Booking is now open for the SGM’s 2020 Study Weekend. This year, the event will take place Thursday 23rd – Sunday 26th April, and will explore West Kent from a base in Royal Tunbridge Wells. Highlights of the weekend will include a day-long visit to Can-terbury Cathedral, taking in the magnificent medieval stained glass of the cathedral church, as well as an opportunity to see first-hand the conservation and restoration work undertaken at The Cathedral Studios. Visits to are also planned to spectacular 19th and 20th century sites, including the exceptional series of Chagall windows at Tudeley, and the scheme of extraordinary windows by Douglas Strachan in Winchelsea.
Prices for residential places are £500 per person (single occupancy, £450 per person double/twin occupancy), and include three night bed and breakfast and evening meals, two and a half days guided visits by coach, entrance fees to site, and a conference place with site notes.
The Museum is also inviting applications for a student/graduate bursary, funded by Friends of the Stained Glass Museum.
The deadline for the bursary is February 28th 2020. For further details, to book a place and do download a student bursary application form, please see the Museum’s website.