Maple Tree and Small Birds, by Itō Jakuchū, ca. 1765 -1766

💫 Thanks, UniMelb Library. You know this one's not so simple! While the wearing of white cotton gloves has long been synonymous with handling rare collection items, in some cases gloves can actually cause damage. Often, clean dry hands are enough. 🔗 blogs.bl.uk/digitisedmanus…

Final year PhD students

Shade of the Lotus, Shinobazu Pond, by Kasamatsu Shiro, 1956 #shinhanga

Idea: exhibit designers and curators spend a mandatory 1 day a month hanging out in an exhibit space they created - listening to visitors, watching them use things the "wrong" way, breezing past all the text, not understanding the lofty visual metaphor etc.

Gallery lighting is tough. 😕 I'm proud that we've moved into a new era of transparency. In addition to this label, we've updated our provenace pages online to discuss issues of antiquities provenance more openly. mfa.org/collections/pr…

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Okimono in the Form of a Raven, by Myōchin Munesuke, early 18th century

Last night I got to see my first object labels in a museum exhibition! A big thank you to First Nations Curator Courtney Marsh for the opportunity and Dr Mariko Smith for all her support. The Australian Musem’s new Minerals gallery is a must see!

This is my 4 x yearly alert to Australian parents to remind your kid to empty their lunchbox & bag tonight. Avoid post traumatic mold stress from biohazardous lunch waste in 6 weeks time. Check all pockets. You live with your oversight forever: you cannot un-smell it.

For #NationalHandwritingDay we're sharing an example of a cross-written letter.✍️ Before 1840, letters were charged depending on the number of sheets sent, leading some people to ‘cross-write’ their letters to get around the system. Can you read this?

‘Individually, we cannot always fix the structural inequalities that make academia an oppressive place to work […] But we can choose to stop perpetuating the glorification of overwork in small ways in our daily roles.’ voicesofacademia.com/2023/03/31/the…

Last night’s panel; Hidden Histories at the Eureka Centre Ballarat. So thought provoking - well done Kait, Jade, Dr Mariko Smith and Craig Middleton 👏🏼 Seeds planted. 🖤Kaz Monument🤍

Great welcome from Bernard Highins and smoking ceremony by Luke Wighton kicking off this Museum of the Riverina Symposium in Wagga Wagga today! #wiradjuringurambang #RETURN

Currently watching online #RETURN: Reconnecting objects and collections with people and places with ourANU. Loving that they're taking the online viewers offsite for museum visits!

1/2 New Publication from Anna Clark Just a matter of time: reviewing temporality in Australian historiography Time is a foundational concept in historical studies, and time itself must be historicised.