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Following a successful collaboration with the BBC in autumn 2000 and spring 2001, the V&A is pleased to announce a third series of lectures to complement Simon Schama's acclaimed BBC programmes. The lectures will feature objects from the Museum's British Galleries 1500-1900, opening in November 2001. The aim of the lectures is to explore the social and cultural dimensions of the period covered by the BBC series.

The lectures will appeal to any member of the public with an interest in history and the arts.


Current lecture series held at the V&A:


The V&A lectures start at 15.00. Tickets are free and can be obtained in the Museum on the day of the lecture. A standard entry fee to the Museum of £5 will apply before 22 November 2001. Entry to the Museum is free for everyone under 18, full-time students, senior citizens, disabled people with facilitators, ES40 holders and all V&A Friends. For further information about events, please contact V&A Learning and Visitor Services on 020 7942 2197
 

18 November 2001
Lecture Theatre

Being British: Art in Society at the Time of Nelson

John Styles, Head of the V&A, RCA History of Design Course and co-author of the book Design and the Decorative Arts: Britain 1500-1900, published to coincide with the opening of the British Galleries 1500-1900, talks on a porcelain plate made at the Coalport factory and painted by Thomas Baxter in 1806 to commemorate Admiral Nelson's victories.
 

25 November 2001
Lecture Theatre

The Victorian Woman

Suzanne Fagence Cooper, co-curator of the V&A exhibition Inventing New Britain: the Victorian Vision and High Wycombe Research Fellow, talks on an Aesthetic style dress made by Liberty & Co of Regent Street, London c.1895-1900.
  2 December 2001
Jean Muir Seminar Room

From Exotic Rarity to Popular Dress: the Rise and Decline of the Kashmir Shawl in the 19th Century

Deborah Swallow, Senior Chief Curator, Asian Department, V&A talks on a Kashmir shawl, purchased from the Great Exhibition of 1851.
  9 December 2001
Lecture Theatre

Photography around 1900: What Was New?

Mark Haworth-Booth, Curator of Photographs, Word and Image Collections, V&A, talks on photography from the turn of the century, including a family snapshot of three women on bicycles in 1891.
  16 December 2001
Lecture Theatre

The New Age: Social, Technological & Stylistic Innovation in the 1930s

Gareth Williams, Deputy Curator specialising in 20th century and contemporary design, Furniture, Textiles and Dress Department, V&A, talks on the Ekco AD-65 Bakelite radio designed by Wells Coates in 1932 and other designs form the 1930s.

 

Current lecture series held nationally:

Thursday, 7.30pm
22 November 2001

Royal Pump Room, Harrogate.

For more information please telephone 01423 556 188

Photography around 1900: What Was New?

Mark Haworth-Booth, Curator of Photographs, Word and Image Collections, V&A, talks on photography from the turn of the century, including a family snapshot of three women on bicycles in 1891.

Friday, 6pm
30 November2001

The Nelson Museum and Local History Centre, Monmouth

For more information please telephone 01600 713519

 

 

Being British: Art in Society at the Time of Nelson

John Styles, Head of the V&A, RCA History of Design Course and co-author of the book Design and the Decorative Arts: Britain 1500-1900, published to coincide with the opening of the British Galleries 1500-1900, talks on a porcelain plate made at the Coalport factory and painted by Thomas Baxter in 1806 to commemorate Admiral Nelson's victories.

 

 

 

 

 

Saturday, 2.30pm
1 December


Cheltenham Art Gallery and Museum, Cheltenham

For more information please telephone 01242 237431

 

 

The Victorian Woman

Suzanne Fagence Cooper, co-curator of the V&A exhibition Inventing New Britain: the Victorian Vision and High Wycombe Research Fellow, talks on an Aesthetic style dress made by Liberty & Co of Regent Street, London c.1895-1900.

Tuesday, 5pm
4 December 2001

Cavendish Lecture Theatre, Faculty of Art, Manchester Metropolitan University

For more information please telephone 0161 247 1931

The New Age: Social, Technological & Stylistic Innovation in the 1930s

Gareth Williams, Deputy Curator specialising in 20th century and contemporary design, Furniture, Textiles and Dress Department, V&A, talks on the Ekco AD-65 Bakelite radio designed by Wells Coates in 1932 and other designs form the 1930s.
 

Friday, 7pm
7 December 2001

Harris Art Gallery & Museum, Preston

For more information please telephone 01772 258248

From Exotic Rarity to Popular Dress: the Rise and Decline of the Kashmir Shawl in the 19th Century

Deborah Swallow, Senior Chief Curator, Asian Department, V&A talks on a Kashmir shawl, purchased from the Great Exhibition of 1851.
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