The 2021 Milton Lecture: Museums as "the true teachers of a free people"

The 2021 Milton Lecture: Museums as "the true teachers of a free people"
Dr Tristram Hunt, Director of the V&A Museum

In this lecture, Dr Hunt discussed the role of public museums in creating our culture and described how, despite its origins rooted in Empire, monarchy, and high Victorian capitalism, the collections of the Victoria & Albert Museum tell a fascinating story of civic republicanism.

Milton Lecture Background:
John Milton was an inspirational figure to the non-conformists who established Mansfield College, by whom he was viewed as a ‘fellow traveller’. Mansfield was founded so that ‘non-conformists and dissenters’ could attend Oxford University, and we uphold those values to this day: to bring the highest level of education to people traditionally excluded from Oxford.

A statue of John Milton can be seen on the top of the tower at the College, and he also appears in stained glass in the Chapel.

This lecture was recorded on Friday 11 June 2021.

Видео The 2021 Milton Lecture: Museums as "the true teachers of a free people" канала Mansfield College, University of Oxford