Menu
  • NAM2017
    • Timetable
    • Delegates
    • Registration
  • Science
    • Parallel sessions
    • Plenary talks
    • Posters
    • Publishing workshop
    • Media workshop
    • Community forum
    • Special lunches
    • Hack day
  • Social
    • Welcome reception
    • Conference dinner
    • Football + BBQ evening
  • Outreach
    • Public talk
    • Outreach day
    • Media
  • Hull
    • Travel
    • Accommodation
    • Going out
    • Childcare
  • Contacts
  • NAM2017
    • Timetable
    • Delegates
    • Registration
  • Science
    • Parallel sessions
    • Plenary talks
    • Posters
    • Publishing workshop
    • Media workshop
    • Community forum
    • Special lunches
    • Hack day
  • Social
    • Welcome reception
    • Conference dinner
    • Football + BBQ evening
  • Outreach
    • Public talk
    • Outreach day
    • Media
  • Hull
    • Travel
    • Accommodation
    • Going out
    • Childcare
  • Contacts

Schedule by Session

Abstract

id
AstroReach@NAM
Cosmic Sublime and the Allure of Science: putting astronomy into the Queen’s House Art Gallery
Date Submitted
2017-04-13 17:37:45
Marek Kukula
Melanie Vandenbrouck (Royal Museums Greenwich), Katy Barrett (Royal Museums Greenwich)
Royal Observatory Greenwich
For visitors to Greenwich, the Royal Observatory - with its historic telescopes, planetarium and galleries of historic and contemporary space science - is the obvious astronomical destination. But in fact Greenwich contains another site of astronomical significance in the form of the Queen’s House, a remnant of the old Greenwich Palace which, from 1675-76 served as a makeshift observatory for the first Astronomer Royal while the Royal Observatory itself was under construction. Now a major art gallery, the Queen’s House underwent a complete renovation and re-hang in 2016 and has reopened with the addition of two rooms of astronomically-themed art. This talk will describe the collaboration between art curators and astronomers that led to this innovation – a partnership that we are continuing to develop in Greenwich and beyond.

Schedule

id
Thursday
date time
09:00 - 10:30
10:05
Abstract
Cosmic Sublime and the Allure of Science: putting astronomy into the Queen’s House Art Gallery
Larkin LT-A

RASLogo

© 2023 Royal Astronomical Society

Login