An artists’ initiative based in the Netherlands and Germany which helps organise exhibitions of new and experimental art.
Fediverse address (in English, Dutch and German): @womeinesonnescheint@mstdn.social
Tagged: Museums, Archives and Exhibitions
Adam S. Smith
Palaeontologist and curator at the Nottingham Natural History Museum, Wollaton Hall, in the UK. Especially interested in plesiosaurs and other Mesozoic marine reptiles. Author of the children’s books “The Plesiosaur’s Neck” and “The Tyrannosaur’s Feathers”, founder of the Dinosaur Toy Blog, Animal Toy Blog and Plesiosaur Directory sites.
Fediverse address:
@AdamStuartSmith@sauropods.win
bitsavers
Runs an enormous online archive of computing history material at the bitsavers website, and is software curator at the Computer History Museum in California, USA.
Fediverse address:
@bitsavers@oldbytes.space
Beeld en Geluid
The Netherlands Sound & Vision museum. They have a massive archive of thousands of videos available on the Fediverse.
Fediverse address (in Dutch):
@nisv@peertube.beeldengeluid.nl
The Footy Museum
Online museum focusing on the design and visual history of football (soccer), including supporter culture and how fans define their clubs.
Fediverse address:
@thefootymuseum@mstdn.party
Dr Alton Dooley
Palaeontologist, Executive Director at the Western Science Center in California USA. Amongst other things, Dr Dooley is an expert on prehistoric mastodons.
Fediverse address:
@AltonDooley@mstdn.social
Fediverse address (Western Science Center):
@westernsciencecenter@mstdn.social
Auschwitz Memorial
The memorial and museum at the Auschwitz-Birkenau camp built during the Nazi occupation of Poland. Over a million people were murdered by the Nazis at the camp during the Second World War, most of them civilians including children. The memorial functions as a reminder of what can happen, and campaigns for it never to happen again.
Fediverse address:
@auschwitzmuseum@mastodon.world
Letterform Archive
Non-profit archive of over 100,000 items related to lettering, typography, calligraphy and graphic design throughout human history. Based in California, USA.
Fediverse address:
@letterformarchive@typo.social
Museum of Obsolete Media
Online museum of physical media formats, showcasing developments in audio, video, film and data storage.
Fediverse address:
@obsoletemediauk@mastodon.world
Oxford University Museum of Natural History
The world’s first purpose-built natural history museum, based in Oxford, UK. Houses over 7 million items including a dodo.
Fediverse address:
@morethanadodo@mastodon.world
Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen
Art museum in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. Has a huge collection covering all periods of art, from the Middle Ages to the present day.
Fediverse address:
@boijmans@mastodon.social
Norbert Holstein
Botanist and plant curator at the Natural History Museum in London. Also a fan of fungi.
Fediverse address:
@dr_norb@fediscience.org
Birds in Museums
Bot posting pictures of exhibited artworks featuring birds.
Fediverse address:
@birdsinmuseums@mastodon.online
Regionales Retro-Rechenzentrum (3rz)
A vintage computing centre in Freiburg, Germany. They preserve hardware and software from the 1970s, 80s and 90s, and have it set up working so visitors can use it.
Fediverse address (in German):
@3rz@freiburg.social
Manchester Museum
One of the largest university museums in the UK, with more than 4.5 million items. It puts on a diverse range of exhibitions covering art, history, archaeology, natural history and more.
Fediverse address:
@McrMuseum@mastodonapp.uk
Museum of Portable Sound
Dedicated to exhibiting, preserving and researching non-musical sounds as museum objects. The collection is accessible through online interactive video sessions which can be booked in advance (in-person visits are also possible in the UK at Southsea and London).
Fediverse address:
@museumofportablesound@toot.community
Benjamin L. Clark
Curator of the Charles M. Schulz Museum, dedicated to the creator of the Peanuts comic strip featuring Snoopy and Charlie Brown.
Fediverse address:
@benjclark@mastodon.online
Glasgow Women’s Library
Lending library, archive of important materials related to women, and provider of support services to women. The only Accredited Museum in the UK dedicated to women’s history.
Fediverse address:
@womenslibrary@mastodon.scot
The European Institute for Contemporary Art and Science
A contemporary art museum in the Netherlands.
Fediverse address (in Dutch and English):
@EICAS@mastodon.art