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Museums Association @museumsassociation.org · 19/02/2026

The discussions will be led by @emilyautism.bsky.social and @tamsincrussell.bsky.social, and all participants will be paid a fee of £150 for their time as part of our commitment to recognising contributions of lived experience. Find out more via the link above and express your interest by 11 March.

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Tamsin C Russell @tamsincrussell.bsky.social · 07/11/2025

Sometimes you have to utilise the prevailing power dynamic to make good change.

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Tamsin C Russell @tamsincrussell.bsky.social · 07/11/2025

How can we share power in the cultural sector?

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Tamsin C Russell @tamsincrussell.bsky.social · 07/11/2025

‘What counts as memory?’ And if a fallen statue us still in a museum basement rather than melted down there is a risk of re-erejection.

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Tamsin C Russell @tamsincrussell.bsky.social · 07/11/2025

‘Not having a dream happen and then needing to have another dream’. This is a real challenge for funding streams that ALWAYS require newness.

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Tamsin C Russell @tamsincrussell.bsky.social · 07/11/2025

‘Hopeful or harmful’. Let’s discuss. What can cultural organisations do.

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Tamsin C Russell @tamsincrussell.bsky.social · 07/11/2025

‘We are not lone individuals we are constellations.’

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Tamsin C Russell @tamsincrussell.bsky.social · 07/11/2025

Love the discussion about access - right to roam, walking in cities, everyday spaces as opposed to culture and heritage being behind locked doors in museums.

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Tamsin C Russell @tamsincrussell.bsky.social · 07/11/2025

If we can adjust to a re-brand we can adjust to the removal of a violent aggressor names from buildings.

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Dr Rachel Souhami @rachelsouhami.bsky.social · 19/09/2025

Huge thanks to @lspurdle.bsky.social and Mark McLeod for organising, and @tamsincrussell.bsky.social for ace facilitation skills.

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Museums Association @museumsassociation.org · 22/09/2025

Reflections on the Code of Ethics | Working it out 🤝 As part of a series of blog posts about the new Code of Ethics, @tamsincrussell.bsky.social, our workforce development lead, discusses the importance of ethical practice in creating inclusive, welcoming workplaces.

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Reflections on the Code of Ethics | Working it out - Museums Association

Tamsin Russell, the MA's workforce development lead, discusses the importance of ethical practice in creating inclusive workplaces

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Museums Association @museumsassociation.org · 08/10/2025

Low pay in the museum sector has a detrimental impact on workforce attraction, retention and wellbeing. Led by @tamsincrussell.bsky.social, we’ll be exploring how to redress poor pay and implement more equitable pay policies in our next session in the lecture theatre at 3.20pm 💷 #Museums2025

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Pay in museums - Museums Association

Read the 2024 update of our Salary Research and Recommendations to address low sector pay

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Tamsin C Russell @tamsincrussell.bsky.social · 07/11/2025

Fabulous Friday night. Radical Book Fair.

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Tamsin C Russell @tamsincrussell.bsky.social · 23/09/2025

Heritage Volunteering Group What if everyone stopped volunteering? A new Works4U report (with our input at HVG) warns the UK would face soaring isolation, weaker democracy & fragile communities. Volunteering isn’t optional – it’s society’s backbone. Read more www.works-4u.com/what-if

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What if everyone stopped volunteering? | Works4u

Pioneering report on what would happen to the UK if everyone stopped volunteering. Written by Dominic Pinkney and with contributions from over 30 expert volunteering stakeholders across the United Kin...

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Emma Mitchell @silverpebble2.bsky.social · 14/09/2025

Younger daughter and I have been working on prototypes for the small portable museums that will be in my Etsy shop soon. We’ll be making a wooden grid in each tin for the finds & a booklet about the neuroscience of how collecting & arranging your finds alleviates anxiety & lifts mood #mentalhealth

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Dr Rachel Souhami @rachelsouhami.bsky.social · 04/09/2025

Museums, libraries, archives people! We're doing another meet up on September 16th. No agenda, no presentations, just an informal gathering over a drink. Full details here: gigs.museumsshowoff.org.uk/2025/09/02/m...

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Let’s Meet Up Again!

We had a lovely time at the first GLAM meet up last month so we’re doing it again this month! If you work in or with museums, libraries and archives and would like to get together, and chat /…

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FDA Union @fdaunion.bsky.social · 03/09/2025

Nominations are open for the 2025 Women into Leadership Awards, which recognise those who go above and beyond to champion diversity and empower women across the civil service. Find out more and submit nominations using the link below: leadership-awards.co.uk/women-into-l...

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Women into Leadership Awards - Leadership Awards

NOMINATIONS DEADLINE: NOMINATIONS NOW OPEN The 2025 Women into Leadership Awards After a hugely successful launch of the inaugural Women into Leadership Awards last year, we are delighted to introduce...

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Conrad Hackett @conradhackett.bsky.social · 04/09/2025

"Bluesky shows higher level of content originality in scholarly discourse, perhaps due to a higher proportion of academic users. X tends to favor simple retweets. This positions Bluesky as a richer environment for substantive science communication."🧪 True for our study www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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Tamsin C Russell @tamsincrussell.bsky.social · 25/08/2025

Fabulous service again from NHS. Phoned surgery at 8:30. Triage call at 9:10. In person appointment at 10:30 Three prescriptions, blood taken and two more appts booked in and home by 11:00. Bill-zero. Some people want to look to fully privatise the NHS we must always fight for it. ❤️

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Mia Farrow @miafarrow.bsky.social · 10/08/2025

The children are always ours, every single one of them, all over the globe; and I am beginning to suspect that whoever is incapable of recognizing this may be incapable of morality. James Baldwin

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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 12/08/2025

BREAKING WSJ: The Trump White House plans to conduct a far-reaching review of Smithsonian museum exhibitions, materials and operations ahead of America's 250th anniversary to ensure the museums align with "Trump's interpretation of American history." www.wsj.com/politics/pol...

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Exclusive | White House to Vet Smithsonian Museums to Fit Trump’s Historical Vision

Top White House officials will scrutinize exhibitions, internal processes, collections and artist grants ahead of America’s 250th anniversary.

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Tamsin C Russell @tamsincrussell.bsky.social · 06/08/2025

A big shout out to everyone who is matrix managing but isn’t classed as a manager, with their associated pay because they are not direct line reports. When we all really know the skills to manage in a matrix fashion far outweigh the skills for line management. ❤️

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Tamsin C Russell @tamsincrussell.bsky.social · 04/08/2025

Great to see other museums adopt the approach from Birmingham Museums. ❤️🤓❤️

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Tamsin C Russell @tamsincrussell.bsky.social · 04/08/2025

So excited about this next programme. We have a waiting list of mentees already so why not make their day, career, future?

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Dr Rachel Souhami @rachelsouhami.bsky.social · 04/08/2025

Museums take note – you are part of the problem. Next time you advertise a freelance role, do some research on what their fees need to cover and ask yourself if what you’re expecting to pay is reasonable.

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Tamsin C Russell @tamsincrussell.bsky.social · 25/07/2025

9 years since we said goodbye to my mum. This is who she was, ahead of her time, inspiring, amazing - channeling her everyday especially where it comes to inclusion and feminism ❤️🤓❤️

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Tamsin C Russell @tamsincrussell.bsky.social · 21/07/2025

This was my view last Monday my view today will be emails and Zoom meetings. Wish me luck and have a great week people.

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Tamsin C Russell @tamsincrussell.bsky.social · 19/07/2025

Raising a glass to this handsome chap - can’t believe my youngest is now 15! ❤️❤️❤️

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Tamsin C Russell @tamsincrussell.bsky.social · 18/07/2025

Having been away for most of the last 4 weeks - London, Athens, Swansea, Madrid, Birmingham, London - I am making the most of the light evenings in Scotland whilst they are here. 22:10, sitting in the garden chillin.

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Claire Boardman @claireboardman.bsky.social · 17/07/2025

New AHRC Doctoral Focal Award PhDs aimed at candidates based in the Scottish Highlands & Islands to develop in-situ research capacity. "A Golden Thread: Crafting the Creative Economy from Scotland’s Highlands, Lowlands & Islands’, aims to strengthen Scotland’s craft sector..." tinyurl.com/tkx7b66z

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The Open University

The OU in Scotland is a core partner in a significant new investment from the AHRC as part of its Doctoral Focal Awards programme.

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SeasonalPun @pixelfish.bsky.social · 17/07/2025

You know what emergent tech of the last decade actually works well, and was adopted by millions? 3D printing. It’s great! So many applications. But also nobody is sneering at you for not having or utilizing 3D printing. Nobody is trying to sneak a 3D printer into your garage without your consent

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Tamsin C Russell @tamsincrussell.bsky.social · 17/07/2025

To exciting. This was our local schools go to for school visits and activity weeks. Many found memories of also ‘escaping’ to go to the pub from one said activity weeks. It would be great to go back 🤓🤣❤️.

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Tamsin C Russell @tamsincrussell.bsky.social · 17/07/2025

This is sage advice. I recently created a list with the title - Things Tamsin Needs To Put to Bed and it was helpful.

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Heritage Volunteering Group @heritagevols.bsky.social · 16/07/2025

🤞Cross your fingers every time you try & recruit #volunteers for a dull task? Try these handy tips instead 🔗 karenknight.ca/recruiting-v... 🗞️ Join our newsletter for regular content like this heritagevolunteeringgroup.org.uk/join-us/ #101Wednesday #LoVols #VolMngmnt #VolunteerEngagement

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Recruiting Volunteers for Unpopular Causes - Karen Knight Volunteer Management Consulting

Recruiting volunteers for unpopular causes can be brutal. Here are four tricks you can use to make it a bit easier.

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Matu Mureithi @matuclouds.bsky.social · 16/07/2025

Aside from generally solving poverty and inequality, UBI recognises that regardless of background, income, or circumstance, every individual deserves opportunity and the basic resources to access dignity, hope, and agency.

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Museums Association @museumsassociation.org · 16/07/2025

Volunteer at Conference 2025 in Cardiff 🤝 If you’re a museum studies student, current museum volunteer, front-of-house worker or unwaged, this is for you 📢 Our conference is good fun, and you’ll get to experience the event for free in exchange for lending us a hand. Apply by 7 September 👇

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Volunteer at Conference 2025 - Museums Association

Experience conference in exchange for lending us a helping hand

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Prof Sarah-Jayne Blakemore @sjblakemore.bsky.social · 16/07/2025

I was explaining to my Ukrainian colleague the phrase ‘There’s no such thing as a free lunch’. She told me the equivalent in Ukrainian is ‘The only free cheese is in the mousetrap’ - which is so much better

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Heritage Volunteering Group @heritagevols.bsky.social · 16/07/2025

🙌 Join Sarah Holloway at #HeritageVolunteering25 from @heritageopenday to uncover how England’s biggest festival of history & culture empowers thousands of volunteers to tell their stories 🎟️ 25-26 Nov, £30, online: buff.ly/4TwA19z #LoVols #Heritage #Volunteering #Museums #VolunteerManagement

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Tamsin C Russell @tamsincrussell.bsky.social · 15/07/2025

Much talk today about @museumsassociation.org 2025 Conference. What I do know is there will be plenty of these available. So for more information visit our website - www.museumsassociation.org/events/confe...

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Tamsin C Russell @tamsincrussell.bsky.social · 15/07/2025

Enjoying a visit to Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery. This is a photo from 2015 - when I was here at @museumsassociation.org Conference.

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Tamsin C Russell @tamsincrussell.bsky.social · 15/07/2025

Out of Office nearly off when I get to WiFi- Early-ish start for @museumsassociation.org Rep day in Bonnie Birmingham. Looking forward to talking all things careers, professional development and wellbeing - 🤓 ppl

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