Skies of #Leeds. Temple Newsam rooftop, aurora, and sunny reflections!

Beautiful things and ordinary things British Museum #silkroad exhibition. Loved the contrast of the guards' shoes with the gilded dagger and learned about clamp dying! #museum #exhibition

Awesome @lightnightleeds! Loved Snake coding Leeds City Museum, the fire breathing drumming dragon Royal Armouries, and learned about 3d projectors.

Today, we officially opened our new Changing Places UK toilet at Abbey House Museum Leeds Museums & Galleries with some pupils from West SILC, local councillors, tea and cake. Note the wall handles on the left, a first for #Leeds for assisted changing whilst standing. #toilet #dignity

An absolute privilege to be Young V&A with Art Fund last night talking all things arts and culture, including the marvellous #MiniWonders EY programme, with interested and fascinating people. Great to see friends old and new. Ps. I want this dress for Christmas!

The fabulous phoenixdanceacademy dancing Thackray Museum of Medicine today.

What a crowd Leeds Art Gallery to start the Museums Association conference 2024 in #Leeds! With Bhangra Academy doing Ed Sheeran and 90s classic Freed from Desire mixes - bloomin' love museums! Oh, and awesome portrait inspired Artspace activities... might be a little biased!

GEM pizza and chat at Leeds Discovery Centre at #Museum2024 Museums Association! Conference in #Leeds! #museumlearning

Thank you to everyone who attended our networking lunch, brilliant to see so many people representing museum learning at #Museums2024 please do keep the conversation going! #museumlearning

'Make the case for a cultural education... being holistic with creative industries' Yes, we totally agree, Chris Bryant. #Museums2024 Museums Association

Themes from today Museums Association #Museums2024 conference... Value proposition Civicness Stronger together Cultural and creative industries Lobbying, making the case And sword fighting, lovely sunset, GEM pizza, poetry with Surfing Sofas & chats with friends old & new.

Doing last minute prep for our Leeds Museums & Galleries session on 'the joy of curriculum planning' 14.40 today Museums Association #Museums2024 conference with Emily Nelson, FieldheadCarrPS. We'll be talking deep relationships, income, & Ofsted. Really looking forward to it! Come & say hi!

Wow, what a conversation between Michelle Charters and Michelle Gayle! Parents and generations, truth and activism, community and community organisations, working together, forming identities. Museums Association #Museums2024

Set up and ready for Explore:Urban Nature session with Natural History Museum national partnerships programme. We're making terrariums!! #Museums2024 Museums Association Leeds Museums & Galleries

Ready for the next panel... Developing Professionally, talking about doing the AMA and FMA. Phew, what a day! #Museums2024 Museums Association Leeds Museums & Galleries

Coming to the final session of #Museums2024 some thought provoking sessions today, including exploring AI, hearing from teachers taking part in Leeds Museums & Galleries learning programmes and being on a panel about professional development with Tamsin Russell

"Youth club closures during the 2010s led to worse GCSE results and increased offending in London." 30% of youth clubs in London closed between 2010-19 as a result of slashed council budgets (Institute for Fiscal Studies). Years of council cuts have hit communities hard. bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

💬 “It’s a tragedy that young people from working class backgrounds are the least likely to study creative arts degrees, or break into the creative professions.” Our new research reveals stark class inequalities in access to the creative industries ⬇️ suttontrust.com/our-research/a…