We visited  Minstead Parish Church and then continued on to The Swan at Emery Down. The church has many interesting features and in the churchyard is the grave of the author of Sherlock Holmes.

To be held in various Conference Rooms at Sir James Matthews Building, Southampton Solent University, 157-187 Above Bar Street, Southampton SO14 7NN  (SSU)

Wednesday, 14^th March – 10 30 a.m. – (Avon Conference Room)

Moving towards a more accessible Collection -   Kirsty Bell and Di Marriott, the Collections Care Team, talk about their ongoing work in the care, conservation and documentation of the City’s collections. Preparing and packing objects from Museums to be closed and prepairing for display in the new Museums.

Monday, 26^th March  – SeaCity Museum – Soft Opening – from 10 a.m.
An opportunity for FOSMAG members, family and friends (children are especially welcome) to visit and experience SeaCity Museum and give feedback to the staff. There will be no charge for entry. The new Cafe will be open for refreshments throughout the day (charges apply), and the shop will be open to purchase a range of gifts and merchandise. No booking required.

Wednesday, 18th April at 10.30 a.m. -  (Meon Conference Room)
Southampton and World War 2 – an illustrated talk by Sue Woolgar, Collections (Access and Care ) Manager, Southampton City Council. What it was like to live in Southampton during this traumatic period of the City’s life. Illustrations are taken from the City’s Archive collection and available for further inspection.

Wednesday, 16th  May – 12 noon for 12.15 p.m.  – SPRING LUNCH   -  The Aspire Restaurant, The Hub, City College, St. Mary’s, Southampton.  3 Course lunch £10 – booking essential by end of February through the Events Organiser.

Wednesday, 20th June – 10.30 a.m. - (Hamble Conference Room)
Guns, debtors and aeroplanes: Criteria to become a Museum?  –   The Southampton Archaeology and Maritime Museums have a rich and fascinating task.  Dr. Andy Russel, the Council’s Ancient Monuments Officer, will tell the stories of two of the Museums.

Wednesday 18^th July – Summer Outing.  Full details to be announced later

Thursday 9^th February: Stephen Payne  (Queen Mary and Future Engineers work)

Title: Queen Mary 2 and Future Engineers

Topic: The magnificent Queen Mary 2 is a marvel of modern engineering and one of the most luxurious cruise liners today. She is also the inspiration behind Future Engineers, an organisation which aims to excite young people about engineering as a career.

Speaker biog: Stephen Payne, Naval Architect, Designer of Queen Mary 2

Thursday 8^th March: Bob Marsh

Title: “Icebergs on the high seas – in times gone by and in a changing world”

Topic: The life of an iceberg combines drama and beauty, from the moment when a large fragment of ice suddenly “calves” from a glacier, to the serene passage of sculpted bergs through polar seas. This talk addresses the scientific and historic importance of icebergs, ranging from evidence for “iceberg armadas” in the distant past, through the story of the iceberg that sank RMS Titanic 100 years ago, to the present role of Greenland’s icebergs in a warming world.

Speaker:Dr Bob Marsh, Physical Oceanographer, University of Southampton, based at the National Oceanography Centre here in Southampton.

Extra info: For the past year, I have been leading a research project to include icebergs in complex computer models of the oceans and climate, so that we can more fully understand their life cycle and how this might affect us as the planet warms.

April – no lecture Titanic

Thursday 10^th May:  Anna Woodeson, Wilkinson Eyre Architects

Title: Sea City Museum – reinvigoration of a well-known landmark

Topic: Wilkinson Eyre Architects, one of the UK’s leading design practices, has transformed the old Magistrates’ Court wing of the Civic Centre into an attractive new museum. This talk will focus on how existing buildings can be reinvigorated through contemporary interventions to give them a new architectural life, as in the case of the new Sea City Museum.

Speaker:  Anna Woodeson, Wilkinson Eyre Architects

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Thursday 14^th June to be announced

Thursday 12^th July  to be announced

August – no lecture Titanic

Thursday 13^th September: Maianna Moreau and Jenny Cuffe (‘This is my home now project – refugees)

Thursday 11^th October:   Alicia Pozo-Gutierrez (Basque Children: child refugees of the Spanish Civil War)

Thursday 8^th November to be announced

Thursday 13^th December  to be announced