Wednesday, 11 May 2016

UCL Museums - What's On May


Conversations across the Collections


Hands up who had fun at last month's 'Theatrically Re-imagining Collections' seminar day?  Basically as you can see everyone did!

With the help of Impropera, we theatrically re-imagined the ‘conference’, and heard from a range of museums who had worked with performance companies who told us all about their successful collaborations to produce innovative work across the UK.

This included  Made By Katie Green Dance Company and Ipswich Museum with the Imagination Museum  and the Against Captain's Orders event by Punchdrunk and the National Maritime Museum.
It was a fantastic event with a great array of museums, researchers, curators and artists... we think many interesting collaborations will come together as a result - so watch this space for new conversations between art and collections! 

What's on at The Grant Museum

kullpture at the Grant Museum

      
Really excited to announce our summer exhibition!! 26th May to 6th August 
      
Sculpture students from the Slade School of Fine Art at UCL have been invited to create works in response to the Museum’s collections, science and history. The brief is wide – they can place works among the Museum’s own objects, take over entire cabinets, or use other voids and spaces. Alongside the Museum’s historic skeletons, skulls and specimens preserved in jars, the new works will engage with animal/human encounters and transform the historic zoological museum.

Come along between 1-5pm Monday - Saturday| Grant Museum of Zoology, Rockefeller Building, University College London, University Street, WC1E 6DE
Free and open to all

@GrantMuseum


© Will Spratley

What's on at the Art Museum

             
Come and create your own illustrations from these key moments in history.

This promises to be an unique evening of drawing and history. You'll be able to view the exhibition Revolution under a King: French Prints 1789-92 and draw life models posing in theatrical tableaux, capturing the spirit and drama of the French Revolution. 

This will be on 31 May between 7pm-9pm 
UCL Art Museum, South Cloisters, Wilkins Building, Gower Street
  

Tickets are £15 and include refreshments and basic drawing materials.
Book here  
            

@UCLArtMuseum



A walking tour of Egyptian Art Deco


Date: Saturday 21 May 2016 | Time: 1-3pm | Location: Meeting point: The Monument underground station | Price: £7 | Age group: ALL
Take a walking tour with Egyptologist Cathie Bryan as she leads you through the streets of London to find the most splendid examples of Egyptian Art Deco buildings and motifs and decorations around the capital. Please note that participants will need to bring an oyster or travel card with them as public transport will be used to journey between different parts of the walk.

Book here
For more info phone us 020 7679 4138 or emailus.