💻 Swipe, tap, click… Day 6 of #ExploreYourArchive is #EYADigital! From analogue beginnings to tech-powered present, how is DMU history created saved & shared? @arascot.bsky.social @exploreyourarchive.bsky.social @dmu.ac.uk
@librarydmu.bsky.social #dmuforlife #archives

🎨 #ExploreYourArchive Day 2: What is #EYABeauty anyway? The Cooper Hewitt Museum define it with 7 concepts. Exploring our fab @dmu.ac.uk artists through each, we can’t help feeling they forgot an 8th! @exploreyourarchive.bsky.social @araukie.bsky.social @librarydmu.bsky.social #archives #dmuforlife

🎉 #ExploreYourArchive Week starts tomorrow! And this year we're celebrating @dmu.ac.uk at 155 years for each daily theme. Find out more from Kat but no sneaky peeks 👀 buff.ly/bDhczSr @exploreyourarchive.bsky.social @araukie.bsky.social
#dmuforlife #DMUat155 @librarydmu.bsky.social

This #FashionFriday we're setting our own trends ✨
Some of our most gorgeous collections have been transformed into calendars, diaries, #Christmas cards and more. Explore the full range on the print shop: buff.ly/bIPOSvY @dmu.ac.uk @librarydmu.bsky.social #fashionhistory #alumni #dmuforlife

For this month's #ThrowbackThursday we have a live demo of turning it off and on again, c 1988! I think they're just pretending they know what she's doing 💻 A computer lab @dmu.ac.uk #dmuforlife #dmuhistory @librarydmu.bsky.social @exploreyourarchive.bsky.social #EYAEducation

“…the trouble with society is / it never dares to ask us how we feel…”
For #NationalPoetryDay, explore Fonds, a creative writing anthology inspired by archives & created by students & staff at @dmu.ac.uk: buff.ly/dZSm2Rj #dmuforlife #dmuhistory @librarydmu #poetry @dmu_writers @dmuenglish #writing

Images of a typed balck and white programme, cassette tapes and a black abd white photo of Bryars.

🎶 Composer of the Week on #BBC Radio 3 is Gavin Bryars – double bassist, avant-garde legend & founder of the #music dept @dmuleicester.bsky.social. Here we have a 1981 lunchtime concert he conducted + a 1994 article on his rise to fame.
#ComposerOfTheWeek #dmuhistory #alumni #dmuforlife

Our #SomethingSmall for #Archive30 is this Rag badge - RAG refers to a typically student-led charity fundraiser which often includes cheeky pranks & activities like this sponsored bed push-along around the city c 1960s! #DMUat155 @dmuleicester.bsky.social
@librarydmu.bsky.social #dmuforlife

🐣🌷 Easter Break Reminder 🌷🐣 Special Collections is

CLOSED: Mon 14th - Tues 22nd April (inclusive)

We’ll be back after the break ready to help you explore our treasures!
Wishing you a cracking Easter! @dmuleicester.bsky.social @librarydmu.bsky.social
#dmuforlife #dmuhistory @icshc.bsky.social

🐣🌷 Easter Break Update! 🌷🐣 Special Collections will be

CLOSED: Mon 14th - Tues 22nd April (inclusive)

We’ll be back after the break ready to help you explore our treasures!
Wishing you a cracking Easter!
@dmuleicester.bsky.social @librarydmu.bsky.social #dmuforlife #dmuhistory @icshc.bsky.social

Our #ArchivePlan for @arascot.bsky.social #Archive30 today is to share these incredible sketches by Architect Arthur Francis Bryan who trained at the College in the early 1900s when he was just 15 years old! #DMUat155 @dmuleicester.bsky.social
@librarydmu.bsky.social #dmuforlife #archives

Flying onto the scene for @arascot.bsky.social #Archive30 is former Head of Department of the Leciester School of Art Jerzy Karo and his #ColourfulArchives cover of Poland Magazine. #DMUat155 @dmuleicester.bsky.social #dmuforlife #art @exploreyourarchive.bsky.social @librarydmu.bsky.social

Today's #ArchiveBusiness for @arascot.bsky.social #Archive30 is this fab snap of a Business Class, 1970. Back when the Colleges of Art & Tech had recently become #Leicester Polytechnic #DMUat155 #dmuforlife #dmuhistory @dmuleicester.bsky.social
@librarydmu.bsky.social

If you've been busy pencilling your magnum opus in response to our CFP - don't forget to send it in! CLOSING 4th April 2025 (tomorrow)!
@dmuleicester.bsky.social @librarydmu.bsky.social #creativewriting #dmuforlife #dmuhistory #alumni #dmuwriters #dmu_film_studies
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DYK for #DMUat155 that @dmuleicester was the UK’s first uni to air a TV ad? Featuring clips from BBC’s Trials of Life with Sir David Attenborough—for a cool £½ million! #ThrowbackThursday for @arascot.bsky.social #Archive30 #SoundandVision #dmuforlife #dmuhistory #Leicester @librarydmu.bsky.social

Uncover @dmuleicester.bsky.social roots for @arascot.bsky.social #Archive30! 🎨✨ Discover #ArchiveBeginnings in our online exhibition: buff.ly/UNFzApQ – from its start as a College of Art in 1870 to the vibrant #DMU155 of today! #dmuforlife #visitleicester #dmuhistory @librarydmu.bsky.social

March has been a blast celebrating 150 years of @dmuleicester.bsky.social
🎉 For @arascot.bsky.social #Archive30, we’re unboxing even more DMU treasures from #YourArchive, sharing standout moments from its fab history in the heart of #Leicester! #DMU150 @librarydmu.bsky.social #dmuforlife #DMUat155

Black and white photo of students at work in the plumbing workshop

DYK: b4 the introduction of tertiary education in Britain @dmuleicester.bsky.social
specialised in vocational and academic programmes, such as millinery, baking, metalworking and below the plumbing workshop, 1939. @librarydmu.bsky.social #alumni #dmuhistory #dmuforlife

Colour stylised sketch with a focus on knitwear tops in sky blue and ochre.

Check out this amazing #fashion illustration from a former @dmuleicester.bsky.social textile student, dating back to the 1990s. Perfect for #FashionFriday and #DMUat155. #dmuhistory #dmuforlife #dmuhistory #alumni
@librarydmu.bsky.social

Colour photo of a performance hall with wooden floor and seating and deep purple curtains. 1970s style chandelier lighting.

Curtain up this #ThrowbackThursday for #DMUat155 with this pic of the hall in
@dmuleicester.bsky.social 's Hawthorn Building, 1979. Does anyone remember attending any events here? #dmuforlife #dmuhistory #theatreday #alumni @librarydmu.bsky.social

Black aand white photo of a student working with glass while a tutor looks on.

So is glass a liquid or a solid? For #DMUat155 we have this fab pic of @dmuleicester.bsky.social students at work in the glass foundry c 1990. #dmuforlife #dmuhistory #alumni @librarydmu.bsky.social

Colour photo of a group shot of graduated throwing their mortarboards.

DYK @dmuleicester.bsky.social used to have campuses in Bedford, Lincoln and Milton Keynes? Below a scene from a graduation at Lincoln, 2000. @librarydmu.bsky.social #dmuforlife #dmuhistory #alumni

colour contact sheet of a hockey match

Its the final day of#Varsity! To get us excited for a thrilling day, here's a nostalgic look back at a hockey game from 2003's varsity history! Got get 'em @dmuleicester.bsky.social!
@librarydmu.bsky.social #dmuforlife #dmuhistory #sports

PHRC blog Takeover III! Discover Canadian drive-in movie theatres thru the atmospheric #photography project by @dmuleicester.bsky.social alumna & former Head of Department, Iona Cruickshank buff.ly/fO5MvRC
#dmuforlife @librarydmu.bsky.social #photographichistory #IWD #womenshistorymonth #EYAWomen

colour image of an illustrated map covering the whole prospectus cover in green ink

Leicester Colleges of Art and Tech prospectus, 1933-34. One of our fave covers cum campus & city map for #DMUat155 today. Also gorgously green 🍀for #StPatricksDay @librarydmu.bsky.social @dmuleicester.bsky.social #dmuforlife @exploreyourarchive.bsky.social #leicester #archives #localhistory

black and white photo of an aerial view of slum housing.

For #DMUat155 & #ThrowbackThursday we have this pic taken in 1968 overlooking housing that once stood next to @dmuleicester.bsky.social campus. This would eventually become the site of Kimberlin Library! @librarydmu.bsky.social #dmuforlife @exploreyourarchive.bsky.social #Leicester #localhistory
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colour photo of the salt and pepper shaker. Wave forms molded in metallic green materials

Ooo look at this for #DMU155! Pewter award winner & @dmuhistory.bsky.social student Joseph Hung's design for a condiment set. A new space age look for your table that won 2nd place in 1996. @librarydmu.bsky.social @exploreyourarchive.bsky.social #dmuforlife #artanddesign

black and white photo of a group of students at work in a bookbinding workshop.

What could be better for #DMU155 & #WorldBookDay than this pic from a @dmuhistory.bsky.social bookbinding class, 1940. Hmm a fave book from the 40s... I capture the castle? Titus Groan? What about yours?
@librarydmu.bsky.social @exploreyourarchive.bsky.social @araukie.bsky.social #dmuforlife

Colour photo of a minute book, 1924.

DYK: DMU has changed its name 17 times since 1870! Image: Minutes re a name change in 1924. Read more about DMU history here: library.dmu.ac.uk/specialcolle... #dmuforlife #visitleicester @exploreyourarchive.bsky.social urarchive.bsky.social
@araukie.bsky.social #archives #universitites #history

Colour image of the prospectus with an art nouveau design with wyvern.

DYK in Mar 1870 the Leicester College of Art 1st opened its doors to students. Image The 1st ever prospectus for classes, 1897-98 @librarydmu.bsky.social y.social #dmuforlife #visitleicester @exploreyourarchive.bsky.social
@araukie.bsky.social e.bsky.social #archives #universitites #history