.org.uk/news/newslet...
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The October NMDC Newsletter will be going out soon with an over view of sector news and opportunities for funding and training courses. If you are worried you are missing out sign up to keep in the loop! www.nationalmuseums.org.uk/news/
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Hi! If anyone has a spare 15 minutes to fill out a short survey about their opinions on museums it would be very much appreciated.
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A photograph of a performer dressed as a yellow and black butterfly, they have large wings and their body is covered in black. They are outside the entrance to a museum with a green door.
A photograph of a man and a woman cutting a blue ribbon outside. Behind the two people stand members of the public and school children who are smiling. There is blue sky and green bushes behind the crowd.
Photograph of a steam train and railway carriage on two adjacent tracks. The steam engine is red and has smoke coming from the engine. The sky is blue and the surrounding area is green and vibrant. On the platform visitors look at the train and carriage.
The NMDC July Newsletter is out now with a look at the Spending Review and Creative Industries Sector Plan. Images this month come from Stephenson Steam Railway and their new Woodland Walk @northeastmuseums.bsky.social www.nationalmuseums.org.uk/news/newslet... #UKMuseums
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UK Honours List: V&A deputy Tim Reeve among museum professionals recognised.
Other recipients of King's Birthday Honours include Camilla Hampshire, former head of Royal Albert Memorial Museum
www.museumsassociation.org/museums-jour... #museums #UKMuseums
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Museum closures 2024–2025 via Mapping Museums Lab. Looking at the 16 museums that closed 29 far in 2024 -2025. mapping-museums.bbk.ac.uk/2025/05/29/m... #UKMuseums
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Survey on Museums + Galleries Exhibition Tax Relief by @artscouncilengland.bsky.social + partners has been extended to 30 May. This review will inform on the impact of the cultural tax reliefs on the UK economy. Please take part. #UKMuseums www.smartsurvey.co.uk/s/ACE_CTR_IM...
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You can see the @icomuk.bsky.social Conference Programme here - uk.icom.museum/events/inter... and a review of the conference here uk.icom.museum/regenerative... #NMDC #UKMuseums
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Photograph of one of the National Gallery rooms, it has blue walls and light wooden floor on the wall are 7 large paintings showing portraits and landscapes. In the centre is a painting of a horse, it is chestnut coloured and rearing up on its hind legs. Room 34, The National Gallery. A Distinct Style: British Painting 1740-1800. Part of C C Land: The Wonder of Art. © The National Gallery, London.
Photograph of the installation of a large painting at the National gallery, two mechanical platforms are extended at the side of the painting with gallery staff in each one. In front of the painting 6 gallery staff use equipment to move the painting into place. The National Gallery – Sainsbury Wing, Gallery 56. Looking at Nature: European Painting 1430-1540. Rehanging of NG292:The Martyrdom of Saint Sebastian (completed 1475). Part of C C Land: The Wonder of Art. © The National Gallery, London
Photograph of the Sainsbury Wing gallery. The walls are a light grey with darker grey in the arched door way. A cross hangs from the ceiling above the arched door way. A larger alter piece can be seen in the gallery beyond. On the right and left of the door way are panelled art works.
Photograph of the stairs up to the Sainsbury Wing as viewed from the top of the stairs. The stairs are grey the stone to the left is light brown. On the left are floor to ceiling glass panels letting in lots of light.
The NMDC May Newsletter is out now with the latest member news and coverage of the @icomuk.bsky.social conference. This month's images celebrate the reopening of National Gallery Sainsbury Wing, which opens to the public tomorrow. #UKMuseums www.nationalmuseums.org.uk/news/newslet...
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Thrilled to see the stunning #Georgian masterpieces from #KenwoodHouse looking magnificent at Gainsborough's House! What a truly inspired collaboration, showcasing these beautiful works in such a fitting setting.
#GainsboroughsHouse #UKMuseums #ArtHistory #CulturalHeritage #LondonArt #SuffolkArt
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Photo credit: Grayson Perry © Richard Ansett, shot exclusively for the Wallace Collection, London Photograph of the artist Grayson Perry, dressed as his alter ego. It shows a woman standing at the Wallace Collection facing the camera their left hand is resting on the fireplace, their right hand is bent at the elbow and holds a small handbag. They have big blond hair in a bouffant style, large red framed glasses and a short 60s style psychedelic dress in a wavy pattern of orange purple and green.
Grayson Perry I Know Who I Am, 2024 Cotton fabric and embroidery appliqué 234 x 234 cm 92 1/8 x 92 1/8 in © Grayson Perry Courtesy the artist and Victoria Miro A fabric artwork showing embroidery appliqué that shows an illustrated version of the artist Grayson Perry as his alter ego. The artist wears a dark of dark blue with red lines and an image of a red animal on the skirt. The work in bordered in a light blue with symbols including anchors crown and peacocks. On the bottom of the artist's dress is a white border saying 'I know who I am'. There is also a tall building in the background that looks like a castle and a man dressed as a footman or servant with old fashioned dress.
Grayson Perry Untitled, from a selection of drawings by Shirley Smith, 2022–24 42 x 30 cm 16 1/2 x 11 3/4 in © Grayson Perry Courtesy the artist and Victoria Miro A drawing by the artist Grayson Perry in green, oranges and pinks. It shows a woman at a table, she is outside. There is a tree on the right of the picture. The woman wears a full style dress with large skirt it is highly patterned and she carries a fan and wears a large hat. The sky is full of large orange circles. And there are sunflowers on the bottom of the image and orange flowers fill the image.
The NMDC April Newsletter is out now with news on NMDC board changes, member news and government funding for museums. This month's images come from 'Grayson Perry: Delusions of Grandeur' now on at the Wallace Collection. www.nationalmuseums.org.uk/news/newslet... #UKMuseums
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Dummy book ink and watercolour on paper with metal binding, by John Ryan, 1953–55 © Isabel Ryan / Estate of John Ryan. Ring bound children's books with bright colorful illustration of Captain Pugwash the pirate. The illustration shows Captain Pugwash standing on deck he wears a black hat with a skull and cross bones on, blue jacket, red and black waistcoat with a white frilly cravat. He has a sword in his right hand and dark black hair and moustache. The lettering above says Captain Pugwash and below it says 'a pirate story' by John Ryan. You can see the sea in the background and the image is edged in a dark orange.
A General History of the Pyrates by Captain Charles Johnson, published by J. Watts, 1725 © National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London. A photograph of a book open at the title page. The right hand side says 'A General History of Pirates' with text underneath. On the left is a print of a pirate, he wears a frock coat with wide sleeves, a bandolier across his chest (a cross body belt) and holds a sword in his right hand. He wears a hat and has a big black beard. Underneath the illustration are the words 'Blackbeard the pirate'.
Original costume for Will Turner from The Curse of the Black Pearl cotton, leather, wool and other materials, designed by Penny Rose, about 2002 © Penny Rose / CosProp. A photograph of a film costume belonging to the character Will Turner, played by Orlando Bloom in the film - Pirates of the Caribbean. It is a brown jacket, waistcoat and breaches with black shoes and an orange necktie.
The NMDC March Newsletter is out now with news on culture sector funding, resources and government policy. Images this month come from Royal Museums Greenwich - 'Pirates' exhibition opening 29 March. www.nationalmuseums.org.uk/news/newslet... #UKMuseums
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Opportunity to join @museumsassociation.org Ethics Committee - Deadline 30 March 2025 www.museumsassociation.org/campaigns/et... #UKMuseums
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The Kenneth Kirkwood Day 2025 : Who Owns Museum Collections? And what should we do with them? @pittriversmuseum.bsky.social Sat 29 March 10-4pm prm.ox.ac.uk/event/kennet... #repatriation #ukmuseums
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A woman is weaving, she wears a blue cardigan and green shirt, she has short hair. She is weaving thread using a wooden loom. She stand in a rustic room with coloured yarn hanging on the walls. The Weaver - Ulster Folk Museum
A man stands in front of willow branches, he holds a branch in his left hand and in his right he has a small curved knife. The man is wearing a woollen jumper and works in a cottage. The Willow Weaver - Ulster Folk Museum. Photo - Johnny Frazer
A man stands over a bench, he is using his hands and working with light coloured wood on the bench. There are wood shavings around his work. He wears a waistcoat, a shirt with his sleeves rolled up and a flat cap. He is smiling. Behind him are tools and it looks like a wood working workshop. The Carpenter - Ulster Folk Museum. Photo Johnny Frazer.
The NMDC February Newsletter is out now with the latest member news, sector reports and funding. Images this month come from the Ulster Folk Museum, part of National Museums Northern Ireland and show their makers keeping traditional skills alive. www.nationalmuseums.org.uk/news/newslet... #UKMuseums
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