The Claridge Lecture – Professor Jerry Brotton
22 May | Doors at 6pm, lecture starts at 7pm
For the Claridge Lecture 2025, we are delighted to present Professor Jerry Brotton for a special talk about Renaissance maps. Renaissance maps sit between science and art, myth and reality, memory and loss. In this talk, the writer and map historian Jerry Brotton will take us on a journey of exploration into how Renaissance mapmakers from across the globe oriented themselves in time and space through the four points of the compass: north, south, east and west.
Jerry Brotton is a professor of Renaissance studies at Queen Mary University of London. He is the author of many books on maps, including the bestselling A History of the World in Twelve Maps. He is also a curator of art and maps, and presents the podcast, ‘What’s Your Map?’. This lecture is presented with the kind support of Wendy Claridge.
Tickets
22 MAY
Things you need to know
The lecture will take place in the Stables at the American Museum & Gardens.
Doors open at 6pm and the lecture starts at 7pm.
Please join us for an arrival drink, available to purchase before the lecture.
We are pleased to offer free parking. If the main car park is full, please follow our signs to the additional parking, just a short distance up Claverton Hill from the main car park.
On arrival, please check in with the Ticket Office team who will give you more information about your visit.
Please be aware that we are unable to provide a refund unless we close the American Museum & Gardens due to unforeseen circumstances or cancel the event ourselves.
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