Thread by @CollectiveMarg, I love museums. Museums like @NtlMuseumsScot that preserve a thread of a [...]

I love museums. Museums like @NtlMuseumsScot that preserve a thread of a story in every object, each one connecting us to people, communities and places across continents and through time ...

I love the museums I’ve visited in communities across the UK, and hold generation upon generation of knowledge and wonder. Shout out to the fabulous @GairlochMuseum @kilmartinmuseum @VindolandaTrust

I love museums that immerse you in another world h/t #londonmithraeum

And I love museums that change the way you think about the world and your role in it. Shout out @SlaveryMuseum

Museums protect and share the objects that tell the stories that inspire us, teach us, connect us, challenge us, and remind us who we are and what makes us human. Once lost, those objects are gone forever.

When we all emerge from this, we’ll need our museums: to be inspired, reconnected, reminded about who we are and what we can be. To share that with our families...

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But museums - all of them - are struggling right now. And many might not be here in a few months - especially those the serve local communities

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Smaller museums 'will not survive' virus lockdown

Independent sites such as the Charles Dickens and Florence Nightingale museum have lost their income.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-52215097

So if, like me, you love museums, please consider supporting the museum that you love with whatever you can. If you’re there for them now, they’ll be there for you on the other side.

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You can support @NtlMuseumsScot here and help look after Scotland’s amazing national collections: https://www.nms.ac.uk/support-us/how-to-donate/">https://www.nms.ac.uk/support-u...

Make a donation

Scotland is enriched by amazing treasures and their stories. By donating today, you will ensure they are cherished and live on to delight and inspire people today and forever.

https://www.nms.ac.uk/support-us/how-to-donate/

And a big thank you to @HeritageFundUK @HeritageFundSCO @NMSPartnerships and @MuseumsGalScot for doing all they can to support museums of all shapes and sizes.

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