June 10th 2016 saw The Friends being welcome to a special preview unveiling of the newly refurbished and upgraded Old Masters Gallery (Gallery 3), to which we contributed £10,000.
Pieces from the Gallery's own collection that have not been seen in public for many years are not back on display as part of the new hang, including a very important self portrait of Rembrandt.
The afternoon ended with a fine cup of tea and biscuit in the rear hall of the museum with a chance to talk to all of the curators and Laura Pye, the Head of Culture. Overall it was a lovely informal event much appreciated by those attending.
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| Members of The Friends listening to Dr Jenny Gashcke explaining the complexity of the work involved in designing the rehang of a number of important and delicate paintings, including the very large Noah's Ark (c.1710) by Jan Griffier |
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| Dr Jenny Gaschke and Joanna Brown (Friends Chairmain), in front of the Rembrant self portrait |
The afternoon ended with a fine cup of tea and biscuit in the rear hall of the museum with a chance to talk to all of the curators and Laura Pye, the Head of Culture. Overall it was a lovely informal event much appreciated by those attending.
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| Ray Barnett,Head of Collections & Archives, making his cloing remarks to The Friends |
