04 February – Oxfords Medieval Jewish Quarter: The Latest Findings

04 February - Oxfords Medieval Jewish Quarter: The Latest Findings

Oxfords Remarkable Medieval Jewish Quarter: The Latest Findings.

A talk by Pam Manix – historian.

Lectures are held in the Coach House and start at 19:30 but please arrive for 19:00 to allow time to be seated and a prompt start.

Friends go free and visitors are £2.

07 February – Didcot Mirror Study Day

Didcot Mirror

The Didcot Mirror study day is a chance to hear leading academic experts discussing the mirror’s purpose, significance, and manufacture, and the Iron Age society which created it.

Gathered together by special invitation, the speakers at this unique event are the leading experts in their respective fields.

Prof Sir Barry Cunliffe
Dr Peter Northover
Dr Chris Hayden
Prof Miranda Aldhouse-Green
Dr Jody Joy

Subjects covered will range from archaeometallurgy to sacrifice and ritual, taking in artistic design and social structures along the way. We will also have a contribution from Oxford Archaeology, who will describe and discuss recent excavations at Great Western Park in Didcot.

Saturday 07 February - 09:30 - 17:00.

To order your tickets telephone 01993 814106

Tickets £25 per person / £20 conc

for more information click on the image to take you to The Oxfordshire Museum website.

14 February – Fashion In The First World War

Fashion In The First World War

Author Nina Edwards looks back at the First World War through clothing and small details of dress and appearance. Revealing the details of what people wore, whether as uniform, or through an enforced culture of ‘make-do-and– mend’ or haute couture, she shows how they all add to our understanding of what it was like to live then.

Did fashion matter in the First World War – and what might be its legacy?

Tickets are £7 and are available in advance from the Museum reception, The Woodstock Bookshop (01993 812760) and Trevor Hendy (01993 812103).