🚨 North Atlantic right whales are on the brink of #extinction. There are so few left that we know many of them by name & we know what’s killing them—collisions with vessels & entanglement in fishing gear. Sign our petition now to help protect North Atlantic right whales. 🐋✍️

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Superb piece by Carole Cadwalladr on Elon Musk’s unceasing efforts to spread disinformation and amplify hate on both sides of the Atlantic. 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏 theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

The most stubbornly persistent myth about historic buildings is the yarn that all spiral stairs in castles turn clockwise to advantage right-handed defenders. Yet it was invented in 1902 by an art critic and didn't gain popularity until the mid-20th century... a thread 🧵

It's #WorldPhotographyDay, and we're celebrating the life and work of John Gay. 📸 Born in Germany in 1909, he fled to England in 1933 and established his career as an architectural photographer. These photos of Blackpool show the heyday of post-war British seaside resorts.

Happy #WorldPhotographyDay! From the photography collection, we've chosen this striking image by Magnus Jackson from 1888. The photo features the 'new' Tay Railway Bridge, which opened in 1887 after the previous bridge collapsed during the storm of 1879. #PerthArtGallery

#WorldPhotographyDay Norfolk Museums Norwich Cathedral Gressenhall Farm and Workhouse From a trip a few weeks ago.

#WorldPhotographyDay Sledmere House Wagoners Museum of the Special Reserve - museum room and historic carriage collection. A great museum.., which I happen to mentor. Museum Development North Arts Council England, North Visit East Yorkshire #Yorkshirewolds

Our beautiful waters are at risk—now is the time to act! On October 26th, we’re marching on Westminster to demand change. 👇 Share this video and help us rally support. Let’s make sure the new government knows we won’t stay silent. #RescueBritainsWaters #M4CW #FloodTheStreets

We have 8 days to raise funds to buy historic Bethlehem Chapel Trefdraeth for the community before a public auction. Do you know anyone who may be public spirited enough to help? If so please contact them on https.//www.facebook.org/CanolfanBethlehem/ Thanks. Diolch.

A huge thank you from Goole Museum to all the former Burton's Factory workers who turned up to our two memory cafes, and shared their memories, photos and objects. The new exhibition will launch next month. 🧵 🪡 🧥 🏭 orlo.uk/rrycy

*job klaxon* I'm so excited to announce we're hiring a Curator of Osteoarchaeology to curate our Scottish archaeological human remains collections National Museums Scotland! Come work with us! Deadline for applications: 22nd Sept. careers.nms.ac.uk/job/602768

The National Gallery London strives to answer - and act on - the question “what is the #museum of the #future?” Experimentation, freedom and in-house content are key to how the gallery engages with its five million followers on social media. theartnewspaper.com/2024/08/12/wha…

1982: The Food and Drink team test out whether a studio audience can tell the difference between champagne and sparkling wine. Our top tip - keep your eyes on the bubbles!

I really struggle to understand why holding water companies to account for the colossal damage they have done is such a challenge? Many protected landscapes owned by English water firms in disrepair, data shows theguardian.com/environment/ar…

Nothing like a good mud bath 🫧 🛁 For pangolins, a good roll in the mud helps them clean under their scales. They'll twist and roll to make sure they get maximum coverage! A key self-care task, and a great way to revel in the simple pleasure of mud 🪨💦 📸 Pangolin Africa

Have you ever seen a flapjack octopus? Growing up to 1.5 in (3.8 cm) long, this tiny cephalopod isn’t a strong swimmer. Instead, it spends most of its time in pancakey flatness on the seafloor, where it probes the sediment to find worms and small invertebrates to eat.

This is the table display of Boris Johnson’s memoir at the Cheltenham Literature Festival tonight. Waterstones staff keep cleaning it up. But then festival goers keep doing it again! ⁦Cheltenham Festivals⁩

Happy to be celebrating #BlackHistoryMonth across the country with Humpty looking through the round window at many of my #Playschool Babies 💕

News | Chancellor asked to provide £20m emergency funding for civic museums – some local institutions are under imminent threat of closure, warns English Civic Museums Network Read: ow.ly/Kv1c50TNOg9 #AutumnBudget