Dr Alice Blackwell

Senior curator, Medieval Archaeology & History @ National Museums Scotland. All views my own

[Dr Alice Blackwell @earlymedieval]

@Helen_Gittos @NtlMuseumsScot Oh, wow, thanks Helen! That string is a beauty 😍

[Adrián Maldonado @amaldon]

Very excited to plug the next Galloway Hoard online event @NtlMuseumsScot! With help from the legendary Jane Kershaw @jk_viking we're now able to answer the question:

Where Did the Silver Come From?

29 May online at 19:30 - FREE tickets available now 👇

https://t.co/eDeeX7aHkJ

[Adam Rivett @YORYM_FLA]

For this #FindsFriday I would like to share something from my new blog post about coin counterfeiting and contemporary copies in Britain. This is a plated contemporary copy noble of Henry V. Read the blog at https://t.co/fJC29d6mBo

[Dr Alice Blackwell @earlymedieval]

@MuseumsHelen Been there. Ask the nurses but my son was given juicy ice lollies which distracted him and took the edge off..

[Adrián Maldonado @amaldon]

Are we laughing with - or at - the Bullion Man? Great episode of Ian Hislop's Oldest Jokes @BBCRadio4 starring the funniest Pictish* stone in @NtlMuseumsScot with Martin Goldberg and Jane Geddes

*unless it's post-Pictish [runs away]

https://t.co/tkUfGQJ0aO

[National Museums Scotland @NtlMuseumsScot]

This Roman arm guard has not been seen in full for almost 2000 years.

The only intact example of its kind, it has carefully been reconstructed by our conservators who spent weeks reassembling over 100 fragments.

🔗 Read all about it in @ObserverUK: https://t.co/FHGn2aXom9

[Scottish History Society @ScottishHistSoc]

The Alasdair Ross Prize funds #research into #scottishhistory and/or #environmentalhistory.

Open to all #phd students and #ecr academics

All email and DM queries welcome!
https://t.co/NrBATO14rR

[Anna Groundwater @AGroundw]

The Brooch of Lorn, an object of wonder, then & now - 💎💍a 16th century brooch with an older history? New research & visualisation @NtlMuseumsScot @Sketchfab @earlymedieval https://t.co/QFpabeeFFf

[Dr Alice Blackwell @earlymedieval]

@AnneLouiseAvery Done. Hope you all feel better soon ❤️

[Dr Sarah Laurenson @SarahALaurenson]

I’m so looking forward to this. If in London, please do come along!

[Dr Alice Blackwell @earlymedieval]

@scattyscribbler love it!

[Society of Antiquaries of Scotland @socantscot]

Congratulations to our 2023 R B K Stevenson Award winners! 🎉

Small socketed axeheads from northern Britain: some finds ‘of more than ordinary interest’, by @EllaPaul01, @mgknight24 and Trevor G Cowie (with Lore G Troalen) is available to read online now: https://t.co/a9xWSAyTdg

[Dr Tom Horne @HorneSupremacy]

Amazing research about a truly astonishing #Viking-Age hoard: Join Dr. Adrián Maldonado (@amaldon of @NtlMuseumsScot) and I as we talk about the stunning contents of the spectacular #GallowayHoard and how its #archaeology is rewriting the #history of the Irish Sea region.

[National Museums Scotland @NtlMuseumsScot]

Get wayyyyy up close and personal with the Lewis chess pieces with our #Sketchfab 3D models! ♟️https://t.co/5Hp14VqCq8

#archaeology #SketchfabFriday #FindsFriday

[Colchester Museums @ColMuseums]

🎉 It's #MuseumMeme Day, and we're diving into the fun headfirst! Brace yourselves for a day filled with history, humour, and some iconic artefacts like you've never seen before. Let's have a ball together! 🏛️😂

[Dr Alice Blackwell @earlymedieval]

@DrTashaFerguson @GrecianGirly Ooh, worth it though, it's a stunner!

[Adrián Maldonado @amaldon]

Thanks to you weirdos who've already bought tickets to my upcoming Cabaret of Dangerous Ideas spot: Did the Vikings Exist? @CODIfringe #EdFringe2023 Read my inspiration by the legendary Alex Woolf for @HistoryToday: https://t.co/5lSUJZKlE8

[alison campsie @alicampsie75]

Did the Vikings even exist? @amaldon takes on the chat during Festival with Susan Morrison @CODIfringe . Should be lively, fun and rather brilliant @TheScotsman

https://t.co/QXW8kTtXGo

[NatRecordsScot @NatRecordsScot]

Doodles in the accounts of the royal household, 1530s: A unicorn, thistle and rose.

Archivist Dr Alison Rosie explained what these symbols may have meant, when King James IV had recently wed Margaret Tudor, daughter of Henry VII.

Find out more 👇

https://t.co/AIVauw0h12

[Edinburgh University Press @EdinburghUP]

Delve into the new issue of @ScotHistReview free featured article: Scottish Women’s and Gender History and Women Historians in Scotland: Past, Present and Future Directions:
https://t.co/dBbGb6QWwh