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Photobook Junkies @photobookjunkies.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

📷 André Kertész

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Sheila Masson @sheilamasson.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

If you're in #Edinburgh you must go Alicia Bruce's work at the RSA, part of This 26, Contemporary Scottish Art & the Academy (closes Oct 11th). Trump's impact in Scotland will sadden & enrage you. #Photography @royalscottishacad.bsky.social @aliciabruce.bsky.social www.facebook.com/share/v/1Gqt...

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Museums Association @museumsassociation.org · 29/09/2026

News | ‘Free, forever’: Government rules out entry charges for overseas visitors to national museums Sector welcomes renewed commitment to universal free entry ahead of policy’s 25th anniversary

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‘Free, forever’: Government rules out entry charges for overseas visitors to national museums - Museums Association

Sector welcomes renewed commitment to universal free entry ahead of policy’s 25th anniversary

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Gwen C. Katz @gwenckatz.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Fuck ChatGPT flyers. The future is broadsheets.

A crowded broadsheet with way too many fonts. It says:
Forget ChatGPT Flyers
Say it with
Broadsheets
Unlimited fonts
Stretch them
Or cram a really long sentence into one line for no good reason
No whitespace
Mix capital and lowercase
Pointing hands
(They're called manicules!)
Don't be left behind
Broadsheets are the future

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Merchant Adventurers’ Hall @merchantshallyork.org · 24/09/2026

We are a very old building. We have lots of keys. We have lots of keys that don’t open anything. Join us for a one off installment of, “Keys of the Merchant Adventurers’ Hall that are pretty but completely useless”. 🔑 🧵

We are looking at two pewter plates with an assortment of large brass and iron keys in various shapes and sizes.

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Bart⚓️ @bartgonnissen.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

The Facial Expressions of Tethys by artist Julius von Bismarck. A suspended high-sea buoy that moves in real time. Sensors on a twin buoy out in the Atlantic Ocean send live satellite data to motors inside the museum. This makes the indoor buoy copy the exact, real-time movements of the ocean waves.

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👻madeline bOoOoOoOodent👻 @oldenoughtosay.com · 19/09/2026

One of the truly remarkable things about the british heritage sector is that the people working in it and the people who brag about it have, by and large, completely opposite politics

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Rose Teanby @roseteanby.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Highly recommend a visit to Bath @herschelmuseum.bsky.social to see the exhibition 'Photology'. Includes cyanotypes by Anna Atkins and many other fascinating exhibits.

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Andy Adams @flakphoto.news · 11/09/2026

Looking at this one again today. I love this picture: Minor White, Windowsill Daydreaming, Rochester, New York, 1958.

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Art UK @artukdotorg.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Today's #OnlineArtExchange theme is 'life by the sea' for John Bellany: Anchored at Scottish Fisheries Museum 🌊 This work features in the exhibition 👉 artuk.org/visit/whats-on/EVENT807398 'Anchored' by John Bellany (1942–2013) © the artist's estate / Bridgeman 📷 Scottish Fisheries Museum

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Art UK @artukdotorg.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Tomorrow's #OnlineArtExchange theme is 'life by the sea' for John Bellany: Anchored at Scottish Fisheries Museum 🌊 Share your pick using the hashtag. 'Woman of the North Sea' by John Bellany (1942–2013) © the artist's estate / Bridgeman Images. 📷 University of St Andrews

Portrait of a woman with blue eyes and a patterned headdress against a muted blue background.

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👻madeline bOoOoOoOodent👻 @oldenoughtosay.com · 03/09/2026

Anyway the one thing we know for absolute certain? Like, the ONE (1) thing? It’s not a tapestry. It’s not woven. It’s an embroidery. Go forth and become insufferable with that tidbit.

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Sebas @ohlookbirdies.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Can't make it in today, boss, I have fallen sodenly into decaye and ruyne

These stones are from St. Andrew's Church are believed to be from the old central tower which, in 1578, together with the Chancel and Transepts, fell "sodenly into decaye and ruyne"

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Geoff Belknap @curatorgeoff.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

JOB KLAXON!! Come and join our team! Assistant Curator, 12 months, fixed term 35 hours per week £34,368 to £37,189 Deadline - 06/09/26 careers.nms.ac.uk/job/936922

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Assistant Curator, Technology

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Alex Boyd @alexanderboyd.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

For those in Scotland, this excellent exhibition will be opening at Dalkeith Palace. It's a celebration of 200 years of the Royal Scottish Academy and photography - and I'll be showing one of my collodion works from the Isle of Skye. @royalscottishacad.bsky.social

An image of the Old Man of Storr on a poster advertising Photo Dalkeith - an exhibition in Scotland to be held at Dalkeith Palace.

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Orkney Library & Archive @orkneylibrary.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Back in the olden days it was only the very wealthiest of cows that could afford to have a portrait photographer visit them at home.

A black and white archive photograph of a cow posing in front of a mill

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Bodleian Libraries @bodleian.ox.ac.uk · 19/08/2026

It's #WorldPhotographyDay! 📷 Photography has been a part of the Bodleian’s collections ever since the medium was invented. 📷 One of the earliest examples of photography, by William Henry Fox Talbot (MS. 21088 Photogr. 2 item 9)

A botanical print showing three delicate stems with fine leaves, set against a sepia-toned background. The image captures intricate details of the plant structure.
About:
William Henry Fox Talbot, one of the earliest examples of photography, MSS. 21088 Photogr. 2 item 9

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Chaucer Doth Tweet @levostregc.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

nobodye: absolutelye no one: nobodye for miles arounde: Wells Cathedral interior: o)(o / \

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Wilhelmina Barns-Graham Trust @barns-grahamtrust.org.uk · 24/07/2026

NOW AVAILABLE - a great new podcast featuring Alice Strang appearing on Dr Karen Mailley's excellent Scottish women history 'Round the Studios' podcast. Discussing the new NGS re-print of the essential ‘Modern Scottish Women: Painters and Sculptors 1885-1965’ edited by Alice - buff.ly/XA9lt9D

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👻madeline bOoOoOoOodent👻 @oldenoughtosay.com · 23/07/2026

I really want to open this one to the GLAMsky peanut gallery because yes for me it was probably the live mortar shell but also possibly the woman’s purse full of human teeth

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Museums Association @museumsassociation.org · 15/07/2026

Museums are changing lives in Scotland 📍 Museums have a powerful impact on their communities. They increase our sense of wellbeing, help us feel proud of where we come from, and inspire, challenge and stimulate us. These new case studies share how museums across Scotland are creating change.

People stand looking upwards as they hold a large Pride flag at Aberdeen Archives, Gallery & Museums. Text reads: Museums changing lives in Scotland. Read the new case studies

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Craig Clunas @craigclunas.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

This is in Oxford, this Friday. It will be really good. #photography #arthistory www.hoa.ox.ac.uk/event/going-...

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Going Postal: Photography and Exchange

Prof Geoffrey Batchen

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Michael Spicer @michaelspicer.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

If art critics talked like football pundits.

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rahaeli @rahaeli.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

No more His Holiness Nice Pope indeed. Benedict and Francis tried the carrot. Leo is bringing the Chicago baseball bat of loving fraternal correction to the problem now.

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👻madeline bOoOoOoOodent👻 @oldenoughtosay.com · 29/06/2026

It’s apparently national camera day so here’s a shout out to my favourite Camera

The Radcliffe Camera, a round stone library

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👻madeline bOoOoOoOodent👻 @oldenoughtosay.com · 03/06/2026

she’s right and she should say it louder

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Alicia Bruce @aliciabruce.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

Delighted that ‘Moira & David Milne: Hermit Point’ from the ongoing ‘Menie: TRUMPED’ series is bring exhibited at Arles. The exhibition ‘Homecoming’ will be held at Galerie Huit Arles, opening from 6th July 2026 Thank you to @1854.photography www.1854.photography/2026/05/winn...

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👻madeline bOoOoOoOodent👻 @oldenoughtosay.com · 21/05/2026

Sometimes the best thing to do with heirlooms is use them. Take the train set out of the box and let your grandkids play with it. Use the fine china. It might break. Let the doll’s lace dress get dirty. Not all value comes from being untouched for eternity.

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Museums Association @museumsassociation.org · 19/05/2026

News | Five Scottish collections awarded national significance status by Museums Galleries Scotland Linoleum, photography and Iron Age collections among those newly listed under Recognition Scheme

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Five Scottish collections awarded national significance status - Museums Association

Linoleum, photography and Iron Age collections among those newly listed under Recognition Scheme

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Alicia Bruce @aliciabruce.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

Congratulations @uniofstandrews.bsky.social Photographic Collections. Proud my ‘Menie: TRUMPED’ series is held in this collection as the Home of Scottish Photography and the Home of Scottish Golf. Acquired in 2014.

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Bodleian Libraries @bodleian.ox.ac.uk · 18/05/2026

We are celebrating #InternationalMuseumDay 2026 today. You may have noticed we are not a museum, but we do have collections and run free exhibitions. Come and see them at the Weston Library in Oxford!

A wooden bookshelf filled with rows of antique books. Overlaid text reads, "We may not be a 'museum,' but...".

A historic library interior with wooden shelves filled with books. The ceiling is ornately decorated, and framed portraits hang on the walls. Text on the image reads: “We’re one of the oldest libraries in Europe, and the second largest in the UK.”

A person stands in a museum, looking at an exhibit. Text over the image reads: "The Bodleian holds over 14 million printed items and outstanding special collections, including rare books and manuscripts, classical papyri, maps, music, art, and printed ephemera..."

A person views an exhibit in the Weston Library. The text overlay says: "...and you can see a curated selection of these items in the Weston Library in our exhibitions and display cases. *for FREE

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Museums Association @museumsassociation.org · 18/05/2026

The theme of this year's #InternationalMuseumDay is Museums Uniting a Divided World. We're focusing on how museums can act as bridges across cultural, social and geopolitical divides, fostering dialogue, understanding, inclusion and peace 🕊️ @icomuk.bsky.social #IMD2026

International Museum Day poster by ICOM, the International Council of Museums. The poster shows a constellation of stars in the sky, symbolising making connections across divides. The caption reads: Museums Uniting a Divided World

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Jeremy Sutton-Hibbert @jshphotog.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

Great to see one of my Glasgow shipyard images here, as the University of St Andrews Photography Collection, where my archive is housed, gains recognition as being a collection of National Significance! Congratulations to @laurabrownuk.bsky.social & her team! www.heraldscotland.com/news/2611412...

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University of St Andrews photography collection 'of national significance'

The University of St Andrews Photographic collection has been Recognised as one of 'national significance' by Museums and Galleries Scotland.

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RPS Historical Group @rpshistgroup.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

Highly recommended ...

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The Museum of English Rural Life (MERL) @themerl.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

We have a very exciting opportunity for someone to become our new Community Partnerships Curator! You'll lead on the co-creation of a major public exhibition, exploring and reimagining Britain’s relationship with displaced communities. Find out more and apply: jobs.reading.ac.uk/tlive_webrec...

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it's Halloween name charloh! (it/its) @charloh.online · 02/05/2026

ISAAC CHOTINER: So, the food bowl. It's empty, you say? CAT: That's right. IC: And has it ever not been empty? C: Not that I can recall, no, it has not. IC: Fascinating. And this bit of food caught in your whiskers, where would you say that's- C: Now hold on, this is about the bowl, not

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Jo Hockey @johockey.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

A real treat this week, a one-off photographic exhibition at @signetlibrary.bsky.social by @lixmount.bsky.social for @rpshistgroup.bsky.social This selection of our photographic collection featured our Hill & Adamson Album, negatives of Penicuik House, albums from the Roughead Collection plus..

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👻madeline bOoOoOoOodent👻 @oldenoughtosay.com · 14/04/2026

Hey yesterday I emailed an archivist with, and I quote, “do you know what ‘bundle dated 1190-1200,46’ might be?” And they emailed me back within an hour with the full text of a deed and a translation so yeah, ask a librarian (and archivists)

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Starshaped Press @starshapedpress.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

Who wants to see itty bitty printing presses?

Small sigwalt printing press fitting in the palm of a hand.

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Claire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

"sorry I can't come to your once-in-250-years party. I'll be busy doing something it would actually make much more logical sense to do four days later. I bumped it up on purpose so I could throw it in your face. eat shit forever, amen" there is no hater on earth like a hater from Chicago

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Geoff Belknap @curatorgeoff.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

For those interested in photo history, attached is a CFP for a study day on the history photomechanical images in Italy. Proposals are due by the May 22 to cristiana.sorrentino@unifi.it & francesca.strobino@labafirenze.com The study day will be held at the University of Urbino on October 1st.

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👻madeline bOoOoOoOodent👻 @oldenoughtosay.com · 02/04/2026

This is a stunningly beautiful bit of writing.

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Orkney Library & Archive @orkneylibrary.bsky.social · 30/03/2026

Can't wait for 5 o'clock today. Not to get away from work, but to be astounded by how light it is. And then get home and talk about it some more. Then say it again later. And then keep checking the sky after that. Then when it IS dark talk about how late it is. Can't wait.

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