MEMBERS' EVENTS

Members' lectures tickets are available to purchase online, over the phone on 01865 278 112 or in person at the Museum.

Mosaic showing a marine scene, Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Napoli. Pompeii, 100–1 BC.

MEMBERS' EXHIBITION PREVIEW

Tue 23 Jul, 10am–5pm

MEMBERS ONLY

Members can enjoy a special preview of the upcoming major exhibition Last Supper in Pompeii before it opens to the public.

MEMBERS' VISIT: OXFORD TOWN HALL

Choice of 7 or 8 Aug

Come and see exuberant architecture and civic treasures on display; take a peep into the ongoing refurbishment of the city museum; and enjoy a cream tea to finish.

MEMBERS' LECTURE: ART AND POWER IN 15th CENTURY URBINO

Tue 10 Sep, 3.15pm

MEMBERS ONLY

Diana Matthews will examine how a princely patronage encouraged the finest architects, artists, and theorists to play their part in the creation of the beautiful hill town of Urbino, a leading centre of the Italian Renaissance.

Mosaic of a skeleton holding two wine jugs or askoi. First century AD © Archaeological Museum Naples

MEMBERS' LECTURE: LAST SUPPER IN POMPEII WITH THE CURATOR

Wed 25 Sep, 4pm

MEMBERS ONLY

Dr Paul Roberts, Sackler Keeper of Antiquities at the Ashmolean, will speak about the Museum's major exhibition, Last Supper in Pompeii, and Pompeii's love affair with food and drink.

MEMBERS' LECTURE: GAUGUIN'S PORTRAITS: MIMICRY AND MYSTERY

Thu 7 Nov, 3.30pm

MEMBERS ONLY

Art Historian Juliet Heslewood will give this lecture on Gauguin's portraits and will provide an insight into this extraordinary artist.

WA2004.102 Johannes Cornelisz. Verspronck, Portrait of a Lady Image © Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford

MEMBERS' LECTURE: THE DUTCH GOLDEN AGE: PAINTINGS FROM THE NATIONAL TRUST

Tue 12 Nov 10.30am

MEMBERS ONLY

David Taylor, Curator of Paintings and Sculpture for the National Trust, will discuss 16th and 17th century Dutch art in the contect of the National trust's exceptional collections.