The Friends of Herculaneum have posted this amazing listing of springtime events pertaining to Herculaneum, Vesuvian Campania, and the Classical World. All venues are at the British Museum.
As usual, AFoH members receive admissions and discounts at all activities listed for "members".
Pursue the links for complete information.
Thanks to Krystyna Cech for compiling the list.
M
As usual, AFoH members receive admissions and discounts at all activities listed for "members".
Pursue the links for complete information.
Friday
3 May
•
18.30
Vesuvius: a volcano, its history and legacy
Book now/£5 /Lecture / BP Lecture Theatre
Saturday 4 May
•
13.15
Excavating the ancient sewers of Herculaneum
Book now/ Free /Lecture / BP Lecture Theatre
Tuesday 7 May
•
13.15
Glass of the Caesars: Roman cameos and luxury glass
Free
/Gallery talk / Room 70
Friday 10 May
•
18.00
Up late in Pompeii: a night out in the Bay of Naples
Free
/Special event / British Museum
•
19.00
Sex in Pompeii and Herculaneum
Book now/ Free /Lecture / BP Lecture Theatre
Saturday 11 May
•
14.00
The Last Days of Pompeii (Gli ultimi giorni di Pompei)
Book now/ Free /Film / BP Lecture Theatre
Friday 17 May
•
18.30
How to read a Latin poem
Book now/£5 /Lecture / BP Lecture Theatre
Saturday 18 May
•
14.00
Latin from scratch workshop
Book now/£15 /Workshop / Stevenson Lecture
Theatre
Sunday 19 May
•
14.00
Roman dining
£12 /Young Friends / Clore
Education Centre
Wednesday 22 May
•
13.15
Pompeii, Herculaneum and Neoclassicism
Free
/Gallery talk / Room 47
Thursday 23 May
•
13.15
The wall-paintings of Pompeii and Herculaneum
Book now/ Free /Lecture / BP Lecture Theatre
Friday 24 May
•
13.15
Pompeii and Herculaneum: curator's introduction
Book now/ Free /Lecture / BP Lecture Theatre
•
18.30
Bodies of Pompeii and Herculaneum
Book now/£5 /Lecture / BP Lecture Theatre
Monday 27 May
•
11.00
Villas, vines and volcanoes
Free /Half-term
activity / Great Court
•
13.00
Animals in Pompeii and Herculaneum
Free
/Half-term activity / BP Lecture Theatre
Tuesday 28 May
•
11.00
Villas, vines and volcanoes
Free /Half-term
activity / Great Court
Wednesday 29 May
•
11.00
Villas, vines and volcanoes
Free /Half-term
activity / Great Court
Thursday 30 May
•
11.00
Villas, vines and volcanoes
Free /Half-term
activity / Great Court
Friday 31 May
•
11.00
Villas, vines and volcanoes
Free /Half-term
activity / Great Court
•
13.00
Children in Pompeii and Herculaneum
Free
/Half-term activity / BP Lecture Theatre
•
18.30
New discoveries at Herculaneum
Book now/£5 /Lecture / BP Lecture Theatre
Saturday 1 June
•
14.00
'Disaster in the loveliest of lands': readings from
Pompeii and Herculaneum
Book now/ Free /Performance / Stevenson
Lecture Theatre
Monday 3 June
•
18.30
Pompeii brought back to life? Some puzzles of the Roman
city
£0 /Members' lecture / BP Lecture Theatre
Monday 10 June
•
13.15
Pompeii and Herculaneum: curator's introduction
Book now/ Free /Lecture / BP Lecture Theatre
Thursday 13 June
•
13.15
Life and death in Roman Britain
Free /Gallery
talk / Room 49
Thursday 13 June
Friday 14 June
•
18.30
Does Latin have a future?
Book now/£5 /Lecture / BP Lecture Theatre
Saturday 15 June
•
11.00
Roman fresco painting workshop
£35 /Workshop /
Sackler Rooms
Tuesday 2 July
•
13.15
Britain during the last days of Pompeii and Herculaneum
Free
/Gallery talk / Room 49
Friday 5 July
•
13.15
'Meanwhile, in Britain...': women under the Roman Empire
Book now/ Free /Lecture / BP Lecture Theatre
Saturday 6 July
•
14.00
Pompeii: The Last Day
Book now/ Free /Film / Stevenson Lecture
Theatre
Thursday 11 July
•
13.15
Pompeii and
Herculaneum: curator's introduction
Book now/ Free /Lecture / Stevenson Lecture
Theatre
Friday 12 July
•
18.30
Fictionalising Pompeii
Book now/£5 /Lecture / BP Lecture Theatre
Thanks to Krystyna Cech for compiling the list.
M
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