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Aly Grimes, Compton Verney, Warwickshire CV35 9HZ

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Installation of Henry Moore’s Vertebrae sculpture in the grounds

Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery and Barber Institute (£10 pp)

Pangolin Bronze Foundry & Gallery and Kelmscott Manor (£35 pp)

Compton Verney Opera Gala (From £110 pp)

Royal Collection and a gin tasting session

Istanbul overseas trip (From £1350)

Patrons’ Dinner

Benefactors

Patrons

Supporters Events 2014

Exclusive Events Guide

The Blue Mosque, Istanbul

Dates for your diary

31 January—Opportunity to watch Henry

Moore’s Three Piece Sculpture: Vertebrae

installed Watch the blockbuster Moore Rodin

come together with the installation of one of

the largest pieces.* Benefactors and Patrons only

14 February - Moore Rodin Private View

A fabulous opportunity to see this

extraordinary exhibition first.* Benefactors,

Patrons and Supporters.

3 April - The Birmingham Museum & Art

Gallery and The Barber Institute of Fine Art

An exclusive welcome and introduction at

BMAG with Birmingham Museums’ Director,

Ellen McAdam, followed by a curator-led tour

of the Staffordshire Hoard and lunch in the

spectacular Edwardian tea rooms (at own

cost). The we’ll head over to the Barber

Institute for a tour of the collections with

Director, Nicola Kalinsky. Benefactors, Patrons

and Supporters. (£10)

10 May - Pangolin Gallery & Bronze Foundry

and Kelmscott Manor Join us for the last tour

being offered by the Pangolin Foundry and

Gallery to learn about the unique process of

bronze casting in light of our Moore Rodin

exhibition. In the afternoon we’ll visit William

Morris’s beautiful Kelmscott Manor with the

curator of our upcoming Arts and Crafts House

exhibition. Benefactors and Patrons only. (£35)

*This event is free of charge for qualifying members

Kelmscott Manor

The Pangolin Foundry

Last year’s overseas trip to Vienna

12 September - The Royal

Collection, Buckingham Palace,

and Gin Tasting by Dr Steven

Parissien An exclusive tour of the

Royal Collection’s ‘The First

Georgians’ exhibition led by

Desmond Shawe-Taylor, Surveyor

of the Queen's Pictures, will be followed by a gin tasting session by

expert on Georgian social life,

Steven Parissien, in Lord and Lady

Goodhart’s elegant Regency home

on Clarence Terrace.* Benefactors

only.

26 September - Autumn Exhibition Private View * Benefactors, Patrons and

Supporters

1-5 October - Overseas Trip to Istanbul, Turkey The visit includes a four night

stay in the 4-star Armada Hotel and private guided tours of the Topkapi Palace,

Haghia Sophia, Blue Mosque, Dolmabahçe Palace, Chora Museum, Mosque of

Rustempasa, Galata Tower, Mosque of Suleyman the Magnificent and the Archaeological Museum as well as a boat trip on the Bosphorus, and two

dinners, three lunches and two drinks receptions. Benefactors and Patrons only.

(From £1350)

27 November - Benefactors’ and Patrons’ Dinner*

“Our trips are planned with great care and attention to detail to ensure that they are interesting and entertaining, and we endeavour to organise one which will be

relevant to one or other of our current exhibitions. Above all, they are fun.”

Min Willoughby de Broke, Chairman of the Patrons and Supporters

Dinner with Don Giovanni

On 12 July, join us for dinner and a

performance of Mozart’s Don

Giovanni, Britain’s foremost chamber

opera company, Diva Opera. Ticket

options vary to include a formal

seated dinner, hand-crafted picnic

boxes or self-catering. Funds raised

through the evening go toward our

landscape restoration project.