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Lunchtime talk: Concealed Shoes Revealed

Picture of concealed shoes

Thursday 22 July – Thursday 2 September
1-1.30pm
Online via Zoom!

A chance to meet the Northampton Museum & Art Gallery curators in this lunchtime talk series and learn more about the objects in the collection and on display.

The Joseph Grose Archive
Thursday 22 July
Join history curator Louise Hannam-Jones to explore our archive of objects relating to Joseph Grose, Northampton’s transport pioneer

Sir Edward Burne-Jones’ Retelling of Arthurian Legend
Thursday 12 August
Join art curator Elizabeth Socci to take a closer look at Burne-Jones’ sketch for Sir Lancelot at the Chapel of the Holy Grail and discover the origin of this Pre-Raphaelite, story-inspired chalk drawing.

Concealed Shoes Revealed
Thursday 2 September
Join senior shoe curator Rebecca Shawcross to explore the fascinating practice of concealing shoes and the reasons why they were hidden in buildings

£3 per talk or £7.50 for the series of three talks

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