What'S oN - The Ashmolean Museum
What'S oN - The Ashmolean Museum
What'S oN - The Ashmolean Museum
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TOURS, TALKS & LECTURES | 20<br />
behind-the-scenes of the cast gallery<br />
21 Thursdays and Saturdays at 3pm<br />
A chance to see the <strong>Ashmolean</strong>’s unique cast<br />
collection on the lower-ground floor. Tours are led<br />
by <strong>Museum</strong> Volunteers and are free but donations<br />
are welcome. Places are allocated on a first-come/<br />
first-served basis, no advance booking. Numbers<br />
limited to 12 people. Access: regrettably, due to<br />
the layout of the historic building, the lower-ground<br />
floor is only accessible by stairs.<br />
Visions of mughal india exhibition Tours<br />
Exhibition highlights tours<br />
60 Wednesdays, 3–3.45pm (until 18 April)<br />
An introduction to the highlights of the exhibition<br />
with members of the Gallery Lecturer team. Free<br />
with price of admission, no booking necessary.<br />
Curator-led tour<br />
60 Thur 19 April, 11am–12pm<br />
A special tour with Exhibition Curator and Keeper<br />
of Eastern Art, Dr Andrew Topsfield - and a chance<br />
to see the show before it closes on Sunday! Free<br />
with price of admission, no booking necessary.<br />
‘Sultan Ali Adil Shah hunting a tiger’, c.1660<br />
© <strong>The</strong> Collection of Howard Hodgkin<br />
Lectures<br />
2012 Roger Morey memorial lecture<br />
A Short Prehistory of the Persian Gulf<br />
With Dr Harriet Crawford, University of Cambridge<br />
Wolfson College Wed 30 May, 5.30–6.30pm<br />
This lecture looks at developments made in the last<br />
half century, as archaeologists have begun to reveal<br />
the distinctive prehistoric cultures that occupied<br />
the shores of the Persian Gulf. Dr Crawford<br />
discusses the central role that these societies<br />
played in the complex trading relations that linked<br />
ancient Mesopotamia with Iran and the Indus<br />
Valley. Free, to reserve a place contact:<br />
antiquities@ashmus.ox.ac.uk / 01865 278 020<br />
AFTERNOON TEA LECTURE<br />
<strong>The</strong> Medieval Forest<br />
With Lecturer Tim Porter<br />
HLT Fri 22 Jun, 2–4pm<br />
<strong>The</strong> forest was a phenomenon in medieval England<br />
and a political bone of contention. Celebrated in art<br />
and myth and subject to savage laws, the forest’s<br />
wild presence is still seen in the landscape. £8/£7<br />
concessions (inc. tea and cake), book now:<br />
www.ashmolean.org/whatsonbooking
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