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⚔️ @blooloop.bsky.social - Bayeux Tapestry exhibition at British Museum sells out all tickets until January buff.ly/ExOj5j8
Bayeux Tapestry tickets sell out as British Museum sees record demand
More than £2.5 million was generated through ticket sales
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🪡 @blooloop.bsky.social - Fashion Museum Bath’s new development plans are approved, forming part of the city’s cultural regeneration project buff.ly/wcAmELK
Plans approved for new world-class fashion museum in Bath
Fashion Museum Bath will have more than double the floorspace of its former home
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Today we take a look at the 8 biggest theme park flop stories from the US in my latest article for @blooloop.bsky.social - see if you can think of any others that should have made the list - blooloop.com/theme-park-f...
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Tomorrow's #OnlineArtExchange theme is land and sea for Of Land and Sea at scarbsmuseums.bsky.social 🌊 We're looking forward to seeing your choices! 'Staithes' by James William Booth (1867–1953) 📷 Scarborough Museums and Galleries
🧠 @blooloop.bsky.social Roto launches “Prototype: The Experimental Museum” in Columbus — something different in museum design #museum #news 🔗 buff.ly/YDhiSq4
#museum #news: 🚇 Rome’s Metro C to feature “museum-stations” — turning underground transit stops into public displays of recent archaeological finds- @blooloop.bsky.social buff.ly/VynyRuj
Natural History Museum turns on sensors in new high-tech gardens. Museum can now collect environmental data and monitor nature. via @blooloop.bsky.social blooloop.com/museum/news/...
Natural History Museum turns on sensors in new high-tech gardens
The Natural History Museum has switched on a sensor network in its new gardens, allowing it to collect environmental data and study the site.
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The theme for #OnlineArtExchange is ceramics this week, so we’re sharing a cuppa with these dainty tea cups ☕ @artukdotorg.bsky.social 🖼️Still Life with Tea Cups 👨🎨Pieter Gerritsz. van Roestraten (1629/1630–1700) 📸Sheffield Museums
Today's @artukdotorg.bsky.social #onlineartexchange theme is Time, for 'Tony Foster: Exploring Time' at #Conwall #Museum. This is "Day and Night" by Edward Robert Hughes (1851 -1914).
Attendance at Natural History Museum’s new gallery reveals demand for climate solutions via @blooloop.bsky.social blooloop.com/museum/news/... @nhm-london.bsky.social
Attendance at Natural History Museum's new gallery reveals demand for climate solutions
The Natural History Museum in London has welcomed 1 million visitors in just four months to its new gallery, Fixing Our Broken Planet.
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🎓 Member spotlight: Judy Mann-Lang, International Zoo Educators Association President & Task Force member, shares how zoos can drive real conservation impact through behaviour change education. Inspiring read via @blooloop.bsky.social 👉 blooloop.com/animals/in-d... #ConservationEducation
Empowering conservation educators: inside IZE’s global mission for wildlife
The International Zoo Educators (IZE) network supports educators with training, resources, and a global community.
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Lou Pizante Op-Ed | Did 'Elvis Evolution' A Mix Of Live Music, Storytelling And Digital Performance Deliver? | @blooloop.bsky.social blooloop.com/immersive/op...
Don’t be cruel to a heart that’s true: what went wrong with Elvis Evolution (vs. why)
In an era where “immersion” is both buzzword & business model, few have arrived with as much promise or as much backlash as Elvis Evolution
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Today's @artukdotorg.bsky.social #OnlineArtExchange theme is religion for Fragments of Devotion: A Sensory History of Illuminated Manuscript Cuttings’ at The Barber Institute. This is John Byam Shaw's 'The Victory of #Christ' (1899).
Today's @artukdotorg.bsky.social #OnlineArtExchange theme is religion for Fragments of Devotion: A Sensory History of Illuminated Manuscript Cuttings’ at The Barber Institute. This is John Byam Shaw's 'The Victory of #Christ' (1899).
💻🗃️ Imperial War Museums (IWM) has partnered with Capgemini and Google Cloud to transform 20,000 hours of oral history, comprising around 8,000 interviews recorded between the 1940s and 2000s, into a fully searchable digital archive. #archive #digital #museum #ai @blooloop.bsky.social buff.ly/vwvpord
What are the new frontiers of VEX I would talk about if I was writing Delivering the Visitor Experience today? Find out in my new piece for @blooloop.bsky.social blooloop.com/museum/opini...
Three new challenges in visitor experience
Rachel Mackay identifies three fresh challenges in visitor experience since she published her book Delivering the Visitor Experience in 2023.
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Imperial War Museums makes 20,000 hours of oral history accessible with AI Via @blooloop.bsky.social blooloop.com/museum/news/...
Imperial War Museums makes 20,000 hours of oral history accessible with AI
Imperial War Museums, Capgemini, and Google Cloud will transcribe over 20,000 hours of IWM's oral history collection using AI technology.
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This week's theme from #OnlineArtExchange from @artukdotorg.bsky.social is the Female Form to mark 'Jenny Saville: The Anatomy of Painting' exhibition at The National Portrait Gallery. Here's Tamara de Lempicka's La Belle Rafaëla (1927).
blooloop 50 Museum Influencer List 2025 nominations are open via @blooloop.bsky.social blooloop.com/museum/news/...
blooloop 50 Museum Influencer List 2025 nominations are open
blooloop, in association with BeWunder, experts in spectacular multisensory experiences using a range of media and technology, is pleased to announce that
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When can we visit!... 'Creative Studio Berlin designs reimagined laser maze for the German Spy Museum' via @blooloop.bsky.social blooloop.com/museum/news/...
Creative Studio Berlin designs reimagined laser maze for the German Spy Museum
Creative Studio Berlin has unveiled Mission Nuclear, a redesigned laser maze experience at the German Spy Museum in Berlin.
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This week's theme from #OnlineArtExchange from @artukdotorg.bsky.social is the Female Form to mark 'Jenny Saville: The Anatomy of Painting' exhibition at The National Portrait Gallery. Here's Tamara de Lempicka's La Belle Rafaëla (1927).
This week's theme from #OnlineArtExchange from @artukdotorg.bsky.social is the Female Form to mark 'Jenny Saville: The Anatomy of Painting' exhibition at The National Portrait Gallery. Here's Auguste Toulmouche's Vanity (1889).
Some people will tell you that the Mary Rose never made it out of the harbour, but she was actually rather well travelled, at least for a ship in Henry VIII's fleet where coastal defence was more important than conquering the world...
Fundraiser launched to save historic coaster cars retired from #themeparks. tinyurl.com/yc7crnz9
Fundraiser launched to save historic coaster cars retired from theme parks
A non-profit organisation dedicated to preserving the history of roller coasters is fundraising to save four historic coaster cars.
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The team at #Terra at Expo City Dubai on their #sustainability journey, and progress, not perfection. tinyurl.com/yn7mp7tu
Terra's legacy & passing on lessons: innovation in sustainability
During the Innovation in Sustainability session at blooloop Festival of Innovation 2025, we discussed the Terra Pavilion at Expo City Dubai
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Green #AI? How #Google is tackling digital carbon for #sustainable progress. Catayoun Azarm, Google Cloud in Dublin, will address greenloop attendees’ interest on managing the energy demands of #AI. tinyurl.com/2rzx8cmr
greenloop: Green AI? How Google is tackling digital carbon for sustainable progress
AI has exploded into the public consciousness and seems to be infiltrating every aspect of our online lives. Although this new technology offers
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Today's #onlineartexchange theme, with @artukdotorg.bsky.social , is "orange". This is Byam Shaw's , "Now is the Pilgrim Year Fair Autumn's Charge".
