Below is a chronological list of our currently planned coach trips, Behind the Scenes and Gallery visits, walks and talks.
This is followed by a list of some of the online offerings from the Museums Service. For a full list of what is on across the Service click here.
Bristol is well-known to be a ‘walkable’ city and this was especially true in the late Middle Ages when the city was much smaller.
This is an online talk with Professor Helen Fulton and Dr Evan Jones from the University of Bristol about different ways in which the city can be mapped on foot.
To book a place for this online talk via the Museum’s website click here.
An opportunity to enjoy a ride in a 1960 Royal Blue coach to Dyrham Park to view the refurbishment of the house and formal garden. Member Sally Dore is on hand to give a ‘1,000 years of war’ tour.
Cost: £37.50 per person.
Book online using the following link:
Alternatively you may book by post using the form enclosed with the March newsletter.
Organizer/driver: Richard Avery, membership@friendsofbmga.org.uk, 0117 329 6656.
To coincide with a major exhibition of Angelica Kauffman’s work at the Royal Academy, Dr Jan Cox will give us an overview of this celebrated 18th century female artist.
Cost: £9.50 per person.
Book online using the following link:
Alternatively you may book by post using the form enclosed with the March newsletter.
Administrator: Catherine Dixon, blackrockcfd@hotmail.com, 01275 849200.
A guided tour of the Corn Exchange, built in 1741, and the market including recently-discovered underground World War II air raid shelters.
Cost: £11.00 per person.
Book online using the following link:
Please note – the payment receipt from PayPal does not mean that you have secured a place. The organizer receives a weekly update of payments and will email you to advise when you have a firm booking.
Alternatively you may book by post using the form enclosed with the March newsletter.
Organizer: Katherine Martin, katherine_martin@hotmail.com, 07891 547624.
Maud Rowell, who began losing her sight when 19 years of age, examines how many of the paintings we all love can help us understand what the blind and partially-sighted really see.
Cost: £9.50 per person.
Book online using the following link:
Alternatively you may book by post using the form enclosed with the March newsletter.
Administrator: Sally Dore, sally.dore@cantab.net, 0117 942 2620.
Julia Carver, Curator of Fine Art, will give us a tour of the exhibition centred around the National Gallery loan of Constable’s The Hay Wain.
Cost: £12.50 per person.
Book online using the following link:
Please note – the payment receipt from PayPal does not mean that you have secured a place. The organizer receives a weekly update of payments and will email you to advise when you have a firm booking.
Alternatively you may book by post using the form enclosed with the March newsletter.
Organizer: Catherine Dixon, blackrockcfd@hotmail.com, 01275 849200.
A visit to this biennial exhibition of outdoor sculpture set in the beautiful gardens of the Old Rectory in the village of Quenington, Gloucestershire.
Cost: £42.00 per person.
Book online using the following link:
Alternatively you may book by post using the form enclosed with the March newsletter.
Organizer: Carol Lear, carolear@btinternet.com, 0117 942 3610.
A Date for your Diary.
Lucy Bailey will deliver the lecture ‘J M W Turner’s Historical Vignettes‘
A booking form will be enclosed with the June newsletter.
A seven-day visit to Glasgow to visit museums, galleries and Mackintosh masterpieces.
For details of a likely itinerary and the costs involved please refer to the sheet enclosed with the March newsletter. A deposit of £100 per person is required as soon as possible to reserve a place.
Book online and pay the deposit using the following link:
Alternatively you may book by post using the form enclosed with the March newsletter.
Organizer: Mary Bailey, events@friendsofbmga.org.uk, 0117 942 1944
