Identity, Taste and Power: Colonial Histories of Everyday Objects

What can a porcelain tea set, a silver sugar spoon and a mahogany table tell us about upper-middle class lifestyles in 18th-century Britain?

Join Visitor Experience Host Marcia O’Connor for a talk exploring the colonial histories of everyday objects. Visitors are encouraged to consider relationships between the violence and injustice perpetrated by the British Empire overseas and the projection of civility and gentility that arises when taking tea ‘at home’.

This tour takes place every Friday at 11am. It is subject to guide availability, and may be cancelled at short notice.