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James 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🦖 @thattalljacobite.bsky.social · 5d

Here’s Hugh Miller’s Birthplace Museum’s #ScottishMuseumsDay submission for #MightyObjects

Our dinosaurs (Brachiosaur tail bone and two Iguanodont bones, all from the Isle of Wight) which are back on display for the Big Birthday Weekend (Sat 11th and Sun 12th Oct!) 🦕

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A museum display on a wooden floor featuring three fossils, two toy dinosaurs (one grey and one yellow), and three white number cards

A museum display on a wooden bookcase featuring three fossils, two toy dinosaurs (one grey and one yellow), and three white number cards. To the right of the display is a small white information card about the fossils in the display

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Scottish Museums Federation @scottishmuseums.bsky.social · 5d

That’s a wrap on #ScottishMuseumsDay 2025! 🎉

Huge thanks to everyone who shared their #MightyObjects – from bloomers & knickers to ships, salmon, dinosaur fossils, & jute machines. A mighty reminder of how diverse & fascinating Scotland’s collections are and why we need to keep supporting them. 🏛️✨

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Wee Walking Tours @weewalkingtours.bsky.social · 5d

Happy #ScottishMuseumsDay! 💙🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

This year's theme is #MightyObjects, and we want to highlight one of our favourite museums- The Scottish Fisheries Museum in Anstruther, Fife.

#ScottishFisheriesMuseum #Anstruther #Scotland #Dogs #Travel @museumsgalleriesscotland.org.uk @scottishmuseums.bsky.social

Our Golden Retriever explorers, Arthur (on the left) and Walter (on the right) pose in front of the Scottish Fisheries Museum in Anstruther.

The massive boat, Research, on display in one of the galleries at the Scottish Fisheries Museum.

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Douglas McAllister @douglasmcallister.bsky.social · 5d

Today marks #ScottishMuseumDay & I visited our new Clydebank Museum to learn more about our historical legacy.

I encourage everyone to go immerse yourself in our past; from our world-renowned Singer sewing machines to our ship building roots. Admission is free!

@scottishmuseums.bsky.social

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Museums Galleries Scotland @museumsgalleriesscotland.org.uk · 5d

Happy Scottish Museums Day! Today we're celebrating the mighty efforts of the museum staff and volunteers who tirelessly research, conserve, interpret, display and promote Scotland’s #MightyObjects. A huge well done to the incredible people who make Scotland’s museums special!

#ScottishMuseumsDay

An adult with curly brown hair, wearing a cowboy hat, and a black t-shirt with "Deaf Staff" written on the back, stands on an elevated part of a boat, gazing out over the deck below.

An adult who has light skin and red hair and is wearing a green jumper holds a measuring tape against a green silk dress. A lamp shines an intense white light onto the dress.

A smiling adult with light skin, short brown hair, and a grey and brown beard holds a tool as they work on the inside of an upturned wooden boat.

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Maryhill Burgh Halls @maryhillburghhalls.bsky.social · 5d

The Halls are proof that heritage isn’t always something you can pick up or move, sometimes it’s the very space where history happens.

What part of Maryhill’s heritage are you most proud of?

#MightyObjects @scottishmuseums.bsky.social

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Maryhill Burgh Halls @maryhillburghhalls.bsky.social · 5d

It’s #ScottishMuseumsDay and we’re shining a light on our mightiest ‘object’: Maryhill Burgh Halls!

Opened in 1878 as the civic home of the old Burgh, they are more than just a building. They’ve seen generations of Maryhill life, from council decisions to community dances.

Photo of Maryhill Burgh Halls in the sun. A Victorian building developed onto two floors. A doors n the middle, two windows on each side and 5 windows on the top floor.

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Maths Week Scotland @mathsweek.scot · 5d

For #ScottishMuseumsDay (3 Oct) we’ve rounded up some of our favourite #MathsWeekScot museum activities from across the country!

mathsweek.scot/news/scottis...

#mathstoday #UKMathsChat #kidsinmuseums #tmwyk

The photograph shows a table with large fern leaves and stacks of paper, along with some paint and paint rollers. Two sheets of paper show prints of fern leaves that have been made with the paint and rollers.

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Scottish Museums Federation @scottishmuseums.bsky.social · 5d

It’s #ScottishMuseumsDay! 🎉

This year’s theme is #MightyObjects – the biggest, tallest, heaviest & most surprising treasures in Scotland’s collections.

Head out, explore museums near & far, and share your monumental finds today! 🏛️✨

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Scottish Museums Federation @scottishmuseums.bsky.social · 6d

Scottish Museums Day is tomorrow and we're going BIG! 💥

From giant fossils to towering sculptures and shipyard legends. Visit a museum, find some #MightyObjects, and share them with us by using #ScottishMuseumsDay!

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Scottish Museums Federation @scottishmuseums.bsky.social · 8d

Just 3 days to go!

On 3 October, join us in celebrating #ScottishMuseumsDay by seeking out Scotland’s #MightyObjects - the biggest, tallest, and heaviest treasures in our museums.

Visit, explore, and share your discoveries using the above hashtags!

Scottish Museums Federation @scottishmuseums.bsky.social · 12d

One week to go! On 3 October we'll celebrate Scottish Museums Day 2025! 🎉

This year’s theme is #MightyObjects – the largest, tallest, heaviest, & most surprising treasures in Scotland’s collections.

Share your finds & tag us using #MightyObjects + #ScottishMuseumsDay!

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Scottish Museums Federation @scottishmuseums.bsky.social · 17d

We’re going BIG for #ScottishMuseumsDay 2025! 🎉

Following last year’s #TinyTreasures, this year is all about #MightyObjects - the largest, tallest, heaviest, & most surprising items in Scottish collections.

Share your finds with us on 3 October!

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Scottish Museums Federation @scottishmuseums.bsky.social · 21d

Save the date! Scottish Museums Day is back on 3 October 2025! 🎉

We’ll be celebrating the incredible collections in Scotland’s museums, galleries, libraries, archives, & heritage sites.

This year’s theme drops soon. Stay tuned! 👀

#ScottishMuseumsDay

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Scottish Museums Federation @scottishmuseums.bsky.social · 24d

Our friends at @socantscot.bsky.social invite you to a free hybrid talk: Reinterpreting the Past to Explain the Present and Reimagine the Future, with Nelson Cummins on colonial histories in Glasgow Museums.

📆 Thu 2 October, 6-8pm
🎟 Book here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/reinterpre...

Reinterpreting the Past to Explain the Present and Reimagine the Future

This hybrid talk will be presented by Nelson Cummins, Curator of Legacies of Slavery and Empire at Glasgow Museums.

www.eventbrite.co.uk

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Scottish Museums Federation @scottishmuseums.bsky.social · Aug 24

🗣 Elections 2025 are open! SMF is seeking new Committee members to help shape the future of Scotland’s museums.

Roles: President, Secretary, & Membership Officer
Deadline: 29 September

Your voice can make a difference!
🗳 👉 www.scottishmuseumsfederation.org.uk/elections

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Scottish Museums Federation @scottishmuseums.bsky.social · Aug 17

📢 Museum Mentor Opportunity!

The Museum of Communication in Burntisland is looking for a mentor to support its reaccreditation. Volunteer-run, board meetings mostly on Zoom, open May–Sept and by appt.

📧 Contact Marion McLean: [email protected]
👉 More info: www.museumofcommunication.org.uk

Museum Of Communication

www.museumofcommunication.org.uk

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Scottish Museums Federation @scottishmuseums.bsky.social · Aug 17

From Pit to Pitch is now open at National Mining Museum Scotland! ⚒️⚽

Explore how Scotland’s coalfields shaped generations of footballing talent and pride.

🎟 Admission included with your museum ticket
📅 Summer events on now
👉 www.nationalminingmuseum.com

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Scottish Museums Federation @scottishmuseums.bsky.social · Jun 19

NEW BLOG: Scones & Stories 🍰

Curating an exhibition in a busy café? Lynne Clark reveals how tea, scones & chats at Charles Michies Pharmacy sparked hidden histories & community spirit for its 100th anniversary.

👉 Read more: scottishmuseumsfederation.wordpress.com/2025/06/16/s...

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Scottish Museums Federation @scottishmuseums.bsky.social · Jun 19

Beneath the Waves – now open at the Scottish Maritime Museum, Irvine! 🌊

Explore award-winning underwater photography, drawings from a Hope Spot, and rare pottery recovered from a shipwreck near Arran.

www.scottishmaritimemuseum.org/exhibitions/...

📸 Graeme Bruce | Christina Riley | Lawson Wood

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Scottish Museums Federation @scottishmuseums.bsky.social · May 16

Don't know about you, but we're still buzzing from #SMFConference2025!

A huge thank you to everyone who attended, spoke, supported, or made it happen. We’re a volunteer-run org, so your generosity means the world.

Want to help shape next year’s event? Keep an eye out for our Committee elections!

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James 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🦖 @thattalljacobite.bsky.social · May 12

Exciting trip to Dundee for the @scottishmuseums.bsky.social conference, complete with a wonderful trip to @hmsunicorn.bsky.social - even if I was on hands and knees to crawl my way through the ship’s historic decks! ⚓️

A wooden black ship with a white unicorn figurehead attached to the front. The ship is sitting in water with a plant in front and a lamp post to the right of the ship

A wooden room inside a ship with yellow walls, a white roof, and four black cannons pointing out of white bright rectangular openings in the wall facing away from the photographer

The wooden inside of a sailing ship with white walls and beams and a light brown floor

A white unicorn figurehead inside a room with white and green walls and a brown wooden floor. Immediately to the right of the unicorn is a small black cannon pointing away from the photographer

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Scottish Museums Federation @scottishmuseums.bsky.social · May 12

We’re over halfway through #SMFConference2025 and what a day it’s been so far!

Huge thank you to our brilliant speakers - your insights and generosity have been incredible.

Looking forward to an afternoon of workshops, socials, and sector conversation.

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Museums Galleries Scotland @museumsgalleriesscotland.org.uk · May 12

🏛️ Our Grants Manager Kate was delighted to speak on the financial resilience panel at the @scottishmuseums.bsky.social annual conference in #Dundee today! Thank you to Scottish Museums Federation team for organising such an engaging programme, and for inviting us to be a part of it.

Adults sit around circular tables in a large room and listen to a presentation being delivered by an adult in a green dress standing on a stage.

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Scottish Museums Federation @scottishmuseums.bsky.social · May 12

Session Three: Financial Resilience Panel

+ Rikki Payne, National Lottery Heritage Fund
+ Kate O'Driscoll, Museums Galleries Scotland
+ Shannen Provan-Sloan, The MacDougall of Dunollie Preservation Trust
+ Emma Halford-Forbes, Glencoe Folk Museum

#SMFConference2025

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