Victorian visions of Classical Greece and Rome: a panel discussion

What: Panel Discussion
When: Friday 20th November, 6.30-8pm
Where: Cast Gallery, Museum of Classical Archaeology
Who: 14+
In conjunction with Following Hercules at the Fitzwilliam Museum

The Museum of Classical Archaeology was founded in the Victorian period at the same time as Classical Archaeology was coming into its own as an academic discipline. Queen Victoria and Prince Albert were buying miniatures of classical statues for each other's birthday, Victorian diplomats were acting as middle-men in the antiquities trade, and the exhibition at Crystal Palace in Sydenham, not to mention industrialisation more broadly, were bringing the Greeks and Romans to a more varied audience than ever before.

What did these developments do to Britain and to Antiquity? Three experts will give their slice of history. Come and experience Victorian visions over a glass of wine.

Our panel includes Dr. Lucilla Burn (Keeper of Antiquities at the Fitzwilliam Museum), Dr. Yannis Galanakis (Director of the Museum of Classical Archaeology) and Dr. Kate Nichols (of the Bible and Antiquity in 19th-Century Culture project).