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Glyn Morgan

@grmorgan.bsky.social
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Head of Collections and Principal Curator at The Science Museum, London | Storyteller | PhD | Sometime Lecturer, Interviewer, Writer | He/Him | Views mine | linktr.ee/glynmorgan

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videogame history @vghistory.bsky.social · 20h
illustration, creative computing, magazine (1977) archive.org/details/Crea...
computer equipment stacked high. a very excited looking dude with wavy hair, has a foot and a hand on a keyboard and another foot and a hand on joysticks/controllers. a printer is spitting out paper with indecipherable text.
text font box: the ultimate computer freak
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Glyn Morgan @grmorgan.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Just back from work trip to Beijing. Taught a workshop to a global selection of museum professionals, gave a paper at the world conference for science literacy, and presented a paper to colleagues at the China Science and Technology Museum, then a 2hr TV recording with some science fiction writers!
Me standing in front of a Science Museum branded slide with the title "Living in the Future: Communicating Technologies of Tomorrow in the UK's Science Museum Group". An audience watches patiently.Screenshot from a Chinese social media app showing a clip from Chinese news station CCTV1, it is announcing the opening of the world conference on science literacy and shows me sitting in the front row alongside other more important dignitaries and representatives.Photo after recording a programme for Chinese TV discussing science fiction as a tool for thinking about the future of museums. We all stand around looking cool.Showing a slide which explains the Science Museum Group as I point to the Science Museum in a workshop of participants at another event.
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Old British Telly @oldbritishtelly.co.uk · 27/09/2026
[1963] Snow – Hypnotic British Transport Film showing the efforts of railway workmen to keep trains running in hazardous snowy conditions.
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Katie Flanagan @katiedflanagan.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
A week left to apply for this - deadline is 25 Sept 2026.
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Jo Wolff @jowolff.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
The fallacy that University leaders pushing AI are falling into is thinking that the point of undergraduate research is to find things out. It isn't. What students find out is typically already generally known. The point of undergraduate research is to learn how to find things out.
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Briony Neilson @brionyneilson.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Truly spectacular photo by Jean Marquis of workers clambering on scaffolding inside the parabolic mirror structure of the solar furnace in Mont-Louis in southern France in 1958. The solar furnace in the Pyrenees, built in 1949, was the first facility of its kind in the world 🗃️
B&w photo of workers standing on scaffolding inside a parabolic mirror structure (a solar furnace)
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Glyn Morgan @grmorgan.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Really fortunate to have been invited to a private view of the Bayeux Tapestry this morning. Pictures cannot do it credit, it's an astonishing object displayed beautifully. Feeling very lucky!
Line of people viewing the tapestry in a dark room, a large quote above them: 'In the year of grace 1066, the Lord the ruler carried out what he had long contemplated for the English: he delivered them for destruction to the violent and cunning Normans' (Henry of Huntingdon)Scene from the Bayeux Tapestry showing Edward the Confessor Battle scene from HastingsGloomy selfie in front of the tapestry, showing some of the accompanying AV
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Glyn Morgan @grmorgan.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Really fortunate to have been invited to a private view of the Bayeux Tapestry this morning. Pictures cannot do it credit, it's an astonishing object displayed beautifully. Feeling very lucky!
Line of people viewing the tapestry in a dark room, a large quote above them: 'In the year of grace 1066, the Lord the ruler carried out what he had long contemplated for the English: he delivered them for destruction to the violent and cunning Normans' (Henry of Huntingdon)Scene from the Bayeux Tapestry showing Edward the Confessor Battle scene from HastingsGloomy selfie in front of the tapestry, showing some of the accompanying AV
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Amanda Rees @amandarees.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
There is still a few days left to submit an abstract for #scifi #faith #futures #FaithCon in York! We are very excited to welcome @adamroberts.bsky.social and Courttia Newland as plenary speakers - it's going to be an invigorating few days! (Plus #BonfireNight in #GuyFawkes hometown - why not?)
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Glyn Morgan @grmorgan.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
News story about last night's record with some nice photos: www.msn.com/en-gb/news/o...
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Glyn Morgan @grmorgan.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Tonight nearly 1000 people set a new world record for the most people performing the Vulcan salute in one location. Celebrating Star Trek day on the franchise's 60th anniversary at @sciencemuseum.org.uk
Myself, looking tired, at the front of a crowd of people in the science museum in London performing the Vulcan salute.
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Glyn Morgan @grmorgan.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Pretty cool photo
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miramanga @miramanga.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
What’s that Mira? You broke a Guinness World Record this evening as part of the largest Vulcan salute on Star Trek Day? Well done!
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Helen O'Hara @helenlohara.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
World record holder! This is much easier than running 100m in 9 seconds.
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Glyn Morgan @grmorgan.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Tonight nearly 1000 people set a new world record for the most people performing the Vulcan salute in one location. Celebrating Star Trek day on the franchise's 60th anniversary at @sciencemuseum.org.uk
Myself, looking tired, at the front of a crowd of people in the science museum in London performing the Vulcan salute.
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Glyn Morgan @grmorgan.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Happy Star Trek Day to all who celebrate. You might catch me on the radio later talking about our Star Trek lates and world record attempt this evening, plus a last chance to visit the Warp Trail of objects dusted throughout the museum, celebrating 60 years: www.sciencemuseum.org.uk/see-and-do/s...
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Star Trek Lates | Science Museum
Calling all Star Trek fans—join us to celebrate Star Trek Day and the 60th anniversary of this iconic science fiction franchise with a special Lates to close the season.
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David Bradley @sciencebase.com · 08/09/2026
If you're after a science writer, the Association of British Science Writers (ABSW) has a Bluesky starter pack just for you go.bsky.app/F6bdkUY
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Association of British Science Writers members
Join the conversation
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ᴰʳ Khalil Thirlaway @drtalksalot.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
"Thank you for bearing with us while we renovate the historic Lovecraft Memorial Eldritch Portal and Arts Centre"
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Glyn Morgan @grmorgan.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Being based just over the road, I often go into Imperial to get some lunch or just for a change of scenery. I am always both hypnotised, amused and horrified by this concept art on the hoarding around some renovation work they're doing.
AI Generated artwork of a fuzzy-faced orchestra, awkwardly holding a range of instruments, all wearing grey in a beige room.
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Sarah Pinsker @sarahpinsker.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
There are words I mispronounce to this day because I read them in books for so long as a kid without hearing them out loud that I internalized an incorrect pronunciation.
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Isabelle Vella Gregory @ivg.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
We had the pleasure of working with @sciencemuseum.org.uk on a collection of rare glass slides from Sudan. A huge thank you to the wonderful folks at the Museum who made this possible. #archaeology #Sudan #JebelMoya #photography #museums www.youtube.com/watch?v=FwOd...
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Archaeologists look at RARE lantern slides from Jebel Moya, Sudan | Excavation and Henry Wellcome
YouTube video by Science Museum
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Tyler Dean @tmdean.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Reactor was kind enough to publish a (far from capacious) deep dive into the late great Tim Curry’s filmography. Read it and comment and share as you see fit. RIP Tim.
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Locus Magazine @locusmag.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Congratulations to all of the Hugo Award winners and finalists!!
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2026 Hugo, Lodestar & Astounding Awards Winners - Locus
The winners of the Hugo Awards, the Astounding Award for Best New Writer, and the Lodestar Award for Best Young Adult Book were announced on August 30, 2026 by LAcon V, the 84th World Science Fiction Convention. The winners are: Best Novel WINNER: The Everlasting,Alix E. Harrow (Tor US; Tor UK) amazon / bookshop A Drop of Corruption, Robert Jackson Bennett (Del Rey; Hodderscape) amazon / bookshop …Read More
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Jack Shoulder @jackshoulder.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
#TodayInQueerHistory August 30 (1984) Octavia Butler is a revered voice in sci-fi. #OTD she won her first Hugo award, for Speech Sounds, which brought her greater prominence. Butler's work often explored queer themes. She described herself as a "hermit", closely guarding her private life.
A black woman in a bright jacket signing a book
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Karl Galle @karlgalle.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Interestingly, recent multispectral analysis of this painting revealed that the original version of the portrait more prominently highlighted the couple's wealth and status but was later modified to de-emphasize some high fashion and add the scientific equipment: www.metmuseum.org/perspectives...
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Glyn Morgan @grmorgan.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Great to see all the #LAconV #Worldcon posts. Hope you're all having a fantastic con, sad to not be there!
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Glyn Morgan @grmorgan.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Headline writers knew exactly what they were doing here
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tonči zonjić @tozo.today · 27/08/2026
one more for my less helpful, bandage-colored series / SLK #013 (of 1000)
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Glyn Morgan @grmorgan.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Engage! One more Star Trek Lates, a last chance to see the Warp Trail before we pack it up and send it back through the wormhole, and a world record for most Vulcan salutes. To not attend would be illogical. www.sciencemuseum.org.uk/see-and-do/s... @sciencemuseum.org.uk #LLAP #StarTrek60
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Star Trek Lates | Science Museum
Calling all Star Trek fans—join us to celebrate Star Trek Day and the 60th anniversary of this iconic science fiction franchise with a special Lates to close the season.
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Glyn Morgan @grmorgan.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Make it so
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marina grlica 🌱 @dovesplants.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
see you space cowboy tim curry
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Glyn Morgan @grmorgan.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Tîm Curry too, this is giving 2016 energy and I don't like it!
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Mo Ryan @moryan.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
every billionaire & tech mogul, they all want to be adored & celebrated without doing the things Dolly did with a fraction of the power & money. What she had, she gave away. I'm sure she was comfortable (& that's good!). But she just relentlessly helped. It's not that difficult. Love. Care. Help. 💚🌸
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Vincent Alexander @nonsenseisland.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
A clip I hadn't seen: Looney Tunes director Chuck Jones talking about how Warner Bros. destroyed the original drawings and cels from the classic cartoons. A truly insane crime against art.
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Glyn Morgan @grmorgan.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Oh my god!!! I played the hell out of this on my SNES. Absolutely loved it!
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Vogue Dancing Hell Yeah Kid
ALT: Vogue Dancing Hell Yeah Kid
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Roger Highfield @rogerhighfield.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
And for anyone interested in the science of Tom Stoppard's Arcadia, here's my '93 review and commentary on the world premiere (alas, it has to be downloaded since the online Telegraph does not go back that far!): rogerhighfield.com/views/fronte...
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Glyn Morgan @grmorgan.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
This looks fun. www.york.ac.uk/sociology/ab... #CallForPapers
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'Science - Fictions, Faiths and Futures' Conference: Call For Submissions
Colleagues are invited to submit their proposals for the 'Science - Fictions, Faiths and Futures' Conference which will be held at the University of York, 4-6 November 2026.
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Dave Lee @davelee.me · 20/08/2026
ah yes that famous era
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Glyn Morgan @grmorgan.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
This looks fun. www.york.ac.uk/sociology/ab... #CallForPapers
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'Science - Fictions, Faiths and Futures' Conference: Call For Submissions
Colleagues are invited to submit their proposals for the 'Science - Fictions, Faiths and Futures' Conference which will be held at the University of York, 4-6 November 2026.
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Glyn Morgan @grmorgan.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Saw Arcadia at the Duke of York (soon to be Tom Stoppard) Theatre tonight with a contingent of @sciencemuseum.org.uk curators and librarians. Really enjoyed the production, the first time I've seen it off the page having first studied it in undergrad.
Programme for Arcadia by Tom Stoppard. A man in modern dress and a woman in 19th century dress are in free fall surrounded by books, a microscope and a tortoise, bathed in orange light
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iucounu @iucounu.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
In Star Trek people often complain that replicated food is not as good as naturally produced food, which is weird when replicators are presumably using the same technology as transporters, which can perfectly replicate Spock every time. But is Spock getting less flavoursome over time? In this essay,
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Harry Cliff @harrycliff.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Here's a link to the object itself: collection.sciencemuseumgroup.org.uk/objects/co50...
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Glass diapositive in passe-partout frame [X31] of the solar chromosphere [3 | Science Museum Group Collection
Glass diapositive in passe-partout frame [X31] of the solar chromosphere [3,900-5,000 Angstrom] also known as the flash spectrum taken at Benkoelin in Sumatra on January 14th, 1926. The photograph is...
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Harry Cliff @harrycliff.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
The way an olive tree on my terrace cast these lines of eclipse images on the fence reminded me of some of the amazing solar imagery in the @sciencemuseum.org.uk collection. In particular, this spectrum of the chromosphere taken during the eclipse of 1926 in Sumatra.
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Glyn Morgan @grmorgan.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Railway safety advice on display at Prestatyn station
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The Arthur C. Clarke Award @clarkeaward.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
✨ Our 40th anniversary winner! ✨ When There Are Wolves Again by @catamaroon.bsky.social 🐺 An “ambitious study in the power of long-term hope in the face of climate breakdown” 🌍 If you haven't read it already, this is the book you need right now 👉 uk.bookshop.org/a/14057/9781...
Cover of When There Are Wolves Again, winner of the 2026 Arthur C. Clarke Award science fiction book of the year.
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Glyn Morgan @grmorgan.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Trying to take photos of the partial eclipse through my home made cereal box viewer didn't go too well. Except when I accidentally flicked it into selfie mode and captured this, I'm guessing the reflection from my phone screen or the tin foil on my forehead.
The sun through a pinhole viewer constructed from a cereal box, a small part of the circle has been eaten away by the moon eclipsing itThe sun through a pinhole viewer constructed from a cereal box, a larger part of the circle has been eaten away by the moon eclipsing itSelfie taken by accident, standing in the garden. The sun between two trees. It is reflected onto my forehead as a crescent.
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Katie Mack @astrokatie.com · 14/10/2023
🌓🌎🌞 <-- lunar eclipse 
🌎🌓🌞 <-- solar eclipse 
🌎🌞🌗 <-- apocalypse
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horror Ewacui @ewacat.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
JUST TO NOTE IF PEOPLE PLAN ON USING COLANDERS TO SEE THE ECLIPSE YOU ARE NOT LOOKING THROUGH IT, YOU ARE USING IT TO FILTER THE LIGHT AND WATCH THE SHADOW OF THE MOON ON THE GROUND/OTHER SURFACE
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Glyn Morgan @grmorgan.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Some photos from my glorious day out in Eryri climbing Y Garn. I'm so out of practice, was really puffing by the top and my knees did not enjoy the descent. Fantastic views though, such a great way to spend my day!
Looking up at the climb ahead from Cwm IdwalAt the peak of Y Garn, cwm Idwal and cwm Ogwen behind me as the mountains stride off into the distanceRelaxing after the ascent at cwm y cŵn (lake of dogs)Cairn on the ridge, looking north up the valley towards Ynys Môn (Anglesey)
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