The lovely has written about why she thinks #MuseumOops is so important for early (and mid- and late- ) career Museum people. We're inclined to agree!
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#GGDOT @N8agrifood #diet and #GHGE hacknights happening in @StirUni @Bruneluni and @oxford_brookes @UniofOxford. ggdot.org
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#MOU2019 panel discussion on driving your career through your own experiences. be UNprofessional, share mistakes, be honest and be passionate! (Cc )
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All today we have from working on a couple of ceramic plates, which were damaged last year due to my poor handling. I was gutted at the time, I’m so pleased she’s helping to correct my mistake!
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Is there a way to share the practice without identifying the museum e.g. focus on what happened in the process? Similar to perhaps we’ll only really learn through sharing what doesn’t work?
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This is great programme, unless your museum is too remote to be near a biffa site and so doesn't qualify 😔😔
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Grants Of Up To £90,000 available with the @Aimuseums Biffa Award History Makers Programme! Get support to create new exhibitions on the lives and achievements of historical figures who made a significant impact on the communities of England.
Apply here: ow.ly/NTDZ30l1knq
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What museum person in their right mind sticks labels to glass bottles... 🤦♀️😱🤷♀️ Don’t even get me started on the whole temporary number issue! #documentation #museumoops #museumlife
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Banner panel turned up after private view!! No one but us know it was missing #museumoops
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When you forget to update your label list before sending it to the printers... notice that the title is in red to catch our eye and remind us 🤦🏻♀️ So sorry, Midwife Panel! #MuseumOops
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A fab small blog post looking at why your mates might not get what you do, and some twitter hash tags to help find people who will!
#museumoops #registrarlife #wellnesswednesday
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The one thing I always want to know more about is which switch does what... working at older sites things are often creatively wired meaning switches can often turn off more than intended... #museumhour #museumoops
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Undocumented object, no proof of purchase (my fave). Asked finance if they have any evidence of a payment. Got told to "try the database" YES THANK YOU #museumdocumentation #museumoops #registrarlife
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Great article by for about the importance of how we respond to the failure of others-something we were set up to do!
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says that #creativity couldn't exist without #failures, #optimism and #friends, which reminded me of & the fun I had listening to in #Cardiff. And today I've also received my pledge card from #MOU2018. #whatelse
youtu.be/zX7vQ2QB6Eo
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Aww thanks!
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@KermitTheFrog says that #creativity couldn't exist without #failures, #optimism and #friends, which reminded me of @Museum_Oops & the fun I had listening to @museumgirlldn in #Cardiff. And today I've also received my pledge card from #MOU2018. #whatelse
youtu.be/zX7vQ2QB6Eo
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Eep! Happens to the best of us!
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Classic @Museum_Oops spotted during last week's exhibition de-install #MuseumOops #ThisWayUp
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Do it! What’s the worse that could happen?! #Museumoops
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So... I seem to be planning on submitting a #FoHMuseums case study to Museum Practice. *nervous noises*
Want to share your own "experiences of working in front-of-house or advice to people who might want to follow a similar career path."?
Find out more museumsassociation.org/museum-practic
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When you realise (after congratulating yourself) that the 300+ records that you 'linked' to the object thesaurus did not in fact link, but just copied the term across. WHY #museumdocumentation #registrarlife #museumoops #tooearly
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I relate to this a lot. This is why representation is essential - for people to feel they can have the same experiences as others even when it feels like the world is against them.
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As a queer teenager in the 00’s I had no idea gay people fell in love. I knew from tv and media that they slept together and presented talk shows but I had never seen gay relationships. I think today things are vastly improved but the power of the way we depict people is HUGE!
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Hey, you magnificent people working in heritage and arts over the Bank Holiday.
You're going to be helping people create some great memories, and have meaningful experiences.
And you'll want to slap some of those people, but you'll meet some gems too.
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A hilarious #MuseumOops with an interesting riddle: "...how did a 25mm sphere get in a bottle with a 10mm neck?" #MuseumDocumentation
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Ask curator to confirm measurements of an object, print off confirmation email chain. Once printed, realise email at the bottom asks curator to confirm measurements, and curator previously replied with confirmation. #registrarlife #museumoops
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First visitors to read the label of the new exhibit:
Dad: you know this!
6 year old son: do I?
Dad: remember gravitational waves on the news? THIS is part of the technology that discovered it!
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A couple of excellent #MuseumOops from today’s #MAMuseumFutures Keep up the good work making mistakes everyone!
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First time I do organise out of house digitisation and it was challenging to say the least: 1. The Queen turns up so I have to cancel the morning session. 2. I thought the cab was outside later but turns out it wasn't and the 5 people I've asked to help
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So, for this Monday of wellbeing week, what better to discuss than the ever-growing to do list? How do you keep track of tasks? What do you do to stop it seeming like too much? #museumwellness
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Perhaps sharing and learning from failure is something that the major funding bodies could encourage? Also we can highly recommend
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Should we share our failures more widely so others can learn from them? Welcome to the Museum of Failure- highlighting failed products (and now on tour!) failuremuseum.com/about/
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Retweeting my own tweet a) to stress the point! And b) b/c perfectionism and doing things "the proper way" is a big barrier for visitor studies profs to overcome. Some of my biggest moments have been losing sight of the reason WHY I'm doing research #VSGConf18
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V important point: We need to recognise that conducting impact research as museum professionals in a practical way (in our working lives) is very different from conducting academic impact research. We can't afford (literally!) to be idealistic - we need to be pragmatic #VSGConf18
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saw this photo and thought it resonated with this new group. We need the own our emotions not apologise for them. Emotions are an evolutionary technique to navigate situations. We need to listen to them - they speak volumes about out wellbeing. #museums
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What a fantastic idea is! As someone who has more personal experience than they'd like dealing with anxiety, I'm excited to see a mental health support network tailor-made for museum professionals! #MuseumWellness
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I'm going to do mine from my actual account - whose helped me remember that everyone makes mistakes and the important thing is to learn from them (and laugh at them) #MuseumWellness #museums
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Alright then, what's your method of choice for keeping visitors off your accessioned chairs? Any great ideas you've seen?
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