Friends events May-August 2016

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Post Please write to Call Centre Museum of 150 EC2Y 5HN

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Images

Cover: Great Fire of London, seen from Ludgate © P4: Tom Jerry and Logic tasting Wine from the Wood at the London Docks, 1821 ©Museum of London

P6: The South End of St James’s Street, 1846 Henry Adlard, Jean Marchant © Museum of London

P6: Hand-made reconstructions of a pair of 1780s stays, a smock and petticoat, made by students of The School of Historical Dress © The School of Historical Dress

P6: Broadway © photographic collection Exclusive events programme for the Friends of the Museum of London To book call 020 7001 9844

To find out more about the Friends call Susan Boome on 020 7814 5507 The Museum of London is a registered charity (number 1139250) or visit museumoflondon.org.uk/friends Friends events June p? May-August 2016 Saturday 4 June, 11am Walking tour of the City’s Gardens and Squares p4 Thursday 16 June, 11am Musical Museum p4

Free highlights gallery tours for Friends Thursday 23 June, 1.30pm Royal United Services Institute for Defence & Security Studies p5 We offer a free highlights gallery tour for you and your guest with our knowledgeable visitor hosts. This is an opportunity for you to explore our July p? world-class galleries and learn more about some of our objects. For new Friends this is a great introduction to our museum. Saturday 2 July, 11am Kirkaldy Testing Museum p5 The tour takes place on the second Sunday of each month at 11.30am. Please book in advance by telephoning our Box Office on 020 7001 9844. Wednesday 6 July, 6.30pm The King, the Empress & the Mandeville in the Middle p5 Monday 11 July, 11am Haberdashers’ Hall p5

Sunday 17 July, 11am Backstreets and Byways of St James’s with Blue Badge guide Diane Burstein p6 Wednesday 20 July, 6.30pm Content, Cut, Construction, Context – A talk about the School of Historical Dress p6 Tuesday 26 July, 6.30pm Fire! Fire! Friends private view of our new major exhibition with curator Meriel Jeater p6

August p? Thursday 4 August, 2pm Tour of 55 Broadway p6

Thursday 11 August, 11am Walking tour of the Public Art in the City p7 May p ? Monday 15 August, 11am until approximately 2.30pm Saturday 21 May, 6.45pm Visit to Royal Holloway, University of London p7 Tour of Westminster Abbey with The Purcell Club p4 Wednesday 24 August, 6.30pm Tuesday 24 May or Tuesday 7 June, 7.30pm Roman sculpture in bronze and marble from the London region – Wine Tasting p4 a talk by Francis Grew Senior Curator, Archaeology p7

2 3 June Tour of Westminster Abbey with The Purcell Club Royal United Services Institute for Defence & Security Studies Saturday 21 May, 6.45pm Thursday 23 June, 1.30pm

May Join us for an inspirational evening of music and history. Created in 1831 by the Duke of Wellington, the Institute originally Our guided tour of the Abbey will be interspersed with music focused on military and defence policy and research. Now its mission when members of the Purcell Club sing pieces ranging from the is to be an analytical global forum for informing, influencing and 16th to 20th centuries. The Purcell Club consists of former choristers enhancing public debate on a more stable world. After our tour of of Westminster Abbey, who give their services to the building we will hear a talk on the library and archive collection. raise money for charity.

Meeting Point The Cloister Entrance, in Dean’s Yard. Royal United Services Institute, Whitehall, SW1A 2ET (between the Banqueting Westminster Abbey, SW1P 3PA House and the Welsh Office) £37 Friends, guests of Friends £40 Friends only £12 includes tea, coffee and biscuits July Wine Tasting Kirkaldy Testing Museum Tuesday 24 May or Tuesday 7 June, 7.30pm Saturday 2 July, 11am

May Here is your chance to taste 6 different wines and learn more David Kirkaldy’s Testing and Experimenting Works set international about them in a small group and a relaxed atmosphere. Do you standards in testing materials. Today this unique Victorian workshop like a wine with legs? Does it have a good nose? Is it full bodied? keeps alive our direct link with Kirkaldy’s innovation and preserves How complex is it and what characteristics does it have? his unique Universal Testing Machine - the huge hydraulic powered Find out the answers to all these questions. machine he designed, which is in full working order, in the premises he built to house it.

Majestic Wine 2 Holloway Road, Islington, N7 8JL Kirkaldy Testing Museum, 99 Street, SE1 0JF Friends £7, guests of Friends £10 including charitable donation Friends only £8 July Walking tour of the City’s Gardens and Squares The King, the Empress & the Mandeville in the Middle Saturday 4 June, 11am Wednesday 6 July, 6.30pm

June Enjoy a thrilling walk through some of the City of London’s Discover the story of a 12th century castle set in a time of civil war delightful gardens and open spaces with City of London Guides and manipulative barons. The talk involves the archaeology found Peter Twist and Tina Baxter, who will be sharing their enthusiasm at South Mimms, both the excavations themselves and recent for the astonishing variety of planting within this unique urban public engagement work focusing on its archive. There will be environment and revealing many of its secrets. objects from the excavation for us to see and handle.

Meet in the Museum of London Foyer, 150 London Wall, London EC2Y 5HN Mortimer Wheeler House, 46 Eagle Wharf Road, N1 7ED Friends £10, guests of Friends £14 Friends £8, guests of Friends £12 July Musical Museum Haberdashers’ Hall Thursday 16 June, 11am Monday 11 July, 11am

June The Musical Museum contains one of the world’s foremost The Haberdashers’ Company is one of the Great Twelve Livery collections of self-playing musical instruments. From the tiniest Companies and has a long history closely connected to the of clockwork music boxes to the Mighty Wurlitzer the collection development of the City of London. The Company has its origins embraces an impressive and comprehensive array of sophisticated in Medieval times. We will be visiting the fourth Hall of the reproducing pianos, orchestrions, orchestrelles, residence organs Haberdashers’ Company, which was opened in 2002. and violin players. Our tour will include many live presentations of the instruments.

The Musical Museum, 399 High Street, Brentford, TW8 0DU Haberdashers Hall, 18 W Smithfield, EC1A 9HQ Friends £10, guests of Friends £14 includes tea, coffee and biscuits on arrival Friends only £9 4 5 August Backstreets and Byways of St James’s with Public Art in the City Blue Badge guide Diane Burstein Thursday 11 August, 11am

July Sunday 17 July, 11am Explore some of the public art in the City of London, where Two parks, a royal palace, some of the oldest retail businesses in sculptures and other installations from some of the world’s leading London, a Wren church and several gentlemen’s clubs feature on artists can be found: Thomas Heatherwick, Gavin Turk, Fernando this tour. We stroll round elegant St James’s Square to hear about its Botero and Richard Serra, to name a few. Find out about the artists famous inhabitants. Then it’s on to Jermyn Street to hear the history and their motivations for creating them. of its famous shops such as Floris and Paxton & Whitfield.

Meet outside St James’s Park Station (Broadway Exit) Meet Temple Bar (Gateway) Paternoster Square, EC4M 7DX Friends £8, guests of Friends £12 Friends £8, guests of Friends £12 August Content, Cut, Construction, Context – A talk about the Visit to Royal Holloway, University of London School of Historical Dress Monday 15 August 11am – 2.30pm (approximately)

July Wednesday 20 July, 6.30pm Founded by Thomas Holloway and largely inspired by the Château The aim of the school is to promote the study of historical dress, Chambord in the Loire Valley, the College was opened in 1886 by including that of non-Western cultures, by using primary evidence, Queen Victoria. We will tour the Founder’s Building, including the in particular surviving clothing and textiles. The School encourages Chapel, Founder’s Library and Victorian Corridor, followed by a talk new research and introduces students to the tools needed for this, and free time in the Picture Gallery. such as how to study an object to identify its materials, cut, construction and historical context. Royal Holloway, University of London, Egham, Surrey, TW20 0EX Meeting point Under the Clock Tower, Founder’s Building Clore Learning Centre, Museum of London, 150 London Wall, London EC2Y 5HN Friends £20, guests of Friends £24 including lunch, sandwiches, Friends £10, guests of Friends £14 fruit platter, tea, coffee August Fire! Fire! Friends private view of our new major exhibition Roman sculpture in bronze and marble from the London with curator Meriel Jeater region – a talk by Francis Grew Senior Curator, Archaeology

July Tuesday 26 July, 6.30pm Wednesday 24 August, 6.30pm Discover London before, during and after the Great Fire of 1666. The statuary from the Temple of Mithras is the only major group of Marking the 350th anniversary of this infamous disaster, we explore marble sculpture from Britannia. The portrait of Hadrian from the the evidence to find out how the fire started and spread, and Thames is one of just three in bronze from the entire Roman world. discover the personal stories of Londoners who were there at the The talk will investigate these and other stunning finds in detail. time. View rarely seen 17th century artefacts and learn how the city we know today rose from the ashes. Museum of London, 150 London Wall, London EC2Y 5HN Clore Learning Centre, Museum of London, 150 London Wall, London EC2Y 5HN Free for Friends and one guest, refreshments provided. Please book in advance Friends £8, guests of Friends £12

55 Broadway Thursday 4 August, 2pm A chance to visit this Grade I listed building designed by Charles Holden. Construction started in 1927 and on its completion in 1929

August it was the tallest office block in London, described as ‘the cathedral of modernity’. It was formerly the headquarters of London Under- ground and is destined to be converted into luxury flats.

Reception area, 55 Broadway, London, SW1H 0BD (above St James’s Park under-ground station) Friends only £8 7 6