Susan Kirby

Sort & Survive undertakes museum based projects and advises individuals on re-homing special possessions. Associate of the Museums Association.

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@imageplotter @Number10cat @Alamy_Editorial Good to see a cabinet of cat lovers!

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@Number10cat Hope that Keir likes cats!

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My new commute to work.. or at least to Hampstead Heath Station.

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Happy 93rd birthday, Vestry House Museum! Lovely day for a celebratory cup of tea not forgetting a slice of cake. ⁦@WalthamForestCo⁩

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Just time to catch #EntagledLives Art, Colonialism and Change at the ⁦@royalacademy⁩ Finishes 28 April

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@walthamforest #vestryhouserevitalisation This toy upright vacuum cleaner had to be cleaned itself with the gentle #MuseumVac

[Jack Petchey Fdn @JPFoundation]

🎉 In 2024 we’re celebrating 25 years of the Jack Petchey Foundation! Check out some of the highlights from our anniversary launch event last week at City Hall! What are your highlights of the past 25 years of JPF? Tell us by using #JPF25 🎥

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Lovely comments from visitors to Vestry House Museum last week. The Museum and Garden have now closed ready for a complete revitalisation and will open again in 2026. ⁦@WalthamForestCo⁩ @vestryhousemuseum #E17 #museums #localhistory

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@wfcouncil

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Modes (museum database) trading this morning and we are fully prepared! @modes @sortandsurvive @HodgettsSoph #documentation

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From the Archive: Sir Jack Petchey's First Investment Plan https://t.co/T3T5HEOTRK

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@biztradegovuk Post Office Scandal Full Compensation and accountability - Sign the Petition! https://t.co/KZCym9Topa via @UKChange

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@VictoriaCoren Christmas tree at the wildly fantastic Palacio da Pena in Sintra, Portugal built by Ferdinand of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha a relative of Queen Victoria’s Consort, Prince Albert

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@VictoriaCoren

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@cornwallmp What a horrible situation. Every good wish to those seeking alternative employment.

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Can’t believe that it is a year since Nick published his book ‘Reel Life Behind the Screen: A Cinema Manager Remembers’. Here it is on the Recommendations shelf at @keatscommunitylibrary Available ⁦@BFI⁩ Bookstore, ⁦@JohnSandoe⁩ ⁦@matadorbooks⁩

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Another constructive meeting @jackpetcheyfoundation This bronze bust of Sir Jack Petchey, businessman and philanthropist has just been presented to the Foundation’s artworks collection at The Dockmaster’s House at #WestIndiaQuay

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And revisited the wonderful @museumoftheamericanindian, my favourite of contemporary museum buildings.

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This was new to me, a #museumstudies program being advertised on the subway. This was in Washington DC, home of some of the greatest museums in the world. Enjoyed visiting the superb @museumofafricanamericanhistory