Merry Christmas from the Cultural Collections & Galleries to those who celebrate! We hope you all enjoy a good winter break ❄️☃️

The Brotherton Research Centre will be closed 19 December - 11 January, reopening on 12 January. The Stanley & Audrey Burton Gallery will be closed 21 December - 12 January, reopening on 13 January. Treasures of the Brotherton will be closed 21 December - 2 February, reopening on 3 February.

It's #OnlineArtExchange! Of course, it only makes sense that the theme is #Christmas @artukdotorg.bsky.social🎄 We've picked a photograph from the Bingley collection: a snowy day on Cardigan Road, and one of John Atkinson Grimshaw's classic luminous paintings of a beautiful moonlit street in Leeds.❄️

As winter settles over Leeds and lights flicker across the city, our Team Assistant Hannah has been exploring our Cultural Collections for stories of Christmases past.🕯️

It's #MuseumJigsaw and we have found a beautiful seasonal work that we've dug from the collections. This is Shiba Temple in a Snow Storm, one in a series of one hundred famous views of Edo, painted in the 19th century! A beautiful woodcut and ink print. 🖼️❄️ Play the puzzle: bit.ly/LULGJigsaws

5 Things to do before 2025 ends! As three of our beloved temporary exhibitions come to a close, there is only a WEEK left to catch your fill before the Galleries close for the winter break. The last day to check them all out is the 20 December 2025. 🥳

Treasures of the Brotherton Closure 📢 Happy Saturday folks! The Treasures of the Brotherton will be closed today. But fear not, The Stanley & Audrey Burton Gallery will be open as usual 10am - 5pm. 🖼️ 🥰 Treasures will be open as usual on Tuesday 16 December. 😌

It's the final Stitch club, our event series running alongside the exhibition 'In Touch, with Nature'. Join us for the final Stitch club and get crafty sewing into our communal printed fabric. 🧵 🕰️ Drop-in 12:30 - 15:30 📆 Friday 19 December 📍 The Stanley & Audrey Burton Gallery

It's #OnlineArtExchange! This week @artukdotorg.bsky.social have chosen 'sisterhood' for Women of Influence: The Pattle Sisters at Watts Gallery. Our pick is this beautiful Yoruba batik panel depicting three sisters on an errand. There's nothing quite like a good natter with your old sis. 👭💙

Treasures of the Brotherton Closure Notice 📢 Treasures of the Brotherton will be CLOSED Saturday 13 December. The Stanley & Audrey Burton Gallery will be open as usual, 10am - 5pm. We will be back open as usual from Tuesday 16 December. 😄

It's #MusueumJigsaw! We've picked this Women's Aid Christmas Card from 1989. ❄️🐭 That mentioned, there's still time to see Animated Activism: Women Empowered before the exhibition closes on the 20 December! Play here 🧩 : bit.ly/LULGJigsaws 📷 Women's Aid Christmas postcard, 1989. MS 2265/4/7/21.

It's our last Life Drawing with Rob Oldfield for the year! Grab a ticket and reserve your spot for a delightful afternoon of sketching ✏️🎨 Treasures of the Brotherton Saturday 6 December 2025, 14:00 - 16:00 £13.50. Book your place: library.leeds.ac.uk/events/event...

It's #OnlineArtExchange! The theme is The Natural World for 'The Nature of Gothic' at @blackburnmuseum.bsky.social 🪵 Inspired by how botanists have meticulously recorded plants and fauna, we've picked this gorgeous illustration in the 'Introduction to Botany' from 1798. 🍄🌷 @artukdotorg.bsky.social

It's our last Life Drawing with Rob Oldfield for the year! Grab a ticket and reserve your spot for a delightful afternoon of sketching ✏️🎨 Treasures of the Brotherton Saturday 6 December 2025, 14:00 - 16:00 £13.50. Book your place: library.leeds.ac.uk/events/event...

It's the first of December! 🌟 We hope you enjoy all the Christmas trees being put up across campus. To celebrate the start of the festive month, look at this 1947 edition of The Gryphon! Campus never looked so merry.🎄 Play our #MuseumJigsaw: bit.ly/LULGJigsaws

Guess who's been featured in #AYearinArchives 2025 👀 Our Digital Library Infrastructure Project - making our digital collections more accessible to staff, students and the general public - is a featured case study! @leedsunilibraries.bsky.social @dcch-leeds.bsky.social

Question: What do you value about the heritage of Leeds? It's a big question we know, but we (and our heritage pals across the city) are really interested in what matters to you - the physical objects, buildings, and landscapes, and the intangible stories, festivals, traditions, and beliefs...

"Notions of Care- a response to Turner Prize 2025" roundtable today @lulgalleries.bsky.social starting off with a focus on joy and hope! #BD2025

There's no feeling quite like discovering the #MuseumShop has an entire wall of postcards to choose from 😍 It's impossible to leave without at least one. Facts. It's also hard to decide *which* one, and you end up leaving with quite a few... @artukdotorg.bsky.social #OnlineArtExchange

Online catalogue announcement! 📢 The Eileen White Archive is now live! 📑 One of our archivists has done a deep dive into renowned food historian Eileen White (1943-2023) who greatly enhanced our understanding of English cookery in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries.

It's the final week to apply as a Coin Collection Volunteer! ⌛ We're looking for volunteers to help catalogue and research our collection of 17th-century tokens. 🪙 Volunteering will usually take place on a Thursday, 2 hours per week. Email [email protected] for the full role description 📩

Today's #MuseumJigsaw is @universityofleeds.bsky.social student-founded magazine, The Tyke 📣⚡ Sold to the public during Rag Week each year, each issue contained adverts, stories and cartoons. Now they're prized collectors items! Play: bit.ly/LULGJigsaws 📷 The Tyke 1927, 1927. LUA/STU/002/D/9/2

Braving the cold to visit us today? Please note, Treasures of the Brotherton will be closed today, due to staff sickness. The Stanley & Audrey Burton Gallery will be closed for lunchtime, 1-2pm. Apologies for any inconvenience.

Interested in getting some hands on experience with our collections? We're looking for volunteers to help catalogue and research our collection of 17th-century tokens. 🪙 Volunteering will usually take place on a Thursday, 2 hours per week. Email [email protected] for the full role description 📩

This week's @artukdotorg.bsky.social #OnlineArtExchange theme is #Emotion for the opening of Subversive Forms: Revolutionary approaches to clay @chippenhammuseum.bsky.social Our pick is the tragedy of Othello's Despair and the startled face of Claire Loder's intriguing ceramic heads! 😱

How do artists embody care within the creative act of making? 🧑‍🎨🖼️ In a week's time we have In Conversation: 'Notions of Care', a panel discussion with artists, curators and academics about the ethics of care in and of art ⚖️ Hybrid. Online tickets still available library.leeds.ac.uk/events/event...

It was fab to see so many of you at our fortnightly Stich Club! Taking time to embroider, chat and relax was very welcomed at the end of a busy week. Join us Friday 21 November for some more stitching and to enjoy the 'In touch, with Nature' exhibition. 🍃 Drop-in between 12:30 - 15:30 ✂️🧵

It's #MuseumJigsaw! Nothing quite hits the spot like a warm cup of coffee on a cold morning. This painting by Paul Sérusier is making us very envious. Are you a coffee, tea or matcha kind-of person? 🍵 Play a jigsaw whilst you sip on a hot drink 🧩: www.jigsawplanet.com/LULGalleries...

Just two days left to apply to be our next LGBTQ+ Project Intern 🌈 We're looking for a @universityofleeds.bsky.social student who's passionate about sharing hidden voices, to explore how we can invite researchers to view collections through an LGBTQ+ lens 🔍 jobs.leeds.ac.uk/vacancy.aspx...

Today, we are celebrating the archive of the wonderful Peepal Tree Press, an archive that we are so blessed to have at @leedsunilibraries.bsky.social and @lulgalleries.bsky.social

The Taylor Wessing Photo Portrait Prize opens at #NationalPortraitGallery so it's #PhotographicPortraiture for #OnlineArtExchange @artukdotorg.bsky.social 📸 We love the spontaneous snap of friends gossiping taken from the Leeds Russian Archive and the more refined, planned portrait of Olivia 👩‍🎨

We can't wait to celebrate 40 years of Peepal Tree Press tomorrow! Yorkshire's grassroots publisher for outstanding Caribbean and Black British writing 📖🥳 To mark this major milestone, we're in for a treat listening to voices that shape the legacy of Peepal Tree Press. ✨❤️📚 [Event SOLD OUT]

One week to go 👀 [uz][uz][uz]: Artists from Working-Class Backgrounds 19.11.2025 - 06.06.2026 The Stanley & Audrey Burton Gallery Join us for the exhibition opening on 18 November library.leeds.ac.uk/events/event... #SneakPeek

Interested in getting some hands on experience with our collections? We're looking for volunteers to help catalogue and research our collection of 17th-century tokens. Volunteering will usually take place on a Thursday, 2 hours per week. Email [email protected] for the full role description.

Inspired by @leedsfilmfest.bsky.social happening this month, we've chosen a still from the animation in our Animated Activism: Women Empowered exhibition for #MuseumJigsaw 🎞️ Created by @leedsanimation.bsky.social, pop in to watch it before 20 December Play here www.jigsawplanet.com/LULGalleries 🧩

Last chance to book! ✂️ There's still time to grab a ticket for our Make It Social: Still Life Collage workshop! Join us for cosy crafts this evening 🍂 Exclusively for @universityofleeds.bsky.social students. 📍 Treasures of the Brotherton 📆 7 November, 17:30 - 19:30 🎟️ Book FREE here: bit.ly/3LinHEe

Could you be our next LGBTQ+ intern?🏳️‍🌈 We want a University of Leeds student who's passionate about sharing hidden voices.📣This internship will explore how we can invite researchers to view collections through an LGBTQ+ lens. 🔍 If this sounds like you, apply now! jobs.leeds.ac.uk/vacancy.aspx...

Lights! Camera! Action! 🎬 It’s Most Dramatic Works for @artdotorg.bsky.social’s #OnlineArtExchange. There’s nothing more dramatic than theatre. The energy of the crowd, standing ovations, laughter and tears - maybe even a heckle or two! Share your favourite memory of theatre in the comments🎭

Make It Social: Still Life Collage ✂️ A workshop designed exclusively for students. This event will teach you how to use paper collage to paint a still life! 🖼️ 📆 Friday 7 November, 17:30 - 19:30 📍 Treasures of the Brotherton Last chance to book your ticket here! library.leeds.ac.uk/events/event...

Fancy some Stitch Club? 🪡 Join us for some relaxed stitching and chatting in the small gallery space in the Stanley & Audrey Burton Gallery. A chance to slow down and enjoy the 'In Touch, with Nature' exhibition. 🌱🧵 Friday 7 November, 12:30 - 15:30 🕰️ Drop-in session, no need to book ✨

Challenge your expectations in this landmark group exhibition Coming next in The Stanley & Audrey Burton Gallery... 💛 [uz], [uz], [uz]: Artists from Working-Class Backgrounds 💛 Featuring over thirty modern and contemporary artists who were born in or have significant connections to Yorkshire.

Are you heading to a bonfire this Wednesday? 🔥 We've chosen this 'Peasant woman tending a bonfire' for our #MuseumJigsaw as we get excited for the 5 November celebrations. Play here: www.jigsawplanet.com/LULGalleries 🧩 📷 Jean François Millet, Peasant woman tending a bonfire, n.d. LEEUA 1923.065

We're delighted to be hosting... In Conversation: ‘Notions Of Care’ – A Response to Turner Prize 2025 Thursday 27 November 17:30 - 19:30 Treasures of the Brotherton library.leeds.ac.uk/events/event...

Who's your favourite Addams? 🖤⚰️ We're getting into the 'spirit' of Halloween with the stories of W.F. Harvey - the inspiration behind a member of the iconic Addams Family. Can you guess which one? #Halloween

There's still time...⏳ Are you a @universityofleeds.bsky.social student looking for a part-time job? We're looking for a Research Centre and Gallery Assistant. If you have outstanding customer service and an eye for detail, this role could be for you! Apply now! jobs.leeds.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx...

Death has many connotations, positive and negative, for each culture. It’s fascinating to observe its vast representations! 💀 This has inspired our choice for this week’s theme #spookyart in @artukdotorg.bsky.social's #OnlineArtExchange 👻 How does your culture celebrate the dead and the living? 🩻

Midweek slump? 😴 This is your sign to take a ten min break and fill in our survey with the chance to win £100 in vouchers! 😄💸 Take a moment to explore part of our website and fill our short survey with your thoughts: uk.culturecounts.cc/s/6EscZf/spl... 💭

Last remaining tickets for Life Drawing! 🎟️ Join experienced art tutor Rob Oldfield for a two hour #LifeDrawing class. 🧑‍🎨 The workshop is open to all levels and all materials will be provided. ✏️ Treasures of the Brotherton Saturday 1 November 2025, 14:00 – 16:00 book here: bit.ly/LifeDrawing1...

Beat your Monday blues with our little pick-me-up for #MuseumJigsaw.🧩 In honour of Halloween, we've picked Canto XVI of Dante's Inferno, where Dante and Virgil travel to the seventh circle of Hell and meet those who have been violent towards God. 🔥 Play here: www.jigsawplanet.com/LULGalleries

If you're a @universityofleeds.bsky.social student with an eye for detail and great interpersonal skills, maybe we have the role for you! As a Research Centre & Gallery Assistant you'd provide a professional, friendly welcome to our spaces. jobs.leeds.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx... Apply by 3 November