We hold regular free talks and lectures at our venues, and are making many of these available for either download or to 'listen again' through your computer.
This directory holds mp3 files and transcripts. For information on using these files see 4 ways to listen.
Dr Paul O'Keeffe looks at Alfred Gilbert's Mors Janua Vitae in the Walker Art Gallery.
14.8MB, 32.43 mins
Categories: Decorative arts
Dr Paul O'Keeffe recreates William Morris's lecture 'Art, Wealth and Riches' at the Lady Lever Art Gallery.
31.2MB, 66.29 mins
Categories: Decorative arts
Dr Paul O'Keeffe delivers an object of the month talk on 'Lutyen's Cathedral' at the Walker Art Gallery.
17.2MB, 37.46 mins
Categories: Decorative arts, Urban/social history
Head of Decorative Arts Robin Emmerson gives a gallery talk on Ettore Sotsass' 'Casablanca Cabinet' at the Walker Art Gallery. A transcript of the talk is available.
7.6MB, 16.20 mins
Robin Emmerson
Categories: Decorative arts
Head of Decorative Arts Robin Emmerson gives a gallery talk on the 'Moor Park mantelpiece' at the Lady Lever Art Gallery. A transcript of the talk is available.
8.8MB, 19.49 mins
Robin Emmerson
Categories: Decorative arts
Robin Emmerson, Head of Decorative Arts at the Walker Art Gallery, gives a gallery talk on Fritz Spiegl's 'Loophonium', providing a potted history of the euphonium, the lavatory and the career of Fritz Spiegl.
9.4MB, 20.4 mins
Robin Emmerson
Categories: Contemporary art, Decorative arts
Talk by Xanthe Brooke at the Walker Art Gallery
26.7MB, 29.9 mins
Xanthe Brooke
Categories: Decorative arts
Talk by Paul O'Keeffe
42.1MB, 46.10 mins
Categories: Decorative arts
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