Black History Month: A Closer Look
Date | Wednesday 15 October 2025 |
Time | 13.00-13.15 BST |
Location | At the museum (East Gallery II) |
Speaker | Gowri Silva |
Join Guide Lecturer Gowri Siva to pick out the oft-overlooked details of one of our Dutch paintings. Travel to 17th-century Amsterdam and learn about Dutch society and the significance of the slave trade as alluded to in Jan van der Heyden’s painting View of the Westerkerk, Amsterdam.
Places are limited and allocated first-come, first-served on the day.