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Friday 16 October 2026 – Kew gardens and the Henry Moore: Monumental Nature Exhibition
Booking Months: Booking Now contact Visits Secretary
Cost: £47 including coach and entry fee
Kew Gardens are hosting a large outdoor exhibition of the works of Henry Moore until the end of January 2027.
Some of his smaller sculptures and drawings are housed in the on-site Shirley Sherwood Gallery.
The visit will not have a specific guided tour (although it is possible to join a free tour around lunchtime if there are spaces)
We will be given maps of the layout for the exhibition on arrival.
We will travel from Wantage by coach
Leaving Wantage after 9am from Seesen Way and opposite the Nelson pub
Leaving Kew around 4pm.
The cost of the visit is £47 per person including coach and entry fee
If you would like to join this tour, please contact the Visits Secretary (Anne Hodgson) in the first instance for booking details.
visits1@theartssocietywantage.org
Please be aware on booking that the visit will go ahead whatever the weather.
Kew very occasionally cancel due to abnormal conditions.
Website:
https://www.kew.org/kew-gardens/whats-on/henry-moore
Monday 08 February 2027 – The Japanese Galleries at the Ashmolean Museum
Booking Months: November onwards
Cost: £18.75pp
The tour will look at the two Japanese Galleries, the first covers Japan 1600-1850 and the second Gallery covers Japan from 1850.
There are a variety of objects including ceramics, Prints, screens, samurai armour, lacquer ware, tea house etc.
The two galleries are next to each other, there are no steps between the Galleries.
There is lift access straight to the Gallery (second floor) and we have Gallery stools which people can use to sit on during the tour.
Time – tbc, late morning
Website:
https://www.ashmolean.org/japan-1600-1850-gallery
https://www.ashmolean.org/japan-from-1850-gallery
May 2027 – Bletchley Park Museum
Booking Months: February, March 2027
Cost: £45
Visit will include coach travel, entry fee to museum – for a multi-media tour
Website:
https://www.bletchleypark.org.uk/
10 – 14 October 2027 – Liverpool’s Finest Art & Architecture
Booking Months: Booking flyers will be available from the November lecture onwards
Cost: £705 pp (+ £75 single supplement)
Liverpool’s Finest Art & Architecture, arranged with Success Tours
Central hotel stay, half board
3 full days, our coach will take us to the many interesting places around the area – and we will have local guides.
Tours of both Cathedrals, St George’s Hall, the Walker Gallery, tour of Port Sunlight & the Lady Lever Gallery, Another Place installation by Anthony Gormley
There will be free time to explore the Royal Albert Dock, the Cavern (and other Beatle locations)………..and other possibilities (eg. Tate Liverpool, Liverpool Philharmonic etc)
Website: