Poppies and What They Mean

When:
October 9, 2019 @ 6:30 pm – 7:30 pm
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Where:
Pitt Rivers Museum
South Parks Road
Oxford OX1 3PP
Cost:
£2 (Free to Friends of the Pitt Rivers Museum)
Contact:
Pitt Rivers Museum
01865 613000

The poppy as a recurring image in poetry and art, and as a symbol of wartime loss, is powerfully resonant in our culture. Dr Andrew Lack, Senior Lecturer in Environmental Biology at Oxford Brookes University, will talk about the poppy plant and its ancient and more recent historical associations.