The Alpine Club, the world’s first mountaineering club, was founded in 1857.  For over 150 years, members have been at the leading edge of worldwide mountaineering development and exploration. 

With membership, experienced and aspiring alpinists benefit from a varied meets programme, regional lectures with notable guest speakers, reduced rates at many alpine huts, opportunity to apply for grants to support expeditions, significant discounts at many UK retailers, extensive networking contacts, access to the AC Library and maps - and more! 

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Exhibitions

The Club is pleased to be able to use its premises and resources, along with its renowned archive of mountaineering reports, books, art and artefacts to host and curate exhibitions that celebrate mountain history and culture. As well as spotlighting the work of contemporary artists and academics, the Club has also worked to mark key mountaineering anniversaries; bringing together records of the past to keep our history alive and engaging for climbers and the wider community alike.

Individual exhibitions may vary, but most take place at our Charlotte Road Club House.

A full list of past and upcoming exhibitions is shown below.

As part of our current exhibition of early alpine photographs from the Club's collection, we have arranged for the images on display to be professionally photographed. High quality digital copies of these images are now available for purchase at a rate of £60.00 per image, with a discount of £10.00 per image available to Club members.

If you would like to arrange a purchase, please contact our photos team at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. 

The available images are listed below:

 

WF Donkin. Dent du Geant from the Glacier des Periades. 1882, (565 x 390mm)
WF Donkin, Wetterhorn, 1882, (590 x 445mm)
C.L. Atkin Swan, Aiguille du Dru, Date unknown, (740 x 455mm)

 

 

H Somerset Bullock, 3 Men crawling on a snow bridge over a large crevasse on Mont Dolent, Date unknown, (425 x 505mm)
Fanny Workman Bullock, Biafo Valhalla, Presented to the AC in 1899, (350 x 440mm)
François Durafour lands his Caudron G.3 biplane at the Dôme du Goûter on the 30 July 1921, (520 x 700mm)

 

 

D Northall-Laurie, Sunrise on the Glacier d'Orny, Date unknown - Likely early 20th century, (365 x 585mm)
Sydney Spencer, Mont Blanc from the Aiguille Verte, Date Unknown, (635 x 890mm)
WF Donkin, The Weisshorn, 1888, (385 x 590mm)

 

 

Grand Charmoz, Aiguilles Blatiere, Dent du Geant
Matterhorn, Dent D'Herens and Gabelhorn, Date & Photographer Unknown, (395 x 590mm)
Edward Whymper (1840-1911), Italian side of the Matterhorn, Date unknown (435 x 600mm)

 

 

Norman Collie (1859 - 1942), Freshfield Group, Canadian Rockies, Date unknown, (390 x 1190mm)