Recreating the Royal Architectural Museum
Wednesday 26 March 2008, 6pm for 6.30pm
Recreating the Royal Architectural Museum
Wednesday 26 March 2008, 6pm for 6.30pm
by Edward Bottoms
Founded in 1851 by a group of architectural professionals led by George Gilbert Scott, the Royal Architectural Museum's collections were intended to form a museum of gothic casts for the education of art workmen - the nucleus of a 'National Museum of Architecture'. By the 1870's the museum was housed in purpose-built premises on Tufton Street, Westminster and contained over 4,500 casts, including major runs contributed by John Ruskin and William Burges. It also housed well in excess of 2000 original pieces, boasting sculpture from Westminster Hall, a significant quantity of medieval woodwork and stained glass, architectural drawings and an important collection of 18th and 19th Century architectural models.
\Edward Bottoms is the Archivist at the newly established Architectural Association Archives and has published articles on the 18th Century portraitist Charles Jervas and on the art collection of Sir Robert Walpole.
Places must be booked in advance by contacting Beth
Kingston, Education Manager
Sir John Soane's Museum,
13 Lincoln's Inn Fields London WC2A 3BP
Tel: 020 7440 4254. Email: Beth
Kingston
We ask for a contribution of £2.00 on the evening, to cover the cost of wine and postage.
The Soane Museum Study Group is a forum for discussion
on all aspects of architectural history
and related areas of interest, with a particular focus on work in progress.