richard moss
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Writer and editor of https://t.co/uXOo94yxcu tweeting about culture, heritage and the arts. Museum Crush weekly digest sign up here https://t.co/mQsQJuh2Y7
Brighton
Joined October 2009
We have got a special article for #BlackHistoryMonth by @blackpoppies14 who tells us about his Aunt Esther, a volunteer firewatcher in #WW2. Find out more here https://t.co/oLVTJbl97G
#BHM2023 #CelebratingOurSisters
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The Wigan Casino is perhaps the most famous Northern Soul venue. Though it had been a club since the mid-1960s, it was not until 1973 that the venue’s first ‘all-nighter’ dance event was held, and it quickly became legendary. ➡️ https://t.co/775y9GUOVB
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We are thrilled that Esther @AppleyardFox is nominated for a #NationalLottery Award in the Heritage category, celebrating her work on creating opportunities for D/deaf, disabled + neurodivergent people #NLAwards @LottoGoodCauses @HeritageFundUK
https://t.co/kt5prnNddg
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A new Museum Crush Digest has landed with a peek inside the @rncmlive museum, social history archive discoveries in textiles and railways, Brian May's Stereoscopic collection and Margaret Agnes Rope's stained glass https://t.co/GTAKaT6ETw
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At last! A new @MuseumCrush email digest heads out later this week with loads of tempting museum objects and stories - like this Tibetan human thigh bone flute from the irresistibly veiled museum of @rncmlive Subscribe https://t.co/n7nTaJ8SS2
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We're delighted to announce we have acquired the archive of Arthur Scargill, activist and former President of the NUM. The collection will be an invaluable resource covering a significant period of British history. @ShefUniPolitics @UniSheffieldLib
https://t.co/oQBbD94nQn
sheffield.ac.uk
The archive of Arthur Scargill, activist and former President of the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) from 1982-2002, has been acquired by the University of Sheffield Library Special Collections,...
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🎶📣DD Day 2023 artists commission callout is go!📣🎶 1 NW England mid-career visual artist + 1 sound/music artist. Deadline 10 July. @BrighterSound have similar opp for early career artists. PS. u don't have to like Doctor Who. @HeritageFundUK supported.
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Àsìkò's moko jumbies on the Northumberland coast. I'd love to see a few of these at Hastings Jack in the Green. Link to interview below.
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1931, Smith's Crisp Factory, York Road, from the Leodis archive Smiths produced plain crisps with a twist of blue paper containing salt for seasoning. What's better? ready salted or do it yourself with a little blue bag? https://t.co/I8ZdbdMbJo
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Tonight we opened Overlooked @LeedsCityMuseum @LeedsMuseums, an exhibition curated by @presparty. I’m so proud of the amazing work they’ve put in over the last two years to give voice to stories from Leeds which have been underrepresented. Thank you 🙌🏻
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I don't suppose anyone recognizes this women's football team? c1920s Maybe the mascot is a clue? Or the tie that the the second from the right (back row) seems to be wearing.
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Wilhelmina Barns-Graham and the Path to Abstraction – by @culture24editor for @MuseumCrush
https://t.co/mYe4iGse28
#womenartists #artherstory
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A major retrospective at Newcastle's Hatton Gallery in February 2023 charts the abstract travels and landscapes of Wilhelmina Barns-Graham Wilhelmina Barns-Graham’s Glacier series of paintings are...
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…don’t you know some people say, the winter is the best time of them all… #neilyoung #homeworking
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Thread 👇 Please vote for @GC_Collection in the 2023 Herts Association of Museums 'Object of the Year' Award!... We've won it twice before and I'm greedy for the trophy again!! 🏆
It’s time to get voting in this year’s Hertfordshire Association of Museums ‘Object of the Year’ award 🗳️ We are two-time former winners of the award and we need YOU to help us bag the trophy again! So what are you voting for?… It’s this amazing POSTER we acquired last year
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Today... Sussex Downs looking exactly like this over yonder. A winter Ravilious favourite showing at @TownerGallery for their exciting 2023 centenary - with Turner Prize 2023, Barbara Hepworth, Unseen stuff etc etc... 🙂Check @MuseumCrush soon for more.
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For the price of a coffee each month help to keep our lovely storytelling website alive. It does such a beautiful job lifting up the 100's of small quirky museums around the UK, plus an email digest to excite any museum lover! #Patreon #ilovemuseums #museumcrush
This week's Museum Crush Digest sees the launch of our Patreon Page https://t.co/4wOTfqKV3k - we're fundraising to keep going right now! Plus there's Art Deco dolls house furniture, naughty Fuseli, Folklore costume and museum dioramas https://t.co/u3OvXqiya8
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Join our Museum Crush community as a Patron to give yourself that #FeelGoodFriday glow... #museums #artlovers
This week's Museum Crush Digest sees the launch of our Patreon Page https://t.co/4wOTfqKV3k - we're fundraising to keep going right now! Plus there's Art Deco dolls house furniture, naughty Fuseli, Folklore costume and museum dioramas https://t.co/u3OvXqiya8
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This week's Museum Crush Digest sees the launch of our Patreon Page https://t.co/4wOTfqKV3k - we're fundraising to keep going right now! Plus there's Art Deco dolls house furniture, naughty Fuseli, Folklore costume and museum dioramas https://t.co/u3OvXqiya8
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What a lovely review and feature by @MuseumCrush on our exhibition 📷#ResurrectingAncientEgypt designed and curated by Prof #joannfletcher @ImmortalEgypt and on loan from the very generous @BarnsleyMuseums 👍
“It really is incredible...Yorkshire has more pyramids than any other part of England, the oldest obelisk erected in Britain, and the only full-sized replica of an Egyptian temple in the country” - @ImmortalEgypt 👇 https://t.co/3vgWWgcTDe
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Happy Halloween! 🎃🪦👻💀🐈⬛ Which Barnsley Museums #CreepyDoll best describes you today? 🤔 #MuseumTwitter please feel free to reply with an alternative doll! #Halloween #Halloween2022
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