Melly Marie

(She/Her) All thoughts are mine! WesternU Alum. JHU - MA Museum Studies. Museum & Heritage Coordinator. Métis gal in a Museum-y world 🌎

[Melly Marie @MelAtTheMuseum]

@sierra_vrd It is the norm and it is absolutely not enough. I work enough over time that it ends up that I have additional days I can take off but it still never feels like enough

[Melly Marie @MelAtTheMuseum]

Took a mini social media break when things were quiet. Now everything is rush rush busy busy again and I’m back as a coping mechanism #imsotired #epitomeofhealth

[Melly Marie @MelAtTheMuseum]

@the_museumfolk Or a Fun Fact text panel reading “DID YOU KNOw taxidermists prior to the 60s often used arsenic and mercury in their process!”

[Melly Marie @MelAtTheMuseum]

@the_museumfolk People constantly touching the taxidermy animals and animal pelts right beside the “please do not touch” signs while on a tour with me right in front of them

[The Museum of English Rural Life @TheMERL]

SO IF IT HAS FOUR WHEELS IT'S A WAGON, BUT IF IT HAS TWO WHEELS IT'S A CART

[Dr. Laura Humphreys - @Bogarty.Bsky.Social @TweetingBogart]

Small museum twitter! Need your help & RTs. Has anyone produced a small museum guide book recently? Recommend any publishers? Have any advice? Would be grateful for any info you could offer, in DMs or otherwise. Thank you!

[Melly Marie @MelAtTheMuseum]

@MOfP2021 I just wish he’d pick up the slack and write a grant application here and there or digitize some documents while I’m not looking, you know?

[Melly Marie @MelAtTheMuseum]

I like the presence of my museum ghostie. Bestie is always reminding me I’m not alone

[@MOfP @MOfP2021]

Well, it was frustrating to note that the displays didn’t come to life after midnight.
But at least the #Museum ghost kept a reasonable schedule

[The Museum of English Rural Life @TheMERL]

Museum workers wear many hats, Twitter, and one of ours toady was watching someone try to photograph an extremely small model cow

[@MOfP @MOfP2021]

We’ve all stepped out of the #PlanningMeeting and realised that all the key points that matter to VE were missed.
Why not use that corridor time to play ‘reverse bingo’ and knock off all the things that will be issues later?
#Museums

[Melly Marie @MelAtTheMuseum]

Me. Giggling at them loud ass TikToks

[Arslan @thega1nz]

When you’re tryna sleep and she’s watching them loud ass TikTok videos

[Melly Marie @MelAtTheMuseum]

Poppy is awestruck, I’d say! I love museums, I love dogs, I love dogs in museums!!!!!

[Melly Marie @MelAtTheMuseum]

I am slackin on the social media front for work. I need to make a plan or the FB page is just going to be a big old advertisement #jhumda

[Adam Koszary @AdamKoszary]

What people think What actually
working in a working in a
museum is like museum is like

[Melly Marie @MelAtTheMuseum]

@the_museumfolk @FoundInMuseums And when you finally work up the energy to go to the site and find a way to unsubscribe it asks you for a log in that you’re 99.99% sure you didn’t make

[Melly Marie @MelAtTheMuseum]

Did anyone continue on fundraising during Covid? If so I need your expertise!!! #fundraise #smallmuseum #jhumda

[Melly Marie @MelAtTheMuseum]

My museum has a paper register system that will be shifted onto our database but for now I’m dealing with a deep pile of confusion. Hoping technology can save me #jhumda #help

[Melly Marie @MelAtTheMuseum]

@try2crossme This made me feel a lot better. We have one staff (me) so it’s been one of our volunteers working on it (highly skilled, appreciate them so deeply) I just don’t want them to feel like this will be the rest of their life!

[Melly Marie @MelAtTheMuseum]

How long has y’all’s museums had your collections database? Are all your accessioned items logged or is this a process you’re still working on? (Asking bc I’m scared how long this is going to take my museum) #jhumda #museums

[Melly Marie @MelAtTheMuseum]

Canadian Indigenous languages were not intended to be written. A lot of the meaning comes from the spoken word. It is so great to see this recognized and reflected with technology use in an exhibit https://t.co/Zh4vZpqd7z #jhumda