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Museums Association @museumsassociation.org · 4d

News | Winners of Museums Change Lives Awards 2025 announced in Cardiff — Birmingham Museums Trust awarded best project for citizens' jury initiative

#Museums2025

Winners of Museums Change Lives Awards 2025 announced in Cardiff - Museums Association

Birmingham Museums Trust awarded best project for citizens' jury initiative

www.museumsassociation.org

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GLAM Cares @glamcares.bsky.social · Aug 19

Interested in Trauma Informed Practice? GLAM Cares is delighted to work with Louise Thompson from Mindful Museums again for an introduction to trauma-informed work.

Mon 22nd Sept, 10-1. Tickets cost £30, and places are limited. Book at www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/trauma-inf...

Trauma Informed Practice for Museums, Libraries, Archives and Galleries

Join GLAMCares for an introduction to Trauma Informed work, and how to put this in practice in your organisation

www.eventbrite.co.uk

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Museums Association @museumsassociation.org · Jul 23

News | Birmingham Museum opens book of condolences for Ozzy Osbourne – museum has extended opening hours to pay tribute to Birmingham-born heavy metal icon

Birmingham Museum opens book of condolences for Ozzy Osbourne - Museums Association

Museum has extended opening hours to pay tribute to Birmingham-born heavy metal icon

www.museumsassociation.org

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Rosie Barker @rosiesbarker.bsky.social · Jul 13

They look fab (and that is far more productive than I've been on a Sunday!)

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Rosie Barker @rosiesbarker.bsky.social · Jul 1

We're recruiting for a Curator of Science & Industry at Birmingham Museums.

Really open to people from science communication, industry or other fields - if you're interested in working with/for our audiences, using science collections to tell stories.

bit.ly/3I2mcsb - get in touch with questions!

Curator (Science & Industry) - Job page - Birmingham Museums Careers

careers.birminghammuseums.org.uk

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Rosie Barker @rosiesbarker.bsky.social · Jun 29

Comfort watch... the Bourne Identity

a man wearing a brown sweater is standing in front of a body of water

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Rosie Barker @rosiesbarker.bsky.social · Jun 26

A great conference with @glamcares.bsky.social today -see thread for links, tips and interesting projects!

GLAM Cares @glamcares.bsky.social · Jun 26

Our second annual conference is underway. A fantastic first panel shared their projects working to support mental health and wellbeing in participants, with top tips for caring for staff too...

#GlamCares2025

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Rosie Barker @rosiesbarker.bsky.social · Jun 17

Feels so rare to see the right thing being done by MPs, thank goodness and about time!

The Guardian @theguardian.com · Jun 17

MPs vote to decriminalise abortion in step forward for reproductive rights

Amendment to crime and policing bill will change law to end prosecution of women who terminate pregnancies * UK politics live – latest updates British MPs have voted to decriminalise abortion, marking the biggest step forward in reproductive rights in almost 60 years. In an amendment to the government’s crime and policing bill, parliament voted to change the criminal laws that govern abortion in England and Wales so that women procuring their own termination outside the legal framework cannot be prosecuted. Continue reading...

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GLAM Cares @glamcares.bsky.social · Jun 17

We finish the day with sessions looking at Creative Health, from building your network, to simple tips to add wellbeing in your work, and ending with zine making to take away!

Do book and join us and participants from across the UK, just £25 - docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

#GLAMcares2025

Yellow bordered square with the words 'GLAM Cares Conference 2025' top right over a yellow heart. The conference date and location, Thursday 26th June 2025 at Leeds Museum, are top left. Below is a photo of a speaker at the event with the text 'Building a network of creative health practitioners: maternal journal in Wakefield and West Yorkshire, Jessica Bradley, University of Sheffield, and Diane Saxon, Art House Wakefield.'

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GLAM Cares @glamcares.bsky.social · Jun 17

Our post-lunch session focusses on Community Engagement and Participation, with a panel, workshop and presentation giving you best practice and tools to take away.

#GLAMcares2025

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GLAM Cares @glamcares.bsky.social · Jun 17

There's still time to book for the GLAMCares conference next week - join us in Leeds on Thurs 26 June!

We have a packed programme with great speakers, workshops and panels. Book at docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F....

The day starts with sessions on Mental Health & Wellbeing...

#GLAMcares2025

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Rosie Barker @rosiesbarker.bsky.social · Jun 13

Lots of secret work gone on behind the scenes but excited we can fianally announce a new display celebrating Ozzy Osbourne, with awards from his personal archive, opening 25th June!

www.birminghammuseums.org.uk/exhibitions/...

Ozzy Osbourne: Working Class Hero | Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery | Birmingham Museums

This exhibition celebrates the solo achievements and global awards of rock icon Ozzy Osbourne and the album art of the original Black Sabbath line-up to co

www.birminghammuseums.org.uk

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GLAM Cares @glamcares.bsky.social · Jun 9

Want to...
- learn how to advocate for staff support
- hear how zines validate external voices
- explore how museums care for health care professionals
- empower yourself in your work
- easily include wellbeing in your programmes
and more?

A few spaces left on the GLAMcares conference, just £25!

GLAM Cares @glamcares.bsky.social · May 1

Save the date! The GLAMcares conference is Thurs 26 June in Leeds

Hear how museums, galleries and libraries are reshaping how we care for our audiences and ourselves.

Explore creative health, wellbeing, and participatory practice.

£25, book at docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

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GLAM Cares @glamcares.bsky.social · May 28

Don't forget to sign up for our conference next month! Full programme coming out this week, but expect presentations, panels and workshops on wellbeing, community engagement and creative health, all for just £25!

GLAM Cares @glamcares.bsky.social · May 1

Save the date! The GLAMcares conference is Thurs 26 June in Leeds

Hear how museums, galleries and libraries are reshaping how we care for our audiences and ourselves.

Explore creative health, wellbeing, and participatory practice.

£25, book at docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

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Rosie Barker @rosiesbarker.bsky.social · May 3

Lack Panther.

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Rosie Barker @rosiesbarker.bsky.social · May 3

The right priority! I'm too slow, and now my home is only 6% usable floor space, the rest is boxes, like a pandemic hoarder. All furniture now made out of toilet roll.

a stack of toilet paper is being stacked on top of each other by a person with a tattoo on their arm

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Rosie Barker @rosiesbarker.bsky.social · May 3

Yes! And you get about 3 minutes within which to postpone before the next shipment, so I always miss it, and my neighbours have to take in another parcel and wonder what on earth I'm doing...

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Rosie Barker @rosiesbarker.bsky.social · May 1

Work in #museums #libraries or #archives ? If you want to care for yourself/your staff while working with communities, do join @glamcares.bsky.social for our second conference!

GLAM Cares @glamcares.bsky.social · May 1

Save the date! The GLAMcares conference is Thurs 26 June in Leeds

Hear how museums, galleries and libraries are reshaping how we care for our audiences and ourselves.

Explore creative health, wellbeing, and participatory practice.

£25, book at docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

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Rosie Barker @rosiesbarker.bsky.social · Mar 6

'Rembrandt: Masterpieces in Black and White' opens today at Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery.

The first exhibition of this scale I've worked on, and we pulled it off in a very short time. All credit to techs, conservators, marketing, painters etc!

Photo shows a blue wall with a very large graphic, featuring an enlarged self portrait of Rembrandt, and the exhibition title.

Photo shows one of Rembrandt's prints, of a black and white shell

Photo shows one of Rembrandt's prints. S man stands at a table looking up at a bright light containing mathematical and astrological symbols

Photo shows a Rembrandt etching of a windmill and cottage

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GLAM Cares @glamcares.bsky.social · Feb 13

We've been overwhelmed with bookings for this session - fantastic to see so many people taking this seriously!

Bookings on hold for now but we're looking at future dates for a repeat - watch this space and sign up for our newsletter for info!

GLAM Cares @glamcares.bsky.social · Feb 10

Want to find out about Trauma Informed Practice in #Museums #Archives and #Libraries?

Join GLAMcares for an online session with experienced practitioner Louise Thompson from Mindful Museums

Thurs 20th March, 10am-1pm, just £12. Book at docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Trauma Informed Practice, 20 March 2025

Thursday 20 March, 10am to 1pm Cost: £10.00 (+VAT) Via Zoom (link to follow), booking required Join GLAM Cares for a 3 hour online workshop introducing the concept and the realities of trauma informed...

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GLAM Cares @glamcares.bsky.social · Feb 10

Want to find out about Trauma Informed Practice in #Museums #Archives and #Libraries?

Join GLAMcares for an online session with experienced practitioner Louise Thompson from Mindful Museums

Thurs 20th March, 10am-1pm, just £12. Book at docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Trauma Informed Practice, 20 March 2025

Thursday 20 March, 10am to 1pm Cost: £10.00 (+VAT) Via Zoom (link to follow), booking required Join GLAM Cares for a 3 hour online workshop introducing the concept and the realities of trauma informed...

docs.google.com

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Rosie Barker @rosiesbarker.bsky.social · Feb 10

That's ace, well done Tom!

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Rosie Barker @rosiesbarker.bsky.social · Jan 31

Today in 'my son knows me so well / I may be a bit odd', my son made me my own taxidermy, something I know is peculiar but I've always wanted. I will be making it a hat.

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Rosie Barker @rosiesbarker.bsky.social · Jan 31

There's more info and the final report at www.birminghammuseums.org.uk/about/what-w... but always happy to talk about it too!

Citizens’ Jury | Birmingham Museums

"What does Birmingham need and want from its museums, now and in the future; and what should Birmingham Museums Trust do to make these things happen?" To a

www.birminghammuseums.org.uk

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Rosie Barker @rosiesbarker.bsky.social · Jan 31

Hugely proud to have played a small role in Birmingham Museums' Citizens' Jury, the first in a UK museum context. Genuinely working with a representative group of people to come together to think about our future. It's been emotional and challenging, loved it!
youtu.be/j7SdV6_V39U?...

Birmingham Museums Citizen's Jury

YouTube video by Birmingham Museums Trust

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