Events
BOOKING EVENTS:
Please note that unless otherwise stated:
• Talks are at Kelmscott House starting 2.15 pm.
• Latecomers will not be admitted; we advise you arrive at least 10 minutes before the talk begins.
• Tickets: members, £10; non-members, £12; students/unwaged £5
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.
For childrens’ events, please phone the WMS office or email us to book your place.
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.
September 22, 2018 11.00-17.00
Open House weekend 2018
We are delighted to take part again in the annual celebration of London’s built heritage, and will be open for extended hours on both days. Come and learn about William…
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September 23, 2018 11.00-17.00
Open House weekend 2018
We are delighted to take part again in the annual celebration of London’s built heritage, and will be open for extended hours on both days. Come and learn about William…
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October 20, 2018 14.15
2018 KELMSCOTT LECTURE: PATTERNING: In Story, Society and Wallpaper
This year’s Kelmscott Lecture will be given by awardwinning writer Sarah Woods. “Without order, neither the beauty nor the imagination could be made visible; it is the bond of their…
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October 23, 2018 10.00 - 16.00
HANDMADE IN HAMMERSMITH: EMBROIDERY WORKSHOP WITH SALLY ROBERSON
Come & enjoy this embroidery workshop in the Coach House at KELMSCOTT HOUSE! Learn to embroider in the art needlework style pioneered by William Morris & his family. Expert tutor Sally Roberson…
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October 24, 2018 10.00 - 12.30
Family workshop: Printing with Light
“Printing with Light”: a workshop in two parts for children 6-12 years Be inspired by our exhibition of photographs “Drawing with Light”! Session 1: Create your own photo using sunlight…
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November 17, 2018 14.15
William Morris & Wood Engraving
This talk will focus on two decades in the career of William Morris – the 1860s and the 1890s, when he was directly concerned with wood engravings and the ‘art…
Find out moreBeyond Ophelia: A celebration of Lizzie Siddal
Lizzie Siddal was an artist, poet, and professional member of the Pre-Raphaelite artistic circle, and yet today she is remembered mainly as the model for the iconic Millais painting, Ophelia, and…
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January 26, 2019 14.15
Mary Watts’s Diary: A record
In 1886, Mary Fraser-Tytler, Scottish artist of 39, married George Frederic Watts, thirty years older, then at the height of his fame as a guru of the London art world…
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February 13, 2019 10.00 - 16.00
HANDMADE IN HAMMERSMITH: EMBROIDERY WORKSHOP WITH SALLY ROBERSON
Come & enjoy this embroidery workshop in the Coach House at KELMSCOTT HOUSE! Learn to embroider in the art needlework style pioneered by William Morris & his family. Expert tutor Sally Roberson…
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February 23, 2019 14.15
Kelmscott Manor: Past, Present and Future
The Society of Antiquaries has owned, curated and conserved Kelmscott Manor since 1962. With support from the Heritage Lottery Fund it has recently embarked on a major project which encompasses…
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