Carla Valentine

Carla Valentine Instagram – ⚠️ Barts is closing????! Please Read ⚠️ I remember posting this image so many years ago when I first started the account a few years into my work at Barts Pathology Museum. I was so excited to hit 20k followers and the reach with each post was incredible compared to today (I had a look at how many people saw, engaged with and commented on this post and it was over 10x what I get on posts now despite me having nearly 5x the followers now 🤷‍♀️). The reason it’s important is that I miss feeling like I have a little community to chat to about human remains and my work, via this app, because I was able to share that work with so many of you, so easily. My reach has certainly dwindled because my posting has – and I’m not sure what came first… chicken and egg etc. The reason I mention this is it looks like we’re *finally* getting the Grade II roof fixed at the pathology museum but it will be CLOSED for 2 years and all specimens removed from the shelves down to the basement 🤦‍♀️. So, I’m going to do as many events IN THE MUSEUM as I can before that happens, and I’ll share the specimens via videos and reels for a while so that they can still be seen and learned from. If you think you’d be into that PLEASE let me know via comments (I’ll throw the vids on TikTok too if there’s interest.) The one saving grace is that the museum will be empty of everyone and that means teaching cannot happen there, which will free up my time considerably (teaching pretty much tripled in there after COVID and public events were off). So, it’s a new era for me and Barts. Social media helped me get this place on the map and get it a following when no-one knew about it and I had to drag it from the depths of dilapidation and decay. Maybe, with your help, social media can save it again?
#SOS #saveourspecimens | Posted on 18/Jun/2023 06:04:44