📢JOB ALERT📢 We're looking for a Programmes Curator to join us on a fixed-term basis for 12 months. If you have a passion for medical history and enjoy bringing the story of healthcare to a varied audience, we'd love to hear from you! Apply here: thackraymuseum.co.uk/about-us/work-…

You can now book both Lord Foppletwig's Christmas Contraption Show and Dissecting Santa on our website! 🎅 Dissecting Santa - only a handful of tickets left for both slots! 🎩 Lord Foppletwig - available to purchase with a valid entry ticket thackraymuseum.co.uk

Falling in love several times a day, every day, with other people's dogs.

"Are you ok?" Oh my god no, but for the purposes of this conversation yes I'm fine.

Being an adult is saying to yourself "once I get this week out of the way I'll be less stressed" FOR THE REST OF YOUR LIFE.

Are you “burned out” or are you having a reasonable reaction to a never-ending barrage of bad news which you can do very little about.

Who said working in museums isn’t sexy

2 weeks ago Arts Council England released 'Restitution & Repatriation: A Practical Guide for Museums in England'. We were happy to collaborate in its preparation and think it will become an essential doc for museums for +++ years to come. Media coverage 🧵... artscouncil.org.uk/publication/re…

Across my career i've worked in 9 different museums. If you had to ask me what is the most important thing to make it a happy, worthwhile, functioning place. I'd say: make sure that ALL colleagues are heard, their voices respected and that the experience is utilised. Yours?

nothing in a job should be so stressful that you're crying on the regular. why are we putting so much pressure on our employees to deliver? life is hard enough! museums need to reckon with the emotional damage being done with their 'meet the deadline at all costs' approach.

While working in our archives, I found an old metal box. Inside was a long-forgotten roll of silent 8mm film marked "The Philippines 1942" Excited at possibly discovering lost WW II footage, I sent it to specialists for care and digitization. Yesterday, it came back. On it was:

Taylor Lautner is the only one doing celebrity right. Take the money from your giant franchise and enjoy your quiet and unproblematic life. Marry a nice person with the same name as you. Practice your backflips in obscurity until Taylor Swift asks to see you.

me at 16: i am going to be so successful when i grow up me now: maybe someday i will have enough energy to start a hobby