Learning from Deep History: The World of Stonehenge
The World of Stonehenge exhibition was held at the British Museum in the first half of 2022 and was seen by over 190,000 people. The first major exhibition of its kind, it garnered great critical acclaim but also surprised visitors by displaying objects not just from Stonehenge but from across Britain, Ireland and north-west Europe, reflecting a time of deep connections, travel and big ideas. Organised in partnership with the State Museum of Prehistory, Halle/Saale, Germany, the exhibition was supported by generous loans from museums across the UK, Ireland and continental Europe. This talk reflects on some of the moving stories that the exhibition told, the lessons we learnt while staging the exhibition, and the growing relevance of deep history to society and the public today.
Date: 28 October 2022, 17:30 (Friday, 3rd week, Michaelmas 2022)
Venue: Mansfield College, Mansfield Road OX1 3TF
Venue Details: Sir Joseph Hotung Auditorium, Mansfield College
Speaker: Hartwig Fischer (British Museum)
Organising department: Mansfield College
Organiser: Asima Qayyum (Mansfield College)
Organiser contact email address: Principals-ea@mansfield.ox.ac.uk
Host: Helen Mountfield, QC (Mansfield College)
Booking required?: Required
Booking url: https://www.mansfield.ox.ac.uk/mansfield-college-public-talks
Cost: Free
Audience: Public
Editor: Asima Qayyum