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Following tonight’s announcements by the UK & Scottish Governments, we’re now moving to a full #lockdown of all our venues. More information is available here : https://t.co/xWbKjhfyAz

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In line with government’s advice, Glasgow Life has taken the difficult decision to suspend all services. This will apply to every Glasgow Life venue which will close as of 17/03/20. We expect the suspension to continue until end of April. For more info: https://t.co/ZYrh9YD9GF

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We are a bit late for International Women's day but want to celebrate artist, collector, art therapist and pioneer - Joyce Laing; a woman of many talents. She donated her collection Art Extraordinary to us in 2012, inspiring new exhibits & conversations on art and mental health.

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Today we were accessioning objects in our stores. These lovely items are from a collection of travel souvenirs.

[Diana Morton @dianajmorton]

Had a fab time with the @MScMuseumEd group @GMRCNitshill this morning looking at handling kits and exploring the pods.

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Come to @GMRCNitshill for Coffee and Culture, our free dementia cafe. Next date- 9 March https://t.co/8yMLT5um1I

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We had a great day at The Lighthouse, attending the “From Participation to Co-curation” conference organised by Creative Scotland and With One Voice. It was brilliant to catch up with partner organisations and talk about our work on homelessness.

[Open Museum @omglasgow]

We had a great day at The Lighthouse, attending the “From Participation to Co-Curation“ conference run by Creative Scotland and With One Voice. We had lots of great discussions about our co-curated programme exploring homelessness.

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Today we are at the Lighthouse for the Arts and Homelessness Conference, hosted by #CreativeScotland and #withonevoice, talking about our partnership projects.

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We are at The Lighthouse today, as part of the Arts and Homelessness conference, talking about our Partnership work.

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We had a full house for our Museums and Older People training today @GMRCNitshill. You can join our next session in May. More info here: https://t.co/Y7FWCnwDoG

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We are at the Trades Hall today, attending the #hiddenhomelessness conference, meeting service providers and talking about our work. Then on to the Glasgow City Mission for a creative writing workshop, inspired by the guest’s lived experience.

[Open Museum @omglasgow]

We are at the Trades Hall today attending the #hiddenhomelessness conference, meeting homelessness providers and sharing our work. Then on to the Glasgow City Mission for a creative writing experience on lived experience.

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@CherylMcGeachan @ClaireCoia 🙌 ❤️ Glad to hear it and we are excited to see the project develop!

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"Art is to console those who are broken by life.” @Project_Ability's exhibit ‘Extraordinary Responses’ is on display till Feb. 22nd! Together, we’ve been exploring our Art Extraordinary collection and a Tweet just can’t capture this creative journey! https://t.co/v19ivrPG9U

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Would you like to know more about what Glasgow Museums can offer for older people’s groups? Come along to our free Museums & Older People training. https://t.co/7mAAGTtwO9

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Today some of the groups at Alzheimer Scotland also created artworks based on our hedgehog and bug handling kits.