ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING AND WORKS IN PROGRESS TALKS

The East India Club, 16 St James’s Square, London SW1

Saturday 26 November 2016, 11.00am-1.00pm 

The Annual General Meeting for the year ending 30^th June 2016 will be held at the East India Club. The AGM will start at 11.00am (coffee from 10.30am). 

The business meeting will be followed by four talks on current projects in museums around the country.  Dr Heike Zech, Senior Curator in the Sculpture, Metalwork, Ceramics and Glass Department at the Victoria and Albert Museum will talk about the re-installation of the galleries in the museum that show the Gilbert Collection.  These galleries have been closed for some years during building work for the new Exhibition Road entrance but are re-opening in autumn 2016.  The collection includes not only fine metalwork but also impressive cabinets and tables mounted in hardstone and micro-mosaic.  Matthew Winterbottom, Curator of Nineteenth-Century Decorative Arts at the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, will speak about the creation of its new nineteenth-century gallery, which opened earlier this year.  David Beevers, Keeper of the Brighton Royal Pavilion will talk about the recent programme of research, conservation and restoration in the Saloon, which will be open to the public once more in 2017, after several years of work, funded by an appeal.  The programme has included the conservation and restoration of the many elements of the luxurious decoration of the walls and ceiling, and the re-creation of the room’s original carpet. Annabel Westman will talk in detail about her work on the re-creation ofl textiles for this room, including the tricky matter of choosing colours from historic descriptions. 

Admission to the AGM is free but all members wishing to attend should notify the Events Secretary at least 7 days in advance. Tickets for a sandwich lunch with a glass of wine at the price of £15 per head should be booked with the Events Secretary at least 7 days in advance.