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.
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