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Sunday 12 November 2023 I 3pm - 4pm
Nottingham Castle
FREE Event - Please book your place via the BOOK NOW button above
Part of ''Being Human' - A Festival of Humanities
Nottingham Castle’s medieval alabaster sculptures are among the more intriguing and enigmatic objects ever produced in the city. At the peak of their popularity, they were exported from the East Midlands across Christian Europe and Scandinavia. What did they mean to medieval people?
Explore the cultural importance of these medieval sculptures as familiar and much-loved objects – powerful story-telling devices, and sites of devotion, but also tools for the formation of personal, professional and regional identities. This activity explores the festival theme of rhyme and reason by exploring the relationship between popular culture (including art, music, and poetry), and politics and theology, to which these objects speak.
The event will include a poetry reading, talk and play performance bringing the sculptures to life and linked to the story of St Zita, who is represented in one of the statues, and her miraculous ability to feed and care for the needy.
Access:
Nottingham Castle Museum is accessible across all floors with lift access. Wheelchairs are available for use on the site. Assistance dogs are welcome in the museums, café, shop, park & gardens. Induction loop access is available at each reception point, Visitor Centre, shop & cafe. Glass doors and full-height windows have contrast markings, or displayed signage. The walls and the doors have high colour contrast. Signage that is icon led is visible throughout Nottingham Castle. Please contact the organiser regarding specific access requirements.
Accessible toilets, Assistance dogs welcome, Baby changing facilities, Hearing loop, Seating, Step-free access, Wheelchair accessible
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