A fascinating photo-based project from Cumbria's Mil Museum adapting to the difficult current circumstances

Great to hear from a wide range of voices in AMOT - The Army Heritage Charity conference throughout the day today - many ongoing challenges, but strong adaptation at all levels.

100% this. #MuseumPassion can only exist because of so many staff at so many orgs who have done a lot of work. Because museums are a passion, there's a lot of bad practice and bad treatment for the workforce. Our #MusuemPassion is trying to solve that!

Indoor museums in England to be allowed to open in Step 3 - 17th May. That's 5 weeks after libraries and retail - even though museums have proved they are Covid-safe. Hugely frustrating. Museums Association already raised this with govt and will do so again. museumsassociation.org/campaigns/advo…

Last week, we tweeted our concerns about censorship following the DCMS call to 25 heritage organisations. We did not hear from all of them. What we heard back was concerns from Detoxers about their wellbeing and livelihood being impacted by SMTs who have retracted:

Groundbreaking findings from the #historymattersconference today - I have learned that history is complex, which I was unaware of before

#Windows11 looks really great, some interesting features to come! Anyway, had my #COVIDVaccination today, get yours!

Game Over on the DCMS front - time to watch all the small gains disappear under absolutely the least possibly qualified person, ever.

Our annual review is now online! Click to find out what's been happening over the past year within the Army Museums Network and the wider heritage and military history sector. armymuseums.org.uk/amot-annual-re… 📸 Three Soldiers and a Dog (c) Bodmin Keep, Cornwall’s Regimental Museum

Our Community Curators recently added new, alternative labels to the displays, offering an honest and balanced perspective of the war - come along and have a read! (3/3)

You can watch the #BBC programme #WhoDoyouThinkYouAre? on the IPlayer now. Watch #SuePerkins visit #Bodmin Keep. Contact us at [email protected] if you have a relative who served in the #DCLI and you'd like to know more! Watch here: bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episod…

Community Curators is back! 🌟 We’re on the lookout for volunteers to take part in our 6-week programme from November 2022, helping us to research and interpret never-before-seen objects from our collection from the Sudan Campaign. Find out more: buff.ly/3ywEDO2

Do you want to contribute to an exhibition at The Highlanders' Museum? We're looking for Community Curators to join us for a 6-week programme, helping us to reinterpret and decolonise objects in our collection from the Sudan Campaign. Find out more: thehighlandersmuseum.com/?page_id=30512

⭐️ Exhibition now open! ⭐️ Written and researched by our wonderful group of Community Curators over six weeks, this exhibition explores objects in our collection from the Sudan Campaign, where the Seaforth and Cameron Highlanders fought from 1896 - 1899. Open until 29th May.

We are delighted to announce that we have received funding from MuseumsGalleriesScot for an exciting new project, 'Developing Resilience through Accessibility at The Highlanders' Museum' as part of the Resilience Fund 🥳 🌟 Keep an eye out for updates!

We are absolutely delighted to have received this grant from MuseumsGalleriesScot 🎉🎉🎉