Fans are on show in an exhibition currently on show – from 14th October 2017 to 4th March 2018 – at the Gemeentemuseum in The Hague. The exhibition, entitled Art Deco puts a large focus on Paul Poiret. Further details to be found at: https://www.gemeentemuseum.nl/en/exhibitions/art-deco …

The exhibition organised by FCI members in France was a great success. It was opened by the Mayor of the commune and received a steady stream of visitors and some good press coverage (in French).

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An important sale of fans in the Coutau-Begarie auction, Paris on 23rd October 2017

Full details at: http://www.coutaubegarie.com/html/infos.jsp?id=86424 …

There are three fans on show in ‘Royal Gifts’ currently exhibiting at Buckingham Palace – until 1st October 2017.

Full details on their website:  https://www.royalcollection.org.uk/collection/themes/exhibitions/royal-gifts/buckingham-palace …

NOTE the change of Date from March to April!

Just so you can note your diaries before we feature the flyer for the Fair, the Annual Textile Fair held by the Textile Society at Fallowfield, Manchester, will be held on Sunday APRIL 30th 2017.

No excuses then ( no snow, no cold, just April Showers!),  …

Just a quick pic of the Exhibition we have just mounted.

Successful weekend ( September 3rd and 4th) with members of the Public enjoying fans, asking questions, bringing their friends, and fun for those of us from the FCI hosting the event. Mary and Gordon Cooper, Anne Moulinier-Krebbs ( who devised a children’s quiz and  …

L’Eventail et La Mode

 A unique opportunity to view museum quality antique costume and fans will be presented to the Public in France on September 3^rd and 4^th !

The Comite des Fetes in Saint-Eustache ( a small village above Lake Annecy) will mount a special exhibition of costumes and fans from  …

No, not another London bridge crossing the Pond, far more exciting!

The following information has been ( rather belatedly) received from the Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum. Hopefully FCI/FANA members will be there in their hordes and can report back to us.

As part of Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum’s Enid and Lester Morse Historic  …

Can we tempt you…………………………to the South of France this summer?

Such a terrible thing, hearing about a new exhibition and then realising that it is miles away!

But, should you be down in the South of France between May 20^th 2016 and October 28^th, 2016, you should try make a special trip  …

The UK’s only museum dedicated to the history of fans and craft of fan making celebrates its twenty fifth anniversary in 2016. To mark the occasion an exhibition of the Museum’s finest fans, Treasures of The Fan Museum, will run from 16 January to 05 June 2016.

For this celebratory show, the Museum’s curators have  …