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MinistryofCuriosity

@CuriosityTweet

Official Twitter account for The Ministry of Curiosity, bringing you the best of London's museum-centric social life. (All views our own etc.)

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Mark Carnall@mark_carnall24 Oct 2018
REMINDER: If you cite museum specimens in publications, let us know and send us a copy. WE LINK YOUR RESEARCH TO OUR COLLECTION FOREVER. It's like super important to science.
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Instant Jaffer-Humphreys test FAIL @CuriosityTweet
Jack Ashby (@JackDAshby) profile pictureJack Ashby@JackDAshby24 Aug 2018
Some classic examples of a female animal displayed in a submissive pose relative to the male (which has no link to their natural history). 🤔 #MuseumBias
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English Heritage@EnglishHeritage22 Aug 2018
Profile pic vs tagged photo 😨 #MusMeme
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Yes....yes it is. #MusMeme
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When you're in the Spanish Armada and it's too late #MusMeme
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No photography #MusMeme
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Did we do this right? #MusMeme
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Nina Simon@ninaksimon1 Aug 2018
I was at a presentation. A nice lady from an art museum said: “our challenge is attracting new audiences while protecting loyal patrons.” And then I snapped. Blog post >>> museumtwo.blogspot.com/2018/…
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Ruth Lang@sundaegirl16 Jul 2018
Some very interesting points here from @CuriosityTweet about balancing museum/exhibition design and archietctural intention, as well as the many unspoken stresses of museum work: theministryofcuriosity.blogs…
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MuseumHour@museumhour1 Jul 2018
Ahead of tomorrow's #museumhour discussion about fixed-term contracts, what best describes your current #museum role? (If you have multiple museum jobs, pick the one where you spend more of your time):
29%Fixed-term contract
49%Permanent contract
10%Casual/zero hrs contract
12%Volunteer position
268 votes • Final results
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Blythe Varney@CollectNCurate29 Jun 2018
This is gaining in popularity. I think we should introduce this nationally as a scheme to improve mental health in museums nitter.cf/CollectNCurate/status/…
Blythe Varney (@CollectNCurate) profile pictureBlythe Varney@CollectNCurate28 Jun 2018
Proposal: all museum staff be assigned a small, fluffy animal at the start of their job to help with stress and generally be cute
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sara wajid@waji3529 Jun 2018
Please retweet beyond museum bubble. We @museumoflondon seek a new type of curator - a 21C 'supercurator' jobs.museumoflondon.org.uk/v…
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So valuable yet challenging to talk about our mental health, especially in the workplace and/ or in relation to work stress. Extra kudos to you @CuriosityTweet for opening up while you are dealing with your own challenges. Thank you for encouraging really important conversations nitter.cf/curiositytweet/status/…
MinistryofCuriosity (@CuriosityTweet) profile pictureMinistryofCuriosity@CuriosityTweet27 Jun 2018
A very personal new post from us inspired by @Museum_Wellness on museums, work stress and getting signed off. We all know heritage work is hectic, but when does being stressed at work become serious 'work stress'? theministryofcuriosity.blogs… #mentalhealth
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MWN@Museum_Wellness28 Jun 2018
It's #IMWD2018 and a good day to remember that the sector relies on us. Without staff, there can't be museums, and without healthy staff there can't be healthy museums. Look after yourselves, and give yourself a pat on the back!
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thepooluk@thepooluk18 Jun 2018
Apeshit has sparked an overdue conversation about the lack of blackness in art museums and institutions, says @kubared the-pool.com/arts-culture/mu…
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Nick Booth@Nickuae12 Jun 2018
Walking home and I've found another pair of these in my pocket #PurpleGloveClub #itweetmuseums
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Prof Fiona Candlin (@FionaCandlin) profile picture
Prof Fiona Candlin@FionaCandlin8 Jun 2018
Come and work with the @MuseumsMapping research team. We're looking for a post-doc researcher with experience in social, labour or public history. bit.ly/2kSJ7YW @RSHistCentre @socialhistsoc @stefdickers @ihr_history @PH_Weekly Please Retweet
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Lowri Jones@lowri_m_jones1 Jun 2018
Like #collectionsmanagement and #storage ? Want to see how to store a costume when you have no textile storage? No? Well read this anyway, and admire my boxes nitter.cf/RCPmuseum/status/10025…
RCP museum (@RCPmuseum) profile pictureRCP museum@RCPmuseum1 Jun 2018
#BehindTheScenes at the museum: storing a 19th century physician's hat, waistcoat and trousers. history.rcplondon.ac.uk/blog… #loveyourboxes #collectionsmanagement
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Lucy Moore (@lucyajmmoore) profile picture
Lucy Moore@lucyajmmoore16 May 2018
Hey #museums pals! Some volunteers asked if I'd run a #museumjobs session for them - I was think CV surgery, looking at person specification & #skillsaudit - what else? What are your top tips?
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Dr Anna Garnett@Beket_Aten16 May 2018
'I am a curator with a PhD. But I'm not a curator because I have a PhD. In fact, I was hired for the job on the basis of my museum experience'. I was hired without a PhD but w 16 yrs museum experience. Now I have a PhD but defending my right to the job without one was exhausting. nitter.cf/CuriosityTweet/status/… – at Camden Town, London
MinistryofCuriosity (@CuriosityTweet) profile pictureMinistryofCuriosity@CuriosityTweet15 May 2018
With #ussstrike and precarious times in academia, more and more PhD students are being sold curatorship as a career 'alternative'. We think this is irresponsible and unrealistic and here's why. #opinion #newpost #phdchat theministryofcuriosity.blogs…
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