Many of the following talks are free, but donations to the Huguenot Public Art Fund would be appreciated.
Bishopsgate Institute events - A 10% discount on ticket prices is available when three Huguenots of Spitalfields events held at Bishopsgate Institute are booked at the same time. Concessions are available. Visit www.bishopsgate.org.uk or email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or telephone 020 7392 9200
Monday 8th April
- Exploring Spitalfields
Time: 2:00pm
Location: Guildhall Library
Speaker: Tim Kidd
Cost: Free unreserved seats visit www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/guildhalllibrary
Tuesday 9th April
- The Huguenot Silk Weavers: From Riches to Rags
Time: 2:00pm
Location: Guildhall Library
Speaker: Sue Jackson
Cost: Free unreserved seats visit www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/guildhalllibrary - Anna Maria Garthwaite (1690–1763) Silk Designer
Time: 2:00pm
Location: The V&A Museum, Drawings, and Architecture Seminar Room (PDA Seminar Room), Level 4
Speaker: Moira Thunder
Cost: Fully booked - From Worm to Wardrobe: Wearing Spitalfields Silk
Time: 7:00pm
Location: Bishopsgate Institute
Speaker: Beatrice Behlen
Cost: For tickets visit: www.bishopsgate.org.uk
Wednesday 10th April
- Anna Maria Garthwaite (1690 –1763) Silk Designer
Time: 1:00pm - 1:45pm (Doors open 12:30)
Location: V&A Museum, Hochhauser Auditorium, 1st floor, Sackler Centre
Speaker: Moira Thunder
Cost: Free unreserved seats, visit www.vam.ac.uk - Tracing Your Ancestors
Time: 2:00pm
Location: London Metropolitan Archives
Speaker: TBD
Cost: Free unreserved seats visit www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/lma - Ireland as Paradise: Huguenot military, political and economic power
Time: 7:00pm
Location: Bishopsgate Institute
Speaker: Very Rev. Dr William McComish at Bishopsgate Institute
Cost: For tickets visit: www.bishopsgate.org.uk
Thursday 11th April
- Huguenot Silver at The V&A - Gallery Tour
Time: 1:00pm & 3:00pm
Location: Meet at the main V&A lobby
Speaker: Dr Tessa Murdoch
Cost: Free limited numbers. For e-tickets contact This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. - French Born, London Made: the Trades of the Huguenots
Time: 7:00pm
Location: Bishopsgate Institute
Speaker: Jim Gledhill
Cost: For tickets visit: www.bishopsgate.org.uk
Saturday 13th April
- Contemporary Tapestry at West Dean
Time: 2:30pm
Location: Bishopsgate Institute
Speaker: Philip Sanderson
Cost: For tickets visit: www.bishopsgate.org.uk
Monday 15th April
- What is a Huguenot? What is a Protestant?
Time: 2:00pm
Location: Guildhall Library
Speaker: Andy Rider hosting Rod Green and Giles Fouhy in conversation
Cost: Free unreserved seats visit www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/guildhalllibrary - The Huguenots' Story
Time: 7:00pm
Location: Bishopsgate Institute
Speaker: Michael Gandy
Cost: Fully booked
Tuesday 16th April
- Life & Death in Spitalfields: The human remains from Christ Church Crypt 30 years on.
Time: 7:00pm
Location: Christ Church Spitalfields
Speaker: Dr Margaret Clegg - Head of Human Remains Unit at the Natural History Museum
Cost: £7 - Adults, £5 - Concessions. www.spitalfieldsmusic.org.uk/whats-on or telephone 020 7377 1362
The human remains excavated from the crypt of Christ Church Spitalfields form one of the most important collections in the world. Nearly 400 (out of over 900) skeletons removed were named individuals. The original project collated a huge amount of information about individual lives and social circumstances which make the collection invaluable to the on-going research still undertaken by Natural History Museum’s own and international researchers today.
Wednesday 17th April
- Spitalfields Silk at the Museum of London
Time: 12noon and 2:00pm
Location: Museum of London
Speaker: Beatrice Behlan
Cost: Both Fully Booked - Disappearing Spitalfields
Time: 7:30pm
Location: Bishopsgate Institute
Speaker: Dan Cruickshank
Cost: For tickets visit: www.bishopsgate.org.uk