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Kitty Ross @curatorkitty.bsky.social · 2d

This was a great way to finish the @museumsassociation.org conference and round everything off. Feel I understand Cardiff better now.

Tour guide standing in front of a statue with a gull on its head.

Kitty Ross @curatorkitty.bsky.social · Aug 13

I also appreciate a good exhibition title @museumofvan.bsky.social (@leedsmuseums.bsky.social) #Chairs

Deep-seated Histories: Chairs from the Collection (Vancouver Museum)

Deep-seated Histories: Chairs from the Collection (Vancouver Museum) wheelchair

Deep-seated Histories: Chairs from the Collection (Vancouver Museum) work chairs

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Kitty Ross @curatorkitty.bsky.social · Aug 13

Some very imaginative ways of representing struggle, conflict and protest in the history of Vancouver @museumofvan.bsky.social. Lots of ideas to take back to @leedsmuseums.bsky.social

Display of broken windows illustrating anti-immigrant riots in 1907 Vancouver

Display about illustrating anti-immigrant riots in 1907 Vancouver

Display about shanty town life in early Vancouver

Display about 1960s protests in Vancouver

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History and Heritage Yorkshire @handhyorkshire.bsky.social · Jul 25

Rational recreation' was an ideal that nineteenth-century middle-class reformers hoped to impose on the urban working class. They believed that leisure activities should be controlled, ordered, and improving' The Leeds Rational Recreation Society was created

Rational recreation' was an ideal that nineteenth-century middle-class reformers hoped to impose on the urban working class. The pewter medals above from the collection of the British Museum were produced in 1854

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Kitty Ross @curatorkitty.bsky.social · Jul 25

As well as the Cleo Laine number, we will be singing #Shakespeare themed works by Byrd, Tallis, Monteverdi, Stanford Elgar, Vaughan Williams, Moeran, Weill and Gershwin. A fantastic concert for anyone free in #Sheffield Saturday night. share.google/wEgHmVkxfMxJ...

Kitty Ross @curatorkitty.bsky.social · Jul 25

#RIP Cleo Laine. I hope that the Sheffield Lydian Singers can do justice to this song of hers in our concert tomorrow night (St James Church, Norton, Sheffield 7.30pm) youtube.com/watch?v=-2Mj...

Cleo Laine sings Shakespeare, 'The Compleat Works'

YouTube video by paulprocopolis

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Kitty Ross @curatorkitty.bsky.social · Jul 22

Cataloguing this fantastic set of Yorkshire Relish bottles into the @leedsmuseums.bsky.social collections is whetting my appetite for lunch. A couple still have their contents but are probably past their best after 80 odd years!

Selection of Yorkshire Relish bottles made by Goodall Backhouse & Co Leeds. Leeds Museums and Galleries collections.

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Kitty Ross @curatorkitty.bsky.social · Jul 4

Lovely little film from @wildsheffield.bsky.social about building climate resilience into Ughill Farm. Happy to have contributed a few pennies to help them buy this little plot of hope.
youtu.be/T8eEQcakWCs?...

*UGHILL FARM: May 2025* | Sheffield & Rotherham Wildlife Trust

YouTube video by Sheffield & Rotherham Wildlife Trust

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Ancestral Enquiries - Tony Smith 🌳 @ancestralenq.bsky.social · Jul 1

Council run museums provide a £47.3 million boost to Leeds. 👇
BBC News - Council-run museums and galleries bring Leeds a £47.3m boost - BBC News
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Council-run museums and galleries bring Leeds a £47.3m boost

City councillor says the economic impact of the eight institutions makes a

www.bbc.co.uk

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Kitty Ross @curatorkitty.bsky.social · Jun 26

Time to put up a few more #clocks at Leeds Discovery Centre @leedsmuseums.bsky.social, including one showing a view of #Leeds Town Hall c1858
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Technician Rick hanging a cuckoo clock on the wall at Leeds Discovery Centre.

Long case clock made by J. C. Elliott, Leeds c1858, with painted image of Leeds Town Hall, installed at Leeds Discovery Centre

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Kitty Ross @curatorkitty.bsky.social · Jun 22

A good day for #birds in Lathkill Dale today. These are the ones that stayed to be snapped - plenty of others were less co-operative with the camera!
@rspb.bsky.social @rspbengland.bsky.social @peakdistrict.bsky.social

kestrel in flight, Lathkill Dale, Derbyshire

grey wagtail sitting on a tree branch, Lathkill Dale, Derbyshire

Black cap with a grub in it's beak, balanced on cow parsley (or hogweed), Lathkill Dale, Derbyshire

redstart on a tree branch, Lathkill Dale, Derbyshire

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Kitty Ross @curatorkitty.bsky.social · Jun 17

sheffieldbachchoir.com/sheffield-ba... A wonderful concert at St Mark's, Broomhill, #Sheffield this Saturday 21st June including Bach, Handel, Elgar, Holst. Tickets available on the door.
@classicalsheffield.bsky.social

Current Season Concerts

Outline and detailed list of the current season’s concerts

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Kitty Ross @curatorkitty.bsky.social · Jun 16

Another confused German nudist for @museumbums.bsky.social. Clearly a hat an boots are obligatory, but nothing else (spotted on the Puppenbrücke, Lübeck)

Sandsstone sculpture of a man wearning a hat and boots (but not much else), on Puppenbrücke (Puppet Bridge) in Lübeck, Germany. Originally sculpted by Dietrich Jürgen Boy 1774-1776, but these are replicas from 1907.

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Brian Groom @groomb.bsky.social · Jun 7

Valley of the Aire, Armley Pastures and Kirkstall, Leeds, 1853, by George I. Alexander, 1832-1913 (Leeds Art Gallery). #NorthernArt

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Kitty Ross @curatorkitty.bsky.social · Jun 1

Had the moors to ourselves apart from a cuckoo and lots of curlews, lapwings and golden plovers. @bbcspringwatch.bsky.social @wildsheffield.bsky.social @rspb.bsky.social @rspbengland.bsky.social

cuckoo on wires, Thornseat Moor, near Sheffield

lapwing on grass with bilberry and heather, near Cartlege Stones, Derwent Edge

Golden Plover in grass and cotton grass, near Cartledge Stones, Derwent Edge

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Kitty Ross @curatorkitty.bsky.social · May 28

Very shocked to see the images of the landslide and destruction in #Blatten in Switzerland. We have visited several times and bought one of the iconic Tschäggättä masks, and later returned to buy one for the @leedsmuseums.bsky.social collections.

Chalet in Blatten, Lotschenthal, Switzerland with traditional mask
Photographed in August 2014.

View of Blatten, Lotschenthal, Switzerland, taken in August 2014

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uk-news.bsky.social @uk-news.bsky.social · May 28

Museum takes time to pay striking tribute to city’s classic clocks

https://www.europesays.com/uk/137846/

Beautiful vintage clocks will take museum visitors in South Leeds on a journey through time this week. The…#uk #news #uknews

Museum takes time to pay striking tribute to city’s classic clocks - United Kingdom

Beautiful vintage clocks will take museum visitors in South Leeds on a journey through time this week.

www.europesays.com

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Kitty Ross @curatorkitty.bsky.social · May 27

A few new additions to @leedsmuseums.bsky.social Leeds Story, #Leeds City Museum.

Ancestral Enquiries - Tony Smith 🌳 @ancestralenq.bsky.social · May 27

Brutal 17th century scold's bridle goes on display at Leeds City Museum. The device contains an iron plate to stop the tongue moving. /1
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BBC News - Torture device used to punish gossip put on show in Leeds Museum - BBC News
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Torture device used to punish gossip put on show in Leeds Museum

The scold's bridle – an iron device worn over the head - aimed to silence gossipers, experts say.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Ancestral Enquiries - Tony Smith 🌳 @ancestralenq.bsky.social · May 27

Brutal 17th century scold's bridle goes on display at Leeds City Museum. The device contains an iron plate to stop the tongue moving. /1
@curatorkitty.bsky.social

BBC News - Torture device used to punish gossip put on show in Leeds Museum - BBC News
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Torture device used to punish gossip put on show in Leeds Museum

The scold's bridle – an iron device worn over the head - aimed to silence gossipers, experts say.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Kitty Ross @curatorkitty.bsky.social · May 25

Found some calm landscapes by a namesake (Kitty Kielland) who found beauty in peat bogs (as do I) #art #museums

Painting "Peat Bog at Jaeren" 1901 by Kitty Kielland, National Museum, Oslo

Painting "Summer Night" 1886, by Kitty Kielland, National Museum, Oslo

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Kitty Ross @curatorkitty.bsky.social · May 24

Hurrah - a bit of blue sky! @museumbums.bsky.social
Visiting Vigeland Sculpture Park on a chilly windy day made me feel rather sorry for the innumerable naked figures on display.

Sculpture of two boys running with arms outstretched, on bridge, Vigeland Park, Oslo, Norway (by Gustav Vigeland 1869-1943)

Bronze statue of girl with arms and legs folded against the cold, Vigeland Sculpture Park, Oslo

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Kitty Ross @curatorkitty.bsky.social · May 24

Not an exhibition, just a family workshop for half term but nice publicity for the Leeds Discovery Centre @leedsmuseums.bsky.social

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Ancestral Enquiries - Tony Smith 🌳 @ancestralenq.bsky.social · May 24

Exhibition of vintage Leeds clocks to be held at the Leeds Discovery Centre. 👇
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BBC News - Leeds Discovery Centre vintage clocks stand the test of time - BBC News
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Leeds Discovery Centre vintage clocks stand the test of time

The exhibit at Leeds Discovery Centre includes cuckoo clocks, Grandfather clocks, and retro alarms.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Kitty Ross @curatorkitty.bsky.social · May 13

As long as it doesn't involve me wearing it..!

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Kitty Ross @curatorkitty.bsky.social · May 12

Leeds City Museum in the Leeds Story gallery

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