Talks and events

Please join Dr Ann Stephen, Senior Curator, Art, Chau Chak Wing Museum, who will chair a lively panel conversation on the Seduction of the Sea in the exhibition Coastline.

Join us at the museum as we hear Dr Louise Pryke present the 2023 Lucy Davey Memorial Lecture.

Join us live at the Museum for a free floor talk with Dr Anthony Gill, Curator, Natural History.

For the first presentation in our 2023 series Symposia, which explores the impact of ancient philosophy on the modern world, join Dr Edward Spence in conversation with Dr Emily Hulme.

Join us at the museum for a talk by Dr Peta Greenfield and Dr Fiona Radford from the Partial Historians podcast and the launch of their book 'Rex: The Seven Kings of Rome'.

Join us at the Museum for a special School holiday workshop with Brent and Delise Kerehona focusing on traditional Māori weaving with harakeke (flax).

Join curator Rebecca Conway for a tour of the exhibition covering its conception and development, insights on the extraordinary collection on which it is based, and the contemporary and historic contexts of Ömie nioge (barkcloth) production and use.

Join us for free children's activities in the April school holidays inspired by the exhibition Hercules: Myth and Legend.

Hear from Dr Emily Hulme discuss an overview of current work on the contributions of women to Greek philosophy.

To mark the opening of our new exhibitions 'Photography and Performative', 'The Staged Photograph' and 'Chinese Toggles' we invite you into the museum to enjoy a refreshing drink, the ambient soundscape of a DJ set, and meet with curators and other museum staff.

A pop-up exhibition and associated events highlighting regional identities of Greece through historic costumes paired with historic photographs.

Hear from Candace Richards, Assistant Curator, Nicholson Collection, talk about a historic collection of photographs capturing Greece from 1890 - 1910.

Join us at the museum with Damien Stone for the launch of his book 'Lost Civilizations: Hittites' and talk "Hittite Fitness 101: A Bronze Age Workout".