Developments at the Museum and Art Gallery
Members of the Museum & Art Gallery staff talk about recent developments.
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Monthly Talk
The Weavers’ Banner
Multi-disciplinary artist Jamie Holman discusses this historic trades union banner, recently restored for Blackburn Museum and Art Gallery with support from the Friends
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“Everything as yet has gone on smoothly”
Janet Ross talks about the first scientific expedition to the Arctic in 1818, led by Sir John Ross
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The Unknown Mozart
Raymond Watton gives one of his popular musical talks NB – This meeting will be held at Blackburn Cathedral – details to follow
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Faces: from Mr Potato Head to Chairman Mao
Mike Waters has a hard look at portraiture
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Past Haunts – ghosts and hauntings in Lancashire manor houses
A talk by author and podcaster Isaac Hart
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The Frescos of Siena Cathedral
Mark Stein describes the superb decoration of this spectacular Gothic building
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ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING followed by a talk on “Typology”
Annual General Meeting, followed by a talk by Mike Millward Typology After the short AGM, Mike Millward give a talk relating to the “Nature of Gothic” exhibition: Typology the way in which, in the Middle Ages, the Old Testament was interpreted as foretelling events in the New. This was the basis of the medieval “Biblia Pauperum” or Poor Man’s Bible […]
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2025-26 SEASON’S OPENING MEETING
Floriography – The meaning of flowers in medieval manuscripts Our first meeting of the 25/26 programme is at 2pm on Tuesday, 14th October, when our President, Dr Cynthia Johnston, will talk about a subject related to The Nature of Gothic exhibition being held at the Museum & Art Gallery
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THE DAVID SHIPWAY LECTURE – A FREE PUBLIC EVENT
Saturday 14th June 2025 at 2 pm Rachel Kay-Shuttlerworth of Gawthorpe Hall A film about the last member of the Shuttleworth family to live at Gawthorpe, Rachel made a superb collection illustrating a wide variety of textile craft techniques. Rachel Kay-Shuttleworth’s collection is now in the care of a charitable trust and a selection is on display at the Hall. […]
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