📣 BREAKING UPDATE! 😲 According to @thetimes, prior to the @britishmuseum moving ahead and signing a new 10-year sponsorship deal with the oil and gas fim BP, its Deputy Chair Muriel Gray *resigned* from the Board of Trustees! https://t.co/nsMUM6bqHk #museums #ethics #dropbp

We need to be clear that when it comes from a major polluter like BP, this is NOT a donation - it is a strategic investment in managing its brand and cleaning up its reputation. BP is no philanthropist, it’s a cynical climate trashing oil giant. #dropbp

This is laughable, the idea that once digitised, archives will be 'preserved forever'. As I write, the British Library - its entire catalogue and digital deposit - has been hacked into oblivion. Destroying a paper archive to save money in storage is completely irresponsible. 1/2

We lost a real one. Brum legend. Rise in Power Benjamin Zephaniah 🙏🏿✊🏿

This post will look at ex @ace_national national portfolio members. It will be in several parts! The definition we are using is that these orgs have been in the portfolio at some point from 2011 onwards but are not any longer. We've identified 204 such organisations.

Here we go again

A gentle reminder of what the word armistice - as in Armistice Day - means.

Incredibly moving session with @cultureand_ Angela Billings & @PleasureProff - we need to have those conversations for reparative care and how we work with people first before collections. Moving forwards research is key. 1/2

'Suddenly everything feels really real' 'Archives do the work of hiding these histories even if it's not completely intentional'. Incredible to watch📽️‘To Whom Does This Belong’ #Museums2023, collaboration @MuseumX_CIC @cornwallmp @BVCornwall @shakes_sandra. #ExploreYourArchive

Happening now: @XRNE_UK show up at the @MuseumsAssoc conference at @glasshouseicm as Ian Blatchford, @sciencemuseum director arrives to speak to the museum sector. The Science Museum is one of the last major museums to take💰from fossil fuel producers Adani, Equinor, BP & Shell

You do not need to drink in order to network. As an American in the UK, I am all too familiar with the expectations of both cultures to network with a glass in hand. There are plenty of people here who will be happy to have tea with you instead. #Museums2023

The president of Guyana swats away Richard Madeleys stupid question #GMB

In direct response to retired doctor Peter Hilton’s comments in correspondence with The Times, 55 consultants – some of who worked with Dr Hilton – have come together proactively to reject his views in the strongest possible terms.

i cant deal with seeing hozier talk about the 10 year anniversary of take me to church and the neighbourhood talk about the 10 year anniversary of sweater weather and arctic monkeys talk about the 10 year anniversary of AM within one week. what do you MEAN its been a DECADE

Thanks to everyone who's completed our state of the sector survey so far. Please do take the time to share your feedback if you can - the info is so useful to us 👇

#Jobs Alert 🚨 We are recruiting a new project team to deliver a new £1.8 million project to test innovative ways to tackle the impacts of climate change on the UK’s cultural and natural heritage through the sharing and better use of data 👉 https://t.co/PNEmfdIBXG

📣 We're updating #NationalLottery Project Grants 📣 This Autumn, we're improving the application form and supporting guidance to make the fund more accessible and easier to complete for everyone. What’s changing? 👇

3 years ago @ACEVO released their #HomeTruths report on how the UK charity sector has a racism problem. But the pace of change has been glacial. We’ve seen vague EDI commitments but few have looked at the central role racism plays in their own organisations and work.