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The Museumfolk @themuseumfolk.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Nothing makes my fingers ache to touch things like visiting someone else's collection storage.

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The Museumfolk @themuseumfolk.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Stop. Running. Confidential. Documentation. Through. AI.

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The Museumfolk @themuseumfolk.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Boss: I don't want you to retire with only 6 friends, all of whom are registrars. It's not healthy. Me: what about 5 registrars and a collection manager? Boss: No. Me: 5 registrars and a lawyer? Boss: No, lawyers are too similar to registrars and you know that.

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The Museumfolk @themuseumfolk.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

I'm slipping shipping lingo into my work vocab just because I can and I am unreasonably proud of it.

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The Museumfolk @themuseumfolk.bsky.social · 11/04/2026

Every city needs a network of grannies who can dispense emergency hugs.

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The Museumfolk @themuseumfolk.bsky.social · 10/04/2026

"Because it feels icky" isn't enough of a reason to change a filing system. Unless I'm the person who thinks it feels icky.

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The Museumfolk @themuseumfolk.bsky.social · 06/04/2026

Requesting a loan but stating in your facility report that you don't record physical movements of loaned artwork is a wild move.

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The Museumfolk @themuseumfolk.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

*weeps over my pile of General Facility Reports*

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The Museumfolk @themuseumfolk.bsky.social · 15/01/2026

I'm hitting my health insurance's out-of-pocket maximum in the third week of the new year. How should I take advantage of this silver lining to an otherwise terrible situation?

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The Museumfolk @themuseumfolk.bsky.social · 07/01/2026

Workplace goals for my first year in the new job? Update our collection numbering system from a concept of a numbering system to an actual numbering system.

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The Museumfolk @themuseumfolk.bsky.social · 06/01/2026

The registrar weeps quietly at her desk. "I can't understand what I've done to deserve this," she whispers. But the database continues to export only the first page of her collection report.

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The Museumfolk @themuseumfolk.bsky.social · 02/01/2026

Coworker: how many cups of tea have you had today? Me: why don't you worry about yourself?

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The Museumfolk @themuseumfolk.bsky.social · 06/11/2025

My new boss keeps calling me a fucking nerd. I knew I would like it here.

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The Museumfolk @themuseumfolk.bsky.social · 23/10/2025

Heyyyy....... does anyone know of resources for someone who recently found out they have endometriosis?

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The Museumfolk @themuseumfolk.bsky.social · 07/10/2025

Life is weird. I get a great new job which I love and move to a super cool new city but also develop a health issue that sometimes causes so much pain that I can't fall asleep. The universe was like "let's even some of this shit out."

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The Museumfolk @themuseumfolk.bsky.social · 26/09/2025

Don't tell anyone at my old job, but I have felt more optimistic about my future in the last 3 weeks at my new job than I did in the last 2 years at the old place.

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The Museumfolk @themuseumfolk.bsky.social · 20/09/2025

"not smelling funny" is apparently an uncommon criteria for selecting an apartment. Either that or my leasing agents aren't used to such refreshing honesty.

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The Museumfolk @themuseumfolk.bsky.social · 07/08/2025

I keep having to remind myself that leaving a long-time job can lead to its own type of grief. It's complicated and unpredictable and totally normal.

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The Museumfolk @themuseumfolk.bsky.social · 30/07/2025

It's okay to cry every time you tell a coworker that you're leaving.

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The Museumfolk @themuseumfolk.bsky.social · 29/07/2025

Trying to tie up loose ends after being at a job for 8+ is.....a lot.

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The Museumfolk @themuseumfolk.bsky.social · 21/07/2025

Sometimes it is VERY hard to tell coworkers that you're leaving even if they understand and it's to move on to bigger and better things.

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The Museumfolk @themuseumfolk.bsky.social · 20/07/2025

Nothing says "totally ready to move across the country" like getting into a car accident. I'm fine but my baby (car) is not.

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The Museumfolk @themuseumfolk.bsky.social · 16/07/2025

Okay. I'm gonna do it. I'm quitting my job tomorrow. Not a joke, not a drill. I'm going to have a very professional conversation followed by an email to begin the end of my employment.

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The Museumfolk @themuseumfolk.bsky.social · 07/07/2025

People who've moved long distances in the US (2,000+ miles), what advice do you have for me?

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The Museumfolk @themuseumfolk.bsky.social · 07/07/2025

So, if I take this job offer (which I will unless my fierce negotiating tactics backfire and they rescind), I have to move ever so far away. Which I've done before but never with actual furniture. I have no idea how to do this.

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The Museumfolk @themuseumfolk.bsky.social · 24/06/2025

In the job hunt, my experiences have run the gamut and I've been ghosted after interviews but I've never been ghosted AT the interview. Until now :(

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The Museumfolk @themuseumfolk.bsky.social · 17/05/2025

Would it be wrong to start connecting with Republicans on dating apps to see if I can explain "tariff," "appropriated funds," or "separation of church and state" to them?

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The Museumfolk @themuseumfolk.bsky.social · 30/04/2025

I am taking the high road purely out of spite.

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Dave Infante @dinfontay.com · 25/04/2025

Man, this is a pretty fucking gross move from Amazon, huh? Good on @bookshop.org for not mincing words, though:

Every April, we celebrate Independent Bookstore Day to remind us how vital indie bookstores are to our communities and society. It’s a day of joy and solidarity, and significant financial impact for these bookstores.

This year, Amazon is undercutting that with a “Book Sale” on the same day—a calculated move by a company that has already put half the bookstores in the country out of business, controls over 60% of the market and sells far more books than all indie bookstores combined. The people at Amazon responsible for the timing of their "Book Sale" should be ashamed, but they are shameless.

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The Museumfolk @themuseumfolk.bsky.social · 26/04/2025

Sloths should not give interior decorating advice

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The Museumfolk @themuseumfolk.bsky.social · 25/04/2025

A registrar relies on the 3 C's: communication, creativity, and attention to detail.

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The Museumfolk @themuseumfolk.bsky.social · 16/04/2025

9:04- send a panicked email to a colleague because you can't find a document that you think was deleted when a colleague left. 9:07 - send an embarrassed email to said colleague because you found the document.

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The Museumfolk @themuseumfolk.bsky.social · 15/04/2025

Coworker: How's your stress levels Me: IT HAS LEVELS?!?

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The Museumfolk @themuseumfolk.bsky.social · 15/04/2025

Just a reminder to my friends who work at certain types of institutions: if it's put in writing, it can be FOIA'd

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The Museumfolk @themuseumfolk.bsky.social · 15/04/2025

I'M NOT KIDDING. I have a dream and I need examples of museum pets to make that dream come true. Or animals as very useful tools a la Hermitage

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The Museumfolk @themuseumfolk.bsky.social · 15/04/2025

General #museum question that I need help with. Does anyone know of a museum that has cats or dogs onsite?

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The Museumfolk @themuseumfolk.bsky.social · 14/04/2025

Inside every woman writing an email, there are two wolves. One throws in an exclamation point to seem less threatening and the other types out "If you bothered to read my last email...."

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The Museumfolk @themuseumfolk.bsky.social · 10/04/2025

Me to Legal Counsel: can you help me with this? LC: yes, have financing send the doc. Me: *obeys* LC: This template is terrible and we hate it. Tell financing to drop it. Me: *obeys* Financing: Tell LC to go f^÷^ themselves. Me: *walks off edge of cliff*

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The Museumfolk @themuseumfolk.bsky.social · 08/04/2025

I think the biggest weakness that so many museum pros have is thinking (hoping?) their workplace will act like a normal workplace with normal workplace norms. That is just....not the case.

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The Museumfolk @themuseumfolk.bsky.social · 04/04/2025

Nothing like having to confess to a room full of people that I will show up to any meeting in my calendar regardless of whether or not I know what's going on.

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suse anderson @shineslike.bsky.social · 01/04/2025

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The Museumfolk @themuseumfolk.bsky.social · 02/04/2025

Please remind your staff not to filibuster staff meetings. Unless the person leading the meeting is a real jerk.

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The Museumfolk @themuseumfolk.bsky.social · 31/03/2025

I am BEGGING people to be content with saying "I'm under the weather" or "I'm taking a sick day". I believe you. I don't need more details. Please.

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The Museumfolk @themuseumfolk.bsky.social · 30/03/2025

I recently realized what a hit my professional confidence has taken in the last year due to *gestures at many things*. I'm committing myself to rebuilding that confidence and my poor therapist won't know what hit them.

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The Museumfolk @themuseumfolk.bsky.social · 27/03/2025

Be careful with daydreaming those "unprofessional yet honest" conversations you know you'll never get to have in the workplace. You might become so comfortable with certain phrases that they slip out at inopportune times.

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