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Join us for a charity auction of artworks and 18th century engravings to support the Society of Antiquaries digitisation of Library Collections.
A tour of Burlington House for Affiliate Members
This one-day conference will take an expansive and up-to-date view of the cultural and historical contexts of textiles, dress and fashion.
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John Soane famously said that the works in his collection were arranged “as studies for my own mind”, but he never explained what he meant by that phrase. This lecture attempts to illuminate Soane’s collection and his strategy for it through a display midway between a cabinet of curiosities and the post-Enlightenment museum.
Visit and explore the Society on our open Fridays.
Visit and explore the Society on our open Fridays.
Learn about the Ottoman traveller Evliya Çeleb in this joint talk with the Roman and Hellenic societies.
Visit and explore the Society on our open Fridays.
The lecture will discuss the award-winning excavations undertaken by Oxford Archaeology on a large Roman villa at Priors Hall, Corby, exploring some of the most significant archaeological remains encountered from Roman Britain in recent years. With components including manufacturing spaces, mausoleum and elements of the villa proper, the lecture will evaluate the evidence for the site’s human dynamics and social and economic networks in its regional landscape.