Highlights of the British Museum
This video was created for online groups during the Pandemic. https://youtu.be/u6VIV2w8di0
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Collectors at the British Museum
This course was due to run at the City Lit but did not take place in the end. One of the collectors involved was Charles Townley. Slides below refer to some of his collection in the museum. Townley
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George I
From being the ruler of an obscure German electorate George I suddenly became king of on the most powerful nations in the world in his fifties. He was never popular in his new kingdom but established a constitutional monarchy which has survived to today. This course was run at the City Lit on Saturday 16th…
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Gods and Heroes: The Influence of the Classical World on Art in the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries
This was a one day course run as a collaboration between the City Lit and the National Maritime Museum at the Queen’s House in Greenwich on Saturday 22nd July 2017. The course was inspired by the new hang of artworks in the Queen’s House and in particular the portrait by Sir Joshua Reynolds of his friend Captain…
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British Museum Highlights
This new 90 minute tour of the Museum costs £12 per head and can be booked in advance via the Museum’s website. Originally we star ted in Room 2 with an introduction to the museum’s founder, Sir Hans Sloane and then one of the oldest objects in the museum, a hand axe from Olduvai Gorge,…
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The Rosetta Stone
HOW THE ENLIGHTENMENT CHANGED THE INTERPRETATION OF THE PAST This topic was planned as day five of a five part introduction to the European Galleries of the British Museum run at the City Lit and the Museum on 31 July 2013. Sadly, it was cancelled at the last minute but I hope to re-run the…
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The Enlightenment and the British Museum
This one day course was be run by the City Lit on Saturday 17th Novemebr 2012. Both a product and promoter of the Enlightenment, founded in 1753 the British Museum is the oldest museum of its kind in the World. The course included a visit to the British Museum. Using images from the British Museum including…
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Enlightenment
The Enlightenment and the British Museum At the end of 2011 I completed the training at the British Museum for tours of the Enlightenment Gallery which are available for members of the public to book at their own convenience for groups of up to 25 people at £9 per head for an hour’s dedocated tour. …
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George III
Life and Times of King George III I ran this workshop at Crayford Manor (Bexley College) in November 1999 as part of a series on the Kings and Queens of England. I ran a new version at the City Lit on 22 March 2015. I also ran it online during the pandemic on 13th and…
