What's On
7th June 2013
Gurkha Museum Lecture and Curry Lunch
Subject: “The Gurkhas – Special Force”
Speaker: Professor Chris Bellamy, Author, Military Historian, Director Greenwich Maritime Institute
Place: Library, Gurkha Museum
Time: 11.00am followed by curry lunch; Coffee 10.30am
Tickets: £30.00 per head including coffee, lecture, curry lunch
Booking: By phone 01962 842832 or email: curator@thegurkhamuseum.co.uk
3rd August - 1st September 2013
GURKHA MUSEUM TEMPORARY SUMMER EXHIBITION
Title: The Contemporary Brigade of Gurkhas – Planning for The New 2020 Army
Dates: 3 August – 1 September 2013
Timings: Mon – Sat 10.00am – 5.00pm (last entry 4.30pm); Sun Noon – 4.00pm (last entry 3.30pm)
Admission: Free Entry with Museum ticket. Children (under 16 years) Free Museum entry
Parking: FREE limited parking at Museum
Enquiries: Tel: 01962 842832 or email: curator@thegurkhamuseum.co.uk
11th October 2013
Gurkha Museum Lecture and Curry Lunch
Subject: “Monte Cassino Ten Armies in Hell”.
Speaker: Peter Caddick-Adams, Author, Historian, Lecturer, Television Personality. His latest book of the same title explores the World War 2 epic battle.
Place: Library, Gurkha Museum
Time: 11.00am followed by curry lunch
Tickets: £30.00 per head including coffee, lecture, curry lunch
Booking: By phone 01962 842832 or email: curator@thegurkhamuseum.co.uk
17th October 2013
Winchester's Military Museums Winter Lecture
Subject: ‘Contact Patrol,’ A lecture covering the Army Flying Corps (RFC) in World War 1
Speaker: Mr Mike Meech. The author is keen to tell the story of what happened in the First World War using aircraft of the RFC to locate the front line and bring timely information back to the Headquarters and to prevent ‘Friendly fire’ incidents by artillery.
Place: The McDonald Gallery, Gurkha Museum
Time: 12.30pm followed by sandwich lunch
Tickets: £7.50 per head including sandwich lunch
Book: By telephone 01962 842832 or email: curator@thegurkhamuseum.co.uk
14th November 2013
Winchester's Military Museums Winter Lectures
Subject: “Myths, Mistakes and Misconceptions”.
Speaker: Mr Gavin Edgerley-Harris, Assistant Curator, Gurkha Museum. The presentation will cover how film, art and literature have misrepresented facts of the Zulu War of 1879
Place: The McDonald Gallery, Gurkha Museum
Time: 12.30pm followed by sandwich lunch
Tickets: £7.50 per head including sandwich lunch
Booking: By telephone 01962 842832 or email: curator@thegurkhamuseum.co.uk
