Throne of Weapons

Tour dates: 9 February 2005 – 25 October 2006
Tour ended

"The purpose of the project is to disarm the minds of people and to disarm the hands of people." Bishop Dinis Sengulane, 2005

• Horniman Museum, London
  9 – 28 February 2005 
• Portcullis House, Parliament Square, London
  2 March 2005
• Ulster Museum, Belfast
  5 March – 10 April 2005
• Moat Community College, Leicester
  13 – 15 April 2005
• New Walk Museum & Art Gallery, Leicester
  16 – 17 April 2005
• Sir Jonathan North Community College, Leicester
  18 April 2005
• Shipley Art Gallery, Gateshead
  20 April – 8 May 2005
• Gateshead MetroCentre
  3 May 2005 
• Kingsmeadow School, Gateshead
  6 May 2005
• The National Museum Wales, Cardiff
  10 May – 5 June 2005
• Mount Stuart Primary School, Cardiff
  17 May 2005
• Bryn Deri Primary School, Cardiff
  20 May 2005
• National Youth Eisteddfod, Millennium Centre, Cardiff
  1 June 2005
• Liverpool Cathedral
  7 – 12 June 2005
• The Manchester Museum
  14 June – 7 July 2005
• Perth Museum & Art Gallery
  9 July – 30 August 2005
• Department for International Development, London
  5 – 9 September 2005
• Pentonville Prison, London
  9 – 23 September 2005
• Bristol City’s Museum & Art Gallery
  1 – 30 October 2005 
• Whitefield Fishponds Community School, Bristol
  20 October 2005
• The Trinity Centre, Bristol
  27 October 2005
• The Herbert, Coventry
  1 – 30 November 2005
• Coventry Cathedral
  12 – 14 November 2005
• Southfields Primary School, Coventry
  1 December 2005
• The CarAf Centre for raising African-Caribbean achievement, London
  10 December 2005
• UK Youth Parliament, British Museum, London
  14 December 2005
• The Livesey Museum, London
  17 December 2005 – 25 February 2006
• William Ellis School, London
   6 April 2006
• Haverstock School, London
  29 June 2006
• Museums Association Conference, Bournemouth
  24 October 2006
• UK Youth Parliament, British Museum, London
  25 October 2006

More information about the Throne of Weapons tour (pdf 1.3mb)

Images from top:
Making a 'Children's Throne of Weapons' at Livesey Museum, London; Public debate on gun crime at the Horniman Museum, London with Bishop Dinis Sengulane speaking; local community representatives are seated to his right and the artist Kester, on his left; Detail of the cover image from DVD made by prisoners at Pentonville Prison as part of a project centred around the Throne on social and personal change; Nicola Inson of Christian Aid running a session at William Ellis School, London; The Throne of Weapons in Coventry Cathedral for Remembrance Sunday