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The Ruskin

Explore the art and ideas of John Ruskin (1819-1900), epoch-defining writer, artist and social thinker. Our collection is displayed both at The Ruskin, Lancaster University and Brantwood, Coniston.

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22nd Apr

Gabriel Meyer: 'Ruskin and the California Dream' with Christopher Donaldson

Thursday 22 April 2021, 4:00pm to 5:30pm

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A detail from Ruskin

The Ruskin & The Ruskin Whitehouse Collection

Lancaster University has announced plans to undertake vital capital improvement works in The Ruskin – Library, Museum and Research Centre following a grant from The National Archives. 
Image: John Ruskin, The Stones of Venice Worksheet: Upper arcade of Doge

A Model Archive

Discover The Ruskin's programme for ESRC ‘Festival of Social Science’ 2020: 'A Model Archive', exploring the relevance of the design archive today for different uses, and users.
Daguerreotype image of St Marks, Venice.

2020-2021 Seminar Series: 'Ruskin Beyond Britain'

The Ruskin Seminar Series 2020/2021.
John Ruskin, Cloud Effect over Coniston Old Man © The Ruskin, Lancaster University

'Look to the skies...'

The Ruskin joins global #MuseumFromHome campaign.
Exhibition poster, featuring detail from a study of clouds drawn by John Ruskin at Coniston, overlaid with studies of perspective diagrams of cloud formation.

'Ruskin: Museum of the Near Future' Exhibition Extended to 28 Feb 2020

'Ruskin: Museum of the Near Future', which relaunched The Ruskin and celebrates the purchase of The Ruskin Whitehouse Collection, has been extended to 28 February 2020. A special weekend opening on 14/15 December will give a larger audience the opportunity to enjoy Ruskin's works.
V. & F. Albritton, Green Victorians & S. F. Cooper, Why Ruskin Matters - cover images

The Ruskin Seminar Programme 2019-2020

Introducing The Ruskin Seminar Programme for 2019-2020. Franziska Schenk (Birmingham City University), Mark Frost (University of Portsmouth), Fredrik Albritton Jonsson (University of Chicago) and Suzanne Fagence Cooper (York Art Gallery) will speak on topics ranging from ecological crisis to evolutionary theory.

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Flowers collected and pressed by John Ruskin in Chamonix, France
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Rouen, Cathedral of Notre Dame, The Lady Chapel, by John Ruskin (1854)
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