At #SummerSchool24 museum studies students brought in interesting objects to show and tell. School of Museum Studies

We are unfortunately crowdfunding again. We approached more than 15 arts and heritage funders to support an exhibition about menopause. None chose to do so. We find ourselves in a situation where nobody wants to fund menopause - so we’re asking you. gofundme.com/f/r9tszw

Have you signed the Kids in Museum Manifesto yet? Our simple guidelines for museums, heritage sites & cultural organisations were created with children, young people and families, and sets out what they feel makes a heritage site a great place to visit. kidsinmuseums.org.uk/what-we-do/man…

We would like to thank all the New Museum School students and museum partners who joined us at the this year's symposium: Ethics and Inclusive Transformation', 29-30 May 2024, University of Leicester, Research Centre for Museums and Galleries. Photos Natalia Janula #NMSAP

What a beautiful day it is today in #Leicester. Perfect weather for our visitors - students of the Chinese University of Hong Kong. Good to see you! #Museumstudies #UoL #HongKong

We are close to having raised £10,000 to make our menopause exhibition happen! This is the minimum amount we'd need to pull it off! Please donate what you can to support Menopause: What's Changed, the exhibition arts funders don't care about gofundme.com/f/r9tszw

"you can read it in your slippers" or you can do the walks. #TheCountryside in editorial picks in the Air Mail

There’s an amazing University of Leicester pop-up exhibition in Leicester’s John Lewis store which reveals the Roman and Medieval discoveries unearthed before Highcross shopping centre was constructed. What a fantastic collaboration between University of Leicester Archaeological Services Leicestershire Fieldworkers and Jewry Wall

So very delighted to see our research collaborator and friend David McAlmont receive his honorary degree last Friday!

Looking forward to the upcoming exhibition 'Dryad Basketry: A Global Collection' Leicester Museums & Galleries featuring the PhD research of our graduate Maria Chiara Scuderi 🧺#basketry #dryad #handicrafts leicestermuseums.org/Dryad-Basketry

Hello! We are recruiting for #youthengagement programme workshops this October. Everyone welcome if you are aged 14-24 years. Work with artists, curators, collections, exhibitions, learn new skills, make new friends, have a fun & a great time! RT: Child Friendly Leeds Leeds Museums & Galleries 💜

So it turns out that amonites chambers can measure age in in a similar way to rings in a tree stump! Learning lots from our fabulous placement students! 👩‍🎓#msplacements

A huge congratulations to our two students working at the Lapworth Museum of Geology who have designed their own exhibitions for the insitution. It is amazing to see the brilliant things you have achieved. 🥳 Check out: birmingham.ac.uk/news/2024/plac… to read all about!

Are you following our Instagram yet? We have been showcasing the amazing work our students have been doing during their 8-week placement over the summer on our Instagram. Make sure to follow @/uolmuseumstudies to hear all about it🏛️

🙌 We got 4 excellent speakers from University of Leicester School of Museum Studies, Museum of Transology & ICOM Italia for the NEMO Webinar on 10 September. ✍️ Register to learn how to advance #trans inclusion in #museums - a step that enhances #inclusivity for all visitors. ne-mo.org/news-events/ar…

I also managed to squeeze in a visit to Attenborough Arts Centre #Leicester to see ARTIST ROOMS Jenny Holzer by chance wearing my Holzer T bought from Hauser & Wirth Somerset in 2015. Nostalgic to back where I studied my MA in Art Museum and Gallery Studies School of Museum Studies (in 2006-07!). I ❤ HOLZER.

As our MA students are nearly at the end of their placements over the summer, we want to say how brilliant it is been visiting them and being able to witness all of the incredible work they have been doing!🔍🏛️ Keep an eye out on our social medias for more👀