News and Events

The Fan Museum, Greenwich, UK.

An exhibition celebrating flowers in all their beauty.   See https://www.thefanmuseum.org.uk/

Central Bohemian Museum, Roztoky (near Prague), Czech Republic.

An exhibition presenting the fan not only as a fashion accessory but also considering its historical development and production in Europe during the 18th century.   For more information visit https://www.muzeum-roztoky.cz/akce/1476-carovny-svet-vejiru

22nd April to 26th June 2022 at Museo Nacional de Ceramica, Valencia

An exhibition showing how the traditional Valencian fan can be made with reinvented designs and modern technological methods.For more information see https://www.culturaydeporte.gob.es/mnceramica/en/actividades/exposiciones-temporales/en-curso/disenar-el-aire.html

Exhibition at The Garden Museum, London. 16th March – 19th June 2022

This exhibition, which examines how fashion and roses are entwined, includes many fashion accessories among its exhibits, including fans – and the accompanying events include a fan making workshop on 30th April.

See https://gardenmuseum.org.uk/exhibitions/wild-cultivated-fashioning-the-rose/

The Fan Museum is delighted to announce the launch of a new partnership with Art UK, the ‘online showcase for art in every UK public collection’.  The project facilitates broader digital access to the Museum’s outstanding collections and spotlights our treasures on a platform which attracts a global audience of art, history and culture enthusiasts.   https://www.thefanmuseum.org.uk/news/the-fan-museum-launches-partnership-with-art-uk

The Fan Museum reopened on 16^th February 2022 after a short winter break.   The exhibition The Allure of Lace runs until 16^th April 2022. See https://www.thefanmuseum.org.uk/exhibitions/the-allure-of-lace

This exhibition at the Musee d’Art et d’Histoire, Geneva will feature fans and fan leaves drawn from the museum’s own collections which (for those who will not be able to travel to Geneva) are viewable on https://collections.geneve.ch/mah/recherche?search_api_fulltext=eventail. The press release for this exhibition is available here (in French).