Did you know The Real Thing are Britain’s most successful Black group? 🎶 From L8, Toxteth came 'Children of the Ghetto' (1977), later covered by Philip Bailey (Earth, Wind & Fire) and Mary J. Blige. Discover more in Toxteth: The Harlem of Europe. Tues-Sat, 10am-5pm VG&M

Cafe open slightly later time of 10am today. In the meantime, we're manifesting some blue skies as we head into February! It's warm inside though, so if you're coming to visit, the gallery & museum opening hours are: Tuesday - Saturday 10am - 5pm Last entry 4.30pm https://orlo.uk/KRosm

What’s on at VG&M this February ✨ From half-term workshops, to films and Lunar New Year activities, there’s lots happening! 👉 See the full listings: https://orlo.uk/qvSiB 📅 Open Tuesday-Saturday 🕑 10am-5pm (last entry 4.30pm)

Looking for a midweek culture break? Join our FREE guided tour every Tuesday at 2pm 🏛️Led by a friendly expert, discover the building’s history, hidden stories and enjoy a short walk through the galleries. 🎫 https://orlo.uk/DST9a #victoriagallery #freethingstodoinliverpool #livuni

What’s your favourite VG&M space? ☕ Waterhouse Café 🌿 Outside grounds 🏛️ Tate Hall Museum 🗿 Sculpture Gallery Plan your visit & explore our spaces! https://orlo.uk/C6vO4 #victoriagallery #liverpool #art #redbrick

Have you seen our Play of Light exhibition yet? Here is ‘Snowdon by Moonlight’ by Joseph Wright of Derby (1734–1797). Notice how the moonlight beams brightly off the water in contrast to the darkness of the surrounding trees. Really beautiful! More info: https://orlo.uk/gOntW

Join our mailing list! 📧 Keep up to date with what's on at the Victoria Gallery & Museum, including exhibitions, events, talks, and more! ➡️ Sign up here! https://orlo.uk/8lLa7 Image: Oliver Goldsmith by John Henry Foley (1818–1874). #VGM #Liverpool #ExploreLiverpool #MuseumsLiverpool

Every idea starts somewhere 💡 Swipe to see some of the things you've added to our chalkboard that have sparked your imagination! Open Tue-Sat, 10am-5pm Exhibitions info: https://orlo.uk/01wCb #lightbulbmoments #tatehallmuseum #museumsliverpool #redbrickreborn #freeexhibition

In #Lightbulbmoments is a sculpture by New York artist Linda Stein titled Knight Adagio 573, from her 2002 'Knights of Protection' series. The figure is humanoid but ambiguous, inviting the viewer to consider their definitions of what is masculine or feminine. 👇 https://orlo.uk/Lv62q

Need a quiet hour to brighten your January? Visit our exhibitions! 🖼️ Toxteth: The Harlem of Europe 💡 Lightbulb moments 🕊️ Sacred Spaces 🌳 Seeing Green ✨ Play of Light If you haven’t visited us in a while, this is your sign! What's on ➡️ https://orlo.uk/pIZlk

📆 REMINDER: FREE Liverpool Portrait Sketchers session this Sat, 17 Jan, 1pm - 4pm. ✏️ BYO materials (paper, pencils etc) ☕ Basic refreshments provided but feel free to BYO 🫱🏻‍🫲🏽 Make likeminded friends by joining LPS on Facebook 👇 https://orlo.uk/x9C3H

Who played our guessing game earlier today? It's time for the answer! More history? Take our FREE guided tour on a Tuesday at 2pm 👇 https://orlo.uk/Qvwbc

Guess the decade! Anyone want to scour this image for clues and hazard a guess at the decade the photo was taken? Answer at 4pm. #ThrowbackThursday

Toxteth: The Harlem of Europe Gallery Talk. Join Research Associate Janaya Pickett & explore Black women’s experiences in Liverpool (1940s–70s), police responses to Black social spaces and portrayals in local media. 📅 27 Jan, 2–2:45pm 📍 VG&M 🎟️ Free ➡️ https://orlo.uk/mIoin

Part of the Sacred Spaces exhibition, this photograph captures the Sheffield Goddess Temple, one of Northern England’s hidden spiritual spaces. Established in 2015, the Temple welcomes all to experience the Divine Feminine. 🖼️ Free 📅 Tue–Sat, 10am–5pm

Discover the secrets of the Victoria Building! Join our FREE guided tours and explore the history, stunning architecture, and unique collections. 📅 Tuesdays, 2pm 📅 One Saturday a month, 2pm Next tour: Tue 13 Jan Book now! https://orlo.uk/jah5g #free #tour #liverpool #museum #gallery

Our #Lightbulbmoments exhibition is flanked down the middle by two stunning globes by C and J Cary, one terrestrial (1833) and one celestial (1799). They show the most up-to-date known info on the world as we understood it at the time of their creation. Tate Hall Museum Tue - Sat 10am - 5pm

🦴 Skulls, Skeletons & Survival! Discover how skull shapes and teeth reveal how animals survive - from hunting to foraging - at our free Spark Cart sessions this January. 📅 13 & 29 January ⏰ 11am-1pm (drop-in) 📍 VG&M 🎟️ Free! ➡️ https://orlo.uk/jkkXY

Get ready... Victoria Gallery & Museum Tuesday - Saturday 10am - 5pm Last entry 4.30pm Waterhouse Cafe Monday - Friday 9am - 4pm https://orlo.uk/47abc

We’re getting ready to welcome you back! Our galleries and museum reopen on Thursday 8 January at 10am. See you soon at VG&M!

Looking for something to brighten up your January? We’ve got a month of activities waiting for you!👇 Spark Cart – 13 Jan Lightbulb Movies (adults) - 17 Jan Lightbulb Movies (kids) - 31 Jan Free guided tours – 13, 20 & 27 Jan Mor info: https://orlo.uk/BRg4q See you soon at the VG&M!

#12DaysofVGM - Day 11 ✨ Wishing you a very happy New Year from all of us at Victoria Gallery & Museum. We look forward to welcoming you back next week.

#12DaysofVGM - Day 10 DID YOU KNOW? This poem is inscribed on the bells of our Victoria clock. Ring out, wild bells: by Alfred Lord Tennyson Ring out the old, ring in the new, Ring, happy bells, across the snow: The year is going, let him go; Ring out the false, ring in the true.

#12DaysofVGM - Day 9 ✨ A throwback to the launch of Toxteth: The Harlem of Europe 🙌 An unforgettable evening celebrating music, culture, and community, and the lasting impact of black musicians of L8 in the 50s and 60s. ➡️ https://orlo.uk/e6Jk3

#12DaysOfVGM - day 8 Happy Twixmas Monday! 🎄 We reopen Thur 8 Jan but if you need a VG&M fix, head to the Walker where you can see our famous JMW Turner 'The Eruption of the Soufrière Mountains', on display in exhibition 'Turner: Always Contemporary' 🎟️ 👇 https://orlo.uk/60KRH

#12DaysofVGM - Day 7 🎄 Our stunning clock tower mosaic 😍 Designed by Alfred Waterhouse, the clock was crafted by Leeds clockmakers William Potts & Sons for £630. The main “Going Train” ran for 8 days on a single wind, while the “Striking Train” needed winding every two days.

#12DaysofVGM - Day 6 ✨ A very Merry Christmas from everyone at Victoria Gallery & Museum! 🎄

#12daysofvgm - day 5 Merry Christmas to all, and to all a good night! #ChristmasEve #ChristmasEve2025

#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