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The National Videogame Museum @nvmuk.bsky.social · 22d

Join us as Chair of The National Videogame Museum!⁠
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Are you passionate about videogames, culture, and education? Do you have the strategic vision and experience to lead a growing national charity? Join us and help shape the future of our work.⁠
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Geoff Belknap @curatorgeoff.bsky.social · 7d

Physics World disappoints - he may indeed have had a waxed mustache, but Gabriel Lippmann and his colour photography process is an icon in the history of photography.

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Elaine Ayers @eayers0.bsky.social · 8d

Job at UC-Berkeley: Asst. Prof. in Global History of Technology, apps due 10/10 (so soon). #history #histSTM #histsci #histphilsci

aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF05065

Assistant Professor – Global History of Technology - Department of History

University of California, Berkeley is hiring. Apply now!

aprecruit.berkeley.edu

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Geoff Belknap @curatorgeoff.bsky.social · 15d

Think you have your next tattoo inspiration sorted....

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Geoff Belknap @curatorgeoff.bsky.social · 15d

Job Klaxon!

Science Museum is looking for a Curator of Chemistry.

Job Details
Salary - £41,177.63
Full Time
London
Deadline - 29/09/2025
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Geoff Belknap @curatorgeoff.bsky.social · Aug 22

Congratulations Alex! Gotta celebrate the big things like this

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Geoff Belknap @curatorgeoff.bsky.social · Aug 18

Good luck! I know it's a super stressful process - hope it goes as smoothly as possible

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Vanessa is the name of the Doctor! @hpsvanessa.bsky.social · Aug 15

#JobFairy University of Birmingham is looking for a Director of Culture, Collections and Public Engagement - senior hire at Grade 10
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Director of Culture, Collections and Public Engagement - External Relations - 81775 - Grade 10

The Director of Culture, Collections and Public Engagement will provide strategic leadership and oversight of the University’s cultural and public engagement initiatives, supporting the University’s S...

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Efram Sera-Shriar @dreframss.bsky.social · Aug 11

What do all of these things have in common? Each has been embroiled in debates over censorship and moral panic in the USA. I'm going to be talking about these themes on Wednesday as part of the "Otherworldly Entertainment" workshop @ucph.bsky.social!

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Christina Riggs @christinajriggs.bsky.social · Aug 4

In-person tix for this #photography talk @nationalgalleries.bsky.social are nearly gone - but a livestream is available to hear Pam Isherwood and Maggie Murray discuss Format, the agency est in 1983 (closed 2003) to represent women photographers. 🗃️📜📷📸🔥

Tuesday, Aug. 12th, 12.45-1.30 pm in Edinburgh

Resistance | Format: the Women’s Photography Agency (in person) | National Galleries of Scotland

Join Resistance photographers Pam Isherwood and Maggie Murray for a discussion about Format, the agency founded as a collective to represent women photographers. Format was established in 1983 and op...

www.nationalgalleries.org

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Geoff Belknap @curatorgeoff.bsky.social · Aug 4

You coming up for this? The show is great - let me know if you are in town on the 12th

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Rebekah Higgitt @rhiggitt.bsky.social · Aug 4

I just noticed that Metropolitan Science will be out in paperback - exciting news! Not available until next year, but can be pre-ordered for a relatively affordable £26.09 @jasminekt.bsky.social www.bloomsbury.com/uk/metropoli... #earlymodern #histSTM 🗃️

Metropolitan Science

Exploring distinctive practices in the artisanal, mercantile, and governmental sites of London, Metropolitan Science offers a new perspective on the development…

www.bloomsbury.com

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Geoff Belknap @curatorgeoff.bsky.social · Aug 1

If you are interested in Transport collections (trains, planes, automobiles etc..) or the ethics and implications of AI in museums - this conference is for you: www.iatm.museum/conferences/...

The AI shift - IATM

REGISTER NOW Register now! We are looking forward to welcoming you in Frankfurt/Main and Mannheim!From 14-17 September 2025, we will gather in Frankfurt am Main and Mannheim for the next IATM Conferen...

www.iatm.museum

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Christina Riggs @christinajriggs.bsky.social · Jul 7

Two #photography jobs at the V&A London, 3-yr full-time posts to work on the Royal Photographic Society collection. Deadline July 18th. Project Archivist in link below, Project Cataloguer in the next post. 📜🗃️📷📸

Not great pay for London - but fantastic opportunities otherwise!

RPS Project Archivist - Cromwell Road, London

The V&A is a family of museums dedicated to the power of creativity. Our mission is to champion art, design and creativity in all its forms, for everyone. We share a 5,000-year-old story of creativity...

vam.current-vacancies.com

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Dr Laura Humphreys @bogarty.bsky.social · Jul 3

An amazing job in an Amazing city - if the commute from Wales wasn't a bit impractical I'd bite their hand off.

The brilliant Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery are looking for a Curator (Science & Industry).

careers.birminghammuseums.org.uk/job/333d2a38...

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

careers.birminghammuseums.org.uk

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Geoff Belknap @curatorgeoff.bsky.social · Jun 20

The birthday present that will keep on giving! Thanks @dreframss.bsky.social and @nannaklk.bsky.social!

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Royal Historical Society @royalhistsoc.org · Jun 19

The Royal Historical Society is a fellowship of professional historians. We welcome applications from historians working in education and many other sectors.

Fellows make original contributions to historical understanding through research, public history and heritage bit.ly/4iOu51g #Skystorians

Image of crowd with text: 'Fellowship of the Royal Historical Society. We warmly welcome applications to join the Fellowship. Fellowship recognizes the scholarly contribution of historians working in all sectors of professional history. Next closing date: Monday 11 August 2025'

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Muki Haklay @mhaklay.bsky.social · Jun 13

With help from a lot of people, I've created a #YouTube playlist of 30 clips/promos/teasers of European #CitizenScience projects - covering more or less the last decade, including the one with @colombewarin.bsky.social & the science bus, and many more... www.youtube.com/watch?v=VlRt... 1/2

Citizen Science: Opening up science to society

YouTube video by EU Science & Innovation

www.youtube.com

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Museums Association @museumsassociation.org · Jun 9

News | Museums must support diversity amid Trump attacks, says V&A East director – Gus Casely-Hayford expresses solidarity with US colleagues after Smithsonian gallery director is ‘fired’

Museums must support diversity amid Trump attacks, says V&A East director - Museums Association

Gus Casely-Hayford expresses solidarity with US colleagues after Smithsonian gallery director is ‘fired’

www.museumsassociation.org

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Geoff Belknap @curatorgeoff.bsky.social · Jun 5

Really useful thread on why new technology doesn't have to take over our lives

NightMar on Hicks Street, Part 4: The Rabbit’s Revenge @histoftech.bsky.social · Jun 5

As many of us people who study or work in tech tried to tell y’all, move fast & break things was always about POWER, not progress.

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Becky L @bekkhilde.bsky.social · May 14

Still time to apply for the Head of Collections (Library, Archives & Museum) job at @antiquaries.bsky.social. Closes this Sunday night! www.sal.org.uk/about-us/vac...

#lisjobs #museumjobs #archivejobs #heritagejobs #library #archive #museum #collections #heritage #rarebooks #specialcollections

Vacancies & Volunteering - Society of Antiquaries of London

Current roles available: Assistant Librarian (full time)

www.sal.org.uk

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Jack Ashby @jackdashby.bsky.social · Apr 1

EXCITING OPPORTUNITY to come and spend up to three weeks in our natural history collections at @camunivmuseums.bsky.social to undertake humanities research on a visiting fellowship! #museums

Cambridge Collections Connections Communities @camglamresearch.bsky.social · Mar 28

🥁 Drum rolls needed!
Applications for the Natural History Humanities Visiting Fellowships are now OPEN!

We are so excited to offer this incredible opportunity!
Please, help us share the news!
2 online sandpits to meet #GLAM people @uniofcam.bsky.social

Info 👇
www.ccc.cam.ac.uk/initiatives/...

Researchers discussing Natural History Humanities materials at the Cambridge University Library

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Leeds Centre for the History and Philosophy of Science @hpsleeds.bsky.social · Apr 3

Two Collaborative PhD Studentships in History of Science

The Centre for History & Philosophy of Science is offering two fully-funded PhD scholarships to support research in the history of science and gender, and the history of trust in meteorology. The two projects – supported by Collaborative…

Two Collaborative PhD Studentships in History of Science

The Centre for History & Philosophy of Science is offering two fully-funded PhD scholarships to support research in the history of science and gender, and the history of trust in meteorology. The two projects – supported by Collaborative Doctoral Awards from the Arts & Humanities Research Council – will offer supervision through project partners including the Royal Society and Cambridge University Library…

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Geoff Belknap @curatorgeoff.bsky.social · Apr 4

Joe, I'm so sorry. Watching this all unfold from across the Atlantic. Hope you and other colleagues are able to weather the storm as best as possible

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