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(Brian White Gallery)
WILDLIFE PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR 2005
Photographers from over 50 countries entered around 20,000 images for the
2005 Wildlife Photographer of the Year Competition, organised by the Natural
History Museum & the BBC Wildlife Magazine. Now in its 22nd year, it is
undoubtedly the largest and most prestigious wildlife photography competition in
the world. After the announcement of winners in October 2005, over 100 winning and commended
images from the competition will be touring worldwide during 2006. Catch this
highly acclaimed exhibition of wildlife photography at the award winning
Guernsey Museum and Art Gallery.
Further information: ( +44 (0)1481 726518
(Rona Cole Gallery)
The Nature of Art
A selection of works from the museum's fine art collection, which includes over 2000 pieces. Though the specific content has yet to be decided, it will have a wildlife and environmental theme to compliment the concurrent Wildlife Photographer of the Year exhibition.
(Brian White & Rona Cole Galleries)
The Art of Looking
Looking at and understanding paintings.
An exhibition of works from the museum’s reserve collection, exploring our
perceptions of art and the
ways in which artists communicate through their work.
(Brian White Gallery)
Pursuits and Joys
The Lukis family of Guernsey
Guernsey Museum's main exhibition for 2006 features the archive and collections of this remarkable family, which were left to the States of Guernsey in 1907, effectively founding the modern museum service.
Frederick Corbin Lukis lived in Guernsey from 1788-1871. He created a
remarkable archaeological archive, the majority of which is now held in the
collections of Guernsey Museum and Art Gallery. Lukis worked at a very
interesting and exciting time in the development of scientific thought in
the nineteenth century, when archaeology was evolving into the discipline we
know today. The archive created by Lukis and his family, particularly W.C.
Lukis, covers not just Guernsey and the other Channel Islands but many parts
of Britain and Europe.
To coincide with the opening of the exhibition in June 2006, there will
be a short conference on the work of Lukis and his contemporaries. The
poster (right) is an initial call for papers on the history and development
of archaeology and related disciplines or any other similar topic. It can be
downloaded as
html or as a
PDF file.
(Rona Cole Gallery)
Victorian Passions
A selection of works to complement the Pursuits and Joys Exhibition, which will highlight the artistic skills of the Lukis family and the way in which these were used to record their scientific activities. In the interests of conservation (and variety) the contents of this exhibition will be changed periodically.
(Lukis Room)
A VICTORIAN CHRISTMAS
Not really an exhibition, more an activity area, set in a reproduction Victorian Parlour with activities for children and adults.