POETRY IN GALLERIES AUG 2026

In the Dutch Still Life Paintings Gallery 45

Sat 15 Aug 2026, 2–3pm
At the Museum

Drop-in, FREE activity on Saturday afternoon

Gallery 8, Lower Ground Floor

With Oxfordshire poets

Poets from Oxford and surrounding areas will explore and celebrate the Museum’s pieces, renowned or recherche, intriguing or glorious and newly-acquired artworks.

Poems will be recited next to the objects and artworks that inspired the poets. If you want to talk to the poets, most of us are friendly!

The August tour will be inside our renowned Dutch still-life paintings Gallery 45 on the second floor, awash with exquisite paintings of flowers, fruit and nature.

 

Still life paintings gallery with 2 x Aliki Braine artworks on show

Inside the Still Life Paintings Gallery 45