This group exhibition is based on the pioneering vision of artist Li Yuan-chia (1929 – 1994) and the LYC Museum & Art Gallery which he founded and ran between 1972 and 1983 in the Cumbrian village of Banks, alongside Hadrian’s Wall.
Space & Freedom (2019) creatively explores Li Yuan-chia’s original plans for the LYC Museum and his relationship with the Cumbrian landscape. Originally commissioned by Manchester Art Gallery, the film is the result of extensive research into Li Yuan-chia’s own film archive. It mixes his 8mm footage, and previously undiscovered sound recordings, with contemporary HD footage and field recordings along with the musician Steve Beresford improvising with the images in a complex sound work.
This group exhibition is based on the pioneering vision of artist Li Yuan-chia (1929 – 1994) and the LYC Museum & Art Gallery which he founded and ran between 1972 and 1983 in the Cumbrian village of Banks, alongside Hadrian’s Wall.
To celebrate the opening of Making New Worlds: Li Yuan-chia & Friends, join artist Bettina Fung at West Court Gallery, Jesus College for a live drawing performance of Towards All & Nothing. This work has been developed through the processes of researching and remembering the work of Li Yuan-chia and the LYC Museum & Art Gallery.
To coincide with late night shopping, drop into our late opening. Discover a magical world of tiny fossils which can only be seen with a microscope, and use them as inspiration to make festive decorations to take home. Pop into our shop to pick up some last minute presents, and enjoy live festive music from a local choir.
Our exhibition 'Tangled Planet' opened on Saturday 7th October 2023. Tangled Planet is a refreshing new take on the collections of the Museum of Zoology, exploring the relationships and interconnectivity between humans and the natural world. The exhibition highlights 19 items in the Museum collection, both in the lower and upper galleries.
These responses make us see the Museum’s Greco-Roman bodies differently. They make these bodies more alien and more relevant. What does it mean to look at ancient representations of the body from the vantage point of the present? Why represent the human body at all? And why that vision of the human body? How human(e) is it?
Conversations between whales in the oceans, the low throb of ship engines, bursts of vibrations excited by earthquakes…we cannot hear these vibrations as sounds, the human ear is not able to, but what if we could? What if we could make the sounds of the Earth audible?
This half term, the museum’s been taken over by mythical monsters and scary beasts! Drop in with the family to discover the scary stories and heroic adventures behind the meanest monsters from Ancient Greece. Get ready for the spooky season and become a mythical creature yourself as we make monstrous masks for you to take home and unleash on your friends at Halloween!
Be the first to see Real Families: Stories of Change at this special after-hours event with pay bar and music.
Image: Chantal Joffe, 'Me, Em and Nat', 2019 © Chantal Joffe. Courtesy the artist and Victoria Miro
