10:30 am - 12:00 pm A Good Address Friday 3 July 2015, 10:30 am - 12:00 pm A Good Address David Maskill, Senior Lecturer in Art History, Victoria University of Wellington, looks in detail at the tradition of granting lodgings in the Louvre to favoured artists and and focuses on the lodgings of the 18th-century court portrait-painter Louis Tocqué. $20.
2:00 pm - 3:00 pm Inside the Old Public Trust building Saturday 11 July 2015, 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm Inside the Old Public Trust building This is a rare chance to go inside the Old Public Trust Building which is currently undergoing a significant seismic upgrade. $12.00
11:00 am - 12:00 pm Inside the Old Public Trust building (ii) Sunday 12 July 2015, 11:00 am - 12:00 pm Inside the Old Public Trust building (ii) This is a rare chance to go inside the Old Public Trust Building which is currently undergoing a significant seismic upgrade. $12.00
4:00 pm - 5:00 pm A Journey through the Imperial Wardrobe Sunday 12 July 2015, 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm A Journey through the Imperial Wardrobe During the Qing dynasty the ruling Manchu elite formalised a strict standard of court dress. In this lecture David Rosier tells us how and why, with illustrations from a personal collection of some 700 Imperial-related textiles, insignia of rank and dress accessories. $10.00 – $20.00
11:00 am - 12:00 pm Some Capital Characters Thursday 16 July 2015, 11:00 am - 12:00 pm Some Capital Characters Join Curator David Colquhoun in a tour of an exhibition that will ensure you leave knowing a lot more about Wellington’s lively history. $10.00 – $15.00