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Amber Druce

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Museum Curator. Social history. Bristol & Bath. Death. Folklore. Oddities. Egyptian Archaeology. Archives.

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Amber Druce @amberdruce.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Joe Lycett's exhibition at Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery is incredible on so many levels. Hilarious, playful, silly, joyful. Brilliant digital labels and a perfect introduction label. We laughed a lot.
A pink woolly mammoth with a beautiful wonky face takes centre stage in a bright yellow room. Yellow wall with brightly coloured paintings on. A frog with a baby frog in its mouth declares 'i feel sick'. A taxidermy creature, maybe a small wallaby- it's looking a bit weird - watches Joe Lycett on the telly. Joe is testing out jokes on the creature. A white dog painting on a yellow wall 'bye bitch'. A shark painting below says 'i love lipbalm'.
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Amber Druce @amberdruce.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
Rockaway Park, near Bristol. Anti capitalist land of creative scrap creatures and treats for the eyeballs! 🎠🍉🚦🚐❤️
Just an elephant on a rocket! Metal skeleton and an old car on a roof behind it. Taxidermist animatronic display in a small wheeled box. It's a lovely day to resist capitalism sign. Bumper car and scrap yard treasure behind.
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Amber Druce @amberdruce.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
Gorgeous Folkcraft market @arnosvalecemetery.bsky.social today. So many brilliant makers. Thanks to the Haunts Curiosity Shoppe. 🌞🦴🦇🪲
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Amber Druce @amberdruce.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
Really enjoyed tonight's talk @no1royalcrescent.bsky.social .... MUSEUM BUMS! 🍑🌈 Thanks to @museumbums.bsky.social for a really lovely event.
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Amber Druce @amberdruce.bsky.social · 30/05/2026
Upfest 2026. #BristolGraffiti #VisitBristol
Graffiti artists working on big easels.Two graffiti dogs facing each other Graffiti artist working on a red brick building Bright yellow wall with a red haired troll painted on it.
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Amber Druce @amberdruce.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
Grottoesque opens @no1royalcrescent.bsky.social tomorrow! Glenn Brown in Bath. #grottoes #GlennBrown #BathPreservationTrust #VisitBath
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No.1 Royal Crescent @no1royalcrescent.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
Book Talk: Museum Bums What do Hieronymus Bosch, the Roman cult of Antinous, and the peach emoji have in common? But of course, butts, of course! 💬✨ 📍 No.1 Royal Crescent, Servants Hall 📆 Thursday 11 June, 6.00 - 7.15pm, doors open 5.30pm 🎫 no1royalcrescent.org.uk/whats-on/?fb...
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Amber Druce @amberdruce.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
Really recommend Bristol's new chocolate walk! 🍫 bristolguided.com/tours/bristo... History and treats galore. 😋
Man in a hotel lobby, formerly a sugar refinery. He holds a photo of a sugar cone. Wall arches and garden furniture behind him. Chocolate bars in a sweet shop. Chocolate maker. Man with an open box of chocolates.
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Herschel Museum of Astronomy @herschelmuseum.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
"If only there were a hidden city garden so peaceful that you almost felt as though you were out in the countryside..." It's here, it's at the Herschel Museum - and tomorrow afternoon (Weds 29 April) we will be offering FREE solargazing right here in the garden! 1pm to 4pm, free with museum entry 🔭☀️
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Amber Druce @amberdruce.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
Somerset Rural Life Museum, Glastonbury, displays tools and crafts beautifully, with lots of well placed film and photos for context. If you've never been, it's well worth a visit.
Blue and red farm cart in a beautifully lit tythe barn. Sunlight streams through 5 narrow windows. Wooden beams above. Woven goods. A wicker coffin, chair, and baskets- one of which is unfinished to show the making process. Displayed in a museum. Glover, shoemaker and thatcher tools, displayed in a museum. Somerset Guild of Craftsmen fabric banner.
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Amber Druce @amberdruce.bsky.social · 25/04/2026
@mollyconisbee.bsky.social 💀❤️💀❤️ great to see this at @wellcomecollection.bsky.social yesterday!
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Amber Druce @amberdruce.bsky.social · 22/02/2026
I love @salisburymuseum.bsky.social ☺️
'The Salisbury Giant' (a model) and his companion 'Hob Nob' (is he a horse, is he a camel? We don't really know..). Blue background. Ceramics gallery. Wooden flooring. Carved sealing. Museum display case along the right hand side. Large window. Bargeware in a museum display. Tools display. Scissors and tweezers etc on museum mounts.
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Amber Druce @amberdruce.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
Loving the postbox topper on St Michael's Hill, Bristol. Happy new lunar year of the fire horse! 🐴🔥 #LunarNewYear
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Amber Druce @amberdruce.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
Cornelia Parker exhibition @no1royalcrescent.bsky.social 🍸🥛🥂 'Handle with Care'. #VisitBath
Framed picture of glasses Glasses in a glass case
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Amber Druce @amberdruce.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
I love the giant wasps @brlsi.bsky.social 🐝🐝 Great exhibition.
Giant wasp sculptures in a museum display.Insects exhibition.Arty insects in a display case. Entographica exhibition poster in an a- board. Outside.
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Amber Druce @amberdruce.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
Stunning Zandra Rhodes exhibition @holburnemuseumbath.bsky.social 😍
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Amber Druce @amberdruce.bsky.social · 18/01/2026
Museum of Bath Architecture. @batharchitecture.bsky.social
Foggy street scene Museum from above. Objects set out on tables. Wooden carvings.
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Amber Druce @amberdruce.bsky.social · 13/10/2025
Special Collections Sunday @bristollibraries.bsky.social 'Fugitives in the Archive'. Thanks for a fascinating afternoon. Libraries are amazing! 📚
Library visitors looking at books from the archives. These are held on grey book cushions on a central table. Book open at the title page. Label to the right of it. Both are on a wooden table.
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Amber Druce @amberdruce.bsky.social · 13/09/2025
Jane Austen Festival Parade, Bath. #janeausten250 #janeaustenbath #regency #royalcrescentbath #janeausten #visitbath
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Amber Druce @amberdruce.bsky.social · 10/09/2025
Southcot Burial Ground is open on Saturday. It's a rare chance to see the site, just behind Bath Spa train station. Find out about the history & there's a bird trail for kids. 💀 @cendeathsociety.bsky.social #VisitBath #Death
Burial Ground leaflet. Southcot Burial Ground. Tree and gravestones.
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Amber Druce @amberdruce.bsky.social · 01/09/2025
Really looking forward to this event at Bristol Museum. www.bristolmuseums.org.uk/whats-on/bri...
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Let’s talk about repatriation – a conversation with The Larrakia
What is repatriation? Why does it matter? And what are we doing about it? Join us for a conversation with representatives from the Aboriginal Larrakia community of Darwin, Australia.
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BYTESEU @byteseu.bsky.social · 01/09/2025
Bristol returns cultural artefacts taken from Larrakia people in Australia | Australia news www.byteseu.com/1338866 For decades, they have languished in storage in the basement of a museum in the English West Country. Finally, an extraordinary collection of weapons and ceremonial …
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Bristol returns cultural artefacts taken from Larrakia people in Australia | Australia news - Bytes Europe
For decades, they have languished in storage in the basement of a museum in the English West Country.
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Amber Druce @amberdruce.bsky.social · 21/07/2025
We loved the @showofstrength.org.uk Mary Shelley walk round Bath. Really fascinating history. Book now! #VisitBath #MaryShelley #HouseOfFrankenstein #BathHistory #FrankensteinExperience
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Amber Druce @amberdruce.bsky.social · 19/07/2025
I think Puppet Place might be the most magical place in the world.
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Amber Druce @amberdruce.bsky.social · 06/07/2025
Lovely afternoon @bristolpride.bsky.social dog show. 🌈🐕❤️🏳️‍⚧️
A lovely smiley dog called Pig. Pig wears a pink harness and a rainbow bib. Pig has one ear up and one down. Fabulous lady with bright pink hair and a dog in a pink wig. Dog show on grass. Cape for the human, cape for the dog. Audience surrounds them, some seated, some standing. Trees in background. Sunny day.
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Amber Druce @amberdruce.bsky.social · 04/07/2025
'The most tiresome place in the world. Jane Austen & Bath' @no1royalcrescent.bsky.social #JaneAusten #VisitBath
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Amber Druce @amberdruce.bsky.social · 27/06/2025
Loved Bath Record Office's free exhibition of Remarkable Books. So much effort for just 2 days! Go and see it if you can. 📚 #VisitBath #Archives
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Amber Druce @amberdruce.bsky.social · 21/06/2025
Obsessed with the fairground models at Tewkesbury Museum.
Fairground models. Carousel and people figurines. Fairground models. Orange seller and fortune teller. Funfair models. Old gingerbread men and a newspaper article about Gingerbread Man of the Mop Fair.
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Amber Druce @amberdruce.bsky.social · 18/06/2025
Museum friends who can't have plants at work... pot plant vinyls are the answer! 🌱 www.etsy.com/uk/listing/1... #Museums
Pot plant vinyl stickers in their packaging Pot plant vinyls x3 above a fireplace
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Amber Druce @amberdruce.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
Ashton Court was a great venue for Clothemod's fashion show.
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Amber Druce @amberdruce.bsky.social · 02/06/2025
Looking forward to a @brlsi.bsky.social Queer Georgians talk tonight. www.brlsi.org/whatson/quee... 🏳️‍🌈
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Queer Georgians – Bath Royal Literary and Scientific Institution
Queer Georgians explores the lives of LGBTQ+ people in eighteenth and early nineteenth century Britain. Challenging assumptions about gender and sexuality in the Georgian era, the talk uncovers histor...
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Amber Druce @amberdruce.bsky.social · 30/05/2025
The new exhibition at Bristol Museum is really special. There's lots of fascinating stories, objects and images to explore. I loved it. www.bristolmuseums.org.uk/whats-on/bri...
Dance outfit and carved wooden mask displayed on a mannequin in a museum case. Brightly coloured art work. Museum display. Painting of Leda and the Swan. Pink tutu dress with the slogan 'Home Safe x'. BLM placard displayed with a big protest photo by Khali Ackford. The photo shows an All Black Lives UK march through Bristol.
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Amber Druce @amberdruce.bsky.social · 26/05/2025
Weston Super Mare Museum.
Terry Pratchett illustration Giant sandcastle windmill from Banksy's Dismalland.
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Amber Druce @amberdruce.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
Our Lord & Saviour, Chris Packham, at Fitzrovia Chapel. 🙏
Portrait of tv presenter and activist Chris packham. Displayed in a chapel with lots of candles. Blue and gold tiled chapel interior. Beautiful chapel interior. Lots of gold bling. Chapel with a portrait on the altar.
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Amber Druce @amberdruce.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
My new project is working through the collections @batharchitecture.bsky.social I'm excited to get started.
Museum from above. Photo taken from a balcony. A painting of the Countess of Huntingdon above a stone fireplace. The Ice Man! Replica keystone carving next to a window. Museum display of model building fronts carved from wood.
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Amber Druce @amberdruce.bsky.social · 10/05/2025
Bradford on Avon Green Man Festival 2025. 💚
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Amber Druce @amberdruce.bsky.social · 09/05/2025
I loved Pete the Street's Bristol exhibition. 🎨
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Amber Druce @amberdruce.bsky.social · 03/05/2025
We had a lovely afternoon with @deborahlambkin.bsky.social talking about Mary Delany @batharchitecture.bsky.social with tea and cake!🌹🪻🌼
Lady giving a talk to an audience who are seated in a darkened museum. Large images of flowers on a black background.
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Amber Druce @amberdruce.bsky.social · 19/04/2025
Common Ground at The Wilson, Cheltenham. It's a really good museum- very welcoming, free, and the displays are impressive.
Hew Locke artwork. Ben Edge painting of John Barleycorn. Mr & Mrs Carter. Weird folk creatures.
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Amber Druce @amberdruce.bsky.social · 13/04/2025
Fairfield House, Bath. This was the home of Emperor Hailie Selassie and the Empress Menen of Ethiopia. Incredible history. Book a tour on Sundays with a Caribbean lunch. We did it after a trip to Beckford's Tower, which was a really interesting combination.
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Amber Druce @amberdruce.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
'After All' at the Mount Without is an incredible piece of theatre about death & grief. Catch the final performance in Bristol on Thursday evening. www.headfirstbristol.co.uk/checkout/aft... 💀 #Impermanence
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Amber Druce @amberdruce.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
The kokedama workshop @no1royalcrescent.bsky.social was so much fun. Thanks to Sian from the Urban Garden Centre for leading the session. 🌱
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Amber Druce @amberdruce.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
Well done to the Museum of East Asian Art on their re-opening. 🌸
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Amber Druce @amberdruce.bsky.social · 29/03/2025
Loved this Joshua Donkor exhibition @holburnemuseumbath.bsky.social 'I have more souls than one'. holburne.org/events/joshu...
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Amber Druce @amberdruce.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
Mary Delany & Georgie Hopton @no1royalcrescent.bsky.social 🎨 Immersive prints & botanical art. @womensartbluesky.bsky.social #BathArt #FemaleArtists #ArtHistory
Mary Delany image with an exhibition reflected in the glass. An exhibition at Royal Crescent, Bath. Wooden floor, white ceiling. Lots of printed wallpaper fabrics by Georgie Hopton. Pictures on the walls. Bench in centre of room. Mary Delany images on a busy wall. 2 chairs in the foreground. Georgie Hopton abstract image featuring red and white roses in a frame. Flowers and berries wallpaper.
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Amber Druce @amberdruce.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
Thanks for the death walk round Bath @mollyconisbee.bsky.social 💀 @curiousminds.org.uk @cendeathsociety.bsky.social It was great. Lots of interesting social history & things to think about. 🧠
Lady in a yellow cardigan and grey jeans with a white top. Behind her to the right is a statue of a woman and a fountain inscribed 'water is best'. Bath Abbey is behind them. Adorable sausage dog in a green coat surrounded by people's legs, stood on grass. Black and tan dog giving good side eye!
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Amber Druce @amberdruce.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
Museum fans.... what good examples of non digital interpretation have you seen? Paddles/ creative booklets/ that kind of thing.
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a man in a suit is walking through a museum with paintings on the wall
ALT: a man in a suit is walking through a museum with paintings on the wall
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Amber Druce @amberdruce.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
Thanks to @rainmakergallery.bsky.social & Te Rangitu Netana for the Ta Moko demo. Maori tattooing in Bristol. www.rainmakerart.co.uk
2 people tattooing a man's leg with traditional Maori tools.
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Amber Druce @amberdruce.bsky.social · 15/03/2025
Socialism Saturday with @jeremycorbyn.bsky.social Lindsey Graham & Tori Tsui. Really interesting discussions in Bristol tonight, building communities for change.
Audience looking towards a stage. Backs of heads looking towards speakers. Domed roof.
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Amber Druce @amberdruce.bsky.social · 15/03/2025
The botanical world of Mary Delany and Georgie Hopton - a domestic arrangement @no1royalcrescent.bsky.social Now open! #VisitBath #BritishMuseum #MaryDelany #BathArt #InteriorDesign #GeorgianBath 🌹🌺💐
Mary Delany framed botanical images x12. Hung on red, cream and blue contemporary floral wallpaper. 2 chairs by a window. Wooden floor. The 'gentleman's retreat' at No.1 Royal Crescent. Framed paintings, a globe, cabinet, chairs and a round table. 2 wooden chairs on a wooden floor. Printed bold wallpaper and drapes with matching cushions on the chairs. 3 framed images on the walls and a window overlooking trees.
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