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πŸ“Έ/museums/πŸ³οΈβ€πŸŒˆπŸ³οΈβ€βš§οΈ Co-writer and co-curator of @museumbums.bsky.social πŸ‘πŸ›οΈπŸ‘ I do the paperwork for the psychopomps and the storks. Bristol, UK

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Thaaaaanks 😁πŸ₯°

10.11.2025 12:23 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
A detail of the interpretation of the Lego model, saying "Gandalf arriving at the Acropolis"

A detail of the interpretation of the Lego model, saying "Gandalf arriving at the Acropolis"

The Lego model of Gandalf in his horse and cart arriving at the Acropolis

The Lego model of Gandalf in his horse and cart arriving at the Acropolis

I just can't help thinking that this Lego model of the Acropolis at the Acropolis Museum might not be fully historically accurate πŸ€”

10.11.2025 10:44 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

#TodayInQueerHistory
November 10 (2014)
To commemorate Bangladesh's legal recognition of their gender a year earlier, which enabled the Hijra community to identify themselves as a separate gender in passports and other state papers, the Hijra community hold the first Hijra Pride.

10.11.2025 07:42 β€” πŸ‘ 30    πŸ” 9    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Butt dimples for days 🫠

10.11.2025 09:37 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
A cover of the well of loneliness

A cover of the well of loneliness

Ryan Murphy with his emmy

Ryan Murphy with his emmy

#TodayInQueerHistory
November 9
(1928) The Well of Loneliness' trial begins. It came under fire for defending "unnatural practices between women". It wasn't published in England again until 1949.

(1965) Master of camp baroque TV, Ryan Murphy is born. Pose is the jewel in his televisual crown.

09.11.2025 16:23 β€” πŸ‘ 11    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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Don't expect a Museum Bum any time soon today, we're a bit busy!πŸƒβ€β™‚οΈπŸƒβ€β™‚οΈπŸ‡¬πŸ‡·
πŸ‘πŸ›οΈπŸ‘
#MuseumBums
#AthensMarathon

09.11.2025 06:51 β€” πŸ‘ 198    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 7    πŸ“Œ 1

Thank you! Yup, I don't think we'll make it up to the Acropolis this time, but we're going to museum gently for the rest of the trip 😁πŸ₯°

09.11.2025 16:13 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Thanks lovely πŸ₯°

09.11.2025 16:12 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

So proud of you ❀️❀️❀️❀️

09.11.2025 16:12 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
Two tired boys with big marathon medals

Two tired boys with big marathon medals

Two tired boys with big marathon medals in an ancient greek olympic stadium

Two tired boys with big marathon medals in an ancient greek olympic stadium

I'm so proud of @jackshoulder.bsky.social , and I'm so proud of myself too!! πŸ˜β€οΈπŸƒβ€β™‚οΈπŸƒβ€β™‚οΈπŸ‡¬πŸ‡· #athensmarathon

Now I would like a bath, a nap, some food, and some delicious cool Athenian beer

09.11.2025 12:56 β€” πŸ‘ 45    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 8    πŸ“Œ 0
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Brb just getting ready for a little run in actual Marathon with @thehistoryboy.bsky.social and @richwithtea.bsky.social

Here's the all important giving link :)
www.justgiving.com/page/jack-sh...

09.11.2025 05:24 β€” πŸ‘ 26    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

πŸ₯°πŸ₯°πŸ₯°πŸ₯°πŸ₯°

08.11.2025 21:24 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
A bronze sculpture of a discus thrower, with the ancient panathenaic stadium in the background

A bronze sculpture of a discus thrower, with the ancient panathenaic stadium in the background

We will be very happy to see this bronze discobolos, as they signify the last few hundred metres of the Athens Marathon before the finish line at the Panathenaic Stadium πŸ˜πŸ‘πŸ›οΈπŸ‘πŸ‡¬πŸ‡·πŸƒβ€β™‚οΈπŸƒβ€β™‚οΈ #MuseumBums

Discobolos by Kostas Dimitriadis, 1924, winning the gold Olympic medal for sculpture in the same year!

07.11.2025 09:39 β€” πŸ‘ 55    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

Have we mentioned we're running a marathon this week? It's taking up quite a bit of brain space! 🫠

06.11.2025 07:21 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
A meme of 'Is this an archive?' showing a grid with various classifications of things that might be archives based on their content and structure.

A meme of 'Is this an archive?' showing a grid with various classifications of things that might be archives based on their content and structure.

Hoping this helps our colleagues across the industry

05.11.2025 13:01 β€” πŸ‘ 1578    πŸ” 616    πŸ’¬ 23    πŸ“Œ 86

Holy shit, Brendan Fraser and Rachel Weisz are returning for a new The Mummy film together! 😱

THIS IS NOT A DRILL, PEOPLE!!

05.11.2025 16:12 β€” πŸ‘ 12    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
A photo in a museum gallery showing two bronze figures on plinths, they're both posed with one foot far in front of the other, leaning forward and reaching with one hand, giving the impression they're running

A photo in a museum gallery showing two bronze figures on plinths, they're both posed with one foot far in front of the other, leaning forward and reaching with one hand, giving the impression they're running

Two runners excavated from the Villa Papyri in Pompeii in 1754. They're from 1st C BCE, and thought to be Roman replicas of lost ancient greek replicas πŸ‘πŸ›οΈπŸ‘πŸƒβ€β™‚οΈπŸƒβ€β™‚οΈ #MuseumBums

04.11.2025 07:25 β€” πŸ‘ 113    πŸ” 15    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

AHH, yes. I imagine Emily and the kids have set up the rage room for him

04.11.2025 07:16 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

This is the first post I saw on waking... What's happened to John Krasinski?

04.11.2025 07:12 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I’ve always said that the best security museums have is more the public perception of how secure they are than how secure they actually are, but this is ridiculously bad.

03.11.2025 19:43 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

The Pull-Ups Princess 😍

03.11.2025 17:55 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

🎢🎡 Oh yeah,
Bless my soul, #MuseumsBums we’re on a roll

03.11.2025 07:24 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
A digital poster in the style of a World War II propaganda piece. Isolaed on a yellow background, a normal, squarish, 20-something guy with glasses is sitting working on a laptop. A ghostly figure of Hitler has his arm around the guy and is grinning and shaking a fist triumphantly looking at the laptop screen. On the lid of the laptop where an apple might otherwise be is an openAI logo, bright green, and dripping green ooze down the lid. Text on the poster, in combinations of sans-serif type and brush script reads: 
Using Generative AI?
You’re prompting with Hitler!
GenAI is a Fascist Project!
Try using your brain instead
Don’t surrender your creativity to the tech billionaire’s control

A digital poster in the style of a World War II propaganda piece. Isolaed on a yellow background, a normal, squarish, 20-something guy with glasses is sitting working on a laptop. A ghostly figure of Hitler has his arm around the guy and is grinning and shaking a fist triumphantly looking at the laptop screen. On the lid of the laptop where an apple might otherwise be is an openAI logo, bright green, and dripping green ooze down the lid. Text on the poster, in combinations of sans-serif type and brush script reads: Using Generative AI? You’re prompting with Hitler! GenAI is a Fascist Project! Try using your brain instead Don’t surrender your creativity to the tech billionaire’s control

New awareness campaign

03.11.2025 15:22 β€” πŸ‘ 24299    πŸ” 10954    πŸ’¬ 134    πŸ“Œ 182
My Keith Haring pumpkin and the Lego inspiration

My Keith Haring pumpkin and the Lego inspiration

The pumpkin with candle inside

The pumpkin with candle inside

A shot showing mine and Jack's pumpkins in front of the fireplace

A shot showing mine and Jack's pumpkins in front of the fireplace

Slightly too late to scare off the ghouls, but here are our pumpkins πŸŽƒ

Mine was #KeithHaring inspired, @jackshoulder.bsky.social went for classic Jack'o'lantern 😁

02.11.2025 21:10 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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PLEASE. Stick to the rivers and the lakes that you're used to.

02.11.2025 10:08 β€” πŸ‘ 27    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1
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Mark's fundraiser for Switchboard Help Mark Small raise money to support Switchboard

Hey gang, in one week I'll be an hour into the Athens Marathon!

I'm both excited and nervous, but you know would make me feel better? Giving more money to charity πŸ˜πŸ‘

www.justgiving.com/page/keep-ru...

02.11.2025 10:15 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
A bronze figurative sculpture striding forward with purpose. It looks like the sculpture has aimed to capture motion blur but in bronze

A bronze figurative sculpture striding forward with purpose. It looks like the sculpture has aimed to capture motion blur but in bronze

When you've got places to be, and you can't let things like physics or solid objects slow you down πŸ‘πŸ›οΈπŸ‘ #MuseumBums

"Forme uniche della continuitΓ  nello spazio", 1913, by Umberto Boccioni, from Museo del novecento Milan.

Thanks @msbennet for sharing 😁

02.11.2025 08:24 β€” πŸ‘ 65    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

Delicious! 😁

02.11.2025 07:54 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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i hate gay halloween what do you mean you’re gwyneth paltrow and terry sanderson in a utah courtroom in 2023

02.11.2025 04:33 β€” πŸ‘ 27    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

This All Saints Day, treat yourself by listening to their covers of Under the Bridge and Lady Marmalade. You won't be disappointed.

01.11.2025 10:28 β€” πŸ‘ 28    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0

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