Exhibition
‘FOR A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF LIFE’: posters and promotional items from the Swedenborg Archive
24 Jul 2023 – 29 Sep 2023
Regular hours
- Monday
- 10:00 – 17:00
- Tuesday
- 10:00 – 17:00
- Wednesday
- 10:00 – 17:00
- Thursday
- 10:00 – 17:00
- Friday
- 10:00 – 17:00
- Saturday
- Closed
- Sunday
- Closed
Free admission
Address
- 20-21 Bloomsbury Way
- London
- WC1A 2TH
- United Kingdom
Travel Information
- Nearest underground stations: Tottenham Court Road and Holborn
A new exhibition of fascinating posters, adverts, handbills, audio recordings and lantern slides from the Swedenborg House archives.
About
‘FOR A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF LIFE’: posters and promotional items from the Swedenborg Archive (1872-1996)
Opening on Monday 24 July 2023, with a private view from 6.00-9.00 pm.
25 July - 29 September 2023 | Open 10.00 am - 5.00 pm Mondays-Fridays | Swedenborg House | 20-21 Bloomsbury Way, London WC1A 2TH | Free
Revolution and reform go hand in glove with posters and slogans. But just how does one promote the coming of a new era or ‘New Jerusalem’ as Swedenborg coined it? Spanning a period of just over 100 years—from the 1870s to the 1990s—For a Better Understanding of Life is a new exhibition showcasing a fascinating selection of posters, signs, handbills, audio recordings, magic lantern slides, display material and adverts from the archive at Swedenborg House.
Featuring original works by John Kaczmarczyk and Kessler Voges, and curated by the Society’s in-house team of Swedenborgian experts—Stephen McNeilly, Alex Murray and James Wilson—the exhibition charts the wonderful ways in which Swedenborg and his ideas for a new Jerusalem have been publicized during a century of great change. Visitors will also have a unique opportunity to invent their own slogans, design their own posters or purchase new souvenir prints of one of the iconic wayside pulpit posters from the Swedenborg House archive.
