In the light of current concerns about coronavirus, we have taken the decision to postpone our Brain Galaxy event which was due to take place at the Ashmolean Museum on Saturday 14 March.

The Picturing Parkinson’s public engagement events always attract hundreds of people, and their interactive nature can involve close contact between attendees. We would not want to put anyone at risk, and we are aware that people are already sensibly thinking twice about attending large events. We have put a lot of work into developing a very special event, and are committed to running it, and attracting a large audience later in the year. Please look out for further publicity.

This is a Picturing Parkinson’s event. This project brings together artists, patients and neuroscientists to bridge the gap between objective research into Parkinson’s Disease and people’s lived experience of the condition.

The drop-in interactive activities

10.00-4.00, Randolph Gallery, Ashmolean Museum

• Chat with our neuroscientists
• Play a game about early brain development
• Make a brain hat
• Take an adventurous journey through the human brain with VR goggles

The lecture

12.30-1.30pm, Headley Lecture Theatre, Ashmolean Museum

'The Restless Eye: Conversations Across Art and Science'

Iain D. Gilchrist, Professor of Neuropsychology, University of Bristol and Director of CRICBristol

Catherine Baker, Associate Professor Interdisciplinary Practice, Birmingham School of Art and QEST Scholar