museumsmith
@museumsmith.bsky.social
Elderly millennial, museum factotum, 🇬🇧 🇪🇺, lay catholic-ish Anglican of non-conformist ancestry, strolling player, cishet 🏳️🌈/🏳️⚧️/🍉/anti-racist/refugee ally. He/him.
"In 1911 he was the surgeon on the scene at Sidney Street ..." - also a decent tongue-twister if I say so myself ...
Without naming your job, tell me something you say over and over again at work.
"Where are your citations?"
"Where are your citations?"
Without naming your job, tell me something you say over and over again at work.
"No, you can't leave that here."
"No, you can't leave that here."
February 7, 2026 at 11:11 PM
"In 1911 he was the surgeon on the scene at Sidney Street ..." - also a decent tongue-twister if I say so myself ...
Pffft, I can make helmet at home! All I need is onnnee metallll aubergine ...
February 7, 2026 at 4:56 PM
Pffft, I can make helmet at home! All I need is onnnee metallll aubergine ...
Still in his packing case near the Corona at @cburycathedral.bsky.social ...
François Clouet Odet de Coligny, Cardinal de Chatillon, aged 31 1548 Musée Condé, Chantilly
February 5, 2026 at 10:54 PM
Still in his packing case near the Corona at @cburycathedral.bsky.social ...
Sauvages? Ils étaient furieux! #SmithAbroad #EatingLikeCrêpe
February 4, 2026 at 8:03 AM
Sauvages? Ils étaient furieux! #SmithAbroad #EatingLikeCrêpe
Successfully defending repatriation of colonial objects to an 'oh, but it'll empty all our museums' proponent in a departure lounge on 7 hours' sleep. ✅
Advertising my museum to the same interlocutor and correcting him that the Met Police was not in fact founded by Sir John Peel. ❎
Advertising my museum to the same interlocutor and correcting him that the Met Police was not in fact founded by Sir John Peel. ❎
a man in a suit and tie is standing next to a woman in a car and talking to her .
Alt: A man in a suit and tie is sitting next to a woman in a car and telling a standing man next to the car "win some, lose some".
media.tenor.com
February 4, 2026 at 7:48 AM
Successfully defending repatriation of colonial objects to an 'oh, but it'll empty all our museums' proponent in a departure lounge on 7 hours' sleep. ✅
Advertising my museum to the same interlocutor and correcting him that the Met Police was not in fact founded by Sir John Peel. ❎
Advertising my museum to the same interlocutor and correcting him that the Met Police was not in fact founded by Sir John Peel. ❎
Two workers have been arrested on suspicion of sabotaging several German warships at Hamburg harbour in 2025, according to the prosecutor general's office
Two arrested on suspicion of sabotaging German warships
Two workers have been arrested on suspicion of sabotaging several German warships at Hamburg harbour in 2025, the prosecutor general's office has said.
www.rte.ie
February 3, 2026 at 7:00 PM
Reposted by museumsmith
@billybragg.bsky.social
Billy Bragg
"The ghost of Martin Niemöller
Haunts the halls of history
When they came for the communists
He said ‘It’s nothing to do with me,'
What excuses would you tell yourself
If this ever happened to you?
Well I live in a city of heroes
I know what I would do."
Billy Bragg
"The ghost of Martin Niemöller
Haunts the halls of history
When they came for the communists
He said ‘It’s nothing to do with me,'
What excuses would you tell yourself
If this ever happened to you?
Well I live in a city of heroes
I know what I would do."
February 3, 2026 at 6:24 PM
@billybragg.bsky.social
Billy Bragg
"The ghost of Martin Niemöller
Haunts the halls of history
When they came for the communists
He said ‘It’s nothing to do with me,'
What excuses would you tell yourself
If this ever happened to you?
Well I live in a city of heroes
I know what I would do."
Billy Bragg
"The ghost of Martin Niemöller
Haunts the halls of history
When they came for the communists
He said ‘It’s nothing to do with me,'
What excuses would you tell yourself
If this ever happened to you?
Well I live in a city of heroes
I know what I would do."
Le Chien à Grande Vitesse... #BonChien #GoodBoy #TonguesOutTuesday #SmithAbroad #DogsOfBluesky #Dogsky @groupe-sncf.com
February 3, 2026 at 3:54 PM
Le Chien à Grande Vitesse... #BonChien #GoodBoy #TonguesOutTuesday #SmithAbroad #DogsOfBluesky #Dogsky @groupe-sncf.com
When a French museum label about their Wars of Religion claims "Henry VIII of England founded the Anglican church" ... #cofepeeps ⚓🕯️
a cartoon pirate is sitting at a table giving a thumbs up and saying `` well yes '' .
Alt: The Pirate Captain sits at a desk and says "Well yes, but actually no"
media.tenor.com
January 28, 2026 at 6:02 PM
When a French museum label about their Wars of Religion claims "Henry VIII of England founded the Anglican church" ... #cofepeeps ⚓🕯️
Dit 'fromage'! @ @louvrelens.bsky.social #SmithAbroad
January 25, 2026 at 9:41 PM
Dit 'fromage'! @ @louvrelens.bsky.social #SmithAbroad
Hello, am griffin, can I help wiv your museum visit? @louvrelens.bsky.social #SmithAbroad
January 25, 2026 at 9:39 PM
Hello, am griffin, can I help wiv your museum visit? @louvrelens.bsky.social #SmithAbroad
January 25, 2026 at 9:25 PM
@louvrelens.bsky.social, cherchez-vous les empruntés seulement des musées françaises? L'expo 'Gothiques' est fantastique, mais elle a beaucoup des mots et rien des objets sur l'art/architecture gothique anglaise! #ViveLEntenteCordiale
January 25, 2026 at 3:05 PM
@louvrelens.bsky.social, cherchez-vous les empruntés seulement des musées françaises? L'expo 'Gothiques' est fantastique, mais elle a beaucoup des mots et rien des objets sur l'art/architecture gothique anglaise! #ViveLEntenteCordiale
"The suit drained fluid and also prevented anyone accurately estimating her distance, range and speed."
Poly the one-eyed penguin has made a full recovery after having surgery on a seriously infected eye socket 🐧
The Northern Rockhopper penguin is now back with the colony at Penguin's Rock at Edinburgh Zoo – just in time for Penguin Awareness Day 👏
The Northern Rockhopper penguin is now back with the colony at Penguin's Rock at Edinburgh Zoo – just in time for Penguin Awareness Day 👏
January 20, 2026 at 8:22 AM
"The suit drained fluid and also prevented anyone accurately estimating her distance, range and speed."
All these politicians tweeting MLK Jr. quotes after they voted to ban his books from public school classrooms is a masterclass in hypocrisy.
January 19, 2026 at 2:39 PM
COCH!
January 19, 2026 at 10:16 AM
COCH!
*twirls moustache* 'astings, what make of whistle is zis?
Heard a lad earlier talking about ‘Belgian whistles’
“A basic website costs 10k or 25k upwards if you want all the Belgian whistles”
BELGIAN WHISTLES
“A basic website costs 10k or 25k upwards if you want all the Belgian whistles”
BELGIAN WHISTLES
January 19, 2026 at 8:49 AM
*twirls moustache* 'astings, what make of whistle is zis?
The Mandalorian looking at the ragged edge of his cloak:
This is the fray.
This is the fray.
The Mandalorian after removing the cheese curds from the bowl: This is the whey.
January 17, 2026 at 9:54 PM
The Mandalorian looking at the ragged edge of his cloak:
This is the fray.
This is the fray.
The Mandalorian in Butetown:
This is Tiger Bay.
This is Tiger Bay.
The Mandalorian making cheese:
This is the whey.
This is the whey.
The Mandalorian serving hors d’œuvres:
This is the tray.
This is the tray.
January 17, 2026 at 9:46 PM
The Mandalorian in Butetown:
This is Tiger Bay.
This is Tiger Bay.
The Mandalorian standing by a bridge in Perth, Scotland:
This is the Tay.
This is the Tay.
The Mandalorian giving a tour of a farm:
This is the hay.
This is the hay.
The Mandalorian giving a tour of the waterfront:
This is the bay.
This is the bay.
January 17, 2026 at 8:43 PM
The Mandalorian standing by a bridge in Perth, Scotland:
This is the Tay.
This is the Tay.
The Mandalorian on Old Compton Street:
This is the G-A-Y.
This is the G-A-Y.
The Mandalorian explaining the voting lobbies in the House of Commons:
This is the nay.
This is the nay.
The Mandalorian serving breakfast in bed:
This is the tray.
This is the tray.
January 17, 2026 at 8:40 PM
The Mandalorian on Old Compton Street:
This is the G-A-Y.
This is the G-A-Y.
Reposted by museumsmith
“I have asked the clergy of the diocese to make sure their affairs are in order and they have written their wills.,not the time for statements. It is time to put our bodies between the powers of this world and the most vulnerable”. Rob Hirschfeld, Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of New Hampshire
Redirecting...
www.facebook.com
January 10, 2026 at 3:31 PM
“I have asked the clergy of the diocese to make sure their affairs are in order and they have written their wills.,not the time for statements. It is time to put our bodies between the powers of this world and the most vulnerable”. Rob Hirschfeld, Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of New Hampshire
Not quite sure how I feel about Benediction (with no time for congregational silence) being cut-and-shunted onto the end of a Lessons-and-Carols ... #epiphany #AnglicanProblems #CatholicAndReformed #cofepeeps ⚓🕯️
a man with his mouth open and the words one after the other behind him
Alt: a man with his mouth open saying "one after the other consecutively in a row"
media.tenor.com
January 11, 2026 at 5:10 PM
Not quite sure how I feel about Benediction (with no time for congregational silence) being cut-and-shunted onto the end of a Lessons-and-Carols ... #epiphany #AnglicanProblems #CatholicAndReformed #cofepeeps ⚓🕯️
*gruffly* I am Batbox. I walk in the shadows ...
January 11, 2026 at 3:44 PM
*gruffly* I am Batbox. I walk in the shadows ...