Friday Focus - Lunchtime Talks

Find out about all of our upcoming Friday Focus talks here!

Friday Focus

Join us in the Main Gallery for talks by curators and artists that link to our current exhibitions & displays alongside our Object Focus talks, an opportunity to take a closer look & learn about some of the hidden gems in our collection.

Time: 1pm

Booking not required

5 May

Object Focus: Swimming at the Royal Pump Rooms. A chance to look at photographs of the pools and share memories of swimming here  

12 May

Object Focus: Hydrotherapy at the Royal Pump Rooms. An opportunity to handle some of the hydrotherapy equipment from the collection

19 May

Object Focus: Ceramics on display. Find out more about the pieces by Rose Wallace, Michael Casson and Edmund de Waal.

26 May

Object Focus: An exploration of Touch by Lyndall Phelps. A chance to find out more about this project

9 June

An introduction to Going Dutch: An exhibition of 17th century painting from the collection by curator Jane Simpkiss.

16 June

Object Focus:  Transforming the Royal Pump Rooms in the 1990s. Looking at documents from the collection and sharing memories of this period.  

23 June

Object Focus: Swimming as a sport. An opportunity to look at posters from the Munich 197 and London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games.