Sam Gillespie

Creative Programme Assistant at Brighton Museums. Passionate about social history and museums. He/Him. All views my own.

[Sam Gillespie @SamGillespie157]

Showing off some v cool specimens in the gallery today for @NHM_London Wildlife Photographer of the Year at @BrightonMuseums , courtesy of our great collection at the Booth Museum! #WPY59

[Sam Gillespie @SamGillespie157]

Went to @NPGLondon for the first time today and adored it. Great exhibition about the wives of Henry VIII and it was fun seeing some familiar Royal Pavilion faces in the permanent collection alongside some of my fave musicians. Could’ve spent all day in there!

[Dr Alexandra Loske @Saschaloske]

Only a few tickets left for this talk by me on artists' palettes - the pigments they carry, how they were made, used, collected and became symbols of art and style.
Wednesday 26 June, 11 a.m. in the Old Courtroom @BrightonMuseums: https://t.co/hFJIUKbEh4

[Sam Gillespie @SamGillespie157]

Come on down to Hove Museum of Creativity to celebrate Windrush Day with us! Enjoy some tasty Jamaican food, make some carnival masks and badges, take part in a creative zine workshop, get your face painted and great steel drum music courtesy of Pantasy Steel Band!

12-4pm!

[Sam Gillespie @SamGillespie157]

On a day like today, I feel lucky that I must have one of the best office views in Brighton

[Sam Gillespie @SamGillespie157]

Great time at the private view for our Rembrandt show at @BrightonMuseums ! 14 modern young people + 1 old master = 15 amazing self-portraits. I was lucky to work with the young people to develop their self-portraits. Can’t wait for everyone to see it when it opens tomorrow!

[Sam Gillespie @SamGillespie157]

Almost back home in Brighton after a trip to Bristol - my first ever work trip! Very exciting meeting with Bristol Museums and Liverpool Museums about exciting future projects!! Found some time to do some Brunel-themed sightseeing too.

[Tim Dunn @MrTimDunn]

#OnThisDay 28th November 1896, Magnus Volk’s legendary Brighton & Rottingdean Seashore Electric Railway (nicknamed “Daddy-long-legs”) opened. The single car “Pioneer” with its luxuriously appointed interior and had to be driven by a qualified sea captain, for it ran on rails along the rocky foreshore to avoid difficult cliff terrain. But a storm damaged it badly just a week after opening, and it reopened at huge expense the following year. It became hugely popular, much like the connecting @volksrailway. Alas new sea defences needed to be built across the route and an avoiding line was too costly. It was closed in Jan 1901: substantial parts remained intact until 1910 but even today you can still see the route cut through rock and the concrete bases of the electricity poles at low tide. The full story is on @volksvera website https://t.co/G4ucg8byNI

[Sam Gillespie @SamGillespie157]

Hard at work doing doing my very very serious job

[Sam Gillespie @SamGillespie157]

Bonus content: one of our decorator’s fab homemade Royal Pavilion Christmas Jumper

@BrightonMuseums

[Sam Gillespie @SamGillespie157]

It begins…

One tree down … eighteen more to go…!

Christmas at the Royal Pavilion 2023 opens 18th November!!

@BrightonMuseums

[Sam Gillespie @SamGillespie157]

Loads of cool jobs going at the minute at work! Come join us!

[Sussex Museums Group @SussexMuseums]

A few job opportunities available at @BrightonMuseums ranging from conservation and collections work to gardening and functions 👀

#Heritage #Museums #MuseumJobs

https://t.co/xFaRmfn2pM

[Sam Gillespie @SamGillespie157]

@ty_goddard @BrightonMuseums It’s the best!

[Sam Gillespie @SamGillespie157]

It’s all go at Hove Museum of Creativity today for Heritage Open Days! We have toys to handle from the collection, old playground games, painting and crafts! What a fun day!

[Sam Gillespie @SamGillespie157]

Really enjoyed this today! It was so brilliant hearing so many fascinating and amazing stories about the power and passion of grassroots football fandom

[Ty Goddard 🇺🇦 @ty_goddard]

Good session @BrightonMuseums and memories of #bhafc @OfficialBHAFC today with @SamGillespie157 & great colleagues.
#brighton #albion
#BHAvUtd

[Sam Gillespie @SamGillespie157]

Currently on holiday visiting mum and dad in Cornwall. Whilst my mum and sister did some shopping in Plymouth, I managed to sneak away to @theboxplymouth. Great exhibition about Joshua Reynolds, saw Liz I’s Armada Portrait, and fab permanent collections. A perfect local museum!

[Hozier Updates 🌼 @UpdatesHozier]

📽️l Hozier did a surprise appearance at the Royal Pavilion Garden on the 50th anniversary of Brighton Pride! 🏳️‍🌈

[Sam Gillespie @SamGillespie157]

I’ve been working with these talented young people for the last couple of months and their work is astounding. Come see this lovely exhibition!!

[Nicola Coleby @brightonhovenic]

New exhibition of seascapes and seafront paintings from the fine art collection ⁦⁦⁦@BrightonMuseums⁩ . Victor Stuart Graham’s relief for 1996 ⁦@brightfest⁩ poster also on display for the first time.

[Nicola Coleby @brightonhovenic]

Installing a new exhibition in the fine art gallery ⁦@BrightonMuseums⁩ of seascapes and seafront paintings from the fine art collection - opens this weekend.