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Bate Collection of Musical Instruments @batecollection.bsky.social · Jul 25

We're thrilled to welcome two new members of our museum team!

Byung Kim joins as Exhibition Designer, a multidisciplinary creative with international experience. Nic Fulcher joins as Projects Manager from the Ashmolean, focusing on management & exhibition admin.

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Faculty of Music, Oxford University @oxmusicfaculty.bsky.social · Jun 24

During the #oxopendays on Wednesday 2 and Thursday 3 July, our @batecollection.bsky.social of Musical Instruments will be open for drop ins and instrument handling sessions. Come along to find out more!
#oxopendays2025 #oxfordmusic #oxfordopenday #batecollection @ox.ac.uk

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Bate Collection of Musical Instruments @batecollection.bsky.social · Jun 17

A Participatory Research Fund has been awarded to
@batecollection.bsky.social, @torchoxford.bsky.social & @modernartoxford.bsky.social Led by @emanuelavai.bsky.social & Alex Coke, this collab with artist Appau Jnr Boakye-Yiadom blends historic instruments, student performances & video art for 2026!

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Emanuela Vai @emanuelavai.bsky.social · Jun 3

[#AnOxfordDiary]
What a gorgeous night @NationalGallery for the Festa della Repubblica, promoting Italian academic research, culture art & musical instruments surrounded by Caravaggio! @batecollection.bsky.social @ashmoleanmuseum.bsky.social @oxmusicfaculty.bsky.social @oxhumanities.bsky.social

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Bate Collection of Musical Instruments @batecollection.bsky.social · May 21

Save the Newark School of Musical Instrument Crafts. Sign the petition here: www.change.org/p/save-the-n...

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Bate Collection of Musical Instruments @batecollection.bsky.social · May 8

Thank you to all who brought BACH 1725 to life @ the Sheldonian yesterday! A fantastic celebration with music from OAE (directed by John Butt), New College Choir, Daniel Reynolds, Nicholas Samuel & Judith Weir. Great to see members of the Bate Collective perform on our historic instruments!

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Faculty of Music, Oxford University @oxmusicfaculty.bsky.social · Apr 25

On Thursday, join EMPRES & electronic music composer & visual artist LeafcutterJohn for an immersive performance. Alongside this are works composed, presented & curated by Music & @theruskin.bsky.social students, responding to @modernartoxford.bsky.social exhibition of Barbara Steveni: I Find Myself

Faculty of Music, Oxford University @oxmusicfaculty.bsky.social · Apr 15

EMPRes collaborate with @modernartoxford.bsky.social on Thursday 1 May to present an evening of experimental performance, electronic music, sound art, film, and movement.

LIVE x EMPRes

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Bate Collection of Musical Instruments @batecollection.bsky.social · Mar 7

Follow JoJo as she takes our mid-19th century guitar into an anechoic chamber! This is part of the research project 'Digital Bate'.

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Bate Collection of Musical Instruments @batecollection.bsky.social · Feb 27

What an amazing concert! A huge congratulations to all the incredible musicians and performers who brought 300 years of the Concert Spiritual’s history to life. Every note was a display of baroque brilliance! And a special thank you to the fantastic director, Dr. Jonathan Williams!

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Faculty of Music, Oxford University @oxmusicfaculty.bsky.social · Feb 24

Coming up on Thursday! The Bate Collective, directed by Dr Jonathan Williams, perform music by Corelli, Charpentier, Telemann, Pergolesi, Caldara, and Mouret.
Do join us at 1pm in Keble College Chapel.
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Faculty of Music, Oxford University @oxmusicfaculty.bsky.social · Feb 7

Our historical performance ensemble The Bate Collective is performing as part of Keble Early Music Festival on Thursday 27 February, using instruments loaned from @batecollection.bsky.social

Keble Early Music Festival: The Bate Collective

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Bate Collection of Musical Instruments @batecollection.bsky.social · Jan 30

Please may we be added to this list?! Thank you so much!

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Bate Collection of Musical Instruments @batecollection.bsky.social · Jan 29

Happy Lunar New Year! It's the year of the Snake! 🐍

To celebrate, we’re showcasing our Serpent—an early bass wind instrument! The serpent evolved from the cornett and is a distant ancestor of the tuba. As with many of our instruments, this historic instrument is still mostly playable today!

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Bate Collection of Musical Instruments @batecollection.bsky.social · Jan 28

We are! Excited to be here! 🎉

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Bate Collection of Musical Instruments @batecollection.bsky.social · Jan 17

Huge congratulations to our amazing Head of the Bate Collection, @emanuelavai.bsky.social , on having her work published! What a fantastic achievement! 🎉

Emanuela Vai @emanuelavai.bsky.social · Jan 16

[#AnOxfordDiary]

Delighted to have my work published. "The ‘Sensoryscape’ of the Good Friday Procession"delves into the sensory dimensions of the early modern world, highlighting the complex interplay between material environments, objects, and human perception.

brill.com/edcollchap/b...

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Faculty of Music, Oxford University @oxmusicfaculty.bsky.social · Jan 8

On Thursday 30 January, resident string quartet Castalian String Quartet return for a concert of Hildegard von Bingen, Haydn, Kurtág, and Beethoven.

Castalian String Quartet

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University of Oxford @ox.ac.uk · Dec 20

When a student's reading list gets out of control...📚🎄

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Bate Collection of Musical Instruments @batecollection.bsky.social · Dec 20

What a year! Thank you to everyone who visited, played, listened, sketched, and made our museum come alive.

We will be closed from the 21st December to the 1st January inclusive and will reopen the Bate Collection on Thursday 2nd January!

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The Museum of English Rural Life (MERL) @themerl.bsky.social · Dec 20

inspired by Mr Beast, we're going to run a game show of our own
it's called Visit the Museum
participation is free/pay-what-you-want
every contestant wins a museum experience

also there are no losers

The Museum of English Rural Life (MERL) @themerl.bsky.social · Dec 20

has anyone ever introduced Mr Beast to the concept of donating to museums instead

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MrBeast And Amazon Prime's Beast Games Feels Flat And Unimportant

This underwhelming game show fails to capture any sense of the YouTuber's formula

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Faculty of Music, Oxford University @oxmusicfaculty.bsky.social · Dec 20

We're hiring!
The University, in association with St Catherine's College, proposes to appoint an Associate Professor of Music with effect from 1 October 2025 or as soon as possible thereafter.
my.corehr.com/pls/uoxrecru...

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Bate Collection of Musical Instruments @batecollection.bsky.social · Dec 18

A huge thank you to everyone who joined the Oxford Gamelan Society for their informal evening of Javanese Gamelan and dance. A huge shoutout to the brilliant guest dancer, Andrea Rutkowski, for the captivating performance that left us all in awe! 💃✨

The Gamelan is an Indonesian orchestra of bronze metallophones. It is a percussion ensemble made up predominantly of gongs, metallophones, and chimes, all hand-forged in bronze and mounted on exquisitely carved frames and beds with snakes, tropical plants, and other decorative embellishments.

Javanese and Balinese dancer, Andrew Rutkowski is dancing with the Gamelan in a semi-circle surrounding her.

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Bate Collection of Musical Instruments @batecollection.bsky.social · Dec 18

Thank you for putting this together! We'd love to be added too if possible! Thank you.

Bate Collection of Musical Instruments @batecollection.bsky.social · Dec 18

Our collection contains what is thought to be the oldest oboe in Britain! This instrument was made in c.1690 and is known as the 'Galpin Oboe'. The maker is unknown, but it was named after the famous collector Canon Francis W. Galpin who had it in his possession before 1910. #musichistory #oboe

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Museums Association @museumsassociation.org · Nov 11

Hey! We’ve compiled a starter pack of museums, galleries, archives and libraries in the UK who are right here on Bluesky 🦋 go.bsky.app/9o1sRWp

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Bate Collection of Musical Instruments @batecollection.bsky.social · Dec 16

Birmingham! 🤩

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Bate Collection of Musical Instruments @batecollection.bsky.social · Dec 16

This trumpet is 357 years old! Made in 1667 by Simon Beale who became the state trumpeter to Oliver Cromwell & Charles II. It is still in playing condition and formed part of the fanfare march for marking the centenary of the
@artfund.bsky.social Come to the Bate to take a closer look!