Joe Derry Setch

Scribbler, scrivener, and general gadabout.
Marketing & comms officer @MuseumsGalScot. 🏳️‍🌈, he/him.

[Joe Derry Setch @JoeDerrySetch]

Love stumbling across some vintage museum design work! 📝 This design - it appears to be a collection of exhibition posters - graced the cover of a folder issued by the @Dick_Institute in the early 1990s. #MuseumDesign #Kilmarnock

[Joe Derry Setch @JoeDerrySetch]

Check out this shiny new strategy for Scotland's museums and galleries! Really proud to have played a little part in putting it together 💜 #MuseumsGalleriesStrategy

[Joe Derry Setch @JoeDerrySetch]

Always great to see a new Pictish stone being uncovered! 😍 https://t.co/uaovjpuqvV

[Joe Derry Setch @JoeDerrySetch]

Loved the @Curating4Change panel today at the @MuseumsAssoc conference! A brilliant insight into how museums can meaningfully explore the experiences of disabled people in their exhibitions and displays. #Museums2022

[Joe Derry Setch @JoeDerrySetch]

It's been great fun working with museums across Scotland on this project! @RobMcDougall's fantastic filming has really brought their stories to life. 🎥

[Joe Derry Setch @JoeDerrySetch]

Really enjoyed visiting @FifeFolkMuseum and @CuparHeritage this week- taking photos, chatting about marketing, and learning about the amazing communities which bring these volunteer-led museums to life! ⚒️

[Georgina Brooke @GeorginaBrooke]

I've written a post about Museum homepages.

It looks at why users might be on the homepage, and what information to include, in what order.

It (rather thrillingly) includes a diagram.

Thoughts welcome!

https://t.co/EpR8qAUUrQ

[Glasgow Museums @GlasgowMuseums]

Glasgow becomes first UK museums service to repatriate artefacts to India

https://t.co/G8HWOXLNWy

[Joe Derry Setch @JoeDerrySetch]

As today is #ExamResultsDay, here's my roundabout route into a job at @MuseumsGalScot!

Remember that there's #NoWrongPath towards a career in museums. After graduating with a 2:2, I had retail and admin jobs, worked as an intern, volunteered, and even gave uni another go!

[Jim Museolog Roberts @museolog]

JOBS DESK IS BACK! Is there a job vacancy in the museum, art or heritage sector that you'd like to tell people about? Museum Studies Jobs Desk will be back on 11 August. Use the online form to send us posts you'd like to advertise. #jobsdesk #museumjobs
https://t.co/9yXTCLUtuJ…

[Museums Association @MuseumsAssoc]

⚡ Advocacy event
📍 National Museum of Scotland
📆 3 November 2022

Do you work or volunteer for a Scottish museum? Does your museum engage with its community? We think museums are the heart and soul of their communities and we’d like your help in showing it!

Thread 🧵

[National Museums Scotland @NtlMuseumsScot]

You could write the next one!

If you identify as LGBTQIA+ and have a perspective on our museums, objects or themes, we would love to hear from you.

Send us your pitch: https://t.co/dcKU0EUQN2

[National Galleries of Scotland @NatGalleriesSco]

We have made a truly incredible discovery. A previously unknown self-portrait by Vincent Van Gogh has been found in our collection. Yes, you read that right! 🖌️👇

[Joe Derry Setch @JoeDerrySetch]

Tuning in for my first #MAScotland Member's meeting! Looking forward to hearing all the latest from museums across the country.🏛️

[Joe Derry Setch @JoeDerrySetch]

Bring back wonky coins with gibberish Latin #MoneyAndMedals

[Joe Derry Setch @JoeDerrySetch]

As a total novice when it comes to numismatics, I'm hoping to learn a lot at today's @Moneymedalsnet session on medieval coins! 🪙 #CollectionsTraining

[Joe Derry Setch @JoeDerrySetch]

'1668 This poor man cryed'...

So many great details on this pediment at Dunbar's Hospital- bleating seahorses, a chunky fleur-de-lis, and a bearded man with a stick.

I wonder if the sculptor had someone in mind when they carved this stooping figure?

[Joe Derry Setch @JoeDerrySetch]

Today I've been playing about with colour scheme ideas for @InvMAG's Health, Wealth, & Happiness #MuseumExhibition- inspirations include NHS uniforms, the four humours, and healing Highland wildlife 🎨

[BBC Highlands @BBCHighlands]

Construction work has uncovered significant archaeological remains in the heart of a medieval town that once stood in Inverness.

https://t.co/klPLeUqcjc

[Joe Derry Setch @JoeDerrySetch]

Infirmary Bridge out of action- time to wade home?