Events
BOOKING EVENTS:
Please note that unless otherwise stated:
• Talks are at Kelmscott House
• Latecomers will not be admitted; we advise you arrive at least 10 minutes before the talk begins.
• Tickets: members, £12; non-members, £14; students/unwaged £7
Please book tickets for talks online. Alternatively applications for tickets may be sent to the WMS office – address at the bottom of this page. Stamped addressed envelopes should accompany all postal bookings.
The pre-booking of tickets for all events is strongly advised. Our historic Coach House lecture room has limited seating capacity and if you attend without booking beforehand you risk being turned away.
April 15, 2020 10.30 - 13.00
Family Arts & Crafts Workshop: Yarn Owls
DUE TO THE COVID-19 OUTBREAK, THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELLED ALL TICKET HOLDERS WILL BE CONTACTED Join us to make some beautiful owls in our coach house! Session 1 We…
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April 25, 2020 12.00 - 13.00
LECTURE: The David Parr House: an extraordinary Cambridge home
DUE TO THE COVID-19 OUTBREAK, THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELLED ALL TICKET HOLDERS WILL BE CONTACTED Decorated in the late Victorian era, this house lay undiscovered until a few years…
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May 4, 2020 10.00-16.00
EMBROIDERY WORKSHOP: MORRIS IN BLOOM
Come and learn some of the needlework skills used in creating the original Morris & Co. embroideries. You will have the chance to practise a range of easy free-style stitches…
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May 5, 2020 10.00-13.00
TOUR: Arts & Crafts Textiles
This is a rare opportunity to get up close with items that are rarely on show to the public with a specialist tour of both Emery Walker’s House and the…
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May 16, 2020 12.00
THE AGM OF THE WILLIAM MORRIS SOCIETY
All members are welcome to attend the AGM which will be followed by a free talk THE TAPESTRY WEAVERS AND CARPET KNOTTERS AT MERTON ABBEY With the move to Merton…
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June 2, 2020 10.00-13.00
TOUR: Arts & Crafts Wallpaper
An opportunity to get up close to items that are rarely on show to the public with a specialist tour of both the Society’s premises and nearby Emery Walker’s House….
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June 13, 2020 12.00 - 13.00
LECTURE: Ernest Gimson and the Morrises
As a 19-year-old trainee architect in Leicester, Ernest Gimson first encountered William Morris in 1884. Thirty years later – when well established as an architect, designer and maker – he…
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July 6, 2020 10.00-16.00
EMBROIDERY WORKSHOP: MORRIS IN BLOOM
Come and learn some of the needlework skills used in creating the original Morris & Co. embroideries. You will have the chance to practise a range of easy free-style stitches…
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