💥 The #MuseumoftheYear shortlist is here! These are the 5 exceptional museums; @skiptontownhall, @dcadundee, @mcrmuseum, @npglondon and Young V&A, all competing to win the ultimate prize of £120,000.🏆

What museums are on the Art Fund Museum of the Year 2024 shortlist? Read more about the 5 finalists competing for the world's biggest museum prize! 🏆👇

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🚨🦀CRAB UPDATE 🦀🚨

After a wild journey he's finally back and with some good news...

🎉 WE'VE BEEN SHORTLISTED FOR MUSEUM OF THE YEAR 🎉

Art Fund #MuseumoftheYear

🚨🦀 CRAB UPDATE 🦀🚨

If you missed it, here’s that shocking eyewitness footage that was broadcast on national news last night.

We at the Museum of Free Derry would like to extend our solidarity and support to students at Princeton University participating in the Gaza Solidarity Encampment.

🚨🦀SPIDER CRAB UPDATE🦀🚨

Thank you to the nice people at the news for sending us this breaking story on the crab's whereabouts.

Must-listen (we have quite a Nur Jahan fan club Manchester Museum) .. Nur Jahan - the only Mughal woman to have coins issued in her name. Her story and these beautiful coins greet you as you enter the South Asia Gallery Nusrat

‘They smash your kneecaps with racism and then they give you crutches in the form of grants to stand up on. The youth of 1981 and 1985 were an almighty lion that could roar and could bite. The system got scared...and created the race relations industry.’

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Please keep talking about #Defiance . The films are all available to watch online at All4, Channel 4 ‘s VOD service. This is just the start of the films going out into the world & history being debated. It’s in your hands now, you’re the best ambassadors for getting the word out.

Yesterday at the Belfast iconic murals tour there was much sadness for past and present. After watching #Defiance Channel 4 a heavy heart full of people pain.
Taking away ICOM UK 2024 the absolute global ‘Common Ground’ is the basic right to survive!

Last year Matthew O'Donnell who is now our Curator of Herpetology introduced us to the cute baby giant green anoles bred here in the museum, and their brand new enclosure.

1 million visitors later, let’s see how they’re getting on… 🦎

Back in Belfast ICOM UK as a keynote speaker for this afternoon and sharing #SouthAsiaGallery Manchester Museum learning. For now sitting back and in awe at the inspiring work happening across museums globally 👏🏽 Hannah Crowdy

🎉1 MILLION VISITORS 🎉

This lovely family from Liverpool made Manchester Museum history as our millionth visitors since reopening!

They were treated to a huge bag of museum goodies from our Director Esme Ward

Thank you to all 1,000,000 of our visitors! 🥳

Today, a sad day, Shardaben Chandarana's (RIP) funeral. She was a leader in the 13 wk Imperial Typrewriters strike in Leicester, against the racist practices of employers and unions. U will find her words in Amrit Wilson's book 'Finding A Voice'.

Had an insightful
afternoon with the Scott Trust / Guardian Legacies of Enslavement team and cultural colleagues from across the city. Now giving this important job opportunity to uplift and connect work in Manchester a push jobs.theguardian.com/job/8931759/pr…

This is what our parents lived through #Defiance

Our exhibition Golden Mummies of Egypt closes in one week. Get down to Manchester Museum if you want to catch it! ✨

Our series #Defiance has its broadcast premiere TOMORROW, and continues on Tuesday and Wednesday. Do please share & watch.

#Defiance begins next week on Channel 4 - I’ve watched the whole thing and it’s brilliant. The story of how British Asians in Southall, Brick Lane and Bradford resisted racism, racist violence and stood up for themselves and each other. Overdue yes, but here now and on prime…

Wonderful #Vaisaikhi Manchester Museum Congratulations Sukhbir Singh #ManchesterSikhFoundation what an inspiration Esme Ward Never too late to learn & #empower ourselves through #History bringing us closer to #solidarity & #understanding Afzal Khan MP Rogers Govender 𝓪𝓷𝓲𝓼𝓱𝓪🖋️