Meissen lion is anxious to find a new HEAD OF COLLECTIONS SERVICES for National Museums Scotland - please retweet. vacancies.nms.ac.uk/VacancyDetails… (and btw, nms.ac.uk/explore-our-co…)

Fantastic autumn colour at National Trust for Scotland Branklyn Garden in Perth today. Great to join Michael Terwey and the Public #Engagement and #Research team to discuss their work and the social #value project (plus we were treated to delicious scones!) #heritage #gardens

The brilliant response of Dr Toby Simpson and the Wiener Library has been to add the vandalised sign to the Library’s collection of antisemitic material. It will be catalogued and preserved.

Happy Hanukkah to all our The Heritage Alliance members & friends celebrating today 🕎

Give away for my 2500 followers! My delightful @history rage mug could be yours! I'll even sign it if you like! Just like and share this post by Friday.

If you are a member of the MA, please vote for me to be the next President. I will be a strong advocate for the sector and improve the MA’s work on advocacy, climate change and campaigns. You should receive a ballot by email shortly and I’d very much appreciate your support.

Museums Association Board voting is open and I’m in the mix. If you are a member I’d appreciate your vote and I commit to give it everything I’ve got. The sector needs its best advocates right now. I’m in good company on the ballot, so you are spoilt for choice!

If anyone has a spare £1.8m available... #Shackleton #Antarctica #exploration gov.uk/government/new…

We've released a new report about the links between some of our historically important sites & the British Empire. Nearly 38% have a connection. Some had an important function within the empire; others were owned by people involved with the empire. More: ow.ly/jRfu50QIagm

Calling Cultural Heritage Enthusiasts! If that's you then you can help with UofG research. Museums in the Metaverse - Museums in the Metaverse - needs your help to understand how audiences might use virtual museums. How? Just take this short survey: tinyurl.com/4tt3h3xy

Important research on how the museum landscape is changing. At least 467 closed since 2000 but with more opening than closing there are more museums now than there were 24 years ago: mapping-museums.bbk.ac.uk/2024/03/20/new…

📢Fully-funded PhD studentship available, starts 1 October 2024! Using collections and expertise from Gressenhall Farm and Workhouse and ARU - all details here: ccc.cam.ac.uk/cc-ee/students… @camglamresearch Collections Connections Communities #Studentship #PhDlife #

Interested in the history of Scotland's upland peat? Apply for this exciting PhD post working on National Trust for Scotland sites with UofG Archaeology Prof Nicki Whitehouse #madeinsheffield @EileenTisdall

Have you heard of the Social Value Toolkit (socialvalue.stir.ac.uk)? Perhaps you have used it in your work or research, or you would like to in future? We are currently seeking feedback from current and potential users and would love to hear from you! app.onlinesurveys.jisc.ac.uk/s/stirling/soc…

Lovely to join the team at National Trust for Scotland Ben Lomond today. Dry and a breeze (so no midges!), a perfect day for walking or, in our case, some footpath maintenance. Really looking forward to exploring the social #values associated with this #mountain! #heritage embeddingsocialvalue.stir.ac.uk/pilot-site-sel…

I'm fortunate to have four fantastic Community Engagement Officers in my new team, who are currently working with local communities to explore new models of engagement and participation. Find out more about Engaging Communities ⬇️⬇️⬇️ nts.org.uk/stories/buildi… The National Lottery Heritage Fund Scotland

The National Trust for Scotland Engaging Communities initiative is exploring new ways to build stronger relationships with local communities. Read all about how, thanks to #NationalLottery players, our support is Building local connections to unique heritage nts.org.uk/stories/buildi…

Job Alert: We're looking for someone to undertake a collecting history review of natural science collections in Scotland, exploring and connecting colonial histories and legacies. careers.nms.ac.uk/job/590223 Please share: MEG National Museums Scotland Johanna Z-Sharp Laura Van Broekhoven

How is this possibly OK? Outside a Jewish community centre. With children going in. Absolutely disgusting.

I also think we could do with a dedicated, regular and professionally produced Scottish history podcast. I’m convinced the demand is there but again it’s a case of commitment of money and time from universities or broadcasters or publishers which is missing.