We love a #MuseumSuperbowl *almost* as much as we love a #MuseumSuperbOwl 🥣 🦉 So we're giving you both - and we've turned them into #MuseumJigsaws 🧩 Touchdown. www.jigsawplanet.com/LULGalleries @barnsleymuseums.bsky.social

Next week we're joined by a panel of artists, curators and academics to discuss the theme of memory in art, curated by Yorkshire Contemporary In Conversation: ‘Cultures of Memory’ – A Response to Turner Prize 2025  12 February, 17:30 - 19:30 In person and online library.leeds.ac.uk/events/event...

We're hitting the slopes for todays #WinterSport #OnlineArtExchange @artukdotorg.bsky.social ⛷️ Here are two glass plate negatives of skiers with two snowy styles 📷 Joseph Hardman, Skiing at Kirkstone, 1963. Lakeland Arts 2002.7.411 📷 Godfrey Bingley, Crossing the Horrebraekene, n.d. MS 1788/54/78

Today I had a wonderful time being interviewed by Ruth Alexander, presenter of BBC World Service radio programme The Food Chain. We talked about recipes using @lulgalleries.bsky.social's amazing collection of cookery books and household manuscripts. #foodhistory #recipes #cookery

Now open in Treasures of the Brotherton... Celebrate ten years of Treasures with a bold reimagining of our collection of portrait busts Who am I to you? 3 February - 3 October 2026 Treasures of the Brotherton library.leeds.ac.uk/events/event...

TONIGHT! We mark ten years of Treasures of the Brotherton with the opening of a bold new exhibition - Who am I to you? See us in a new light as we celebrate our first decade 🙌 Join us from 5.30pm library.leeds.ac.uk/events/event...

Tomorrow is the grand reveal of our latest exhibition, Who am I to you? 🧐 Here's a sneaky peek with an install shot of one of our coin volunteers delicately handling a display object. 🪙 🧩 Play the #MuseumJigsaw here www.jigsawplanet.com/LULGalleries 📷️ Image Credit: University of Leeds

Atkinson Grimshaw's iconic moonlit scenes are a masterclass in capturing light and dark You can see even more of his nocturnal landscapes in 'Atkinson Grimson: At Home in Yorkshire' on display right now at Scarborough Art Gallery #OnlineArtExchange @artukdotorg.bsky.social

We're marking 10 years of Treasures with the opening of a bold new exhibition Who am I to you? encourages you to see familiar faces in a new light through a reimagining of the University of Leeds' portrait bust collection Tuesday 3 February, from 5.30pm RSVP: library.leeds.ac.uk/events/event...

@lulgalleries.bsky.social has a new podcast - Gloves Off - and this episode on 🎄 fairy lights is full of wonderful twists and turns! mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/it7xt...

Happy birthday to us! 🎂 Next week we celebrate ten years of Treasures of the Brotherton We'll be joined by curators past and present to look back at a decade of exhibitions showcasing stories from our Cultural Collections - and you're invited! RSVP: library.leeds.ac.uk/events/event...

It's Fresh Start Festival @universityofleeds.bsky.social We're welcoming in the new term with a throwback to the students of the 1970s - do you remember campus looking like this? Play the #MuseumJigsaw here www.jigsawplanet.com/LULGalleries 📷 Beech Grove House, LUA/PHC/003/9

Check your inboxes ✉️ Our January e-news has just dropped! All the latest news, exhibitions, and events from Cultural Collections & Galleries - all in one convenient email. PLUS! We record the whole thing - so you don't even have to read it! Get it in your ears 🎧 soundcloud.com/lulgalleries...

It's #Motherhood for today's #OnlineArtExchange @artukdotorg.bsky.social for 'Anna Ancher: Painting Light' @dulwichgallery.bsky.social We've been inspired by the many "Mother and Child" artworks by Bernard Meninsky, who reflected the intimate bond between his wife and their son in many of his works

We love the timeline in our new exhibition, 'A Continuous Circulation', so much that we made it into a #MuseumJigsaw 🧩 Play here www.jigsawplanet.com/LULGalleries And come see it in person 👇 library.leeds.ac.uk/events/event...

Now open! 🔵 A Continuous Circulation: Artists and Art Education in Mid-century Leeds – Selections from the archive of Maurice de Sausmarez 🔵 library.leeds.ac.uk/events/event... Tuesday 20 January – Saturday 9 May 2026 The Stanley & Audrey Burton Gallery

Curating Class: Rethinking Art Exhibition Methodologies @lulgalleries.bsky.social 24 Feb. Sign up here www.tickettailor.com/events/leeds...

The Stanley & Audrey Burton Gallery is open as usual from today, Tuesday 13 January. Visit Tuesday - Saturday, 10am - 5pm. The Treasures of the Brotherton, however, remains closed until Tuesday 3 February as we prepare for the next exhibition! 🖼️

Welcome back! We've missed you.❄️ The Brotherton Research Centre is open as usual from today, Monday 12 January. ❗We have updated our visiting hours. We now open to the public at 10am, not 9:30am. 🕰️ Visit us Monday - Thursday, 10am - 4:30pm.

Happy New Year from Cultural Collections & Galleries! 🎆 We hope you've had a well deserved rest and we can't wait to welcome you back. 💜

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