The Arab Hall: Curator tour with Daniel Robbins

About the tour

Join Daniel Robbins, Senior Curator on a tour of Leighton House's major exhibition, The Arab Hall: Past and Present, exploring the artists and makers involved in its creation. Leighton’s vision was realised through the involvement of a highly skilled group, including potter William De Morgan, sculptor Edgar Boehm and designer Walter Crane. The tour will focus on each of their contributions, how they became involved and what they thought of the resulting Arab Hall.

Useful information

• Group will gather in the reception area of the museum, for a start time of 1pm.
• The tour includes access to the historic house and exhibition galleries.

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Meet Daniel Robbins

Daniel Robbins is the Senior Curator of two of London's most significant house museums, Leighton House and Sambourne House. He was responsible for the award-winning project to restore the historic interiors of Leighton House completed between 2008-2010 and he has also successfully led the Hidden Gem to National Treasure redevelopment focused on the additions made to the building in the twentieth century . Formerly with Glasgow Museums, he has organised many exhibitions and contributed to numerous catalogues and publications around nineteenth-century art, architecture and design. Daniel is an accredited lecturer for the Arts Society and has lectured across the UK and internationally including the Frick, New York and the Ponce Museum in Puerto Rico, where Leighton's celebrated Flaming June can be found.

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