Plants have been used in the beauty and fragrance industry for thousands of years, from ancient times up until the present day.
The exhibition features watercolours from the our exceptional botanical collection. Works include those by Nicolas Robert (1614–85), Georg Dionysius Ehret (1708–70), Joseph von Plenck (1735–1807), Pierre-Joseph Redouté (1759–1840) and Henriette Knip (1783–1842). They are displayed alongside a range of perfume vessels from ancient Egypt and Greece, as well as scent bottles from the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.
Touch is our first sense. Through touch we make art, stake a claim to what we own and those we love, express our faith, our belief, our anger. Touch is how we leave our mark and find our place in the world; touch is how we connect.
Drawing on works of art spanning four thousand years and from across the globe, this exhibition explores the fundamental role of touch in human experience, and offers new ways of looking.
Kettle’s Yard is pleased to present Untitled: art on the conditions of our time. This exhibition brings together work by 10 British African diaspora artists with a focus on how their innovative practices ask important questions about some of the most important cultural and political issues of our turbulent times. The exhibition will feature new commissions by Barby Asante, Appau Junior Boakye-Yiadom and NT, as well as new and recent work by Larry Achiampong & David Blandy, Phoebe Boswell, Kimathi Donkor, Evan Ifekoya, Cedar Lewisohn, Harold Offeh and Ima-Abasi Okon.
Alfred Wallis’ (1855-1942) expressive drawings and paintings capture the immediacy of his direct experiences of the sea. Wallis lived in Cornwall throughout his life, working on deep sea fishing boats and then as a marine scrap merchant. He turned to painting when he was in his seventies and with no formal training, and used this creative outlet as a means to escape the isolation and loneliness that he felt following the passing of his wife.
This spring, the Scott Polar Research Institute is holding its first ever online art festival. Featuring work from the Polar Museum's collections, artists with a focus on the polar regions and an evening of film by Inuit film makers, the Big Freeze art festival is the perfect way to wave goodbye to winter.
We're in the mood for a party!
Join us for a family-friendly celebration for our 75th anniversary. Come along on a special Saturday opening and join in with games, crafts and historic handling objects inspired by some of the stars of our collection.
The museum will be open from 12.30pm - 4.30pm with family activities running from 1.30pm - 4pm. Drop in anytime.
We're in the mood for a party!
Join us for a family-friendly celebration for our 75th anniversary. Come along on a special Saturday opening and join in with games, crafts and historic handling objects inspired by some of the stars of our collection.
The museum will be open from 12.30pm - 4.30pm with family activities running from 1.30pm - 4pm. Drop in anytime.
