#BritishMuseum

Manchester Museum

McrMuseum

The Manchu headdress or dian zi was given to the museum by Mrs Wood-Jones in 1939. She was the wife of Frederic Wood-Jones FRS 1879-1954 one of the founders of

True Indology

TIinExile

Menon uncle,If you are talking about me, please at least have the decency to tag me.What is the terror? I won't bite. What is hilarious is your complete ignorance. Threadhttps://twitter.com/kazhugan/status/1300014232201617409

Norwich Castle

NorwichCastle

We’re SO excited to announce that construction work has begun on the major @HeritageFundUK supported project to transform Norwich Castle Keep back to its origins as a Norman royal palace.

Durotriges Project

Durotrigesdig

Lost and Found: the #mosaic masterpieces of #Withington #Roman villa #Gloucestershire A thread for #MosaicMonday The Roman villa at Withington #Gloucestershire was found in 1811This beautiful engraving by Samuel Lysons

Sarah Jaffray #BLM

sarah_____j

Day 2 of @museumbuddy! Today look at two 17th/e. 18th c print/textile makers. First, I’ve chosen Maria Sibylla Merian because I worked closely w/ her art when I worked in

Dan Hicks

profdanhicks

They’re re-playing the 2013 Reith Lectures by @Alan_Measles on @BBCRadio4 right now. Hearing Grayson Perry questioning whether what he repeatedly called “Aborigine Art” is, ahem, art was shockingly offensive. So

Owen Williams 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿😷

OwsWills

In 1833, a group of workmen quarrying for stone at Bryn yr Ellyllon (Hill of the Elven Faeries) in north Wales, discovered something incredible. There, caked with mud, was a

Staircase12

UnivStaircase12

We hope you’re enjoying the long weekend and managing to get some rest. We have some more subject resources today if you have some time and head space to explore

BL printed heritage

BLprintheritage

Whilst most Sir Hans Sloane's natural history specimens took flight to @NHM_London in the 1880s some remained @britishmuseum and came instead to @britishlibrary Quite the trail for these little beasts

Dr Matt Pope

MatthewPope

Ok, taking breath time to give recap of #Boxgrove and call out some credits to just a few people who made this research happen. some of the more recent #BoxgrovePeople

Jin Xu

xujnx

1900.6.22 A hidden “library” was found at Mogao Caves in Dunhuang. Sealed behind a wall ca. 1000 AD, it's packed with tens of thousands of manuscripts & paintings dating to

Dr. Laura Humphreys

TweetingBogart

Right guys. @WatchDogs_UK #WatchDogsLegion is out this week, and as you can see from this map, that's some prime National Museum territory we're exploring in a vaguely-dystopian near future. My

ChesterArchSoc

ChesterArchSoc

Here at CAS we are preparing for our AGM next week. We will be showcasing our #grants and #awards for local research. Over the next week we will be highlighting

Chris Brooke

chrisbrooke

Y is for YAK at the #lockdownbestiary @LockdownBestia1.George Stubbs (1724-1806) is best known for painting horses, like this one, Whistlejacket. #notayak #HisforHorse #notsointeresting 1/14 But here he is in 1791

Liz Crash

AsFarce

when corundum synthesis was perfected, a long-held marker of status and wealth was shockingly destabilised... OR WAS IT? Today I will bust open the Ruby Myth and show rubies and

Young People in Museums

OSCH_Mcr

Woooooah we have nearly 40 in the audience interested in our experiences as young people in museums! We begin with Urussa who shares her experiences in Romania, on @bbcasiannetwork with