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National Museum Directors' Council @nmdcnews.bsky.social · 9d

Natural History Museum turns on sensors in new high-tech gardens. Museum can now collect environmental data and monitor nature. via @blooloop.bsky.social blooloop.com/museum/news/...

Natural History Museum turns on sensors in new high-tech gardens

The Natural History Museum has switched on a sensor network in its new gardens, allowing it to collect environmental data and study the site.

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Sheffield Museums @sheffieldmuseums.bsky.social · Sep 4

The theme for #OnlineArtExchange is ceramics this week, so we’re sharing a cuppa with these dainty tea cups ☕ @artukdotorg.bsky.social

🖼️Still Life with Tea Cups
👨‍🎨Pieter Gerritsz. van Roestraten (1629/1630–1700)
📸Sheffield Museums

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blooloop @blooloop.bsky.social · Aug 28

Today's @artukdotorg.bsky.social #onlineartexchange theme is Time, for 'Tony Foster: Exploring Time' at #Conwall #Museum.

This is "Day and Night" by Edward Robert Hughes (1851 -1914).

two ladies heads, one blonde styled as day, against a blue sky, the other a brunette as night.

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National Museum Directors' Council @nmdcnews.bsky.social · Aug 28

Attendance at Natural History Museum’s new gallery reveals demand for climate solutions via @blooloop.bsky.social blooloop.com/museum/news/... @nhm-london.bsky.social

Attendance at Natural History Museum's new gallery reveals demand for climate solutions

The Natural History Museum in London has welcomed 1 million visitors in just four months to its new gallery, Fixing Our Broken Planet.

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IUCN SSC CEC Behaviour Change Task Force @iucn-bctf.bsky.social · Aug 14

🎓 Member spotlight: Judy Mann-Lang, International Zoo Educators Association President & Task Force member, shares how zoos can drive real conservation impact through behaviour change education.

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#ConservationEducation

Empowering conservation educators: inside IZE’s global mission for wildlife

The International Zoo Educators (IZE) network supports educators with training, resources, and a global community.

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@TJChambers @tjchambers.bsky.social · Aug 19

Lou Pizante Op-Ed | Did 'Elvis Evolution' A Mix Of Live Music, Storytelling And Digital Performance Deliver? | @blooloop.bsky.social

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Don’t be cruel to a heart that’s true: what went wrong with Elvis Evolution (vs. why)

In an era where “immersion” is both buzzword & business model, few have arrived with as much promise or as much backlash as Elvis Evolution

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blooloop @blooloop.bsky.social · Aug 7

Today's @artukdotorg.bsky.social #OnlineArtExchange theme is religion for Fragments of Devotion: A Sensory History of Illuminated Manuscript Cuttings’ at The Barber Institute.

This is John Byam Shaw's 'The Victory of #Christ' (1899).

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blooloop @blooloop.bsky.social · Aug 7

Today's @artukdotorg.bsky.social #OnlineArtExchange theme is religion for Fragments of Devotion: A Sensory History of Illuminated Manuscript Cuttings’ at The Barber Institute.

This is John Byam Shaw's 'The Victory of #Christ' (1899).

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ICOM UK @icomuk.bsky.social · Aug 7

💻🗃️ Imperial War Museums (IWM) has partnered with Capgemini and Google Cloud to transform 20,000 hours of oral history, comprising around 8,000 interviews recorded between the 1940s and 2000s, into a fully searchable digital archive.
#archive #digital #museum #ai @blooloop.bsky.social
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Rachel Mackay @rachmackay.bsky.social · Jul 22

What are the new frontiers of VEX I would talk about if I was writing Delivering the Visitor Experience today?

Find out in my new piece for @blooloop.bsky.social

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Three new challenges in visitor experience

Rachel Mackay identifies three fresh challenges in visitor experience since she published her book Delivering the Visitor Experience in 2023.

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National Museum Directors' Council @nmdcnews.bsky.social · Jul 25

Imperial War Museums makes 20,000 hours of oral history accessible with AI Via @blooloop.bsky.social blooloop.com/museum/news/...

Imperial War Museums makes 20,000 hours of oral history accessible with AI

Imperial War Museums, Capgemini, and Google Cloud will transcribe over 20,000 hours of IWM's oral history collection using AI technology.

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blooloop @blooloop.bsky.social · Jun 19

This week's theme from #OnlineArtExchange from
@artukdotorg.bsky.social is the Female Form to mark 'Jenny Saville: The Anatomy of Painting' exhibition at The National Portrait Gallery.

Here's Tamara de Lempicka's La Belle Rafaëla (1927).

naked woman reclining on a bed with a dark background and a red sheet

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National Museum Directors' Council @nmdcnews.bsky.social · Jun 23

blooloop 50 Museum Influencer List 2025 nominations are open via @blooloop.bsky.social blooloop.com/museum/news/...

blooloop 50 Museum Influencer List 2025 nominations are open

blooloop, in association with BeWunder, experts in spectacular multisensory experiences using a range of media and technology, is pleased to announce that

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National Museum Directors' Council @nmdcnews.bsky.social · Jun 24

When can we visit!... 'Creative Studio Berlin designs reimagined laser maze for the German Spy Museum' via @blooloop.bsky.social blooloop.com/museum/news/...

Creative Studio Berlin designs reimagined laser maze for the German Spy Museum

Creative Studio Berlin has unveiled Mission Nuclear, a redesigned laser maze experience at the German Spy Museum in Berlin.

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blooloop @blooloop.bsky.social · Jun 19

This week's theme from #OnlineArtExchange from
@artukdotorg.bsky.social is the Female Form to mark 'Jenny Saville: The Anatomy of Painting' exhibition at The National Portrait Gallery.

Here's Tamara de Lempicka's La Belle Rafaëla (1927).

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blooloop @blooloop.bsky.social · Jun 19

This week's theme from #OnlineArtExchange from
@artukdotorg.bsky.social is the Female Form to mark 'Jenny Saville: The Anatomy of Painting' exhibition at The National Portrait Gallery.

Here's Auguste Toulmouche's Vanity (1889).

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curious ordinary @curiousordinary.bsky.social · Jun 1

'Summer in Itako' - Kawase Hasui, ca. 1945-46.
#JapaneseArt #shinhanga

Houses beside a stream with people and trees behind. A rainbow in the sky above.

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The Mary Rose Museum @maryrosemuseum.bsky.social · May 27

Some people will tell you that the Mary Rose never made it out of the harbour, but she was actually rather well travelled, at least for a ship in Henry VIII's fleet where coastal defence was more important than conquering the world...

A map of the United Kingdom (Not that it was called that then, but it makes it easier to describe the map) and the coast of France showing all the places the Mary Rose went to., the most northerly being Newcastle. Some, such as Brest, St-Pol-de-leon & Morlaix, as well as Portmsouth, have sword symbols showing that military action took place. Greenwich has a tankard as the crew got drunk and attacked a merchant vessel there. We'll talk abut that in a later post...

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blooloop @blooloop.bsky.social · May 16

Thanks. Inspiring work.

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blooloop @blooloop.bsky.social · May 16

Wonderful! How are you doing this, and whose access are you restricting? Is there a link about your work/process?

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