Sam Gillespie

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

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!

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: brightonmuseums.org.uk/event/alexandr…

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!

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

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!

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.

#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 volkselectricrailway.co.uk/history/the-da…

Hard at work doing doing my very very serious job

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

It begins… One tree down … eighteen more to go…! Christmas at the Royal Pavilion 2023 opens 18th November!! @BrightonMuseums

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

@ty_goddard @BrightonMuseums It’s the best!

@SamGillespie157 @BrightonMuseums You have a good job- chatting about the #Albion Saturday and toys the next day! Can I work shadow you please? 🙏🤣

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!

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