Saturday 1 March 2025

Lady Lever Art Gallery, Port Sunlight CH62 5EQ

Morning Programme 

11.00 am
Meet at the Lady Lever Art Gallery, Bebington, Port Sunlight Village CH62 5EQ.      For directions click here.

11.00-11.30
Tea/coffee in Sustain, Basement level. . Please bring cash to pay for your refreshments

11.30
We Live by our Bowls: The story of tin-glazed earthenware in Liverpool 
presented by
Nicola Scott, , Curator of Decorative Art, NML
room 13, Ground floor level

Lunch
Lunch: Bring a picnic to eat in the Sustain Room
or buy lunch in the café (likely to be busy).
 Other lunch options https://portsunlightvillage.com/eating-drinking/

Afternoon programme 

2.00 pm                 
A chance to explore ceramics from the Lady Lever reserve collections

2.00-2.45pm
Fiona Slattery-Clark and Dave Moffat,
NML Art Galleries Curatorial staff lead a study session and gallery presentation. We will be divided into 2 groups.

2.00-2.45

Group 1: Discovering Chinese ceramics collected by William Hesketh Lever (1851-1925) with Fiona Slattery Clark, Curator of Decorative Art, NML,
Create Activity Room, Basement Level

                           Group 2: An informal, interactive session showing Wedgwood pieces from the stores with Dave Moffat, Assistant Curator of Decorative Art, National Museums Liverpool, Wedgwood Gallery, Room 3, Ground Floor Level.

2.45-3.30          Groups reverse

Please register for the meeting  using the button at the top of this page 

Venue details

• The Gallery is open until 5.00pm and you may choose to self-guide around the displays in the afternoon.
• Port Sunlight Village and the Museum are also worth exploring.
• Parking is free on the roads around the gallery. Blue badge parking by main entrance.
• Please wear your NCS name badge- it does help us to get to know each other.
• Contact information for attendees will be shared with Museum staff for attendance purposes and will not be used for any other purpose.

Contact: Deb Skinner NCS Programme Secretary if you have any further queries:

By email:    northernceramicsociety@gmail.com