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George Young

@reluctantgeorge.bsky.social

Museum and music geek. Of Cumbria, in Manchester. Lead Collections and Exhibitions at Manchester Museum, Trustee at Morecambe Bay Partnership and Museums Association. All views expressed here are mine alone.

644 Followers  |  356 Following  |  15 Posts  |  Joined: 26.08.2024  |  1.868

Latest posts by reluctantgeorge.bsky.social on Bluesky

Advance apologies to anyone who comes across me on or around 12 August as I shall be regressing to my teenage self in honour of Smashing Pumpkins at Halifax Piece Hall.

13.02.2025 14:27 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Curator of Archaeology :Manchester Museum

Archaeologists, this one’s for you www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...

21.01.2025 22:42 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Curator of Zoology :Manchester Museum

Curatorial jobs at Manchester Museum out now. Zoologists take a gander here www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...

21.01.2025 22:41 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

β€˜You’re made to feel you don’t belong’: the black hikers challenging UK rural stereotypes. Seeing in the new year looking forwards - including the estimable Black Girls Hike taking over the partner space in Manchester Museum’s Wild exhibition.

31.12.2024 18:05 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
A smiling woman (me) stands in front of a neon script that says β€˜Make love your goal’.

A smiling woman (me) stands in front of a neon script that says β€˜Make love your goal’.

Feeling the love and starting to get festive at Museum of Liverpool this week in the Holly Johnson exhibition #makeloveyourgoal

06.12.2024 18:59 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I probably haven’t answered your e-mail in a timely fashion but let’s concentrate on the positives!

28.11.2024 12:28 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The nice thing about slow travelling across Europe is the little glimpses of places along the way. Just look at how beautifully the light is falling on Thomas J Price’s work at Kunsthal Rotterdam.

28.11.2024 12:13 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 1
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@naturalis.bsky.social really know how to do dinosaurs. So much to be inspired by in their clarity of interpretation, social interactivity and jaw dropping specimens.

27.11.2024 15:39 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

The club has made an official account on Blue Sky πŸ‘‹
@barrow-afc.bsky.social

Give them a follow

25.11.2024 17:27 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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Catriona W. on LinkedIn: UCL – University College London *Another Job Opportunity!* Head of Museums and Cultural Programmes Permanent, full time Β£66,711–£72,370 The Head of Museums and Cultural Programmes…

*Amazing Job Opportunity!*

Head of Museums and Cultural Programmes, UCL

Permanent, full time
Β£66,711–£72,370

Closes 18 December 2024

Come work with me!

www.linkedin.com/posts/catrio...

21.11.2024 13:55 β€” πŸ‘ 55    πŸ” 60    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 2
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EMYA2025 nominees are now announced! – European Museum Forum Forty two museums are nominated by the EMYA Jury to take part in this year's edition. We express our gratitude to the nominated museums who kept faith with EMYA in applying and in welcoming the judges...

A real honour for Manchester Museum to be on the European Museum of the Year nominee list. Looking forward to hearing about all of the nominees and their work. europeanforum.museum/news/emya202...

21.11.2024 18:52 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Curating Visibility Fellowships Recruitment – Screen South

Do you love museums? Do you define yourself as D/deaf, disabled or neurodivergent? There's still a full weekend to prepare your application to become a Curating Visibility Fellow. You can find BSL, subtitled and Easy Read information about the roles on the website. screensouth.org/events/curat...

21.11.2024 11:31 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 12    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 2
Presenter on stage in front of an introductory slide titled Transforming Collections.

Presenter on stage in front of an introductory slide titled Transforming Collections.

Tying up the first day of #TaNC in Manc, lots to think about in terms of discovering and transforming collections. Looking forward to this one to end the day

20.11.2024 17:23 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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You should all go see wild at Manchester Museum! I did a thing about it for this month’s Museum Journal @museumsassociation.bsky.social

19.11.2024 06:19 β€” πŸ‘ 19    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1
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Also a (not always invited) regular in my online life: Manchester Museum’s Spider Crab, star of the front window and University of Manchester icon.

18.11.2024 09:51 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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New people on here, hello. Here’s someone who is likely to irregularly feature, Chloe the 5-year-old rescue cat (with Manc yarden backdrop).

18.11.2024 09:03 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Thanks for the chat and lift Kitty, ace to catch up.

13.11.2024 23:14 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Leeds parties reminding me a bit of going out in Barrow #museums2024

12.11.2024 22:32 β€” πŸ‘ 12    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Congratulations lovely Manchester Art Gallery colleagues on your Best Project award. Manchester museums change lives #museums2024

12.11.2024 14:41 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

As I'll be following along #Museums2024 on Bluesky, thought it would be good to get a UK museumfolk starter pack going for those new or new-ish over here. Let me know who I should add!

go.bsky.app/PYNaoQr

12.11.2024 11:23 β€” πŸ‘ 94    πŸ” 37    πŸ’¬ 33    πŸ“Œ 10

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