Awesome weekend taking our Moving Museum to meet The Flying Scotsman! π We had a lovely time showing families and railway enthusiasts lots of railway-related objects from the Doncaster Grammar School Railway Collection that we care for @DanumGLAM.
@RSMuseumStudies I just read this this afternoon Richard! Very helpful - it made me feel much more confident about some work weβre going to be doing next year!
A great day @Doncaster_Pride with our Moving Museum! π³οΈβπ Had great chats about the objects with so many people, everyone from toddlers to drag queens. Unfortunately I now have a blister from making hundreds of badges, but all part of the outreach experience! π
Fantastic first week in my new job as Community Curator @DanumGLAM! I met so many lovely new colleagues and members of the community, and I canβt wait to get stuck in! One of my highlights was seeing these two trains, and the terrifying video of how they got into the gallery π
Had a great time speaking at the @mus_ethno_group conference yesterday! Thrilled to get to shout about musical instrument collections to fellow museum nerds. Lots of fascinating topics covered - my highlight was all of the database geekery. Excited to hear more today!
Understanding stolen objects: a π§΅
Talking with someone yesterday I realised how few people really understand the repatriation debate in UK museums and the sheer scale of the problem. So Iβm going to try and lay it out. 1/
Spotlight on #MAAStoresMove brings together objects chosen by the whole team, and what they mean to them.
Hear from Collections Assistant Eleanor Beestin-Sheriff about this West African balafon, and how it was made whole again πΆ
https://t.co/bgru5jkpoZ
4 weeks. 3,550 catalogue records. 20,000 objects.
The #MAAStoresMove Team has officially finished processing MAAβs collection of flint tools from the site of Jericho, excavated by Kathleen Kenyon from 1952-1958! ππ
They are all available to view on the online database.