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.
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.
Mountains (obvs) and a picnic!
November 7, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Mountains (obvs) and a picnic!
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.
This is the fuhrerbuch if Ulrich Lauener , who was a mountain guide in the 1800s and led the first ascent of Monte Rosa in 1855. He's pictured here with his wife.
November 5, 2025 at 11:39 AM
This is the fuhrerbuch if Ulrich Lauener , who was a mountain guide in the 1800s and led the first ascent of Monte Rosa in 1855. He's pictured here with his wife.
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!
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
And all of the collection can be viewed by appointment at the library. Much of it can also be licensed for publication - alpineclub.org/library/photos
August 19, 2025 at 3:18 PM
And all of the collection can be viewed by appointment at the library. Much of it can also be licensed for publication - alpineclub.org/library/photos
Woolley was a President of the Alpine Club - but his albums reflect the personal nature of many of the photos in our collection. Alongside famous mountaineering images are also simple records of climbs enjoyed with friends 2/3
August 19, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Woolley was a President of the Alpine Club - but his albums reflect the personal nature of many of the photos in our collection. Alongside famous mountaineering images are also simple records of climbs enjoyed with friends 2/3
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
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!)
She's just taunting us now
August 13, 2025 at 1:24 PM
She's just taunting us now
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