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Today's #MuseumJigsaw, a 1912 cookbook, shows off a revolutionary new candy made from... vegetables! Some of these sweet treats clearly didn't catch on (tomato marshmallow, I'm looking at you...) but may inspire your #Veganuary 🥦 Carrot cake anyone? 🥕 bit.ly/LULGJigsaws

Meet Marcus Sergius Silus - the first prosthetic user 🦾 See him holding his sword and a severed head in his left hand? Behind him, his right hand was made of iron, to hold his shield in battle. This story is in Pliny, book 7... and this Roman coin from c. 115 BCE! 🪙 CC.535

Last year we hosted a creative workshop with the Leeds Asylum Seekers Support Network (LASSN) They wrote & illustrated a cookbook of globe-spanning recipes drawing inspiration from our Cookery Collection The project has been highlighted in The National Archives Sector #AYearInArchives 👇

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We are SO exited to have Simeon Walker 🎹 performing in the gallery next month 🙌 Both University of Leeds alum Simeon Walker and Leeds-based composer Laura Cole will be at the piano on 27 Feb, each performing new work inspired by #EverythingAndAllOfUs Join us?library.leeds.ac.uk/events/event/1…

We’re visiting the Fae realm for this week’s #magic #OnlineArtExchange Art UK for Watts Gallery - Artists' Village We love the ethereal fairies dancing amongst the spooky woodland in Hannah Frank’s ‘Fairies in a Wood’ (Glasgow Women's Library - follow us on Bluesky), along with our own whimsical Cottingley Fairies

Could you lead our team looking after hundreds of thousands of rare books, manuscripts, archives, artworks and other objects? We’re looking for a Conservation & Collections Care Manager for Cultural Collections & Galleries Leeds Uni Library Apply by 31 Jan! jobs.leeds.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx?r…

A spot of bird-watching on the blog this week 🦢 Collections Assistant Laura introduces some beautiful and rare winter visitors to keep an eye out for, illustrated by plates from John Gould's The Birds of Great Britain 1873 Binoculars at the ready! leedsunilibrary.wordpress.com/2025/01/16/win…

Like our artworks? Spend a little longer looking in our weekly Sketch Club 🖼️ We have a variety of prompts and tools to get you started! Join us every Friday, 12:30 - 15:30, in The Stanley & Audrey Burton Gallery. Free, just turn up 🖍️

ONE MONTH TO GO! Until the stunning 'You have seen nothing yet' by Dutch artist Boris Maas closes on Saturday 22 February It's inspired by works by #AtkinsonGrimshaw in our collections Get to know this mesmerising installation with our #MuseumJigsaw 🧩 bit.ly/LULGJigsaws

THIS THURSDAY Mary Griffiths will be joined by two of her most significant collaborators: Tony Crowley School of English - University of Leeds University of Leeds and Sarah Harris The University of Sheffield for an in-conversation moving across art, literature and science Last few FREE tickets library.leeds.ac.uk/events/event/1…

Due to illness the Treasures of the Brotherton Gallery will be closed this afternoon from 1pm, the Stanley and Audrey Burton Gallery will be open as normal until 5pm.