Tour of Temple Buildings in London
Date: Saturday 28th June 2025
Time: 10:00
Location: Temple, London
Led by Kate Davey, MMT Trustee
The tour, led by Kate Davey MMT Trustee; London, Guide and resident of the Temple area will include exclusive access to Temple Church to look at effigies and tombs.
Meet at 10am at the entrance to the Temple at the barrier at the west end of Tudor Street postcode EC4Y 0BH. The tour will last approximately two hours tour and will end by noon.
Note: £10 of the ticket price will go to Temple Church
Please note: This trip has being postponed and will be rescheduled for later in the year. We apologise for any inconvenience this causes.
Price: £20.00
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Victorian Valhalla in Windsor: Special visit to the Albert Memorial Chapel, St George’s Chapel, Windsor and the Royal Mausolea at Frogmore
Date: Tuesday 1st July 2025
Time: 13:00
Location: Windsor
His Majesty King Charles III has graciously permitted members of the Mausolea and Monuments Trust to visit two sites of Victorian funerary interest in Windsor.
Tim Knox, Director of the Royal Collection, and patron of the MMT, will lead the tour. The group will first visit the bejewelled interior of the Albert Memorial Chapel attached to St George’s Chapel at Windsor.
The tour then moves to the gardens of Frogmore House in the heart of the Home Park at Windsor. We will visit the rich but rarely-seen interior of the Duchess of Kent’s Mausoleum, erected to the designs of Prince Albert for Queen Victoria’s Mother, who is depicted ‘en grande tenue’ by a marble statue within.
Open to MMT members only. Security clearance will be required.
MEMBER ONLY EVENT - Price: £20.00
SOLD OUT
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'Burton and Islam'
Date: Thursday 28th August 2025
Time: 18:30
Location: Online
An online talk by Tharik Hussain and Dr Helen Brown of Habitats & Heritage.
The talk will initially cover the historical connection between the explorer Sir Richard Burton and Islam. The second part of the talk will provide an update on the conservation of the amazing Burton Mausoleum in Mortlake.
Price: £5.00
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Tour of Bedford Chapel, Chenies Church & St Michael’s Church at Chenies, Buckinghamshire
Date: Monday 22nd September 2025
Time: 14:00
Location: Chenies
Led by Matthew Hirst, Curator of Woburn Abbey
The chapel added to the church in 1556 (and extended and restored from the middle of the 19th century onwards) by the Dukes of Bedford is the private mausoleum of the Russell family. Although it is within the curtilage of St. Michael’s Church, it is administrated from Woburn Abbey. It is not open to the public though the current Duke has kindly given permission for a visit by the MMT. The chapel contains what Nikolaus Pevsner described as “as rich a store of funeral monuments as any parish church of England”
A donation of £15 is required which will go to two charities nominated by the Duke.
Note:
We will meet at 1.30pm. We will go into the chapel in two parties of 10; the first party will be at 14h00, the second at 14h30.
There are other attractions in the village of Chenies:
The Manor House (advance booking essential) is open that day (Mondays and Tuesdays 2pm-5pm), and you may wish to take advantage of this and go on their tours after having been in the Chapel.
Tickets may be purchased here: https://www.cheniesmanorhouse.co.uk/visit-us/tickets/
There is also a tea room in the Manor House so it would be possible to get some light refreshments
There is the local public house: https://www.bedfordarms.co.uk/
Price: £15.00
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Lazy Thinking, Lazy Sculpting: Why Contemporary Statues are All So Woeful
Date: Wednesday 26th November 2025
Time: 18:00
Location: The Gallery, Cowcross Street, London
A further talk on sculpture by Alexander Stoddart, the King’s Sculptor in Ordinary in Scotland.
Price: £5.00
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Lazy Thinking, Lazy Sculpting: Why Contemporary Statues are All So Woeful - ONLINE
Date: Wednesday 26th November 2025
Time: 18:00
Location: The Gallery, Cowcross Street, London
A live stream of the talk on sculpture by Alexander Stoddart, the King’s Sculptor in Ordinary in Scotland.
Price: £5.00
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