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Autumn/Winter 2019 Events
The Fan Museum’s Autumn/Winter events programme is well underway, with two unmissable performances yet to take place before the year concludes.
Read MoreThe Fan Museum’s Curator joins The Arts Society Directory of Lecturers
The Fan Museum is delighted to announce that its curator, Jacob Moss has been successful in his application to become an accredited lecturer for The Arts Society (formerly NADFAS). Jacob is the only speaker currently listed within the Directory as offering fan-themed talks and is looking forward to travelling around the UK, promoting The Fan Museum and educating TAS audiences on the various aspects of the history of fans and craft of fan making.
Read MoreCurator in Residence 2019
Curator in Residence 2019, a free to attend programme of short talks delivered by our expert curators….
Read MoreWe’re Hiring!
The Fan Museum is seeking to appoint a Curatorial Assistant to assist the Director and Curator across a range of activities…
Read MoreLocal Community Open Day
We’re hosting a Local Community Open Day on Saturday 16th December to encourage residents from the Royal Boroughs of Greenwich and Lewisham to explore and discover our historic and contemporary collections for FREE*.
Read MoreStreet Fans: Partner Events
With less than two weeks to go until the opening of Street Fans, we wanted to tell you all about our upcoming partner events programme.
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Upcoming Events
Talking Fans > Dance Fans and the Georgian Assembly Room
Wednesday 25 May 2022 at 19.00hrs BST
In eighteenth and nineteenth century Europe, assemblies and balls were the centre of the Season where complex dances and social relationships played out. A plethora of dance manuals and sheet music were created to teach the music and social etiquette of the assembly rooms, which included the popularisation of the Country Dance fan and Quadrille fan. Join TFM Curatorial Assistant Ailsa Hendry as she explores the relationship between dance, fans, and society during this period.
Talking Fans > Art of Deception: 18th Century Trompe l’œil Fans
Wednesday 22 June 2022 at 19.00hrs BST
The French term trompe l’œil can be translated as ‘trick of the eye’ and applies to works of art which create an illusion of a real object or scene. Although its origins can be traced back to the Classical period, the trompe l’œil phenomenon is especially prevalent in the eighteenth century and is applied in varying ways to fans throughout the period. Join TFM Curator & The Arts Society Lecturer, Jacob Moss as he explores the trompe l’œil trend as seen on a variety of eighteenth century fans from the Museum’s outstanding collections.
Summer Lecture with Hélène Alexander
Wednesday 27 July 2022 at 19.00hrs BST
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