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Curator Without Museum @curatorwithout.bsky.social · May 31

Spotted a calico cat which reminds us of our mouser. @pittriversmuseum.bsky.social #Caturday

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Curator Without Museum @curatorwithout.bsky.social · May 31

A new potential talk subject was suggested to me at an art talk so the research begins... (love this bit)

Photo shows a hand holding a copy of Peter Ackroyd's Turner biography.

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Gary The Voyager @garytravel.bsky.social · May 28

Haven’t been able to visit any sites recently but spotted this beautiful single rampart hillfort built by children on the beach at St-Jacut-de-la-Mer last month. Are we naturally inclined to build these structures ? Love the shell cobbled floor !! #HillfortsWednesday #IronAge

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Curator Without Museum @curatorwithout.bsky.social · May 19

Spent yesterday in a good light, reading Donna Ashworth's To The Women and feeling the sun on my skin.

Photo shows a book open in the foreground. A poem called Find A Good Light is on the open page. In the background are a pair of legs in a hammock, a wall of a house, blue skies and a ray of sunlight cutting across the top right corner.

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Curator Without Museum @curatorwithout.bsky.social · May 18

No idea what to post for #InternationalMuseumDay on "The Future of Museums in Rapidly Changing Communities." Thought of the encouraging banners in Columbia District, San Diego last year. "The future feels like a canvas to create" & "The future feels like a work of art." That's how to face the future

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Curator Without Museum @curatorwithout.bsky.social · May 12

Attended the most intense and beautiful concert on Saturday. The Sacconi Quartet played at St Mary Le More as part of the Wallingford Chamber Music's 40th anniversary season. And what a stunning evening it was for it.
#Panufnik #Shostakovich #Beethoven

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Curator Without Museum @curatorwithout.bsky.social · May 4

Resharing that time I spotted the Death Star in the British Museum's Troy exhibition.... #StarWarsDay #MayThe4th #Troy #DeathStar #KindOfATrojanHorse #NotReally #StarWarsInClassics

Photo shows white marble carved with small figures in classical draped outfits, most missing their heads. In the right side is the figure of a man in robes, again without his head. Above him is etched a circle with two line across the middle and a small circle in the top half. It looks like the death star.

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British Library @britishlibrary.bsky.social · May 4

A long time ago in a manuscript far, far away....

Happy #StarWarsDay! – #MayTheFourthBeWithYou, always.

An illumination from a Medieval Manuscript that shows a character bearing a striking resemblance to Yoda, a small green humanoid wearing an orange cloak. 📜 Royal 10 E IV, f. 30

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Curator Without Museum @curatorwithout.bsky.social · May 1

Saw this poem on the tube last week. Made me think of my energetic bunch & the sheer joy of cycling when you're wee. This snap brought back the words. Such an inspiring final line.
@poetrysociety.bsky.social @artscouncilengland.bsky.social @britishcouncil.bsky.social @transportforlondon.bsky.social

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Curator Without Museum @curatorwithout.bsky.social · Apr 30

My cultural and heritage highlights from a lovely Spring weekend in Paris cont
7) Musée du quai Branly - Jacque Chirac (and their gorgeously sumptuous au fil de l'or exhibition on costume and dressing around the globe)
8) Basilique du Sacré Cœur de Montmartre

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Curator Without Museum @curatorwithout.bsky.social · Apr 30

My cultural highlights from a Parisian weekend cont.
4) & 5) The Catacombs - intense and humbling (and disappointing to see all the signs asking visitors not to write on the bones)
6) Simone de Beauvoir (& Sartre)'s gravestone
7) la tour Eiffel!

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Curator Without Museum @curatorwithout.bsky.social · Apr 30

My heritage highlights from a Parisian weekend (lucky me!)
1) Hearing the bells of Notre Dame peeling out
2) Twinkly lights on Notre Dame
3) & 4) 1912 La Coupole in Les Galeries Lafayette (who says shopping can't be a cultural experience?!)

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Curator Without Museum @curatorwithout.bsky.social · Apr 23

Lovely evening at Dorchester Historical Society. It was so brilliant to be in the Guest House, right beside Dorchester Abbey. There were rays of sunshine cutting across the sky as I drove in. Beautiful.
#DorchesterAbbey #Dorchester #Oxfordshire

Photo in daytime framed by a willow tree, with caramel coloured tower and Abbey in the background, complete with stained glass windows. The building on the left has a white sign stating "Museum" hanging above the door.

Photo at nightime framed by a willow tree, with caramel coloured tower and Abbey in the background, complete with stained glass windows. The building on the left has a white sign stating "Museum" hanging above the door.

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Curator Without Museum @curatorwithout.bsky.social · Apr 20

One more Easter-themed post... we were face to face with Rabbit (1986) by Jeff Koons at the Ashmolean in 2019. Surely one of the most famous rabbits in contemporary art?!
@ashmoleanmuseum.bsky.social
#Easter #EasterBunny #EasterSunday #Rabbit #JeffKoons #Ashmolean #Art

Photo of a white walled art gallery. In the foreground is a white plinth with an enormous sculpture in the shape of a silver inflatable rabbit balloon. There are museum visitors around the room.

Curator Without Museum @curatorwithout.bsky.social · Apr 20

An Easter-y post for today. The Romanian Easter eggs we'd on loan at Bromley Museum. @hornimanmuseum.bsky.social collected them in 1950s.
Horniman Museum ran the amazing Object In Focus loan project, supplying a display case, cool artefact, help wth interpretation & marketing, all with great staff.

Photo of inside a glass case. There is a clear perspex stand with 4 layers, each holding a dozen colourfully de orate eggs. In the background can be seen a black and white chequered floor and wooden panelling on the wall.

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Nina Willburger @drnwillburger.bsky.social · Apr 19

Easter bunny resting 🐰🐰

A #Roman samian ware bowl depicting a rabbit eating dandelion.

Found in Eschenz/Switzerland.

Photo: AATG, Daniel Steiner

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Curator Without Museum @curatorwithout.bsky.social · Apr 18

Happy 144th birthday to the Natural History Museum. One of my favourite facts about its collection is that it includes Sir John Lubbock (inventor of the Bank Holiday!)'s pet wasp! Lubbock can be seen speaking in this 1905 photo of the unveiling of their infamous diplodocus.
@nhm-london.bsky.social

Image shows black and white photo of the hall in the Natural Histiry Museum. All high ceilings, pillars, arches and windows. Lots of men in black tail coats are standing around a cast of a diplodocus skeketon. One man is standing on the far side of the dinosaur model plinth to address the crowd.

Curator Without Museum @curatorwithout.bsky.social · Apr 18

How brilliant. As part of the Easter Activity Adventure trail, helping to save and recreate Basildon Park in the style of the Iliffes, you got to curate your own artwork display. Loved it. @nationaltrust.org.uk
#BasildonPark #NationalTrust #EasterTrail #ArtLover #ArtOutdoors #Spring #April

Photo shows green expanse with blue skies in the background. In the middle ground is a big tree. In the foreground is an easel with a blackboard covered in pegs. There are 6 replica art works (including Van Gogh's starry night and sunflowers and a Monet's lillies) hanging on the pegs.

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poorly drawn cats @poorlycatdraw.bsky.social · Apr 9

how to draw a medieval cat in two easy steps

a simple tutorial on how to draw a medieval cat. step 1 shows a basic “normal cat" with no details. step 2 shows the same cat but with a "human face" added, featuring a straight mouth and serious eyes. the final drawing combines both elements — a cat with a human-like face, surrounded by sparkles ✨

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Curator Without Museum @curatorwithout.bsky.social · Apr 17

Absolutely delighted I got tickets to see Mary Beard in Oxford later this year. Cannot wait.

Images shows Mary Beard in a teal trench coat with her hands on her hips, standing in front of the Pathenon. The text states "the secret histories of ancient Rome with Mary Beard".

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Dr Pat Witts @wittspat.bsky.social · Apr 14

For #MosaicMonday, one of the most personable crabs imaginable. He was in a delightful marine environment, probably around a lost figure of Neptune, under what is now Gloucester House in Dyer Street, Cirencester.
#AncientBlueSky 🏺