Jennie Morgan
@drmorgan.bsky.social
Senior Lecturer in Heritage & MSc Heritage Programme Director, University of Stirling. Own views. UK / NZ. Museums, ethnography, emotional labour, collecting, methods. https://www.stir.ac.uk/people/265599
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Jennie Morgan
@drmorgan.bsky.social
· Jun 4
Museum staff’s emotional wellbeing is not a side issue - Museums Association
The emotional complexities of roles aren’t recognised, say Jennie Morgan and Anna Woodham
www.museumsassociation.org
@annawoodham.bsky.social & I reflecting on the importance of recognising & supporting emotional complexities of museum work. Thanks @museumsassociation.org for featuring our opinion! www.museumsassociation.org/museums-jour...
Someone decided this was his sunny spot for the afternoon 😂
November 25, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Someone decided this was his sunny spot for the afternoon 😂
I love the business of culture week in my UG museums module. We do a show and tell of shop purchases. Consuming the consumption by consumers!
November 21, 2025 at 11:06 AM
I love the business of culture week in my UG museums module. We do a show and tell of shop purchases. Consuming the consumption by consumers!
Chilly start on campus today
November 21, 2025 at 7:38 AM
Chilly start on campus today
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Cost of living crisis 1886 style. "Small poll tax paid by sale of fish".
Whitechapel Charity Organisation Committee: mock application for welfare on behalf of Jesus Christ, "Ex-carpenter, vagrant preacher and socialist".
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Whitechapel Charity Organisation Committee: mock application for welfare on behalf of Jesus Christ, "Ex-carpenter, vagrant preacher and socialist".
mrc-describe.epexio.com/records/CAT/...
November 13, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Cost of living crisis 1886 style. "Small poll tax paid by sale of fish".
Whitechapel Charity Organisation Committee: mock application for welfare on behalf of Jesus Christ, "Ex-carpenter, vagrant preacher and socialist".
mrc-describe.epexio.com/records/CAT/...
Whitechapel Charity Organisation Committee: mock application for welfare on behalf of Jesus Christ, "Ex-carpenter, vagrant preacher and socialist".
mrc-describe.epexio.com/records/CAT/...
An interesting strategy for curating profusion! www.timeshighereducation.com/news/librari.... A challenge shared across the cultural sectors including museums (www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....)
Libraries coordinate on book disposal to safeguard rare texts
As shelves fill up and costs mount, new scheme allows librarians to discard underused books if more than seven copies exist elsewhere
www.timeshighereducation.com
November 18, 2025 at 8:22 AM
An interesting strategy for curating profusion! www.timeshighereducation.com/news/librari.... A challenge shared across the cultural sectors including museums (www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....)
Are you interested in studying a MSc heritage? I’ll be giving a webinar 17:00-18:00 (uk time) Wednesday 26 November. MS Teams Link to join (no sign up needed):
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November 17, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Are you interested in studying a MSc heritage? I’ll be giving a webinar 17:00-18:00 (uk time) Wednesday 26 November. MS Teams Link to join (no sign up needed):
teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-joi...
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And breath some more
November 15, 2025 at 6:04 PM
And breath some more
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A golden hour glow in Clarendon Quad after the rain earlier this week. 🌧️
November 15, 2025 at 11:49 AM
A golden hour glow in Clarendon Quad after the rain earlier this week. 🌧️
Really wonderful to speak with @annawoodham.bsky.social today at Manchester University on “working with feeling: emotions in the cultural heritage workforce”: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/working-wi...
Working with feeling: workforce emotions in cultural heritage organisations
Dr Jennie Morgan, University of Stirling and Dr Anna Woodham, King's College London
www.eventbrite.co.uk
November 12, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Really wonderful to speak with @annawoodham.bsky.social today at Manchester University on “working with feeling: emotions in the cultural heritage workforce”: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/working-wi...
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🌐 THE WEB WE’VE BUILT is a cinematic journey through our shared digital history & preserved pages in the Wayback Machine.
archive.org/details/the-...
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#Wayback1T
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The Web We've Built: Documentary : Internet Archive : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive
The Web We've Built is a 90-second cinematic reflection on the web as humanity’s greatest shared creation—built together, preserved together, and...
archive.org
November 11, 2025 at 8:01 PM
🌐 THE WEB WE’VE BUILT is a cinematic journey through our shared digital history & preserved pages in the Wayback Machine.
archive.org/details/the-...
Learn more ⤵️
blog.archive.org/2025/11/11/l...
#Wayback1T
archive.org/details/the-...
Learn more ⤵️
blog.archive.org/2025/11/11/l...
#Wayback1T
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Hoping this helps our colleagues across the industry
November 5, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Hoping this helps our colleagues across the industry
Do you ever work a Monday and feel
like you’ve just fitted in about 2 weeks worth in one day?! Relentless. “Collapse on couch with rubbish TV”time commencing.
like you’ve just fitted in about 2 weeks worth in one day?! Relentless. “Collapse on couch with rubbish TV”time commencing.
a cartoon cat is sitting on a yellow pillow with the words tv time written in yellow
ALT: a cartoon cat is sitting on a yellow pillow with the words tv time written in yellow
media.tenor.com
November 3, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Do you ever work a Monday and feel
like you’ve just fitted in about 2 weeks worth in one day?! Relentless. “Collapse on couch with rubbish TV”time commencing.
like you’ve just fitted in about 2 weeks worth in one day?! Relentless. “Collapse on couch with rubbish TV”time commencing.
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We're offering our MA in Heritage and Museum Studies as a two-year degree with placement from next autumn. I'm very happy to talk to anyone interested in taking it: www.essex.ac.uk/courses/PG01...
MA Heritage and Museum Studies with Professional Placement - Heritage and Museum Studies Degree | University of Essex
MA Heritage and Museum Studies with Professional Placement offers a unique opportunity for you to gain relevant work experience within an external business.
www.essex.ac.uk
October 30, 2025 at 4:58 PM
We're offering our MA in Heritage and Museum Studies as a two-year degree with placement from next autumn. I'm very happy to talk to anyone interested in taking it: www.essex.ac.uk/courses/PG01...
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Here's an interview podcast that myself and @tonypollard.bsky.social did about our recent work at @n-t-s.bsky.social #Culloden
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
Scotland Outdoors - The Battle of Culloden - BBC Sounds
Mark Stephen visits Culloden Battlefield after a recent archaeological dig there
www.bbc.co.uk
October 29, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Here's an interview podcast that myself and @tonypollard.bsky.social did about our recent work at @n-t-s.bsky.social #Culloden
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
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It's #WorldDayForAudiovisualHeritage
#DayForAudiovisualHeritage. Explore videos about Dunblane’s Leighton Library on its YouTube channel
▶️ youtube.com/@leightonlib...
🚶Visit Dunblane's historic Leighton Library
📅 Open Mon-Sat
🕚 11am-4pm
🆓 Free admission (donations invited)
#DayForAudiovisualHeritage. Explore videos about Dunblane’s Leighton Library on its YouTube channel
▶️ youtube.com/@leightonlib...
🚶Visit Dunblane's historic Leighton Library
📅 Open Mon-Sat
🕚 11am-4pm
🆓 Free admission (donations invited)
Leighton Library Dunblane
Dunblane's historic Leighton Library, the oldest purpose-built independent library in Scotland founded on the collection of Robert Leighton (1611-1684), Principal of the University of Edinburgh, Bisho...
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October 27, 2025 at 7:33 AM
It's #WorldDayForAudiovisualHeritage
#DayForAudiovisualHeritage. Explore videos about Dunblane’s Leighton Library on its YouTube channel
▶️ youtube.com/@leightonlib...
🚶Visit Dunblane's historic Leighton Library
📅 Open Mon-Sat
🕚 11am-4pm
🆓 Free admission (donations invited)
#DayForAudiovisualHeritage. Explore videos about Dunblane’s Leighton Library on its YouTube channel
▶️ youtube.com/@leightonlib...
🚶Visit Dunblane's historic Leighton Library
📅 Open Mon-Sat
🕚 11am-4pm
🆓 Free admission (donations invited)
Blow the cob webs out!
October 25, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Blow the cob webs out!
And just like that, the first round of grading is here. This year is zooming by!
October 24, 2025 at 7:07 AM
And just like that, the first round of grading is here. This year is zooming by!
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We didn't know there was a #NationalOpossumDay! Thanks for sharing.
We've found a slightly judgemental opossum in our collections by Edward Tyson. One of his 'Drawings of natural history and comparative anatomy' in his Manuscripts, 1693.
Less curls more claws . . .
#OpossumDay #RareBooks
We've found a slightly judgemental opossum in our collections by Edward Tyson. One of his 'Drawings of natural history and comparative anatomy' in his Manuscripts, 1693.
Less curls more claws . . .
#OpossumDay #RareBooks
October 21, 2025 at 3:02 PM
We didn't know there was a #NationalOpossumDay! Thanks for sharing.
We've found a slightly judgemental opossum in our collections by Edward Tyson. One of his 'Drawings of natural history and comparative anatomy' in his Manuscripts, 1693.
Less curls more claws . . .
#OpossumDay #RareBooks
We've found a slightly judgemental opossum in our collections by Edward Tyson. One of his 'Drawings of natural history and comparative anatomy' in his Manuscripts, 1693.
Less curls more claws . . .
#OpossumDay #RareBooks