Around 1420 AD a cat peed on this manuscript and a Deventer scribe added illustrations of the event, by drawing hands pointing toward the stain and cursing the feline with the following words:

Are you joining in with the fun at Pride Bolton (Bolton Pride) this weekend? If you need a place to reflect and reset, pop in to our relaxation space at Bolton Museum. We also have zine making at 15:30 with The Door's Open (only on Sat). Free, limited spaces. Enquire on the day. 🏳‍🌈📚 #pride

Sound on to hear a #dormouse snoring 💤 The ranger team (who are licenced to handle dormice) were out checking nesting boxes in the Teign Valley recently. This snoring dormouse was in a state of deep sleep called ‘torpor’ to conserve energy. 📷 Thanks to Ranger Luke

Can’t have #InternationalCatDay without a Milo appearance here he is having cuddles after I got in late this evening.

#InternationalCatDay Milo is frequently known as “little S**t” not his guilty face I caught him just in time before he pushed the glass off the worktop tonight

Our final top find discovered at #LaCotte is a flint tool about 160,000 yrs old. It appears to have been valued by its #Neanderthal owner as it was re-sharpened many times. Found alongside a bone heap, it could have been used as part of the butchery of a mammoth carcass.

Just watched one of the most beautiful heart wrenching films I’ve ever seen #TheElectricalLifeOfLouisWain all #Cat people need to watch #BenedictCumberbatch & #ClaireFoy utterly stunning performances

It's that time of year again! Here are the prompts for #museum30 2023. As always it is a mix of standard prompts and some new additions - will you be taking part this year? bit.ly/museum-30-2023

Late to the #Museum30 party as usual so I’m catching up Day 1 #Museum has to be Libs and Museums I’ll be proud to have worked for the people of Bolton for 20years in April

Day 2 #Museum30 my Introduction to Museums was early, one of my first memories is aged about 4 seeing Daniel Lamberts trousers Leicester Museums & Galleries now over 40 years later I’m privileged to care for collections and manage a brilliant team

It’s #AskAConservatorDay did you know this was first held in memory of the 1966 Florence floods which happened on the 4th November. Flood awareness is increasingly important with climate change. Ask if you need some advice on caring for wet objects

#AskAConservatorDay today. Happy to answer questions about how we care for the collections Libs and Museums &/or about being a conservator. This is an excellent tool in my arsenal against deterioration from @meacotweet

Our Conservation Treatment Team apply interventive treatments, informed by the latest research, to preserve our collection. Follow this thread and join us behind-the-scenes as we ask our conservator Kat about her role #AskAConservator

Lancs Fire & Rescue Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service is rivington on fire? It smells like burning Peat in Adlington this morning

Today we turn 140! 🎉🥳 On his death Samuel Taylor Chadwick left £5000 to Bolton for “building, furnishing & maintenance of a Museum of Natural History”. Years have passed but we still have objects from this time in our collection including this penguin which joined us in 1909!

Our first curators were father & son William & Thomas Midgley. In 1907 they helped form The Bolton Field Naturalists’ Society. ✨Big news✨ Our new summer exhibition looks at the Field Nats & the #BirdsofBolton. Exciting things coming at the end of the month - watch this space!

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Popped back for a few minutes, learnt Flambards and Dingles Vintage Fairground have both closed down for food this week, childhood holidays in the Southwest will never be the same. I’m retreating back to my books