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From the seminar flyer:

African Ivory: Past and Present

Huguenot Museum, Rochester, 4 June 2025

David Le Marchand, Susanna and the Elders, ca. 1720, African ivory (Rochester: Huguenot Museum). More information is available here.

Recent UK legislation—the Ivory Act of 2018 and the January 2025 amendment—makes the acquisition and loan of objects containing antique ivory challenging for regional and independent museums. This seminar hosted by the Huguenot Museum—following the acquisition, loan, and display of three ivory carvings by Huguenot sculptors—will share case studies, discuss best procedure in negotiating recent legislation, and consider approaches to press and marketing. To register, please send your name, email address, and institutional affiliation to Tessa Murdoch, chair@huguenotmuseum.org. The fee of £15 per person will include a buffet lunch. Payment can be made on the day in cash or card, or in advance by BACS transfer. Please note any dietary requirements.

p r o g r a m m e

11.00  Lucy Vigne (Independent Consultant) — Illicit Trade in African Ivory Today

11.40  Martin Levy, FSA — Ivory, the Antique Trade, and the Impact of Recent International Legislation

12.45  Lunch

1.35  Leanne Manfredi (V&A Purchase Grant Fund) and Mariam Rosser-Owen (Curator Middle East, Asia Department, V&A) — The Ivory Act of 2018 and Recent Amendments
Meeting the Challenges of the Ivory Act is a network led by the Pitt Rivers Museum and the Victoria and Albert Museum to support curators at Prescribed Institutions who are required to assess applications for exemption to the Ivory Act.

2.15  Nigel Israel (Independent Scholar) — Identifying Ivories

3.30  Tea