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Tilly Blyth

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Executive Director, Collections and Curatorial at Imperial War Museums, Trustee @bletchleypark and Blue Plaques Panel for @englishheritage previously Director of Weald and Downland Living Museum, and ex @sciencemuseum

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Model aircraft against blue, green and cream backgrounds.

Model aircraft against blue, green and cream backgrounds.

Model aircraft display @tangmere aviation museum

29.08.2025 22:43 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Small is beautiful @ Weald and Downland Living Museum

29.07.2025 08:56 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Flax growing at the Weald and Downland Living Museum

Flax growing at the Weald and Downland Living Museum

Flowering flax next to the taller flax from museum seed at Weald and Downland Living Museum

18.06.2025 21:08 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Well done Natalie! great to see this and hear you on the radio

08.06.2025 06:49 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Work not looking to shabby today at the Weald and Downland Living Museum

06.06.2025 15:42 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Taking solace in timber, brick, daub and mortar at the Weald and Downland Living Museum

24.05.2025 16:25 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

A few wonderful views of the Weald and Downland Living Museum

07.05.2025 06:08 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Walderton House through the garden at Weald and Downland Living Museum

Walderton House through the garden at Weald and Downland Living Museum

The stuff of fairytales @wealdanddownland living museum

02.05.2025 22:03 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

LOL

28.03.2025 18:22 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Totally agree - Robert has been so supportive on so many Science Museum and BBC projects!

18.03.2025 19:33 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Our lovely small exhibition โ€œSouth Downs Portraitsโ€ by photographer Anne-Katrin Purkiss presents a series of stunning images of people whose lives and work are connected with our landscape. It includes working on the land, with ideas, crafts and conservationists. Open from 3 March - 18 May 2025

04.03.2025 21:13 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Sometimes itโ€™s the little things you find at the Weald and Downland Living Museum

23.02.2025 09:28 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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February half term sun on the beautiful stables roof at the Weald and Downland Living Museum

17.02.2025 21:06 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Back from a weekend in Leicester for the Vernacular Architecture Group winter conference. Amused during Joe Thompson's paper to learn that 60-odd years ago poor Reg Mason was coming up against all the same old tall tales about historic buildings in his book on Wealden architecture!

05.01.2025 18:40 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 16    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Tudor twelfth night feast at the Weald and Downland Living Museum

Tudor twelfth night feast at the Weald and Downland Living Museum

Lots of Tudor feasting to be had today at the Weald and Downland Living Museum with our twelfth night celebrations with pottage, brisket, marchpane and ale.

05.01.2025 16:35 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 7    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Nighttime scene of buildings a tree and a water mill at the Weald and Downland Living Museum

Nighttime scene of buildings a tree and a water mill at the Weald and Downland Living Museum

The moon over Lavant at the Weald and Downland Living Museum

02.01.2025 19:38 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Eames Mathematica Exhibition

Eames Mathematica Exhibition

The Eames Mathematica timeline

The Eames Mathematica timeline

Finally - a joy to see the classic 1961 Charles and Ray Eames Mathematica exhibition @museumofscience.bsky.social

19.12.2024 23:17 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Consuming arts and culture is good for health and wellbeing, research finds Engaging with arts improves quality of life, increases productivity and creates financial โ€˜dividendโ€™

Important findings today from DCMS: โ€œany cuts to arts (inc. heritage) funding or provision have to be considered a public health riskโ€.

Consuming arts and culture is good for health and wellbeing, research finds www.theguardian.com/society/2024...

18.12.2024 13:12 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 35    ๐Ÿ” 15    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
Glass plants at Harvard Museum of Natural History

Glass plants at Harvard Museum of Natural History

Glass plants at Harvard Museum of Natural History

Glass plants at Harvard Museum of Natural History

Glass plants at Harvard Museum of Natural History

Glass plants at Harvard Museum of Natural History

The incredible Ware collection of Blaschka glass models of plants at Harvard Museum of Natural History

16.12.2024 14:28 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 9    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Historic cottage at Weald and Downland Living History Museum in England

Historic cottage at Weald and Downland Living History Museum in England

Historic cottage at Weald and Downland Living History Museum in England

Historic cottage at Weald and Downland Living History Museum in England

Bedroom furniture inside a historic cottage at Weald and Downland Living History Museum in England

Bedroom furniture inside a historic cottage at Weald and Downland Living History Museum in England

Kitchen inside a historic cottage at Weald and Downland Living History Museum in England

Kitchen inside a historic cottage at Weald and Downland Living History Museum in England

A4 #parkchat Weald and Downland Living History Museum is in South Down National Park

05.12.2024 02:38 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 16    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Loved driving to work to your voice on the Today programme Glyn! #chonkyboy

02.12.2024 20:48 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Because BlueSky is all about the sunrise #Sussex

29.11.2024 23:14 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 7    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Interior of a reconstructed medieval house, a timber frame with discoloured plaster infill, shutters instead of window glass to the right.

Interior of a reconstructed medieval house, a timber frame with discoloured plaster infill, shutters instead of window glass to the right.

Exterior of a red and white painted medieval house with a plain tile roof.

Exterior of a red and white painted medieval house with a plain tile roof.

A detail of a carved late medieval post with the initial 'h'.

A detail of a carved late medieval post with the initial 'h'.

Fifteenth-century house from North Cray, Kent, at the Weald & Downland Museum. Its elm timbers were originally painted red. Mounting evidence shows medieval timbers were often painted with natural hematite-even this finely carved wainscot post made for Henry VII had a similarly painted red ground.

20.11.2024 15:41 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 125    ๐Ÿ” 17    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 5    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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Getting ready for Advent and looking beautiful at the Weald and Downland Museum

29.11.2024 21:51 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 16    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Lucky to combine a meeting @westdeancollege with a tour of Salvador Daliโ€™s Mae West Lips Sofa, his celebrated Lobster telephone and the dancer Tilly Loschโ€™s โ€˜wetโ€™ footprints in the carpet. All part of Edward Jamesโ€™ fabulous collection.

11.11.2024 20:02 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Tilly Blyth - Museum Director At The Weald & Downland Museum Tilly Blyth steps into Director role to lead an exciting new chapter at the Weald & Downland Living Museum ย  The Weald & Downland Living Museum is delighted to announce...

Delighted to be joining the Weald and Downland Museum, as their new Director. Preserving its collections of over 50 historic buildings, with traditional crafts and rural life, the team do so much to think about regenerative practice.

www.wealddown.co.uk/museum-news/...

24.10.2024 07:54 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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