Exhibition at the Weston (and bookshop exploring)!

Join us as we visit the free exhibition currently on display at the Weston! The exhibition is Pets and their People (description below). Afterwards we will probably explore some of the second-hand bookshops in the city centre and/or go for a coffee/drink.

We'll meet at the entrance to the Weston on Broad Street at 1pm.

Description of the exhibition:

We have been domesticating animals for over ten thousand years. But why do we want tame wolves in our homes or wild cats on our laps?
This exhibition explores the relationship between humans and their pets – or pets and their humans.
Pets & their People draws on depictions of pets in stories, imagery and poetry in the Bodleian's collection – from one of the earliest recorded depictions of an assistance dog for the blind to a rare copy of Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland that has never been displayed in the UK before. The exhibition asks how the special bond between owners and their pets has evolved over time, and what that evolution tells us about who we really are.
Are we taming our pets, or are they bringing us back to our wild roots?