CGLI members visit the exhibition at the Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology

Museum archive reconnects a London-based Congolese community with its heritage

10 March 2017

When Reverend Kenred Smith captured moments of life in the Congo over 120 years ago, he couldn’t have imagined that the photos – now in ¹ú¼ÊÃ×À¼¶ÔÕó¿ÆÄª's Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology – would be chosen by a Congolese community to help them remember a country that many of them had fled.

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Detail from Five Ships - Mounts Bay (1928) by Alfred Wallis

A Handful of Objects

23 March 2016

Five key objects from the world-class collections at Kettle’s Yard have been made available to view through film, sound, photographs and 360 degree views.

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Oil painting of Varallo, Italy, by Samuel Butler, 1885

Bella Italia: an Englishman’s adventures abroad

11 January 2013

A Butler Day at St John’s College tomorrow (12 January) celebrates the many trips to Italy undertaken by the polymath Samuel Butler, author of Erewhon. The event comprises an exhibition and talks which are open to the public and free of charge.

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