curatedjenny

curatedjenny, 29 days ago to DigitalNomadHub

It's a moment of sweet triumph when you see your name acknowledged on an exhibition text panel. 💪🏻

Too often #conservators and technicians are dismissed as behind-the-scenes, invisible, and irrelevant people, but without us it would often just be a curator with a hammer and a bunch of stuff in boxes. Thank you for remembering us! Especially us #freelancers. 🙏🏻

curatedjenny, 1 month ago to random

The Collections Trust is looking for a #data wrangler: know anyone who'd be keen?

📢 Museum Data Officer
💰 £40,000
📍 Remote (within UK)
📜 37h/wk (FT), permanent (subject to funding)
⏰ Deadline noon April 29th 2024
🗣️ Interviews scheduled for May 2nd 2024 (online)

More info and application form here: https://collectionstrust.org.uk/vacancies/

:boost_ok:

#jobs #CollectionsTrust #MuseumJobs #MuseumDataService #DataJobs #museums #CollectionsJobs #CollectionsManagement

curatedjenny, 1 month ago to pizza

I've made Waffle a #pizza snuffle mat.

It's made from old curtains, a stained table runner, unloved felt, and upholstery fabric. The stuffed crust is actually full of old tights filled with fabric scraps and offcuts from craft projects.

Each slice is held down with velcro (for tearing off and trotting off with) and the toppings are pockets for dog treats or kibble.

It's a hit! 🍕

#dogToys #homemade #dogs #handmade #corgi #sewing #dogsofmastodon #reuse #crafts

A fabric pizza seen from above on a grey kitchen lino floor, with a corgi pup investigating it.
A corgi puppy enthusiastically tearing off a slice of the fabric pizza.
The reverse of a fabric pizza slice showing the velcro underneath.

curatedjenny, 2 months ago to random

📢 Who Cares About Museums?

Are you a member of the #GlobalMajority?

Culture& is looking for insights into #black experiences of #museums in the UK: please boost and spread in your networks. :boost_ok:

Opinions wanted from museum visitors and non-visitors alike!

Full info and survey found here:
https://www.cultureand.org/news/who-cares-about-museums-survey/

curatedjenny, 2 months ago to Corgi

Surprise! 🐾 We've got a lil dude.

Meet Waffle. 🥰

#corgi #DogsOfMastodon #corgipuppy

A photo of a red and white corgi puppy with a sort of colourful filter over it that mimics light leakage on an old camera. Anyway, we're here for the dog, not the aesthetics. The dog is adorable, has giant soft ears, the cutest nose, and eyes that will worsen sea levels by melting glaciers. His soft fur is being touched by a white woman's hand and there's a bit of knee and a wicked foot getting in on the snuggle action too.

curatedjenny, 2 months ago to cymru

I love the moxy this protester conveys.

It's a dire week for #heritage and #culture in #Wales unfortunately, and the protests and petitions didn't do enough to dissuade the Senedd from severe cuts. 😔

Article here: https://www.museumsassociation.org/museums-journal/news/2024/02/protest-outside-senedd-as-welsh-government-confirms-museum-cuts/

#MuseumAssociation #museums #cuts

curatedjenny, 2 months ago to Fashion

Appeal: does anyone have any juicy photos of museum/collection textiles that I may use in a training session? (With credit, obviously.)

I'm after:
👔 packed/stored textiles (stored well or poorly, your choice!)
👚 examples of different types of historic and modern textiles
👗 examples of damage to textiles (stains, tears, pest nibbles, anything!)
🧶 identified fibres under a microscope

Grateful for boosts! :boost_ok:

#museums #collections #textiles #fashion #fabric #costume #CollectionsCare

curatedjenny, 3 months ago to cymru

Someone shared this #petition to the Welsh #Senedd imploring them NOT to cut funding for #Welsh cultural institutions:
https://petitions.senedd.wales/petitions/246088

Sign it if you can: these #museums and #libraries are losing so much funding and so many staff members under the proposed cuts, it's absolutely unworkable.

#Wales

curatedjenny, 3 months ago to languagelearning

Before I give these to my local climate shop:

Would anyone like a (or several) strange pin badge made from the illustrations from an early 1900s encyclopedia?

Broad themes:
#Bones in the human body
#Language and #writing
#Zoology
#History
Pretty #patterns
#Constellations
#Archaeology
#Tools and machinery
Saving people from drowning (?!)

I'll ship worldwide to good homes in exchange for shipping costs.

🦴🕷️📜🏺🛡️

#buttons #badges #PinBadges #LastChance #upcycled #ephemera

curatedjenny, 6 months ago to cymru

Hey, #Welsh speakers: turns out I can't pronounce Welsh for shit.

Well, at least not advanced stuff...

Could I borrow a lovely Welsh speaker who could read out some quotes for me so I can get the pronunciation and cadence even remotely correct?

I feel so out of my depth! Happy to provide you with context if you're up for it.

curatedjenny, 7 months ago to random

Long shot but: does anyone fancy doing some proof-reading for me?

curatedjenny, 7 months ago to random

📰 York Castle Museum partially closed after #RAAC discovery

Surprised we haven't seen more headlines like these: #museums all over the country must be built out of the reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete (RAAC) they've discovered propping up the gallery ceilings in #York.

The concrete has a life-span of 30 years and we've been cheerily putting it in just about everything between the 1950s until the mid-90s. :yikes:

Full read here: https://www.museumsassociation.org/museums-journal/news/2023/09/york-castle-museum-announces-partial-closure-after-raac-discovery/

#MuseumsAssociation #MuseumNews

mrundkvist, 7 months ago to random

I'm 51 and I've lived at nine addresses. What about you?

curatedjenny, 9 months ago to security

📰 "British Museum: How easy is it to steal from a museum?"

The recent thefts from the BM by a member of staff has gotten everyone talking about #museums and their #security: here's an article unpicking some of it.

Thefts likely happen fairly frequently from a lot of collections, but they often go undiscovered for numerous reasons. Smash-and-grabs from outside thieves are a little more obvious!

Full read here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-66535958

#theft #MuseumNews #BritishMuseum #news #MuseumSecurity

curatedjenny, 9 months ago to random

I need a new desktop background so I'm fielding suggestions for quotes or motivational phrases to pop on a pretty background.

Must be:

• actually uplifting
• sarcastic, anti-capitalist, or weird

Bad examples:
"You got this!"
"Live, laugh, love"

Good examples:
"Not today, Satan"
"Eat the rich"

Whatcha got, Fediverse?

:boost_ok:

curatedjenny, 9 months ago to FiberArts

Dear world, I've unleashed these two unto you. I do not know why.

This is Chaz and Grodni.

They're 75% old socks.

#crafts #sewing #homemade #SoftToys #OldSocks #reuse #monsters

curatedjenny, 9 months ago to random

Caught another wee old man foraging in a bush. I have a surprising number of wholesome conversations with pensioners half obscured by brambles.

curatedjenny, 10 months ago to cymru

📰 "Bid to save last surviving postmen’s huts in Wales"

Rural postmen had a tough job in the 19th and 20th century, and these huts provided somewhere to rest and cook on their journey. Bit of a different world before the little vans arrived!

There are thought to be only eight or so left in existence in the UK and this one's being saved by the community in #Cwmystwyth.

Full story here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-66065673

#Wales #heritage #news #history #Ceredigion

curatedjenny, 10 months ago to sweden

Do I know any crafty #Swedes on here yet? 🇸🇪 I've got these delightful #silicone #RubberStamps going spare if anyone wants them: lots of phrases in the bundle, I once got them from #Panduro in #Sweden and I'd like to pass them on to someone else. :)

Happy to post anywhere in the world in exchange for P&P. 📮 🌍

(I'm throwing in the rough little acrylic blocks for free, they were off-cuts from the museum mount makers once. ♻️ )

#crafting #CardMaking #RubberStamping #svenskar #pyssel

curatedjenny, 10 months ago to cymru

Somebody should import this adorable #clock bot from #Machynlleth onto the Fediverse. 🕐 I'm just saying.

Full story here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-66090235

#Wales #clocks #bots

curatedjenny, 10 months ago to Scotland

A tiny shuffle in the right direction from MGS: #museums in #Scotland are now required to pay Living Wage to apply for public funding.

Here's a radical thought: pay staff enough to live on.

List of Fair Work principles includes:

• paying real Living Wage (minimum)
• providing channels for workers’ voices
• investing in workforce development
• no abuse of zero hours contracts or fire-and-rehire
• addressing gender pay gap & lack of diversity
• offering flexible working

https://www.museumsassociation.org/museums-journal/news/2023/07/museums-in-scotland-required-to-pay-living-wage-to-apply-for-public-funding/