@ojleaf

Founder of Orangeleaf Systems Ltd, digital heritage consultants. Developers of CollectionsBase : working at scale with museum, archive and archaeology data.

 Shropshire
orangeleaf.com
Joined March 2009
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We have a final festive flourish to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the MA website! Every day for the next 24 days we'll be releasing a new hi-res majolica artwork onto the blog - that's a bit fancier than your average advent calendar, eh?! 🎄🗓️🎄 themintonarchive.org.uk/10au…
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Discover historic objects, photographs and documents cared for by museums and #Archives in the Black Country #ArchivesWM @SocietyCountry blackcountryhistory.org/
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We may be closed but you can still view items from our collections from the comfort of your own home. We've got almost 40,000 items held in our collections and are working on photographing them and adding them to our online collections website: collection.tamworthcastle.co… #Heritage
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Open the castle doors! 📢 Shrewsbury Castle and Soldiers of Shropshire Museum are now OPEN for the 2024 season! 🥳And what a season we have ready for you! See below 👇and do share (we’ve just retired our carrier pigeon! 🪶😭). 1/8
Rob in Napoleonic uniform opening the gates to Shrewsbury Castle!

ALT Rob in Napoleonic uniform opening the gates to Shrewsbury Castle!

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Thanks to the Stoke-on-Trent City Archives is Moving blog you can now get a sneak peek of the newly-constructed archive strongrooms at The Potteries Museum & Art Gallery, where the Minton Archive will one day reside. Looking good so far! 😍 themintonarchive.org.uk/movi…
A photograph of the interior of a newly-constructed, empty strongroom at The Potteries Museum & Art Gallery, Stoke-on-Trent.

ALT A photograph of the interior of a newly-constructed, empty strongroom at The Potteries Museum & Art Gallery, Stoke-on-Trent.

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To celebrate our Carboniferous exhibition we will be open Tuesday 13 Feb for the school holidays with a special event.  Meet the adventurer Captain Jon Voyage and his beautiful dinosaur, Odysseia the Parasaurolophus! Free, appearances at 11.30am, 1pm and 3pm
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We could do with some help people, if you know Arabic script. Max and Rob looked at the reverse of a First World War (1914-18) souvenir item. Max and Rob found the name ‘Achmet’ lightly inscribed in Latin script along with Arabic script text and Eastern Arabic numerals 1/5
Reverse of item, content described in text.

ALT Reverse of item, content described in text.

Front of of item, inscribed 'SOUVENIR. FRO(M - missing) (King's Shropshire Light Infantry cap badge in relief) / TURKISH.PRISONERS.OF.WAR / SALONICA.1918' (..,? missing corner).

ALT Front of of item, inscribed 'SOUVENIR. FRO(M - missing) (King's Shropshire Light Infantry cap badge in relief) / TURKISH.PRISONERS.OF.WAR / SALONICA.1918' (..,? missing corner).

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Are you interested in working at Suffolk Archives? We are currently recruiting for an Archivist. Does that sound like you or someone you know? Take a look at the job description here - bit.ly/49aqeqo Closing date: 11:30 pm, 18 Feb 2024
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🚨today is the final day to apply 📢 #museumjobs #heritagejobs #artsjobs #hiring #museumdevelopment #financejobs #fundraisingjobs #museumfundraising
The Peace Museum@PeaceMuseumUK9 Jan 2024
JOB VACANCY 🚨 Reminder that we are currently hiring a Development Lead to join our friendly and passionate team. Information about the role & how to apply can be found on our website: peacemuseum.org.uk/news/were… #MuseumJobs #DevelopmentJobs
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Don't forget to join us for Martin Stilwell's Zoom talk this Wednesday. Learn more about this fascinating project to map all bombs, doodlebugs, rockets and crashed aircraft that fell on Surrey during #WW2. Tickets are £5 via surreycc.gov.uk/culture-and-… #surreyhistory #surreyww2
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Over on the blog you can zoom in to see the textures and hidden line work of this month's "To Be Put Away" artwork, part of our long-running Folio Friday series: themintonarchive.org.uk/foli…
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One week left to apply to be The Peace Museum's new Museum Director! Deadline: 5th Nov, 11:59pm Visit our website to learn more ⬇️ buff.ly/3Qf323Z
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At our Dinosaur event next Friday you can see a walking adult T-Rex, a walking Velociraptor, baby handheld dinosaurs, props and a selection of live animals dating back to prehistoric times. Included with normal museum admission. 11am – 4pm. @VisitStoke @SOTCityCouncil
Dinosuar figure.

ALT Dinosuar figure.

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✨We're hiring!✨ #WolverhamptonArtsandCulture are looking for a #CreativeProducer: Children & Young People. Join a dynamic team & lead a new programme of work supporting young people's creative aspirations in the city. For more information, visit tinyurl.com/wagcp
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There's not one but six artwork highlights to check out in this month's Folio Friday, which features a group of #coronation commemorative ware designs for Edward VIII and George VI in zoomable hi-res 🔍 themintonarchive.org.uk/foli…
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Do you love all things digital and culture? Come and join our fantastic team as the new Creative Producer Digital! We are looking for a full time #CreativeProducer to lead on the new digital strand of our work as an Arts Council England NPO Find out more tinyurl.com/wagcpd
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Replying to @chiddickstree
@ShropArchives has been running a virtual volunteering project to create an electronic index of the 3,000 policies issued by the Salop Fire Office between 1780 and 1889. You can browse the catalogue from the following link: shropshirearchives.org.uk/co…
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Come join our team! We are hiring a Learning & Access Officer to deliver & develop our learning & outreach programmes. Apply here: hertfordshire.gov.uk/statweb… . Closing date 5 Jan #HeritageJobs #LearningOfficer #ArchiveJobs
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Looking for stocking fillers for the map lover in your life? We have some historic maps of #Hertfordshire . Which one will choose? hertfordshirearchives.org.uk… #MapMonday #HeritageShop #Shoplocal
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Christmas at the museum, Sat 17 Dec Meet Santa, face painting, craft activities, carol concert, festive food and drink. Free with museum admission, charge applies for craft activities. Call 01782 237777 or email [email protected] to book. @SOTCityCouncil @VisitStoke
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