Alpine Club Library
@alpineclublib.bsky.social
The Alpine Club Library - devoted to mountains, mountaineering and the history of both. Part of @alpineclub.bsky.social
Open to visitors & club members on Tuesdays, Wednesdays & Thursdays.
Open to visitors & club members on Tuesdays, Wednesdays & Thursdays.
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The 2026 AC calendars have arrived!
Enjoy a mountain view every day of the year, with spectacular photos from Scotland to South Georgia, all taken by AC members.
Buy yours here ➡️ tinyurl.com/2u5yn927
Enjoy a mountain view every day of the year, with spectacular photos from Scotland to South Georgia, all taken by AC members.
Buy yours here ➡️ tinyurl.com/2u5yn927
November 14, 2025 at 7:47 AM
The 2026 AC calendars have arrived!
Enjoy a mountain view every day of the year, with spectacular photos from Scotland to South Georgia, all taken by AC members.
Buy yours here ➡️ tinyurl.com/2u5yn927
Enjoy a mountain view every day of the year, with spectacular photos from Scotland to South Georgia, all taken by AC members.
Buy yours here ➡️ tinyurl.com/2u5yn927
Today's #OnlineArtExchange @artukdotorg.bsky.social is photographic portraiture for the #PhotoPortraitPrize at the NPG
We've chosen this #photograph of Josef Willisch - an ice axe smith who made axes for Robert Lawrie and the 1924 #Everest expedition. Taken by Christine L Reid in 1933.
We've chosen this #photograph of Josef Willisch - an ice axe smith who made axes for Robert Lawrie and the 1924 #Everest expedition. Taken by Christine L Reid in 1933.
November 13, 2025 at 9:14 AM
Today's #OnlineArtExchange @artukdotorg.bsky.social is photographic portraiture for the #PhotoPortraitPrize at the NPG
We've chosen this #photograph of Josef Willisch - an ice axe smith who made axes for Robert Lawrie and the 1924 #Everest expedition. Taken by Christine L Reid in 1933.
We've chosen this #photograph of Josef Willisch - an ice axe smith who made axes for Robert Lawrie and the 1924 #Everest expedition. Taken by Christine L Reid in 1933.
We’re looking at dramatic artworks for this week’s #OnlineArtExchange with @artukdotorg.bsky.social
We think this fits the bill - The Ascent of Mont Blanc 1827: Sheltering during a Storm by John Auldjo
We think this fits the bill - The Ascent of Mont Blanc 1827: Sheltering during a Storm by John Auldjo
November 6, 2025 at 3:49 PM
We’re looking at dramatic artworks for this week’s #OnlineArtExchange with @artukdotorg.bsky.social
We think this fits the bill - The Ascent of Mont Blanc 1827: Sheltering during a Storm by John Auldjo
We think this fits the bill - The Ascent of Mont Blanc 1827: Sheltering during a Storm by John Auldjo
Its time to change over the cases for our photography exhibition!
Guess we better dig out some photos.
Guess we better dig out some photos.
November 6, 2025 at 10:37 AM
Its time to change over the cases for our photography exhibition!
Guess we better dig out some photos.
Guess we better dig out some photos.
Is it a book?.....
Or is it a box ....
Or..... a book in a box????
Or is it a box ....
Or..... a book in a box????
November 5, 2025 at 11:39 AM
Is it a book?.....
Or is it a box ....
Or..... a book in a box????
Or is it a box ....
Or..... a book in a box????
November 3, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Happy Halloween! We have a new library mascot in the form of this Wizard Toad!
(He told the librarian he's been up Mont Blanc so we're covered mountainwise)
(He told the librarian he's been up Mont Blanc so we're covered mountainwise)
October 31, 2025 at 7:56 AM
Happy Halloween! We have a new library mascot in the form of this Wizard Toad!
(He told the librarian he's been up Mont Blanc so we're covered mountainwise)
(He told the librarian he's been up Mont Blanc so we're covered mountainwise)
These images of women in the mountains come from a swiss equipment catalogue of 1912.
October 30, 2025 at 3:07 PM
These images of women in the mountains come from a swiss equipment catalogue of 1912.
The Club @alpineclub.bsky.social has new merch for sale! alpineclub.org/shop
Top Tip - You can turn it into library merch by getting a permanent marker and writing library under the logo!
Top Tip - You can turn it into library merch by getting a permanent marker and writing library under the logo!
September 30, 2025 at 1:46 PM
The Club @alpineclub.bsky.social has new merch for sale! alpineclub.org/shop
Top Tip - You can turn it into library merch by getting a permanent marker and writing library under the logo!
Top Tip - You can turn it into library merch by getting a permanent marker and writing library under the logo!
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This letter by 1953 Everest Expedition member George Lowe was recently discovered in a second-hand book and kindly donated to our collections by Paul Speight .
In it, Lowe writes to an acquaintance, Pamela, offering advice on photography ahead of her trip to the Antarctic.
In it, Lowe writes to an acquaintance, Pamela, offering advice on photography ahead of her trip to the Antarctic.
September 26, 2025 at 2:24 PM
This letter by 1953 Everest Expedition member George Lowe was recently discovered in a second-hand book and kindly donated to our collections by Paul Speight .
In it, Lowe writes to an acquaintance, Pamela, offering advice on photography ahead of her trip to the Antarctic.
In it, Lowe writes to an acquaintance, Pamela, offering advice on photography ahead of her trip to the Antarctic.
Today's #OnlineArtExchange theme is impressive buildings with Liverpool Cathedral ⛪
View some of their collection on @artukdotorg.bsky.social 👉 buff.ly/ERZOkmF
We've chosen this painting of Leh Palace by John Frederick Cheetham (1835–1916) which he painted while on a tour of the Himalayas
View some of their collection on @artukdotorg.bsky.social 👉 buff.ly/ERZOkmF
We've chosen this painting of Leh Palace by John Frederick Cheetham (1835–1916) which he painted while on a tour of the Himalayas
September 18, 2025 at 8:17 AM
Today's #OnlineArtExchange theme is impressive buildings with Liverpool Cathedral ⛪
View some of their collection on @artukdotorg.bsky.social 👉 buff.ly/ERZOkmF
We've chosen this painting of Leh Palace by John Frederick Cheetham (1835–1916) which he painted while on a tour of the Himalayas
View some of their collection on @artukdotorg.bsky.social 👉 buff.ly/ERZOkmF
We've chosen this painting of Leh Palace by John Frederick Cheetham (1835–1916) which he painted while on a tour of the Himalayas
We've still got a few places left on our tours for #HeritageOpenDays on Thursday & Friday.
Have a tour from our librarian and handle a few items from the collections - plus see a bunch of things that never make it into exhibitions! (and some books!)
www.heritageopendays.org.uk/submission-e...
Have a tour from our librarian and handle a few items from the collections - plus see a bunch of things that never make it into exhibitions! (and some books!)
www.heritageopendays.org.uk/submission-e...
September 16, 2025 at 2:00 PM
We've still got a few places left on our tours for #HeritageOpenDays on Thursday & Friday.
Have a tour from our librarian and handle a few items from the collections - plus see a bunch of things that never make it into exhibitions! (and some books!)
www.heritageopendays.org.uk/submission-e...
Have a tour from our librarian and handle a few items from the collections - plus see a bunch of things that never make it into exhibitions! (and some books!)
www.heritageopendays.org.uk/submission-e...
Today's #OnlineArtExchange for @artukdotorg.bsky.social is ‘Victorian’ for Victorian Treasures from Cecil French and Scott Thomas Buckle at Leighton House
We've chosen 'Between the Lights' by Henry Willink. The climbers in the pool of light between the lanterns still resonates today.
We've chosen 'Between the Lights' by Henry Willink. The climbers in the pool of light between the lanterns still resonates today.
September 11, 2025 at 9:18 AM
Today's #OnlineArtExchange for @artukdotorg.bsky.social is ‘Victorian’ for Victorian Treasures from Cecil French and Scott Thomas Buckle at Leighton House
We've chosen 'Between the Lights' by Henry Willink. The climbers in the pool of light between the lanterns still resonates today.
We've chosen 'Between the Lights' by Henry Willink. The climbers in the pool of light between the lanterns still resonates today.
It's TIME for today's ##onlineartexchange @artukdotorg.bsky.social
We don't seem to have any pictures of clocks - so we're sharing these photos from an expedition to the Bernese Oberland in 1939. Sequences of photos from expeditions capture weeks or months in time.
We don't seem to have any pictures of clocks - so we're sharing these photos from an expedition to the Bernese Oberland in 1939. Sequences of photos from expeditions capture weeks or months in time.
August 28, 2025 at 1:12 PM
It's TIME for today's ##onlineartexchange @artukdotorg.bsky.social
We don't seem to have any pictures of clocks - so we're sharing these photos from an expedition to the Bernese Oberland in 1939. Sequences of photos from expeditions capture weeks or months in time.
We don't seem to have any pictures of clocks - so we're sharing these photos from an expedition to the Bernese Oberland in 1939. Sequences of photos from expeditions capture weeks or months in time.
Sorting out uncatalogued maps and found this pictorial map of the Caucasus produced for USSR tourists
August 21, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Sorting out uncatalogued maps and found this pictorial map of the Caucasus produced for USSR tourists
Very excited to have got a timetable for the September 2025 @artukdotorg.bsky.social UK Bloomberg Connects cohort!
Which means as long as we don't distract our librarian we'll be on the Bloomberg Connects App by Christmas!
(We are already on ArtUK - artuk.org/visit/venues...) #Art #Collections
Which means as long as we don't distract our librarian we'll be on the Bloomberg Connects App by Christmas!
(We are already on ArtUK - artuk.org/visit/venues...) #Art #Collections
August 20, 2025 at 10:02 AM
Very excited to have got a timetable for the September 2025 @artukdotorg.bsky.social UK Bloomberg Connects cohort!
Which means as long as we don't distract our librarian we'll be on the Bloomberg Connects App by Christmas!
(We are already on ArtUK - artuk.org/visit/venues...) #Art #Collections
Which means as long as we don't distract our librarian we'll be on the Bloomberg Connects App by Christmas!
(We are already on ArtUK - artuk.org/visit/venues...) #Art #Collections
It's #NationalPhotographyDay. There's plenty of things we could post from our collection but we've chosen this small album of climbs from H. Woolley during a holiday in the Caucasus. 1/2
August 19, 2025 at 3:18 PM
It's #NationalPhotographyDay. There's plenty of things we could post from our collection but we've chosen this small album of climbs from H. Woolley during a holiday in the Caucasus. 1/2
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It’s #WorldPhotographyDay!📸
Did you know the Society holds half a million photographs, dating back to the earliest days of photography?
In this video, Jamie Owen shares some favourites, from Carleton Watkins’ pioneering shots of Yosemite to stunning Mount Everest panoramas🏔️
Did you know the Society holds half a million photographs, dating back to the earliest days of photography?
In this video, Jamie Owen shares some favourites, from Carleton Watkins’ pioneering shots of Yosemite to stunning Mount Everest panoramas🏔️
August 19, 2025 at 10:12 AM
It’s #WorldPhotographyDay!📸
Did you know the Society holds half a million photographs, dating back to the earliest days of photography?
In this video, Jamie Owen shares some favourites, from Carleton Watkins’ pioneering shots of Yosemite to stunning Mount Everest panoramas🏔️
Did you know the Society holds half a million photographs, dating back to the earliest days of photography?
In this video, Jamie Owen shares some favourites, from Carleton Watkins’ pioneering shots of Yosemite to stunning Mount Everest panoramas🏔️
Wanna visit us? Wanna hold a victorian ice axe? Want to hear our librarian talk about us?
We're doing tours as part of this year's Heritage Open days!
Details here www.heritageopendays.org.uk/submission-e... (no mountaineering experience required!)
We're doing tours as part of this year's Heritage Open days!
Details here www.heritageopendays.org.uk/submission-e... (no mountaineering experience required!)
August 15, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Wanna visit us? Wanna hold a victorian ice axe? Want to hear our librarian talk about us?
We're doing tours as part of this year's Heritage Open days!
Details here www.heritageopendays.org.uk/submission-e... (no mountaineering experience required!)
We're doing tours as part of this year's Heritage Open days!
Details here www.heritageopendays.org.uk/submission-e... (no mountaineering experience required!)
Our librarian is on holiday on the Isle of Wight - and got a boat trip round the Needles. We're well aware this is cheating
August 13, 2025 at 11:14 AM
Our librarian is on holiday on the Isle of Wight - and got a boat trip round the Needles. We're well aware this is cheating
We have shrouds! No paint is getting on our books! #NewPaint #decorating
July 31, 2025 at 11:11 AM
We have shrouds! No paint is getting on our books! #NewPaint #decorating
Apparently the library is getting a paint job while our librarian is away for two weeks. She's asked for 'a pretty colour'.
July 31, 2025 at 10:30 AM
Apparently the library is getting a paint job while our librarian is away for two weeks. She's asked for 'a pretty colour'.
We usually try and join in with #OnlineArtExchange but we honestly can't do abstraction - all our collection is mountains, or people related to mountains, or people on mountains, or (maybe) flowers from mountains.
Tomorrow's #OnlineArtExchange is abstract and non-figurative art 🔺🌀🖌️
Explore our abstraction art term to get started 👉 buff.ly/wO8UDy4
'Ponterwyd/Gaia' by Mary Lloyd Jones (b.1934) © the artist. 📷 The National Library of Wales
Explore our abstraction art term to get started 👉 buff.ly/wO8UDy4
'Ponterwyd/Gaia' by Mary Lloyd Jones (b.1934) © the artist. 📷 The National Library of Wales
Abstraction | Art UK
Discover artworks, explore venues and meet artists. Art UK is the online home for every public collection in the UK, featuring over 600,000 artworks by over 60,000 artists.
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July 31, 2025 at 9:00 AM
We usually try and join in with #OnlineArtExchange but we honestly can't do abstraction - all our collection is mountains, or people related to mountains, or people on mountains, or (maybe) flowers from mountains.
This report - and MEF expedition reports going back to the 1950s - are all available on the MEF website! www.mef.org.uk/expeditions
And if you follow @mef-official.bsky.social you'll get to see when new reports go live #mountaineering #paperwork
And if you follow @mef-official.bsky.social you'll get to see when new reports go live #mountaineering #paperwork
July 30, 2025 at 11:28 AM
This report - and MEF expedition reports going back to the 1950s - are all available on the MEF website! www.mef.org.uk/expeditions
And if you follow @mef-official.bsky.social you'll get to see when new reports go live #mountaineering #paperwork
And if you follow @mef-official.bsky.social you'll get to see when new reports go live #mountaineering #paperwork