Alpine Club Library

The Alpine Club Library - devoted to mountains, mountaineering and the history of both.

Open to visitors & club members on Tuesdays, Wednesdays & Thursdays.

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You can contact all of these organisations for details about their holdings if you've an interest in mountaineering history. The Alpine Club library is open to the public three days a week - and @mtn_heritage can be visited by appointment.

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Today is #InternationalArchivesDay! To celebrate we're highlighting some of the great work done to protect and preserve the mountaineering heritage of Britain! So enjoy this thread highlighting some of our fellow organisations - thanks to @mtn_heritage for organising!

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Lastly - Us! The Alpine Club collections cover much of the history of early alpine mountaineering. We hold a wide variety of material including mountain paintings, correspondence and diaries from prominent mountaineers and physical artefacts such as ice axes.

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This week’s #OnlineArtExchange theme is #journeys 📷 🌍

So we've chosen this watercolour from the Victorian equivalent of a holiday photo album!

Glacier near Colon by Henry George Willink comes from an album of sketches and paintings he made while on his honeymoon in 1880.

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Brilliant addition to the library! Thank you @OtherEverests for this copy - looking forward to giving it a read before it goes on the shelf #librarianperks

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Today's #OnlineArtExchange is #weather for 'A Weather Eye' at @McManusDundee

We're sharing this picture of cloud rolling in over Lake Geneva (1880) by Henry George Willink.

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It's #ExploreYourArchives week!
Today's theme is #Decisions and we're going with this set of signatures in support of the admission of Sally Westmacott - one of the first women to join @thealpineclub in 1974 after the club voted to admit them.

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@LeightonHouse_ @FlemingArtColl @artukdotorg Loving all the mountains that have been chosen this week!

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Today's @artukdotorg #OnlineArtExchange, is #landscapes to celebrate 'Leighton and Landscape: Impressions from Nature' @LeightonHouse_

We've picked The Fee Glacier and Alphubel by Hilda Hechle (1886–1939) - currently on display as part of our exhibition - 'What would Lucy say?'

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We're also now in the blue place - in case you want to follow us over there!

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And if you like today's pick - it's available as a greeting card from the club website! (The club calendar - which this year is paintings from the collection - is also available) https://t.co/rrLh7hzKP5

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Today's #OnlineArtExchange is flowers and floral arrangements for Vanessa Bell: A World of Form and Colour @MK_Gallery
Our pick - A Magnolia, by 19th century British botanist Joseph Dalton Hooker - taken from Hooker's 1855 book 'Illustrations of Himalayan Plants'.

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It's that time of the year again when all the annual journals turn up! The SMC journal is always a good read - and this year we get a brief mention in @simrich99 article about climbing with Catherine Destivelle

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Had a fascinating tour of @mtn_heritage as part of @thealpineclub Blencathra weekend. A wonderful collection that's well worth a visit if you're researching mountaineering history.

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Putting away our Edward Compton exhibition in prep for What would Lucy say? - an exhibition about women, the Ladies Alpine Club and the Alpine Club.

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If you've liked our @artukdotorg #onlineartexchange posts then you might enjoy this year's club calendar- 12 beautiful mountain paintings showcasing some of the best art in the club's collection (including one of the rarely seen Ruskins)

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@Northlincmuseum @artukdotorg To be honest we struggle whenever the theme isn't 'mountains' 😃

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Today's @artukdotorg #onlineartexchange is spooky art

And we have ... nothing.

So enjoy this tranquil painting of the Chateau de Chillon - haunted by François Bonivard, a 16thC monk who was imprisoned in the castle and inspired Byron to write a terrifying 392 line poem.