Laura Cooijmans-Keizer
Senior Curator at Edinburgh Napier University | Passionate about archives, libraries, and museums in any shape or form | she/her | views own
@colmuseums.bsky.social
We're renowned for Romans, cuckoo about clocks and wild for animals! Custodians of Colchester Castle, Hollytrees Museum and Colchester's Natural History Museum.
@themerl.bsky.social
We explore the history of the English countryside and its people. Posting hog on main. Chaotic Good. Website ➡️ https://merl.reading.ac.uk/ Merch ➡️ https://merl-shop.co.uk/ Podcast ➡️ https://merl.reading.ac.uk/explore/absolute-units/
@bharchives.bsky.social
Explore nearly 900 years of history through the archives and objects cared for by Barts Health NHS Trust Archives. Part of Barts Health NHS Trust. Find out more at www.bartshealth.nhs.uk/barts-health-archives
@cromwellmuseum.bsky.social
World's best collection of items on life & times of Oliver Cromwell (1599-1658), telling his story 'warts and all'. "National Museum in a Matchbox". Huntingdon, UK www.cromwellmuseum.org
@surgeonshall.bsky.social
Home to the largest & most historic collection of surgical pathology in the world. Open 10am-5pm, 7 days a week.
@yorkadventurers.bsky.social
Discover one of the finest medieval guildhalls in the world. Home to York’s entrepreneurs for 660 years and counting. Website: merchantshallyork.org
@sensationalmuseum.bsky.social
Using what we know about disability to change how museums work for everyone. Find out more: https://sensationalmuseum.org/
@mpsheritage.bsky.social
Metropolitan Police lives and stories 1829-now. Open to researchers and visitors by appointment. Like/repost/follow≠endorsement No bio or posts, no follow back. https://t.co/f5xOlVyLoc
@farnhamcastletrust.bsky.social
Explore 900 years of history at Farnham Castle, Surrey. Former home of the Bishops of Winchester, venue for Tudor monarchs and Civil War military base. Check our website for opening times and updates https://www.farnham-castle.com/
@brightontoymuseum.bsky.social
Home to over 12,000 toys and models from the Golden Age of British and European toy making Tue - Fri (10am - 5pm) Sat (11am - 5pm) https://www.brightontoymuseum.co.uk https://www.brightontoymuseum.co.uk/index/Category:Trafalgar_Street_Regeneration_Project
@scarbsmuseums.bsky.social
A community of creativity, culture and heritage at Scarborough Art Gallery, the Rotunda Museum, and Woodend Gallery & Studios. Make ours a lemon top!🍦
@northlincsmuseum.bsky.social
Learn about some of North Lincolnshire’s amazing objects and stories. Explore the geology, local history and archaeology galleries.
@porticolibrary.bsky.social
The Portico Library is Manchester’s original 19th-century home of literature and learning. Uncovering, imagining, and sharing new histories together.
@almonryevesham.bsky.social
A beautiful C14th building in the heart of Evesham, housing the town museum, Tourist Information Centre and Gift Shop. www.almonryevesham.org
@mrcwarwick.bsky.social
Archives rich in social and political history from the late 19th century onwards - Britain and beyond. Follow the MRC for highlights from our collections, details of our online resources and more! https://warwick.ac.uk/services/library/mrc
@ipswichmuseums.bsky.social
From mammoths to masterpieces, we’re wild for history, buzzing about art, and all about adventure! Explore Christchurch Mansion and (in 2026) Ipswich Museum & Ipswich Art Gallery. 🖼️🦣
@longshop.bsky.social
Conserving and celebrating East Suffolk's Agricultural & Industrial history. Expect posts about museums, history, heritage & culture, and anything else that interests us (which is quite a lot). www.longshopmuseum.co.uk
@southlondongallery.bsky.social
📍 Contemporary art gallery in south London. ✨ We are free to visit & open Wed-Sun, come and say hello! https://linktr.ee/southlondongallery
@linneansociety.bsky.social
Working towards a world where nature is understood, valued and protected. https://www.linnean.org/
@ihrlibrary.bsky.social
The Wohl Library of the @ihr.bsky.social is a national resource for everyone researching or writing history. Membership is free to everyone and we are an open access, reference library holding over 200,000 books and journals.
@maryrosemuseum.bsky.social
Home of Henry VIII's favourite ship, the Mary Rose, which sank off the English coast in 1545 after a 34 year long career. #Portsmouth's top visitor attraction on TripAdvisor. Part of Portsmouth Historic Dockyard
@ccadld.bsky.social
CCA is a contemporary art centre in Derry~Londonderry. Supported by @artscouncilni, DCSDC & @artfund. Shortlisted for #MuseumoftheYear 2021. #CCADLD www.ccadld.org
@salvarmyarchive.bsky.social
The International Heritage Centre tells the story of The Salvation Army from its origins in the 1860s to the present, both in the UK and internationally. https://www.salvationarmy.org.uk/about-us/international-heritage-centre
@migrationmuseum.org
The Migration Museum in Lewisham has now closed. Thank you to everyone for an amazing 5 years. Exciting plans coming soon - watch this space 👀 Website: migrationmuseum.org Shop: shop.migrationmuseum.org
@rcpsgheritage.bsky.social
News, events and stories from the library, archive and museum at the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow https://heritage.rcpsg.ac.uk/ #histmed #libraries #archives #museums
@norwichprintmuseum.bsky.social
Love our collection of printing machinery, type and bindery equipment! 📄 Now closed for winter - we reopen April 2025 at the National Trust’s Blickling Estate 🌳
@thecommonroomgn.bsky.social
The Common Room in Newcastle upon Tyne is a heritage venue, library and archive. It has a cafe bar called 5|Quarter.
@sandwichmuseum.bsky.social
Sharing the history of the town and Cinque Port of Sandwich! Visit the museum and 16th century courtroom Wednesday to Sunday, 10am to 4pm. linktr.ee/sandwichguildhallmuseum
@burnslibrary.bsky.social
Boston College Archives, Manuscripts and Rare Books. Irish studies, Jesuitica, British Catholic authors, Boston history, and more
@dhilab.bsky.social
Michigan State University Digital Heritage Innovation Lab. We're focused on the application of digital methods in heritage for documentation, preservation, access, and public and community engagement. Director, @ethanwatrall.bsky.social
@edinburghnapier.bsky.social
The official Bluesky account of Edinburgh Napier University. bit.ly/EdNapier #MustBeNapier | #ENUDifferenceMakers
@afrayn.bsky.social
Academic. Work on First World War literature (Assoc Ed., FWW Studies); modernist studies (former BAMS Chair); non-canonical literature; rural modernity; late style. Grumbles my own.
@adamwithbooks.bsky.social
lit+material texts. balliol, oxford + london. Rep'd RCW Literary Agency THE BOOK-MAKERS (2024) co-ed Inscription: The Journal of Material Text president Oxford Bibliographical Society micro-essays adamsmyth.substack.com
@amyjsolomons.bsky.social
Postdoctoral Research Assistant at Oxford working on Reading the Room: https://www.english.ox.ac.uk/reading-room-books-access-and-community-heritage-spaces Interested in women readers, libraries, access to books in the long 18th c.
@kmilne.bsky.social
Universitair docent 1 at Leiden University (🇳🇱) working on DH, and medieval English lit and book history. Olim University of Ottawa 🇨🇦. She/her.
@saracharles.bsky.social
Medieval manuscript practitioner, bringing the manuscript making process to life. Author of The Medieval Scriptorium. Cat lady. www.teachingmanuscripts.com PhD in medieval martyrologies. Editor of Historical Research journal.
@tamarajatkin.bsky.social
Medieval and early modern English literature at Queen’s College, Oxford. Mostly old books. All opinions my own. She/her
@joesaunders1.bsky.social
Freelance Historian | Part-time PhD English print trade networks 1600-45 📚 Vice-Chair, British Association for Local History 📜 Co-editor How-to History. www.josephsaundershistory.co.uk
@madamebibliophile.bsky.social
📚 Special Collections Librarian 📍London ☞ primary source literacy & engagement ¶ book hiſtory ❡ palaeography ⁊ codicology #herbook
@annalujz.bsky.social
book history | digital humanities | early modern Postdoc on Continental European Books in Early Modern England project, Manchester. Also: parish/public libraries, book data, early Bodleian library, early modern provincial English book cultures.
@astridbeckers.bsky.social
Bookhistorian, codicologist, medievalist, fnd patiënt & chairwoman of the Dutch fnd society.
@awickenden.bsky.social
Leverhulme ECF at Cambridge: named early modern library collections & the politics of provenance volunteer for Abortion Support Network forthcoming: Hans Sloane’s Library Collections and the Production of Knowledge (CUP 2025)
@georginaemw.bsky.social
Early Modern Lit and Material Texts between York and London. Book forthcoming Sep 2025 https://www.pennpress.org/9781512827446/paper-and-the-making-of-early-modern-literature/ https://www.the-tls.co.uk/authors/georgina-wilson
@martinamampieri.bsky.social
MSCA Global Fellow @ Penn and Modena • Author of "Living under the Evil Pope" (Brill 2020) • Co-Ed H-Judaic & EMoDiR • prev fellow @HebrewU, Oxford, Harvard, Göttingen, IRHT/CNRS #earlymodern and #modern Jewish history and #BookHistory 📍 Philadelphia
@mlmcgill.bsky.social
C19 American Lit and Culture; poetry & poetics; trying to understand these dark times. Also, idly scrolling, interested in what you are reading….
@ellenforget.bsky.social
Academic studying braille, print disabilities, and small-press publishing. Editor by trade, academic at heart. she/they. ocd & long-covid & chronic pain.
@nicksturm.bsky.social
post45 poetry, small press publishing, print culture, history of arts funding | Lecturer in English @ Georgia State | co-director of NNYSS | editor of books w/ Fonograf & City Lights | book on New York School poets with Columbia UP | nicksturm.com
@franzpotter.bsky.social
Professor & Gothic chapbook enthusiast. Gothic publishing, bibliography & book history. Obsessed with Sarah Wilkinson's biography. All views are my own.