Finding the Fairies
Finding the Fairies
Tomorrow at 15:00
National Trust - Speke Hall, Garden and Estate • Speke
£7.06
Finding Common Ground: The Anatomy of a Public Park (GUIDED TOUR)
Date and time
Day Two 8 to 9 July 2022 of a collaborative two-day event convened by the Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art and Tate Liverpool.
About this event
The Anatomy of a Public Park
Saturday 9 July 2022, 11am – 2pm
Birkenhead Park, Liverpool
Join us for a communal picnic and walking tour of Birkenhead Park, which was one of the first publicly funded parks in the world. Led by historian Ruth Colton, it celebrates the radical nature of public parks as shared social spaces, whose creation was part of a national campaign to access natural, green space in urban settings. The tour explores how the landscaping and architecture of Birkenhead Park relates to empire and colonialism, and how its intended uses have been subverted by the public throughout its history to the present day.
11am to 12pm, introductory talk; bring your own picnic brunch
12pm to 2pm, guided tour led by Ruth Colton
Meet at the Grand Entrance, at the corner of Park Road North and Park Road East.
TICKETS
Symposium - 08 July
Tate Liverpool Symposium Tickets - £10 available via the Tate website
Online Access Symposium Tickets - Free and available via Eventbrite
Guided Walk - 09 July
Birkenhead Park Access Tickets - Free and available via this Eventbrite page