James Lees
@jamesdoesscience.bsky.social
Physicist, Science Communicator, Author and Museum Enthusiast
Not quite done with Japan yet this week a blog about something particularly interesting I found there.
museumramblings.blogspot.com
museumramblings.blogspot.com
November 23, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Not quite done with Japan yet this week a blog about something particularly interesting I found there.
museumramblings.blogspot.com
museumramblings.blogspot.com
I'm not long back from a two week trip to Japan so you know what that means.
My now traditional Best and Worst Museums of Blog!
museumramblings.blogspot.com
My now traditional Best and Worst Museums of Blog!
museumramblings.blogspot.com
November 9, 2025 at 3:42 PM
I'm not long back from a two week trip to Japan so you know what that means.
My now traditional Best and Worst Museums of Blog!
museumramblings.blogspot.com
My now traditional Best and Worst Museums of Blog!
museumramblings.blogspot.com
For this next blog I can't believe I have to say this... but your stuff doesn't matter if I don't know what it is.
museumramblings.blogspot.com
museumramblings.blogspot.com
October 26, 2025 at 3:40 PM
For this next blog I can't believe I have to say this... but your stuff doesn't matter if I don't know what it is.
museumramblings.blogspot.com
museumramblings.blogspot.com
In my Latest blog I finally let you know about the best museum in the world!
museumramblings.blogspot.com
#LA #Museums #MuseumDesign
museumramblings.blogspot.com
#LA #Museums #MuseumDesign
October 12, 2025 at 2:37 PM
In my Latest blog I finally let you know about the best museum in the world!
museumramblings.blogspot.com
#LA #Museums #MuseumDesign
museumramblings.blogspot.com
#LA #Museums #MuseumDesign
I'll be speaking at the Association of Science and Discovery Centre's Conference on 'The Next 25 Years'.
I'll be leading the discussion on 'Dragon Quest, David Hasselhoff , and Jurassic Technology' where I'll be challenging thoughts on what a museum is and can be.
#ASDCC2025 #museumdesign
I'll be leading the discussion on 'Dragon Quest, David Hasselhoff , and Jurassic Technology' where I'll be challenging thoughts on what a museum is and can be.
#ASDCC2025 #museumdesign
September 7, 2025 at 5:02 PM
I'll be speaking at the Association of Science and Discovery Centre's Conference on 'The Next 25 Years'.
I'll be leading the discussion on 'Dragon Quest, David Hasselhoff , and Jurassic Technology' where I'll be challenging thoughts on what a museum is and can be.
#ASDCC2025 #museumdesign
I'll be leading the discussion on 'Dragon Quest, David Hasselhoff , and Jurassic Technology' where I'll be challenging thoughts on what a museum is and can be.
#ASDCC2025 #museumdesign
A good deal? A small con? A vital Lifeline? In my latest blog I discuss the use and need for the city card in visiting museums.
museumramblings.blogspot.com
#Museum #Museumdesign #citycards
(Blogs will now be back to their normal schedule)
museumramblings.blogspot.com
#Museum #Museumdesign #citycards
(Blogs will now be back to their normal schedule)
August 17, 2025 at 5:05 PM
A good deal? A small con? A vital Lifeline? In my latest blog I discuss the use and need for the city card in visiting museums.
museumramblings.blogspot.com
#Museum #Museumdesign #citycards
(Blogs will now be back to their normal schedule)
museumramblings.blogspot.com
#Museum #Museumdesign #citycards
(Blogs will now be back to their normal schedule)
On the Fylde Coast and looking for something to do on the Bank Holiday with Kids?
The St Anne's on the Sea Event on Monday 25th is the Science Spectacular with lots of demos, games, and events on for the whole family.
www.stannesonthesea-tc.gov.uk/fantasy-fayre/
#stannes #fyldecoast
The St Anne's on the Sea Event on Monday 25th is the Science Spectacular with lots of demos, games, and events on for the whole family.
www.stannesonthesea-tc.gov.uk/fantasy-fayre/
#stannes #fyldecoast
August 16, 2025 at 10:05 AM
On the Fylde Coast and looking for something to do on the Bank Holiday with Kids?
The St Anne's on the Sea Event on Monday 25th is the Science Spectacular with lots of demos, games, and events on for the whole family.
www.stannesonthesea-tc.gov.uk/fantasy-fayre/
#stannes #fyldecoast
The St Anne's on the Sea Event on Monday 25th is the Science Spectacular with lots of demos, games, and events on for the whole family.
www.stannesonthesea-tc.gov.uk/fantasy-fayre/
#stannes #fyldecoast
I'm not a big fan of my hometown of Blackpool and it's latest museum/attraction is no different. My latest blog is on my thoughts of 'Showtown'.
museumramblings.blogspot.com
#Museum #Museumdesign #Blackpool
museumramblings.blogspot.com
#Museum #Museumdesign #Blackpool
August 10, 2025 at 5:02 PM
I'm not a big fan of my hometown of Blackpool and it's latest museum/attraction is no different. My latest blog is on my thoughts of 'Showtown'.
museumramblings.blogspot.com
#Museum #Museumdesign #Blackpool
museumramblings.blogspot.com
#Museum #Museumdesign #Blackpool
I'm often asked if I have such strong opinions about museums what would one I made look like? So here's an occasional new series on the kind of museum I'd like to create with "The City That Never Was"
museumramblings.blogspot.com
#Museum #Museumdesign
museumramblings.blogspot.com
#Museum #Museumdesign
August 3, 2025 at 5:03 PM
I'm often asked if I have such strong opinions about museums what would one I made look like? So here's an occasional new series on the kind of museum I'd like to create with "The City That Never Was"
museumramblings.blogspot.com
#Museum #Museumdesign
museumramblings.blogspot.com
#Museum #Museumdesign
Catching up on the blogs by releasing one a week for a little while.
This week it's about the Animal Crossing/Sealife Centre Crossover Event
museumramblings.blogspot.com
#museum #museumdesign #sealifecentre #animalcrossing
This week it's about the Animal Crossing/Sealife Centre Crossover Event
museumramblings.blogspot.com
#museum #museumdesign #sealifecentre #animalcrossing
July 27, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Catching up on the blogs by releasing one a week for a little while.
This week it's about the Animal Crossing/Sealife Centre Crossover Event
museumramblings.blogspot.com
#museum #museumdesign #sealifecentre #animalcrossing
This week it's about the Animal Crossing/Sealife Centre Crossover Event
museumramblings.blogspot.com
#museum #museumdesign #sealifecentre #animalcrossing
Yesterday I went to do something I've never done before and flew a microlight.
July 25, 2025 at 9:50 AM
Yesterday I went to do something I've never done before and flew a microlight.
It's been a little whilst since I've posted but I've been up to all sorts of interesting things including a trip to Edinburgh for a meeting at the Royal Observatory (and a side trip to Dynamic Earth) and giving a talk at the Sherwood Observatory near Nottingham.
July 2, 2025 at 1:37 PM
It's been a little whilst since I've posted but I've been up to all sorts of interesting things including a trip to Edinburgh for a meeting at the Royal Observatory (and a side trip to Dynamic Earth) and giving a talk at the Sherwood Observatory near Nottingham.
A New Blog Called 'The Hero Item' about one of the most devastating museum moments I ever had as a child.
buff.ly/BlaOIVa
It's a great idea that could work in a lot of other places and contexts with just a bit of effort and willing.
buff.ly/BlaOIVa
It's a great idea that could work in a lot of other places and contexts with just a bit of effort and willing.
April 27, 2025 at 1:30 PM
A New Blog Called 'The Hero Item' about one of the most devastating museum moments I ever had as a child.
buff.ly/BlaOIVa
It's a great idea that could work in a lot of other places and contexts with just a bit of effort and willing.
buff.ly/BlaOIVa
It's a great idea that could work in a lot of other places and contexts with just a bit of effort and willing.
My Latest Blog Post is a fun one with "We Need to Talk about the Pokémon Fossil Museum"
buff.ly/BlaOIVa
It's a great idea that could work in a lot of other places and contexts with just a bit of effort and willing.
buff.ly/BlaOIVa
It's a great idea that could work in a lot of other places and contexts with just a bit of effort and willing.
April 6, 2025 at 1:01 PM
My Latest Blog Post is a fun one with "We Need to Talk about the Pokémon Fossil Museum"
buff.ly/BlaOIVa
It's a great idea that could work in a lot of other places and contexts with just a bit of effort and willing.
buff.ly/BlaOIVa
It's a great idea that could work in a lot of other places and contexts with just a bit of effort and willing.
Classic alleged 'physics in action' stuff with trying some Roller Skating tonight.
March 28, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Classic alleged 'physics in action' stuff with trying some Roller Skating tonight.
This month I've been playing the new game 'Two Point Museum' which has prompted me to write about museums in games and how we can try to leverage the power of games to enhance the mission of museums.
buff.ly/3Zv958S
#Museums #MuseumDesign #VideoGames #twopointmuseum
buff.ly/3Zv958S
#Museums #MuseumDesign #VideoGames #twopointmuseum
March 23, 2025 at 1:00 PM
This month I've been playing the new game 'Two Point Museum' which has prompted me to write about museums in games and how we can try to leverage the power of games to enhance the mission of museums.
buff.ly/3Zv958S
#Museums #MuseumDesign #VideoGames #twopointmuseum
buff.ly/3Zv958S
#Museums #MuseumDesign #VideoGames #twopointmuseum
Had just over a week now playing the new release #twopointmuseum and it's great fun!
Not quite like working on the real thing... less chance of exhibits attacking usually.
Can really recommend it to anyone who likes a bit of a management sim.
Not quite like working on the real thing... less chance of exhibits attacking usually.
Can really recommend it to anyone who likes a bit of a management sim.
March 13, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Had just over a week now playing the new release #twopointmuseum and it's great fun!
Not quite like working on the real thing... less chance of exhibits attacking usually.
Can really recommend it to anyone who likes a bit of a management sim.
Not quite like working on the real thing... less chance of exhibits attacking usually.
Can really recommend it to anyone who likes a bit of a management sim.
Whilst in the area this weekend I also visited the #RichardIIIVisitorcentre.
Despite being a small museum it did pretty much everything right and showed how effective a well told story and a few artistic flourishes can really make a museum stand out.
Despite being a small museum it did pretty much everything right and showed how effective a well told story and a few artistic flourishes can really make a museum stand out.
March 5, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Whilst in the area this weekend I also visited the #RichardIIIVisitorcentre.
Despite being a small museum it did pretty much everything right and showed how effective a well told story and a few artistic flourishes can really make a museum stand out.
Despite being a small museum it did pretty much everything right and showed how effective a well told story and a few artistic flourishes can really make a museum stand out.
This past weekend I was in the area for something else so took the time to stop by the amazing #Nationalspacecentre for the first time.
It's a great space that gets a huge amount right with it's set dressing, interactive elements and much more.
Well worth a visit!
It's a great space that gets a huge amount right with it's set dressing, interactive elements and much more.
Well worth a visit!
March 4, 2025 at 10:00 AM
This past weekend I was in the area for something else so took the time to stop by the amazing #Nationalspacecentre for the first time.
It's a great space that gets a huge amount right with it's set dressing, interactive elements and much more.
Well worth a visit!
It's a great space that gets a huge amount right with it's set dressing, interactive elements and much more.
Well worth a visit!
Today I made a Trip to the Jim Austin Computing Collection to discuss how we might be able to help this amazing assortment of tech reach a wider group of people
January 28, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Today I made a Trip to the Jim Austin Computing Collection to discuss how we might be able to help this amazing assortment of tech reach a wider group of people
Next week the absolutely amazing Hana Ayoob is delivering a free online workshop entitled 'Zine Making for Engagement '
It'll be running on Wednesday 29th 13:00 - 14:00 GMT via Zoom
There is still some space for more people so if you're interested just message. Make sure to prep crafting stuff!
It'll be running on Wednesday 29th 13:00 - 14:00 GMT via Zoom
There is still some space for more people so if you're interested just message. Make sure to prep crafting stuff!
January 21, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Next week the absolutely amazing Hana Ayoob is delivering a free online workshop entitled 'Zine Making for Engagement '
It'll be running on Wednesday 29th 13:00 - 14:00 GMT via Zoom
There is still some space for more people so if you're interested just message. Make sure to prep crafting stuff!
It'll be running on Wednesday 29th 13:00 - 14:00 GMT via Zoom
There is still some space for more people so if you're interested just message. Make sure to prep crafting stuff!
I'm in Poland (primarily visiting museums) so I haven't done a full blog post this time.
But I have done a write up of how a choose which of the 144 museums I've identified I'll actually go and visit:
https://buff.ly/3Zv958S
I will of course post about it on my return!
#Museums #Warsaw #Krakow
But I have done a write up of how a choose which of the 144 museums I've identified I'll actually go and visit:
https://buff.ly/3Zv958S
I will of course post about it on my return!
#Museums #Warsaw #Krakow
January 12, 2025 at 6:00 PM
I'm in Poland (primarily visiting museums) so I haven't done a full blog post this time.
But I have done a write up of how a choose which of the 144 museums I've identified I'll actually go and visit:
https://buff.ly/3Zv958S
I will of course post about it on my return!
#Museums #Warsaw #Krakow
But I have done a write up of how a choose which of the 144 museums I've identified I'll actually go and visit:
https://buff.ly/3Zv958S
I will of course post about it on my return!
#Museums #Warsaw #Krakow
Merry Christmas!
Sadly this is not a picture of the University of York's Newton Apple Tree from this year.
I'd say it looks stunning anyway but that would be somewhat of a lie.
Hope you're all having a great time!
Sadly this is not a picture of the University of York's Newton Apple Tree from this year.
I'd say it looks stunning anyway but that would be somewhat of a lie.
Hope you're all having a great time!
December 25, 2024 at 7:08 PM
Merry Christmas!
Sadly this is not a picture of the University of York's Newton Apple Tree from this year.
I'd say it looks stunning anyway but that would be somewhat of a lie.
Hope you're all having a great time!
Sadly this is not a picture of the University of York's Newton Apple Tree from this year.
I'd say it looks stunning anyway but that would be somewhat of a lie.
Hope you're all having a great time!
As an early Christmas present I have just published a new blog on my Museum Ramblings Blog.
This time it's a guide on how people interact with a museum over the course of a visit and how to take advantage of that:
https://buff.ly/3Zv958S
It will change how you experience museums!
#museums
This time it's a guide on how people interact with a museum over the course of a visit and how to take advantage of that:
https://buff.ly/3Zv958S
It will change how you experience museums!
#museums
December 22, 2024 at 6:00 PM
As an early Christmas present I have just published a new blog on my Museum Ramblings Blog.
This time it's a guide on how people interact with a museum over the course of a visit and how to take advantage of that:
https://buff.ly/3Zv958S
It will change how you experience museums!
#museums
This time it's a guide on how people interact with a museum over the course of a visit and how to take advantage of that:
https://buff.ly/3Zv958S
It will change how you experience museums!
#museums
Just been tinkering with my 3D Printed Pascaline (the first kind of mechanical computer) ahead of starting a project in the new year with a student trying to make mechanical representations of computer principles.
Got some plans but if anyone has any grand ideas let me know.
Got some plans but if anyone has any grand ideas let me know.
December 17, 2024 at 3:36 PM
Just been tinkering with my 3D Printed Pascaline (the first kind of mechanical computer) ahead of starting a project in the new year with a student trying to make mechanical representations of computer principles.
Got some plans but if anyone has any grand ideas let me know.
Got some plans but if anyone has any grand ideas let me know.