Ashmolean Museum - Pioneering Women, Ethical Fashion and Disability History Month

 

NOVEMBER AT THE MUSEUM Discover the pioneering Victorian women who shaped colour technologies, join our Ethical Fashion in-conversation event and mark Disability History Month with a new display and talk. Plus, see spectacular kimonos in a new display and go behind the scenes of our Kabuki Legends display with curator Clare Pollard. HOW VICTORIAN WOMEN SHAPED COLOUR TECHNOLOGIES THE COLOURFUL CREATIVES In our major exhibition Colour Revolution, we explore some of the gendered conceptions around colour and tell a new story about the role that many Victorian women played in shaping new colour technologies. Our latest story highlights three of these early Victorian pioneers, Anna Atkins, Sarah Acland and Loie Fuller, who experimented with cutting-edge photographic and light projection techniques. Read the story COLOUR REVOLUTION VICTORIAN ART, FASHION & DESIGN OPEN UNTIL 18 FEB 2024 'Amazing exhibition! Strongly recommend!' Anna on Facebook 'Beautiful and informative in equal measure.' Nigel on Facebook 'So interesting and so beautifully done.' Nicola on Twitter/X Book your exhibition tickets Shop the exhibition range online ETHICAL FASHION IN CONVERSATION WED 29 NOV, 6–7.30PM AT THE MUSEUM & ONLINE Join this live in-conversation event with artist Kate Turnbull, fashion designer Rahemur Rahman, designer-maker Mila Burcikova and poet Karen McCarthy Woolf to explore ethical fashion through the lens of colour, marking our Colour Revolution exhibition. Book now CHRISTMAS CARDS & GIFTS GET READY FOR THE FESTIVE SEASON Shop our festive range featuring a collection of cards and gift ideas for you, your family and friends. For first-time online shop customers, use code WELCOME10 at the checkout for 10% off your basket.* Or, become a Member today and enjoy 15% off online and in-store during Members' Festive Shopping Week** (6-12 November 2023). Every purchase supports the Museum. Browse our online shop FASHIONING BODIES IN THE ANCIENT WORLD FROM EGYPT TO THE MIDDLE EAST OPENS 10 NOV | ANCIENT MIDDLE EAST GALLERY To mark Disability History Month, we're highlighting some of the important objects in our collection to showcase how disability has been celebrated and depicted in Ancient Egypt and the Ancient Middle East. This display has been curated by Kyle Lewis Jordan, Curating for Change Fellow at the Ashmolean & Pitt Rivers Museums. Find out more UNDERSTANDING DISABILITY AND BODILY DIFFERENCE IN THE ANCIENT MIDDLE EAST TALK WED 15 NOV, 2–3PM | AT THE MUSEUM & ONLINE Join this engaging talk with Kyle Lewis Jordan to unravel the significance of representations of disability and difference from both Ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia in the Ashmolean’s collections. Find out more KABUKI KIMONO COSTUMES OF BANDŌ TAMASABURŌ OPENS 21 NOV | TEXTILE GALLERY Six spectacular kimonos belonging to the kabuki actor Bandō Tamasaburō V will be on display in the Textiles Gallery for a year. Tamasaburō is the most popular and celebrated onnagata (male actor who performs female roles) currently on stage. Find out more KABUKI CONCERT TUE 21 NOV, 1–2PM | AT THE MUSEUM Join us for a special lunchtime concert of musical highlights from the kabuki theatre with leading hayashikata (kabuki musician) Tanaka Denjirō VII on Japanese drum and fellow musician on Japanese flute.  Book your tickets MONTHLY FAMILY ACTIVITIES SUBSCRIBE FOR BABY OR TODDLER EVENTS Discover our subscription programmes for families.  Aimed at those with babies under 12 months, Baby Bundle offers monthly social and learning activities. Each month includes a mix of three sessions. Toddler Time offers a monthly season of events in the Museum to help children develop their vocabulary and experiences.  Each programme is available for 3, 6 or 9 month subscriptions. Learn more about Baby Bundle Learn more about Toddler Time NEW EXHIBITION VIDEO KABUKI LEGENDS In this video Clare Pollard, curator of Kabuki Legends, takes us behind the scenes of this vibrant display and the work of Takahashi Hiromitsu. Watch the video Find out more about the display UPCOMING EVENTS UNWEAVING THE RAINBOW TALK Online only Tue 14 Nov, 2–3pm Discover the revolutionary impacts of scientific and technological discoveries on the use of colour in Victorian art, fashion and design in this talk with Colour Revolution exhibition researcher Madeline Hewitson. <

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