Events & Exhibitions Relating to Edward Wilson of the Antarctic

Current Events & Exhibitions

• Right Now! Part of the centenary celebrations of the Cheltenham Art Gallery and Museum, the Not Just History exhibition includes a small selection of work from Edward Wilson's Nature Notebooks and some Antarctic images - the exhibition finishes on 28 July 2007.

• New Biography! A new biography of Edward Wilson by Dr. Isobel Williams is nearing completion and is due to be published by Sutton, in 2008.

• There are a small number of Edward Wilson's Antarctic paintings, relics connected to the South Pole journey, and other items on permanent display in the Museum of the Scott Polar Research Institute, Lensfield Rd, Cambridge, UK

• There are a number of relics connected to the South Pole journey, along with other items, on permanent display in the Edward Wilson Room of the Cheltenham Art Gallery and Museum, Clarence Street, Cheltenham, UK

• There are a number of relics connected with Edward Wilson and the British National Antarctic Expedition aboard the S.S. Discovery on permanent display at Discovery Point, Dundee, UK

• Extreme South: A team of medical students from Edward Wilson's alma mater, St. George's Hospital in London, will be retracing a proportion of his route from the Beardmore Glacier to the geographic South Pole during their South Polar Expedition over the 2008-2009 season. They will be raising money for several charities, including the Edward Wilson Memorial Fund (I) at the Scott Polar Research Institute. Please support their efforts! ATTEMPT POSTPONED FOR 18 MONTHS.

• 1st December 2001 - 3 March 2002. Discovering Nature: the Nature Notebooks of Dr. Edward Wilson (1872-1912) at the Cheltenham Art Gallery and Museum. A rare chance to see Edward Wilson's Nature Notebooks.