Spring Round Up
- by naadmin337
- in Museum
- posted June 2, 2017
For April and May we have had a big focus on social media, striving to provide our followers with more content: be it facts, fun or photos.
Our new Newton’s Place Facebook and twitter are still in their infancy, you might not have seen them, so I’m offering you a quick summary of my favourite updates here.
On May 13 it was National Train Day, as a GWR museum we just had to take the opportunity to shout about trains, and did a short piece about the short-lived atmospheric railway.
International Nursing Day was a good opportunity to tell the tale of a fantastic local lady https://www.facebook.com/NewtonsPlace/videos/787125898119967/
Lost Sock Memorial Day was one of my favourite ‘official day’ as its such an odd one. We didn’t have an odd sock in the collection but we do have a lonely shoe.
Mental Health Awareness week let us share some great articles about museums and wellbeing
http://www.museumsassociation.org/museums-journal/news/21082013-museum-visitors-good-health
We avoided posting any nudes on World Naked Garden Day:
As local votes were tallied we remembered a tumultuous election day in times past:
https://www.facebook.com/NewtonsPlace/posts/783288155170408
Volunteer recognition day gave us the chance to say thank you to our amazing volunteers, we couldn’t keep the museum open for you to enjoy without them.
https://www.facebook.com/NewtonsPlace/posts/774899682675922
Our curator, Felicity, went on a comprehensive course teaching her to preserve and redisplay insects, so you can expect a post on repairing our butterflies and moth collections later in the year.
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