Lucy Bamford
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Senior Curator of Art and the Joseph Wright Collection @derbymuseums. Enthusiasms: 18thC, art, folk culture, gardening, & spaniels. Views my own (and dubious).
Joined August 2022
This is the Government Press Release on #NutrientNeutrality. It's wrong in so many ways. Here's a thread of three: ❌ environmental laws don't stop housing ❌ the #HabitatsRegulations are effective ❌ the new money won't stop the pollution
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Roman portable sundial in the shape of a cured ham. The whimsical yet precision-crafted bronze timepiece was unearthed in Herculaneum in 1760 and quickly identified as a rare pocket sundial by its grid markings. The exact workings of the 'pork clock' have, however, only recently
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BOOKING NOW: On Thursday Sept 7, join C20 for a free evening walking tour exploring the remarkable architecture of Twentieth Century Croydon, as part of @openhouselondon 🎟️ Tickets: https://t.co/UhSnEyCcqI
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We have three ‘chats’ in the county – the stonechat, the whinchat and the (northern) wheatear. As they leave their upland breeding grounds, these chats can turn up in any rural site, such as a recently ploughed or weedy field, especially if there’s a wall or fence to perch on.
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Proposed development next to Cathedral Green a hundred metres from @museumofmaking and @DerbyCathedral Public consultation on nine-storey apartment block in Derby's Full Street https://t.co/Wkg91GcltE
derbytelegraph.co.uk
Developer releases images of how it would look
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Revealed today @derbymuseums “Renowned British artist’s paintings on display for only fifth time in 250 years”. @Independent
independent.co.uk
The two paintings add to the Derby museum’s collection of Joseph Wright’s work, the largest in the world.
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‘Fancy’ paintings @derbymuseums Joseph Wright works on display in painter's home city - BBC News
bbc.com
The paintings by Joseph Wright are on public display for just the fifth time in more than 250 years.
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Thanks for coming @NadinePeatfield & @BaggyShanker We’re really delighted there’s even more work by Wright for the public to enjoy. And for free @derbymuseums
The big reveal! At @derbymuseums with @LLDerbyshire @tonybutler1 and @BaggyShanker Two incredible additions to Derby’s #josephwright collection. Girl writing a letter with an old man looking over her shoulder & Two boys fighting over a bladder.
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Brilliant ‘big-up’ of @derbymuseums new acquisitions of Joseph Wright of Derby paintings by @radiotwiggy of @BBCDerby on the @BBCRadio4 #r4today programme at 07.45 this morning. 🙏 Can be seen in Derby Museum and Art Gallery. Admission FREE
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Lavinia Fontana, Portrait of a Noblewoman, ca. 1580. (National Museum of Women in the Arts; Photo by Lee Stalsworth) Lavinia was given her first name #otd 24 Aug 1552 on her baptism in Bologna.
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Just said all of this & more on @BBCPM about 15 mins in.
No it isn’t & it’s very rarely an inside job. People who work in museums do so to look after collections & share them with the public, not to steal from them. If the security isn’t up to scratch it’s because of years of funding cuts not neglect on the part of staff.
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Don’t smear our museums – they are not all institutionally corrupt | Letters
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Letters: Harry Dickinson and Daniel Smernicki on a report that said thefts by staff are a common problem in museums
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Astronomer Maria Mitchell (1818 - 1889), standing second from left, next to a telescope, is shown with her astronomy class outside the observatory at Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, New York, circa 1870. https://t.co/wK68hoUBLV
#histSTM #WomenInSTEM #WomenInAstronomy
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Wild at heart! . Some fantastic museum exploring during this summer holidays ❤️ We particularly love @derbymuseums derby museum and art gallerys nature section. . And it’s freeee! . #lovederby #familydayout #derbymuseum #lovenature #wildatheart
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It's been a busy couple of days! Delighted to unveil these two new beauts - amid audible gasps and ooos - this morning @derbymuseums. Free for everyone to enjoy. Don't miss 'em!
We’ve been keeping a secret 🤫 This morning, two rarely before-seen Joseph Wright paintings have been unveiled at Derby Museum and Art Gallery, where they join the world’s most extensive collection of works by artist Joseph Wright ✨ Find out more: https://t.co/LFihXPo6WP
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We’ve been keeping a secret 🤫 This morning, two rarely before-seen Joseph Wright paintings have been unveiled at Derby Museum and Art Gallery, where they join the world’s most extensive collection of works by artist Joseph Wright ✨ Find out more: https://t.co/LFihXPo6WP
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@FlintlockFemme's latest project.
We’ve been keeping a secret 🤫 This morning, two rarely before-seen Joseph Wright paintings have been unveiled at Derby Museum and Art Gallery, where they join the world’s most extensive collection of works by artist Joseph Wright ✨ Find out more: https://t.co/LFihXPo6WP
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Can anyone help identify/translate this script? 🏷️ The costume curator at Henfield Museum would really appreciate some assistance with it. Hebrew and Tajik have been suggested. The item it’s attached to is in the second pic. Please and thank you. 🙏 #Museums #Translation
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A collection of Second World War aerial photography has been made accessible to the public for the first time. 📷 The photographs were taken by the United States Army Air Forces Photographic Reconnaissance units in England in 1943 and 1944. See more. ➡️ https://t.co/ziBhpkjQFa
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