Connecting global cultural heritage - Tangible & Intangible. Things that should be remembered; and things that should not be forgotten. @colleenwood.bsky.social and @woodac.bsky.social
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First wattle blossoms of the season in our garden. Lots of buds! It looks like it will be a great display this year.
#Indonesia’s UNESCO ICH submission for the Culture of Tempe caught our eye.
Next time you pass tempe in the shop, remember: it may be more than a great food source. It may also be a living expression of everyday Indonesian culture.
We wish Indonesia every success!
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“Thank you" to @museum-week.org for arranging a wonderful 2026 program! And to all whom we have met, peace and hope until we meet again.
#MuseumWeek #Gratitude
Day 7 of #MuseumWeek is a day of #hope. Where have you seen a museum exhibit that shows us not just how we were, but how we are? Perhaps even how we might be?
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#MWHope
For Day 7 of #MuseumWeek, we are thinking about the hope a visitor may bring when they enter a museum, gallery, heritage place, archive, memorial, or small garden of memory.
What hopes do you carry on your museum visits?
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#HopeMW #TheImaginativeVisitor
Today is #QueenslandDay in our part of the world--the day when we celebrate separation and independence from the colony of New South Wales in 1859.
The photos are from "The Courier Mail" 1965 & 1966 Annuals and project images of how the State viewed itself 60 years ago.
The table below presents the list of files being treated for the 2026 cycle that are to be examined by the Committee at its twenty-first session in November/December 2026. This list includes nominations for the Urgent Safeguarding List or the Representative List, and proposals for the Register of Good Safeguarding Practices. The nomination files submitted by the States Parties are published by the...
Last week, One Nation's Pauline Hanson addressed the National Press Club, arguing against multicultural Australia.
“We are a multiracial society, but we must be monocultural,” she said.
This led us to consider where we, as Heritage People, stand on the issue.
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Para la antropóloga Margaret Mead el primer signo de civilización en la humanidad es un fémur fracturado y sanado.
🤕Esto indica que alguien cuidó a la persona herida hasta su recuperación.
Con esta esperanzadora idea terminamos la #MuseumWeek, dedicada hoy a la #EsperanzaMW.
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Day 5 of #MuseumWeek is linked to #WorldEnvironmentDay
We're resharing our Julie's Bicycle article from 2024:
"Barnsley Museums wants to take sustainable, biodiverse and environmentally friendly approaches in our work, to benefit our venues and the wildlife that live there...
apnews.com/article/trum... orders Trump administration to restore National Park changes at sites that 'disparaged' US
A federal judge has ordered the Trump administration to restore sites changed under an executive order that sought to eliminate “inappropriate content” at national museums, parks and landmarks.
