Lace Walks

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Lace Walks
Saturday 17 March & Sunday 18 March 2018
Beginning at Nottingham Castle
Those walks are now sold out.

Distance & Duration: 3.5 miles, 2.5 hours

Manufactured lace had a momentous impact on Nottingham: helping to change a turbulent county town into a modern industrialised municipality. Within the middle decades of the nineteenth century the development of this industry effected nearly every aspect of town life: economy, urban development, population, public institutions and even political ethos.

In the space of just a few miles, it is possible to see the sheer scale and speed of this change. Local historian and graphic designer Chris Matthews will lead a guided walk, taking in not only the workshops, factories and warehouses but also the streets, housing, parks and buildings transformed by the lace industry. Chris has also produced a ‘lace walk’ map of Nottingham to accompany his walks, which is available free during the Symposium and from locations around the Lace Market for the duration of the Lace Unravelled programme. The map invites visitors to navigate their own ‘lace walk’ around the City.

Walks must be pre-booked online - £5 per person.

Related Events

This exhibition is part of Lace Unravelled, a season of events, exhibitions and artist commissions to celebrate 18 months’ research in to Nottingham City Museums & Galleries’ world-class Lace and Lace Machinery collections. Further events include: 

Lace Unveiled | Saturday 10th March - Sunday 22nd April 2018 | Newstead Abbey

Lace Unarchived | 23 Feb 2018 - 29 Mar 2018 | Bonington Gallery

Lace Unraveled Symposium | Thursday 15th & Friday 16th March | Wollaton Hall & Newstead Abbey