Brilliant news re Dr Sarah Laurenson's brilliant book

There are currently three curatorial roles being recruited in my brigade at Imperial War Museums. We're looking for a new Head of Film, a curator of photographs in our Cold War team, and a Senior Curator in our Contemporary Conflict team. Full details here: imperialwarmuseums.tal.net/vx/lang-en-GB/… #museumjobs

Tick tock! Come tell Scotland’s history National Museums Scotland! Curator vacancy in Renaissance & Early Modern History. One of my fave objects 🎺🎺 David Ramsay watch c.1615 given by James VI&I to Robert Ker. Pls RT! Deadline, remember remember 5 November! 🧨🎇vacancies.nms.ac.uk/VacancyDetails…

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My article on Collecting the Nation at the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland is available in the new issue of Journal of the History of Collections

.Cassy Kist and I wrote a @CollectionTrust blog about the @UofGlasgowGKEF project we did with National Museums Scotland on increasing access to online collections by improving collections image metadata. collectionstrust.org.uk/blog/surfacing……

Our Zooniverse project, Voyages in Time, is now officially live! It's great to see how fast volunteers are helping us transcribe data on Royal Navy chronometers and their journeys, short or long. The chat is being used to note particularly interesting ones zooniverse.org/projects/tools…

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We're thrilled to publish this extraordinary paper in our annual journal! Society Fellows can find out all the details from Dr Margaret Maitland and Dr Elizabeth Goring's research in the new volume of PSAS, published on 30 November. theguardian.com/science/2023/n…

Our job ad for a Postdoctoral Research Assistant (PDRA) for AHRC-project, ‘Beyond Borders: The Second World War, National Identities and Empire in the UK’ HCAatEdinburgh has gone live: elxw.fa.em3.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candidat… PDRA post (Swansea) soon! Image © IWM SE 1019

TOMORROW! Indigenous Presents/Presence: Thanksgiving as History, Heritage, and Politics Daniel M. Cobb, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA Wed Nov 22, 2023, 15.30, room P.C22, Pathfoot , University of Stirling and on MS Teams at tinyurl.com/m2j87kf

We’re thrilled to be hosting the NBN Trust conference today at National Museums Scotland! We kick off with a warm welcome from our director, Chris Breward. We’re looking forward to a full day of talks and conversation focused on Biodiversity data. 🪰🐞🦇🦫🌿 #NBNconf23

It's here! It's here! Memory Bank: A Biography of Blythe House is now available to buy, perfect timing for the perfect Christmas gift for the museumfolk in your life! shop.sciencemuseum.org.uk/products/ldn-m…

Interested in climate change and museum objects? Fancy doing a PhD supervised by me, George Adamson & Museum of Cambridge? Consider applying for the funded collaborative PhD '‘Weathering’ climate change" More details here: tinyurl.com/4hpxtbkb

Our Research Associate & former Keeper of Natural History, Dr Mark Shaw, was recently awarded a #MarshAward via the BENHS 🏆 The award recognises his decades of dedication, and vast contributions to the study of Lepidoptera & parasitic Hymenoptera. Congratulations Mark! 👏

Job Alert 🚨 Institute for Cultural Practices are looking for Lecturer in #Museology. A permanent Teaching and Research contract. We want to hear from candidates with a background in art gallery centred, socially engaged practice based in Global Majority contexts jobs.manchester.ac.uk/Job/JobDetail?…

Great job at National Museums Scotland: Keeper of Scottish History & Archaeology saxbam.com/appointment/na…

Cold War Scotland | Opens July 2024 This summer, a new exhibition explores Scotland’s critical position on the frontline of the Cold War: nms.ac.uk/ColdWarScotland 📷 : Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament protest Glasgow, c.1983 Image Scottish Life Archive, National Museums Scotland

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Come work with us National Museums Scotland!