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 👇 https://orlo.uk/RKgkP

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

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. 👇 https://orlo.uk/rPpO9

💡 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

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

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

🎉 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

💡 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

💥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: 👇 https://orlo.uk/xcDc5

📢 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

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. 👇 https://orlo.uk/ifOqT

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

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

📢 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

🕑 Every Tuesday at 2pm we host a FREE guided tour of the #OriginalRedBrick, bringing the history of @liverpooluni.bsky.social to life. Spaces fill up fast, so grab a spot by clicking this link and registering your interest. 👇 https://orlo.uk/gMpjq #OriginalRedBrick📸 Senate Room, circa 1900

There’s still time to see All That Remains, curated by Dr Amanda Draper featuring pieces by Anne Nasmyth, Adrian Stokes, and Liverpool artists Parker Greenwood and Jack Coburn Witherop. 🗓️ On until 20 Sept 2025 🕙 Tue–Sat, 10am–5pm #LivUniCollections #VictoriaGallery #LiverpoolArt

Our last FREE family film of the summer hols is The Bad Guys. 🎞️ Screening TODAY in the Learning Suite at 2.30pm Grab a ticket if you haven't already! And remember - being good is no fun at all! 😉 🎟️ https://orlo.uk/G1hgn

We had a brilliant Draw Together session recently with artist Daksha and musician The Metamorph. Peaceful vibes, creative energy, and some incredible portraits came to life! Thanks to everyone who joined (and stayed still long enough to be drawn!) #DrawTogether #VGMevents #Art #VictoriaGallery

We're closed today, Monday 25 August, so we're afraid that means a Bank Holiday breakfast elsewhere in the city! Where do you like to have yours? Give us some tips! 🖼️ Morning Interior by Richard Young from the #LivUniCollections Galleries Tuesday - Saturday 10am - 5pm Last entry 4.30pm

They’re all part of Lightbulb Moments - our new exhibition celebrating the power of ideas. Each object started with a flash of inspiration, with roots linked to Liverpool. Come and explore - your next lightbulb moment might be waiting! Opens 11 September. Read more: https://orlo.uk/Cl7x8

📍 A midweek reminder that the VG&M is closed on Bank Holidays, so we'll be closed this upcoming Monday 25 August. However you can plan in advance for next week by booking onto our FREE guided tour. Guided tours are every Tuesday at 2pm, please come along. 👇 🎟️ https://orlo.uk/DKq5k

Decorative Erasure by Claire Beerjeraz explores how histories shaped by colonialism and slavery are displayed and remembered. Spoken word and a clay head sculpture speak to the stories beneath the surface. Plan your visit ⤵️ https://orlo.uk/V08Bv

Just 5 days to go until the in-person launch of Brian Aldiss and the Natural World. Here’s a sneak peek of what’s in store! 📅 Sat 23 Aug, 3-5pm 📍 VGM, Liverpool 🎟️ Book your free spot: https://orlo.uk/vZFhD #BrianAldiss #SCA #SciFi #LiverpoolEvents

📍 TODAY A free drawing session with guest artist Daksha accompanied by soothing sounds from The Metamorph! 🎵 Come and 'Draw Together' from 2pm - 4pm while The Metamorph provide audio inspiration. FREE, no booking required. 👇 https://orlo.uk/128Me

✏️ Join us for a free drawing session, Draw Together. All drawing abilities, ages and backgrounds welcome! Materials are supplied, but you can bring your own. We'll be drawing on portraits and the VG&M's features, art and artefacts. 📅 Sat 16 Aug 🕑 2pm - 4pm 👇 https://orlo.uk/NVBst

Just 30 days to go until our new exhibition Lightbulb moments launches in the newly reopened Tate Hall! Discover Liverpool’s most brilliant ideas, innovations, and the ‘lightbulb moments’ that started them. 💡 #LightbulbMoments #RedbrickReborn #LiverpoolsGreatIdeas

Summer holiday film fans - if you're at a loose end, we've got ENCANTO showing on our big screen in the Learning Suite at 2.30pm tomorrow, Wednesday 13 August. Tickets are free but let us know if you're coming 👇 https://orlo.uk/gyl7q

📍 REMINDER! Brigitte Jurack FREE #IndyBiennial walk-in workshop. Join artist Brigitte Jurack and help to make a shared mosaic inspired by an unswept floor found in a Roman villa in Aquileia. 📅 TOMORROW, Tue 12 August 1pm - 3pm. Age 8+, no booking required. More👇 https://orlo.uk/AsaPv

We're hosting an in-person launch of a digital exhibition about the work of renowned science-fiction author Brian Aldiss (1925 - 2017) to coincide with the centenary of his birth. 📅 Saturday 23 August 🕒 3pm - 5pm 🎟️ FREE tickets (+ ☕ ) 👇 https://orlo.uk/t3WFn #LivUniCollections

Tate Hall 1920s, 1940s, 1950s, 1990s We can't wait to add 2025's photos to our history books. 📬 Don't miss a single announcement - sign up to our mailing list! 👇 https://orlo.uk/HPATY 🖼️ post-war 1940s painting by Allan Tankard #LivUniCollections #FlashbackFriday

Hydra, torn wallpaper, and the pull between light and darkness...Rising Darkness by @BrigitteJurack explores conflict & identity through large-scale drawings & sculpture. Plan your visit: 📍 Gallery 5, Tues–Sat, 10am–5pm 🎟️ Free entry #victoriagallery #liverpoolart

Don't be like Mary Adshead's Couple in the Rain, avoid #StormFloris by visiting the VG&M where #LivUniCollections' The Steps, Fortuneswell by Adshead is on display in All That Remains. Galleries Tue - Sat 10am - 5pm About the artist (via @artukdotorg.bsky.social) 👇 https://orlo.uk/CI9nG

Happy #FriYAY for AUGUST! How did that happen? This summer hols, treat yourself to a weekly time-out by bringing the littles to one of our FREE family films. Wed 6 Aug: IF (Imaginary Friends) Wed 13 Aug: Encanto Wed 20 Aug: Lego Movie Wed 27 Aug: The Bad Guys 🎟️ https://orlo.uk/B9q9w#FriYAY

On 13 September we commemorate the bicentenary of the Liverpool - Manchester Railway with British Science Festival. Until then, revisit Amanda Draper’s 2020 blog featuring our collection of Thomas Talbury prints #BSF25 👇 https://orlo.uk/fwzf7 All Aboard 🎟️ 👇 https://orlo.uk/KCkVT

Enjoy the most hidden of @liverpooluni.bsky.social's gems, our sister site @garstangmuseum.bsky.social which is open every Wednesday and Thursday, 10am - 4pm. Have a look around our ancient worlds with your friends. 14 Abercromby Square #FREE 👇 https://orlo.uk/NOYlQ #SummerHolidays

A peaceful hour sketching in the Audubon gallery like artist John James himself is total #SaturdayVibes. Thanks to this visitor who left us their masterpiece to admire. 🐦 We're open today until 5pm, last entry 4.30pm. Come on down. 👇 https://orlo.uk/KM3l8#SaturdayVibes

Caption this! 🖼️☁️ We’re loving this atmospheric view of Abercromby Square by Abraham. Capturing a quiet, grey-skied day, it’s not unlike some of the weather we’ve had this summer! How you would caption this scene? Share your ideas below. ⬇️

Can't wait for this! 👽🌌🛸

It's our first FREE family film of the summer hols! 🎞️ We're showing Hercules in the Learning Suite on Saturday 26 July at 2.30pm. Let us know you're coming! 👇 https://orlo.uk/pYwYy

"Anything could happen within a picture frame" - A little #WednesdayWisdom from Wallasey-born George Wallace Jardine. See his Sea Serpent Guarding Treasure on display in Gallery 2, Tue - Sat 10am - 5pm (last entry 4.30pm) More Gallery 2 #LivUniCollections gems here: 👇 https://orlo.uk/rFAeX

Museum favourite Monty is back on display as part of Brigitte Jurack's #IndyBiennial offering Rising Darkness. 🐍 Monty newbies can read his bio here: 👇 https://orlo.uk/6biwd#IndyBiennial 📸 McCoy Wynne/Benjamin Nuttall Tuesday - Saturday 10am - 5pm Last entry 4.30pm

You don't need a time machine to travel back to the Victoria era, just a ticket to one of our #FREE guided tours. Every Tuesday at 2pm and selected Saturdays. This month's Saturday tour is on Saturday 26 July Tue 🎟️ https://orlo.uk/gubP6 Sat 🎟️ https://orlo.uk/KJNAt#FREE

The VG&M will be closed to the public all day for essential summer maintenance this Saturday, 19 July. Our regular gallery programme will resume on Tuesday, with the cafe available from Monday as usual. Visit our website to check out what's on and when. 👇 https://orlo.uk/On81A

We have 2 spots remaining for group bookings of up to 7 people for Friday's 1pm Brigitte Jurack @indybiennial.bsky.social mosaic workshop. Email us ASAP at [email protected] to let us know how many in your group. Workshop info: 👇 https://orlo.uk/Ls9Q0 #IndyBiennial 📸 Benjamin Nuttall

Take a moment to unwind in our beautiful Quadrangle and soak in the surroundings of the VG&M! Whether you are here for an exhibition or just enjoying the view, there's always something to discover. 🌿☀️ Don’t forget to check out our Indy Biennial exhibitions whilst you're here! 🎨

The Waterhouse Cafe will be closed all day on Wednesday 16 July in preparation for a #LivUniGrad Graduation celebration dinner. ConGRADulations to all of our #ClassOf2025 students graduating this week. Galleries 🖼️ Tue - Sat 10am - 5pm Cafe ☕ Mon - Fri 9am - 3.30pm Except Wed 16 July

A reminder that the VG&M is closed to the public tomorrow, Saturday 12 July, for a private event. Why not take the opportunity to check out our Sculpture Tour or the Rock Around Campus tour if the weather is nice? Details here: 👇 https://orlo.uk/TbozY

📢 It’s official! Tate Hall Museum reopens this September with Lightbulb Moments - a brand-new exhibition exploring where great ideas come from 💡 Read more: https://orlo.uk/wVHN7 @livuninews.bsky.social @liverpooluni.bsky.social #LightbulbMoments #VGMRedbrickReborn #LiverpoolsGreatIdeas

Did you know our original front door is still visible on Brownlow Hill? Iron gates were used for an extra layer of security and were removed in later years. You can see the inside of the door close up if you get into the glass lift on the ground floor. #ThrowbackThursday

It's hump day and it's hot! ☀️ A perfect day to check out End of Meeting by John Heritage – a VG&M staff favourite! 📍Currently on display in the VG&M's art gallery corridor 🕐 Tuesday – Saturday, 10am - 5pm (last entry 4.30pm) ⚠️ Closed to the public 12 July for a private function