Every Object Tells A Story. Programme of free museum talks for 2011
Using Bolton’s rich museum, archive and library collections as inspiration, why not hear a lunchtime story about anything from ancient Egyptian fighting to precious books!
- Talks are from 1pm to 1.30pm in Learning Studio 1 or the Lecture Theatre in Bolton Museum, Aquarium and Archive.
- Complimentary tea and coffee provided.
- Free, No booking required. Places are allocated on a first come, first served basis.
| Friday 28 January | More Museum Mysteries Investigated | with Matthew Constantine, Senior Manager of Collections |
| Friday 25 February | Tall Tales and Wise Words from Ancient Egypt | with Carolyn Routledge, Curator of Egyptology |
| Friday 25 March | Money, Money, Money: A look at the Bolton Museums coin collection | with Erin Beeston, Documentation Assistant |
| Friday 29 April | ‘God save the King’: A celebration of royal events in Bolton | Speaker to be announced |
| Friday 27 May | ‘Garden Gangsters’: The bloodthirsty work of the ladybird | with Don Stenhouse, Curator of Natural History |
| Friday 24 June | Bleeding, dying, undone Bolton: the English civil war in Bolton | with Matthew Constantine, Senior Manager of Collections |
| Friday 26 August | Mummy Fever in Taiwan | with Carolyn Routledge, Curator of Egyptology and Archaeology |
| Friday 30 September | The Bolton Print Collection | with Kirsty Haikney, Collections Access Officer, Museums |
| Friday 28 October | ‘Bananas about Fish’: Fair Trade and Fish | with Pete Liptrot, Collections Access Officer, Aquarium |
| Friday 25 November | Bolton’s Japanese Collections | with Matthew Watson, Collections Access Officer, Museums |
| Friday 23 December | ‘Birds and Beasts’: A look at Bolton’s Zoology Collections | with Don Stenhouse, Collections Access Officer, Museums |
- More talks are planned for the rest of the year. Look out for further details.
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