W R Johnston Collection

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    W R Johnston Collection
    Hotham Street
    East Melbourne, VIC 3002
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Earthly Pleasure Gilded Treasure - Sold Out - Melbourne Food and Wine Festival 2013

12th March

Renowned pastry chef Pierre Roelofs will transform wonderful produce into an exquisite dessert banquet served in the sumptuous and historic interiors of...

$95

Objects and the Theatre of Memory with Valerie Krips

22nd May

Proust’s Marcel remembers when he dips his madeleine in linden tea, the woman at the sink remembers her mother as she washes an inherited cup: objects and...

$30

The Vanity Of Fashion With Roger Leong

20th May

For centuries, writers and commentators have warned against the vanity of fashion; generally to little effect. This talk spans the 18th, 19th and 20th...

$30

Don't Waste a Wash: Hygiene and History with Valerie Krips

16th May

The TV advertisement ‘Don’t waste a wash’ assumed that everyone could be nice, clean and hygienic. But a daily shower and the use of deodorant are neither...

$30

The Cheapside Hoard : History Revisited

10th May

This lecture celebrates the centenary of the discovery of the greatest hoard of Elizabethan and Jacobean jewellery ever to be found. Drawing upon research...

$30

Beau Brummell, Dandyism And Neckclothitania with Clara Tuite

9th May

This lecture focuses on the sensational Regency figure of George ‘Beau’ Brummell (1778-1840), the original English dandy. Famous first for his ‘discovery’...

$30

The Scottish Regency Furniture of William Trotter

1st May

The Edinburgh-based firm of William Trotter was one of the most significant workshops of cabinet makers in Regency Scotland. William Trotter (1772-1833)...

$30