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Victoria Gallery & Museum @victoriagallery.bsky.social · Jul 4

We're back! #VGMRedbrickReborn

University of Liverpool @liverpooluni.bsky.social · Jul 4

Liverpool’s original redbrick icon is back! 🧱

After three years behind scaffolding, the @victoriagallery.bsky.social is back in all its glory! This historic gem has been part of our story for over a century and even helped inspire the term ‘redbrick university’!

#VGMRedbrickReborn

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Victoria Gallery & Museum @victoriagallery.bsky.social · 1d

It was wonderful to welcome back local poet Roger Cliffe-Thompson to our Lightbulb moments exhibition last week. Roger created a special poem, Lightbulb Moment, just for the exhibition.💡

🕐 Open Tue–Sat, 10am-5pm (last entry 4.30pm)

#RedbrickReborn #Lightbulbmoments #FreeExhibition

Victoria Gallery & Museum @victoriagallery.bsky.social · 2d

To mark #BlackHistoryMonth, we’re celebrating powerful work by Black artists in our collections.

Look out for more by Ean Flanders in Toxteth: The Harlem of Europe, opening 11 October.

👉 https://orlo.uk/McNeZ

#LivUniCollections #LivUni #VictoriaGallery

Victoria Gallery & Museum @victoriagallery.bsky.social · 3d

Tickets still remain for tomorrow's FREE guided tour of @liverpooluni.bsky.social's flagship building at 2pm.

👇
https://orlo.uk/V7nkt

Tuesday doesn't suit? Then come this Saturday, 11 October at 2pm!

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https://orlo.uk/QS9hX

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Victoria Gallery & Museum @victoriagallery.bsky.social · 7d

Curator Steve Slack shares the stories behind some of the artefacts on display in our Lightbulb moments exhibition 💡

#Lightbulbmoments #RedbrickReborn #FreeExhibition #LivUni #VictoriaGalleryAndMuseum

University of Liverpool @liverpooluni.bsky.social · 7d

WATCH | Discover Lightbulb Moments at Tate Hall, @victoriagallery.bsky.social 💡

A free exhibition with 150 objects from the University’s collection and the National Archives, exploring how curiosity sparks creativity. Curator Steve Slack explains more…

#LightbulbMoments #RedbrickReborn

Victoria Gallery & Museum @victoriagallery.bsky.social · 9d

Explore a rotating selection of artefacts at our Spark Cart sessions by getting hands-on with real objects from our collections in the Tate Hall Museum!

📅 Various dates
🕐 11am-1pm (drop in)
🎟️ Free!

#VictoriaGallery #LivUni #SparkCart #Lightbulbmoments #FreeExhibition

Victoria Gallery & Museum @victoriagallery.bsky.social · 10d

Collecting Stories is now available! 📚 Discover over 150 years of fascinating items collected by @liverpooluni.bsky.social, including highlights from the Victoria Gallery & Museum, and which tell the story of the University’s rich cultural heritage.
#CollectingStories #LiverpoolUniversityPress #VGM

Liverpool University Press @livunipress.bsky.social · 10d

Published in partnership with @liverpooluni.bsky.social, the book includes 72 illustrations accompanied by lively and accessible text which illuminates connections between Liverpool, the University, and cultures across the world.
@victoriagallery.bsky.social @livunilibrary.bsky.social

Collecting Stories | Home

The cultural collections of the University of Liverpool

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Victoria Gallery & Museum @victoriagallery.bsky.social · 13d

Campus is buzzing once again, so we've picked Monsters University as this month's family film.

📍 Saturday 27 September
🕝 2.30pm

🎟️ FREE!

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https://orlo.uk/onF08

Victoria Gallery & Museum @victoriagallery.bsky.social · 14d

We welcomed John Oliver and his wife to the VG&M. John's father, Charles William Oliver, painted our portrait of alumna Justice Rose Heilbron.

Rose is featured in our exhibition #Lightbulbmoments in our newly reopened Tate Hall.

Visit us Tue - Sat
10am - 5pm

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https://orlo.uk/2JWA8

Victoria Gallery & Museum @victoriagallery.bsky.social · 17d

Now that our beloved Tate Hall is back, we'll be including the history of this room, AND the Leggate Theatre, on our weekly guided tours.

Find out fun facts such as which BBC 2 drama filmed in BOTH these spaces!

📍 Every Tuesday at 2pm
🎟️ Book via Eventbrite

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https://orlo.uk/RKgkP

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Victoria Gallery & Museum @victoriagallery.bsky.social · 22d

Lightbulb moments is now open in Tate Hall! We’re thrilled to welcome you back into our new space and to see our first visitors exploring the exhibition this week.

📅 Open Tuesday-Saturday, 10am-5pm
📍 Tate Hall
🆓 Free

#Lightbulbmoments #RedbrickReborn #LiverpoolsGreatIdeas

Victoria Gallery & Museum @victoriagallery.bsky.social · 23d

We loved having you at Super Saturday! 😃

Victoria Gallery & Museum @victoriagallery.bsky.social · 23d

It's #WelcomeWeek for our new student cohort and it's #WelcomeBACK to the VG&M Relaxed Concerts, showcasing @sotauol.bsky.social student talent

🎵 Next performance 26 Sept
🕞 3.30pm
🎟️ £10/£12.50 for concert plus hot beverage/alcoholic drink with cake.

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https://orlo.uk/rPpO9

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Victoria Gallery & Museum @victoriagallery.bsky.social · 27d

We're so glad you enjoyed our new exhibition, and the view from the Quadrangle! 😍

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Victoria Gallery & Museum @victoriagallery.bsky.social · 27d

💡 What a night! We were thrilled to welcome Vice-Chancellor Professor Tim Jones, who officially opened our new Lightbulb moments exhibition at Tate Hall!

📅 Tues – Sat, 10am-5pm
📌 Victoria Gallery and Museum
🎟️ Free

#Lightbulbmoments #RedbrickReborn #LiverpoolsGreatIdeas

Victoria Gallery & Museum @victoriagallery.bsky.social · 28d

Our new exhibition Lightbulb moments launches today! 💡 If you love innovation, imagination, and inspiration, you’ll have plenty to explore...and maybe even have your own lightbulb moment!🌟

🎉Open now!
🎟️ Free

#LightbulbMoments #RedbrickReborn #LiverpoolsGreatIdeas #FreeExhibition

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Victoria Gallery & Museum @victoriagallery.bsky.social · 29d

We are delighted to announce Lightbulb moments launches tomorrow at the Victoria Gallery and Museum! 💡 Take a journey through a story of great ideas and where they come from.

🎉Opens 11 September
🎟️ Free

#LightbulbMoments #RedbrickReborn #LiverpoolsGreatIdeas #FreeExhibition

Victoria Gallery & Museum @victoriagallery.bsky.social · Sep 9

🎉 Super Saturday – your ‘What’s on’ guide is here! Celebrate science, creativity, and be among the first to explore our brand-new exhibition: Lightbulb moments.

Perfect for the whole family — come curious and leave inspired!

📅 13 September
🕐 11am-3pm, drop-in

Victoria Gallery & Museum @victoriagallery.bsky.social · Sep 8

💡 Where do great ideas come from? A walk, a holiday, a chat? Lightbulb moments exhibition features 150 artefacts that reveal why Liverpool is a great place to have great ideas!

📅 Opens 11 September
🎟️ Free

#Lightbulbmoments #RedbrickReborn #LiverpoolsGreatIdeas #FreeExhibition

Victoria Gallery & Museum @victoriagallery.bsky.social · Sep 7

💥A large lightbox installation produced by CERN titled ‘The Code of the Universe’ has been erected in the Quadrangle as part of the British Science Festival, which runs from 10 – 14 Sept.

#BSF25 events run throughout the city, guide here:

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https://orlo.uk/xcDc5

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Victoria Gallery & Museum @victoriagallery.bsky.social · Sep 6

📢 It's your #1WeekWarning for the end of #IndyBiennial.

Although Indy Biennial is drawing to a close, #RisingDarkness by Brigitte Jurack and Claire Beerjeraz's #DecorativeErasure have been extended to 11 October due to popular demand - come and take a look!

📷 Benjamin Nuttall

Victoria Gallery & Museum @victoriagallery.bsky.social · Sep 5

TOMORROW, Saturday 6 September 📍

⚒️ We'll be making mosaics with Brigitte Jurack at our last FREE drop-in #IndyBiennial #RisingDarkness workshop of 2025

🎞️ And we'll be watching Girl with a Pearl Earring in the Learning Suite at 2pm

Book the FREE film.

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https://orlo.uk/ifOqT

Victoria Gallery & Museum @victoriagallery.bsky.social · Sep 4

Toxteth: The Harlem of Europe is a new photography exhibition opening this autumn. Celebrating Liverpool's Black musicians, it features incredible portraits by Liverpool's Ean Flanders.

➡️ Read more: https://orlo.uk/P562y
📅 Open 11 October 2025
🎟️ Free

#VictoriaGallery #LiverpoolArt

Victoria Gallery & Museum @victoriagallery.bsky.social · Sep 3

We love the tower clock chimes 🙌

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Victoria Gallery & Museum @victoriagallery.bsky.social · Sep 3

If you’re joining as a new student in September, this walk toward the VGM might just become your favourite! Whether it's your first time or hundredth, it always feels a little magical!

#VGMmoments #VictoriaGallery #LivUni #LiverpoolArt

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Victoria Gallery & Museum @victoriagallery.bsky.social · Sep 1

📢 10 days to go until the launch of our exhibition, Lightbulb Moments. Here’s a behind-the-scenes peek at one of our installation days!

📅 Opening on 11 September
🎟️ Free exhibition

#BehindTheScenes #LightbulbMoments #RedbrickReborn #LiverpoolsGreatIdeas #FreeExhibition

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