ANN: Lecture Series: Perspectives on Collecting (London, 6-27 Nov 19

Strawberry Hill House, Waldegrave Drawing Room, 268 Waldegrave Rd, Twickenham TW1 4ST, November 6 – 27, 2019

Perspectives on Collecting
A four-part Lecture Series

Strawberry Hill Trust hosts a four-part lecture series exploring perspectives on collecting from renowned speakers Dr David Starkey, historian and presenter. Tim Knox, Director of the Royal Collection, Martin Caiger-Smith, author and Head of the MA Curating the Art Museum programme at The Courtauld Institute of Art and Tristram Hunt, Director of the Victoria & Albert Museum.

The lectures will begin at 7.30pm in the Waldegrave Drawing Room by kind permission of St Mary’s University. Guests are invited to arrive from 6.45pm to enjoy a complimentary glass of fizz in Horace Walpole’s magnificent Gallery.

Wednesday 6th November
Dr David Starkey
Holbein and The Tudor Court

Wednesday 13th November
Tim Knox
The Rise and Fall of the Country House Museum

Wednesday 20th November
Martin Caiger-Smith
Antony Gormley’s Interventions in Historic Collections

Wednesday 27th November
Tristram Hunt
Collecting the Home