#12DaysOfVGM - Day 4 The Leggate Theatre also reopened this year, which meant we could host #LivLitFest once again. We were excited to meet all the amazing authors, including the excellent Mark Kermode! Watch the highlights back here: https://orlo.uk/uApFh

A September highlight ✨ Day 3 of #12DaysofVGM takes us back to the launch of Lightbulb moments, celebrating ideas, creativity and moments of discovery. A highlight of the year, and one we loved sharing with our visitors. #victoriagallery #livuni #lightbulbmoments #freeexhibition

#12daysofVGM - Day 2🎄 We’re taking a moment to look back to summer, when the scaffolding came down and our redbrick building was revealed in all its glory – just in time for graduations. Please note we close at 5pm today & reopen at 10am on 8 January. #victoriagallery #livuni #liverpool

It’s day 1 of our #12daysofVGM and we’re starting off with a lookback at a special visit from Chancellor Wendy Beetlestone. Year 8 students joined from The Academy of St Francis of Assisi to build their own pop-up museums!

Carol Phillips - Daughter of Lord Woodbine. During Liverpool’s L8 music scene, Carol was part of girl group ‘Dynamic Flair’ as a teenager, mentored by Joey and Lesley Ankrah. ‘Toxteth: The Harlem of Europe' is open Tue–Sat, 10am–5pm (VG&M will close on 20 Dec and reopen 8 Jan).

Tate Hall is getting festive today with Professor Lisa Colton, Professor of Musicology, who’s sharing some fascinating facts about the origins of the Earliest English Carols, plus join in a celebratory seasonal singalong! 📍VG&M 🕐 1-2pm 🎟️ Free -booking advised: https://orlo.uk/YAJUT

Can you guess the object from our Lightbulb Moments exhibition? 🔍 First used on a pregnant patient in 1933, it mixed air and nitrous oxide to give pain relief during childbirth. The mystery object: the Minnitt gas-air analgesia apparatus - Find out more in Lightbulb moments, Tues-Sat, 10am-5pm.

A modest building in York reveals an Orthodox chapel tucked inside a double garage of a mid-terrace house. St Anne’s Chapel – beautiful, peaceful, and deeply rooted in community. Explore more in our Sacred Spaces exhibition. 🕐 Tue-Sat, 10am-5pm 📍 Gallery 5, VG&M 🎟️ Free

Travel back in time to explore the origins of the earliest English carols, from medieval folk songs to the Coventry and Boar’s Head carol - with a joyful festive sing-along to finish! 🎶 📅 Tue 16 Dec 🕐 1-2pm 📍 Tate Hall Museum, VG&M 🎟 Free, booking advised: https://orlo.uk/SVZCG

A new week and new things to discover at the VG&M. Our museum and galleries are open Tuesday-Saturday, 10am-5pm. 🏛️✨

It’s #MuseumShopSunday! 🎁 Discover unique gifts, art-inspired treasures and Liverpool-made goodies at the Victoria Gallery & Museum shop. Our gift shop is open Monday–Saturday, 10am-4pm - pop in and find something special! #victoriagallery #liverpool #livuni #gifts

✨Happy International Volunteer Day!✨ Volunteer with us at the VG&M - whether you have a minute or more. Write a review, help with Family Film sessions, or support visitor feedback. Get involved: https://orlo.uk/YHLbE #InternationalVolunteerday #VGM #liverpool #livuni

📅 Tuesday December 16, 1pm - 2pm FREE! Step into Christmas and explore the origin stories behind some of the earliest English festive carols and enjoy a celebratory seasonal singalong with Lisa Colton, Professor of Musicology at @liverpooluni.bsky.social 🎟️ 👇 https://orlo.uk/XcOIA

Our first festive event of December is nearly here! 🎄✨ Bring the whole family for an elf-tastic museum trail, a cosy family film (Abominable) at 2.30pm, and of course plenty of Christmas cheer! 🕐 11am-4pm 📍 VG&M 🎟️ Free #elftasticchristmas #museumevents #victoriagallery #livuni

Hello December! ❄️ It’s the perfect time to come in (and get warm!) and discover the heritage of #TheOriginalRedBrick on our FREE guided Tuesday tours: - 2 Dec - 9 Dec - 16 Dec ➡️ Book now: https://orlo.uk/Uv2gF#TheOriginalRedBrick #December #victoriagallery #liverpool #livuni #history

Just over one week to go until our Elf-tastic Christmas - a day packed with festive fun and cheer! Make elf crafts, enjoy a family film, follow our elf trail & more! 🕐 11am-4pm 📍 VG&M 🎟️ Free, no booking required #familyfun #museumevents #victoriagallery #livuni

Join us for our final Relaxed Music Concert of 2025! 🎶 Musicians from the University’s Department of Music will perform a selection of beautiful pieces while you enjoy a drink and cake in our Waterhouse Café! 🕐 Fri 28 Nov, 3.30–4.30pm 🎟️ Tickets https://tinyurl.com/tptahwta

Spark Cart: Wild Remains - Conservation Through Close Encounters. Get up close to our remarkable gorilla skeleton before getting hands-on with taxidermy animals from our local environment. 🕐 Tue 2 Dec, 11am-1pm 📍 VG&M 🎟️ Free #sparkcart #victoriagallery #liverpool #taxidermy

A quick glimpse of the collections waiting for you! 👀 Come and visit us Tuesday-Saturday, 10am-5pm, and see some of our current exhibitions: - Lightbulb moments - Toxteth: The Harlem of Europe - Sacred Spaces - Seeing Green Plan your visit this week!

Today's #FridayFeeling is one of gratitude as we're reminded of our role during the Blitz of 1941. Luckily, damage was limited. We lost some stained glass (pictured). Our neighbours in the Harrison Hughes were not so lucky, though gladly, no fatalities. Full story: 👇 https://orlo.uk/jtt70

Did you know stone circle building isn’t just an ancient practice? This contemporary stone circle at Brockholes, Preston, was created in 2014. Discover more in our Sacred Spaces exhibition. 🕐 Tue-Sat, 10am-5pm 🎟️ Free #sacredspaces #photography #livuni #victoriagallery

Friend of the VG&M, @paulcurtisartwork.bsky.social is giving a talk at 7pm in Scruffy Murphy's. You can see his work here on @liverpooluni.bsky.social campus and in #Lightbulbmoments. Prints available in our gift shop! 🎁 🎅 🎄 🎟️ £7.50 (not a VG&M event) https://orlo.uk/fdBEB

Tucked among the bright colours and celebratory feel of #Lightbulbmoments is a stark reminder that bright ideas can also be devastating. Read about how @liverpooluni.bsky.social's Professor of Physics James Chadwick links to the Los Alamos notebooks on display. 👇 https://orlo.uk/I4RwX

A special moment for one of our visitors recently who came to see a portrait of his great-grandfather painted by Bavarian artist Hubert von Herkomer. A beautiful connection between past and present! #livunicollections #victoriagallery #liverpool #livuni #art

Did you know our Grand Entrance Hall was completed in 1892 and originally lit by electric lights (very modern for the time!). Come and visit our beautiful building, open Tuesday to Saturday between 10am-5pm. Read more about our history: https://orlo.uk/OH59N

Come along to Spark Cart to find out about how the ancient Egyptians protected mothers and children, and the gods they prayed to for protection. 🕐 20 November, 11am-1pm 📍 VG&M 🎟️ Free #sparkcart #livuni #victoriagallery #egypt #liverpool

Join us on Saturday 6 December for Elf-tastic Christmas - a free family day packed with festive fun! 🎄 Make crafts, enjoy a festive film & snap an 'elfie' by the tree! 🕐 11am-4pm 📍 VG&M 🎟️ Free #elftasticchristmas #familyfun #SENDfriendly #museumevents #christmastthemuseum

Be transported to Sacred Spaces across the UK ✨ Through the lens of Dr Terence Heng, a University of Liverpool sociologist, discover the quiet reverence and vibrant diversity of faith in modern Britain. 🕐 Tue-Sat, 10am-5pm 📍 VG&M 🎟️ Free #sacredspaces #photography #victoriagallery

📢 SATURDAY GUIDED TOUR 📢 Avoid the November rain and join our fabulous Fontaine for a trip back in time on Saturday 22 November at 2pm. Have you ever taken a Saturday tour with Fontaine? You don't want to miss it. 🔗 https://orlo.uk/H1krS

Did you know the world’s first wireless Morse code radio message was sent from the Victoria Building’s Jubilee Clock Tower? It was made possible by Sir Oliver Lodge, who features in our Lightbulb moments exhibition. Tue-Sat, 10am-5pm Free 🔗 Read our blog: https://orlo.uk/ykiq8

Did you ever notice, many of our tiled columns appear the same, but are in fact different? What other 'same but different' shapes have you noticed? 📌 Learn more about Waterhouse and his tremendous tiles every Tuesday at 2pm on one of our popular FREE guided tours. 🔗 https://orlo.uk/djlZQ

Our Lightbulb moments exhibition is filled with remarkable discoveries, fascinating innovations and intriguing stories. 💡 Plan your visit and see what sparks your imagination! Open Tuesday-Saturday 10am-5pm (last entry 4.30pm) FREE! #lightbulbmoments #freeexhibition #victoriagallery

On 21 Nov 1962, The Chants first played The Cavern and were backed by The Beatles. 63 years later, Joey and Alan made this return and what a great moment it was! 📸 [L-R] Alan Harding, Joe Ankrah by Ean Flanders Toxteth: The Harlem of Europe Tue - Sat 10am - 5pm 👇 https://orlo.uk/RJJzx

Do fish have necks? What's inside an animal? All will be revealed at our Spark Cart session in Tate Hall with Dr Ariel Camp. 📅 Tuesday 4 November 🕚 11am - 1pm 🆓 Just drop in, FREE! Part of current Special Exhibition 'Lightbulb moments'

Whether you've visited or are still yet to visit, let us know what gets your grey matter going or what's giving you that #FridayFeeling today, like our #lightbulbmoments visitors have done. Lightbulb moments Tue - Sat 10am - 5pm Last entry 4.30pm. 👇 https://orlo.uk/0801d#FridayFeeling#lightbulbmoments

It was wonderful to celebrate the opening of our exhibition, Toxteth: The Harlem of Europe. It showcases Black musicians of Liverpool’s L8 who helped shape the sound of the 1950s and 60s. 🎷🎤 🕐 Tue–Sat, 10am–5pm 📍 VG&M 🎟️ Free Read more: https://orlo.uk/6qewn

What a magical day at our Wizarding School! 🧙‍♂️✨ From spellbinding costumes to “potions” sessions with real university scientists, the magic was truly alive. View our What's On page for more events to get involved in: https://orlo.uk/UTMvr #VGMevents #VictoriaGallery #Liverpool

It was great to welcome @dominoajones.bsky.social (PhD student in glaciology) to our Tate Hall! Domino shared their comic sketches and field notes, and explained how they look at data from the Vikings and ice cores for their studies!

On Fri 31 October, enjoy delicious refreshments in the Waterhouse Cafe whilst listening to a special performance by talented students from the University of Liverpool's School of the Arts at the Relaxed Concert. Tickets £10/£12.50 including refreshments 🎟️ 👇 https://orlo.uk/AzKZe

🍽️ The Waterhouse Cafe will close at 3pm all week. This will not affect the Relaxed Concert, scheduled for this Friday 31 October. 📧 Queries? Please email [email protected] 🎟️ Relaxed Concert tickets still available here: 👇 https://orlo.uk/ulJVJ

Liverpool Portrait Sketchers group 🖌️ Join us for a free, relaxed, and friendly portrait drawing session every Saturday. 🗓 Sat 1 Nov 🕒 Drop in anytime 💷 Free - no booking needed #LiverpoolPortraitSketchers #VictoriaGallery #Sketching #FreeEvent #PortraitDrawing

Our next Spark Cart event welcomes @dominoajones.bsky.social as they share insights from their work as a field artist - from trekking essentials to the tools of storytelling. 📅 Tue 28 Oct 🕑11am-1pm (drop-in) 📍Tate Hall, VG&M #lightbulbmoments #freeexhibition #tatehall #victoriagallery

⛅️ Tuesday, 11am - 1pm 🏛 Victorial Museum and Gallery Peek inside the backpack of a field artist - from trekking essentials to the tools of storytelling. I'll show original comic pages and field sketches, revealing how art can bridge the gap between data and emotion. @victoriagallery.bsky.social

Come and see the current generation of @sotauol.bsky.social students perform a Relaxed Concert on 31 October. 👇 🎟️ https://orlo.uk/bsc6U 📸 The Balcony Song from the 1913 Student Songbook and a Victorian-era (circa 1911) photo of mixed students from the Guild Council #ThrowbackThursday

3 days to go until our Wizarding School! Join us crafts, meet university scientists, and come dressed as your favourite witch or wizard and have photos with our life-sized Harry Potter cut-outs! 🎟️ FREE 📅 Sat 25 Oct, 11am-3pm (drop-in) #Halloween #VictoriaGallery #FreeEvent #Liverpool

Primary students were asked to come up with modern re-creations of Bagatelle Nouvelle, an 1847 indoor game, using original trade designs from The National Archives. Sophie's game was chosen and it is now on display in all its glory in #Lightbulbmoments Tue - Sat 10am - 5pm Last entry 4.30pm

📌 FAMILIES ANOTHER HALF TERM DIARY DATE 📢 🍃 Tuesday 28 October: Autumn crafts - make gnome homes and hedgehogs out of pre-loved books to celebrate #GreenLibrariesWeek. Drop in 11am - 3pm. FREE, no booking required. 🏘️ 🦔 More details here: 👇 https://orlo.uk/fWKmV

Yesterday, we celebrated the launch of Collecting Stories: The Cultural Collections of the University of Liverpool edited by Katy Hooper. This new book introduces 52 items from @liverpooluni.bsky.social’s collection, revealing its cultural heritage and research futures. bit.ly/LUPCollecting

Wizarding School is back! 🎃🪄 Join us for a spellbinding Halloween day and get involved in our magical activities, plus music from pianist Nikhita Ceansu in the Waterhouse cafe. 🎟️ FREE 📅 Sat 25 October, 11am-3pm #WizardingSchool #Halloween #VictoriaGallery #Free #LivUni

Our Leggate Theatre was named for Jack Leggate, former Dean of the Faculty of Medicine, but it was originally an Arts Theatre where students would perform their own plays and graduation ceremonies held. More 👇 https://orlo.uk/TAiAK Tours 👇 https://orlo.uk/hF21H #ThrowbackThursday