Black History Month: A Horse Racing Trophy
Date | Wednesday 8 October 2025 |
Time | 13.00-13.15 BST |
Location | At the museum (Sixteenth Century Gallery |
Speaker | Rosa Somerville |
Join Guide Lecturer Rosa Somerville to learn more about a French horse racing trophy with four enslaved black figures depicted on its stem. Consider their significance and learn how the slave trade persisted in the French colonies at the time this object was made, despite having been abolished in France.
Places are limited and allocated first-come, first-served on the day.