The Fan Museum, a delightful homage to bygone times when ladies fluttered these hand-held works of art, puts some of its most
spectacular models on display for Director's Choice, an exhibition which includes one elegant fan thought to have belonged to the Queen Victoria's mother, the Duchess of Kent. This fan which features a small watch within it is not the only one with a royal connection to be featured in this display. Among the seventeenth and eighteenth century fans shown in the first gallery is a jewelled fan carried by Princess Stephanie of the Belgians in 1881 when she married Prince Rudolph of Hapsburg, heir to the
Austro-Hungarian Empire, a wedding present from her aunt and uncle. Also on exhibition are marabou feather fans and painted fans kept in pristine condition, some still with the paper wrapped around alternate sticks to prevent the tortoiseshell from being worn away.
Fan Museum
The little Fan Museum in Greenwich - the only such museum in the world - displays the lifetime's collection of Mrs Helene Alexander. More... More
The exhibition of winning entries from the first ever Astronomy Photographer of the Year competition takes place, appropriately, at the Royal Observatory, Greenwich - home ...More
Greenwich boasts a number of glorious markets offering a variety of traditional, hand-crafted goods, antiques, clothing and food stalls. The craft market is held at ...More
Highly acclaimed Bristol-based theatre company Travelling Light have a play for all seasons in How Cold My Toes which charts the changing weather during the ...More
With its narrow cobbled streets, historic old pubs, waterfront walkways and maritime history Greenwich is a wonderful place to escape to. This particular hotel is ... More
This unique museum houses the world's finest collection of fans including exquisite examples from the 18th and 19th centuries. The Fan Museum is housed in ... More
Located in the heart of Greenwich, the National Maritime Museum has a monumental mission: to showcase mankind's association with the sea. The collection dates back ... More
In spite of its name, its Victorian pub exterior and an interesting collection of Greenwich memorabilia, the Spread Eagle is not a pub, or even ... More
King Charles Court,
Old Royal Naval College,Greenwich,
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3 minutes walk from Director's Choice
The many beautiful rooms and halls of Sir Christopher Wren's Old Royal Naval College play host to a regular program of concerts, recitals and masterclasses ...More
Based in Greenwich town centre, Greenwich Dance Agency is a meeting place for dancers, with rehearsal and performance spaces for professionals and members of the ...More
The pub achieved notoriety selling whitebait (still on the menu) but now it’s a refreshment point for the capital’s many visitors. It’s hardly surprising with ... More
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