We’ve moved into the really exciting final phase of the Life Online gallery build, where the 2D concepts are finally coming to life.
We have seven permanent galleries and three exhibition spaces. From interactive family fun to the history of photography, find out more about the subjects we cover and the objects we display with blog posts from our team and guest authors.
Our Youth Engagement Officer, Dave, has been working with a group of local teenagers on a project for our Life Online [open source] exhibition. Here he shares a bit about what they’ve been up to.
How do you capture something as formless as the internet in a museum gallery? Anna Ward investigates, with some insight into how we interviewed email pioneer Ray Tomlinson from across the Atlantic.
The second of two recent ‘Breakfast with the Artists’ events, on 3 October 2011, saw Greg Hobson in conversation with photographer Donovan Wylie.
Croissants and coffee have become a staple of our exhibitions programme, as we follow the opening of each temporary exhibition with a ‘Breakfast with the Artists’ event.
Here’s a sneak preview of our latest exhibition, Daniel Meadows: Early Photographic Works, opening 30 September 2011.
Images from our Daniel Staincliffe display, Fauna Automata: British Wild Boar, are being installed today.
Ruth Haycock talks about her experience filming with photographer Daniel Meadows in preparation for our exhibition of his work.
What do you get if you mix the talent of a world-class photographer with the support of two national institutions and a successful fellowship programme? In this instance, our future exhibition Outposts: Donovan Wylie.
Magnum photographer Donovan Wylie recently visited us to work on the final stages of his premiere exhibition Outposts.
Read Brian Liddy’s thoughts on selecting works for The Lives of Great Photographers, and watch a video of his in-conversation event with Impressions Gallery’s Anne McNeill.
As we prepare to open our new exhibition The Lives of Great Photographers, we have asked museum staff and visitors the question: who do you think is a great photographer—and why?