#Rodin #thethinker now on display at Abbot Hall Art Gallery, Kendal. John Bowness from BBC Cumbria ponders what the iconic sculpture could be thinking...

Anger over plans to 'banish' suffragette statue from Parliament to remote Regent’s Park site ow.ly/kYAw30lpFsa

Sculpture spotting at lunchtime for Art UK Couple by Sean Henry eligible for #artuksculptureproject. First permanent offshore sculpture in the UK here at #Newbiggin-by-the-Sea. Anyone know a photographer with a boat?

Visiting The Bowes Museum today? Art UK are working in the galleries photographing the outstanding collection 19th C French sculpture (including Napoleon) for #artuksculptureproject. If you see us, come over and say hi!

Many thanks to Howard,Julia and Jason for a super Art UK photo shoot in the very beautiful galleries The Bowes Museum. Definitely one of my most glamorous locations for a while😀

Windermere looking particularly moody today for our Art UK photo shoot Lakeland Arts #Blackwell. Interactive sculpture Time Mirror by Di Mainstone in the foreground.

Goat by Siroto Montague has become the North of England #artuksculptureproject team’s new favourite sculpture (are we allowed to have favourites?) Thanks for making us so welcome today Lakeland Arts while at Blackwell the arts and craft house for Art UK @heritagelottery

Finishing touches to the newly refurbished Japan galleries British Museum. Taking inspiration for our own refurbishments before our @TullieHouse meeting here

I’m ashamed to say I didn’t know what a wonderful art collection University of Stirling has. Great choice for the Art UK #artuksculptureproject coordinators meeting!

The joys of photographing outdoor sculpture in October. Autumn colour✔️. Good weather ❌☔️#wet Art UK #artuksculptureproject @dumuseums

One for the Cumbrians. Our store audit of the photographic archive @TullieHouse is turning up some unexpected blasts from the past. Eric Wallace and Fiona Armstrong opening one of our exhibitions. Anyone remember them being on ITV News Border? #Carlisle #Cumbria #museums

Glad to be back @HeadofSteamMus Darlington this time with ace photographer Jason, to image artworks for Art UK #artuksculptureproject . One of our country’s hidden gem museums and the site of the worlds first passenger railway.🚂🚂🚂

Final work photoed of this shoot #artuksculptureproject Art UK for @HeadofSteamMus carved dogs heads used to decorate a now demolished #darlington building. Many thanks to Leona for all her help today, you can now concentrate on the wedding just about to start!

Hello #Hartlepool! Glad to be here for Art UK to take great images of the fab sculpture collections within Museum of Hartlepool. There are some treats in store I know...#artuksculptureproject

Great shoot today Museum of Hartlepool for Art UK #artuksculptureproject, thanks everyone! Highlight is this Tibetan votive plaque that we ‘discovered’ behind another work. Amazing 😮😮😮@heritagelottery

Good to be back #Hartlepool for final day of shooting for Art UK #artuksculptureproject. The collections I’ve seen so far have been among the finest in the project imho, very excited about today. Starting Christ Church now the Art Gallery.

Findings of the Not So Grim Up North research project, being launched on Wed 7 Nov, 3-5pm at Great North Museum: Hancock, show positive impact of museums on health and wellbeing. Download the report here ow.ly/BAh930mwcTd Arts Council England MUSEUMS NORTH Museums Association

At the fabulous Oriental Museum @dumuseums for Art UK #artuksculptureproject photography. Chung-li chuan (said to symbolise longevity) will see us through the day

Photographing dirty women: why was photography invented? 📽️Watch Professor Sarah Edge presenting at #resfestbelfast Ulster Museum & check out her book 'The Extraordinary Archive of Arthur J. Munby: Photographing Class and Gender in the Nineteenth Century' amzn.to/2DpIDoD

Great news! Two collections from the north of England are included in these first of many thousands to come: thanks to WordsworthTrust and Preston Park Museum for being our pioneers.