Poetry lovers don't miss Jan Noble's mini verse-drama 'Byon 200', on Thursday 23 May at 5 pm, here at the Keats-Shelley House in Rome. To book your place please write an email to [email protected]. For more info click here: bit.ly/4bFrK5a

Find out more about what the Keats-Shelley Memorial Association does, who has previously visited the house and what the legacy of KS200 could be, as presenter Reeta Chakrabarti talks to KSMA’s Treasurer, Charles Cary-Elwes. bit.ly/4dOJvkz

We had a full house on Thursday for Jan Noble's superb poetry reading, 'Byron 200'. Here are some photos from the event. Bravo Jan! Find out more about our Lord Byron bicentenary programme here: bit.ly/48ICL4P

As part of Byron 200, KSMA had the pleasure of supporting this year’s Giant’s Talk by Peter Hunter: Lord Byron, 200 Years On. This fascinating lecture took place at Harrow School in London on 19 April 2024, the 200th anniversary of Lord Byron’s death: bit.ly/457oehV

We're pleased to announce that we're boasting a 3D Virtual Exhibition, ‘Pretensions to permanency’: Lord Byron’s portrait busts, which was brilliantly created by V21 Artspace. It showcases five major portrait busts of Byron. Explore the exhibition here: bit.ly/4bYZLhi

Yesterday we had the pleasure to host a remarkable talk by Dr Christine Kenyon-Jones on Lord Byron's portraits and sculptures, mostly those made in Italy during his lifetime. Dr Kenyon-Jones also talked about our two new acquisitions, two portrait busts of Byron.

Congratulations to our Poet-in-Residence Scarlett Sabet on the publication of her new poem and essay on Two Passionate Souls Separated by Centuries, Lord Byron and Lucrezia Borgia, and Rome, the Eternal City. Have a read!

We want to thank Prof. Andrew_Stauffer who presented his new intriguing biography on Lord Byron: Byron a Life in Ten Letter, in conversation with Prof. Greg Kucich and Prof. Jeffrey Cox, yesterday at the Keats-Shelley House. Thank you to all who participated too! #Byron200

Our Byron 200 concert which took place on 25th June was a huge success. We'd like to thank Prince Jonathan Doria Pamphilj who generously hosted us at the #GalleriaDoriaPamphilj, artists ian bostridge and Julius Drake who presented us with a very refined performance, and everyone who attended.

Have you already seen our 3D virtual exhibition, 'Pretensions to Permanency'? Here are behind-the-scenes pictures by @v21artspace while photographing ‘Lord Byron by Bertel Thorvaldsen, 1822, John Murray Press Collection, London’ for photogrammetry processing. bit.ly/3XQkGzc

#OTD in 1822 P.B. Shelley died off the coast of Tuscany. We'd like to remember Shelley through Lord Byron's own words in a letter to John Murray on 3 August 1822: "You are all brutally mistaken about Shelley who was without exception – the best and least selfish man I ever knew."

Did you know that Lord Byron lived in Italy for seven years? And that he resided in Venice, Ravenna and Pisa? To learn all about Byron's relationship with Italy visit our temporary exhibition 'Byron's Italy: An Anglo-Italian Romance'. Find out more here: bit.ly/4b1hnIB

#OTD Happy birthday Percy Bysshe Shelley! Born 232 years ago today.

Did you know that we recently added 2 rare busts of Lord Byron to our collection? A Terracruda bust (dried raw clay) by Lorenzo Bartolini, executed in 1822 from life; and a Marble one by Ottaviano Giovannozzi, made in 1840. You can see them here: bit.ly/3XQkGzc

Happy summer holidays! We inform our visitors that the Keats-Shelley House will be closed from Thursday 15th to Sunday 18th August included. We will reopen regularly on Monday 19th August at 10 am We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause to our visitors.

Don't miss our next event! We're back with another series of talks and events for our #Byron200 programme. On Thursday 12 September at 5 p.m. Prof. Roderick Beaton will talk about P.B. Shelley’s key role in Lord Byron’s fatal journey to Greece. To sign up: bit.ly/3zxsSu9

Today we are celebrating Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley's birthday. She was born #otd in 1797.

#Byron200 The 2024 Keats-Shelley and Young Romantics Prizes Are Open! As in previous years, there are two competitions: The Keats-Shelley Prize, which is open to all, and the Young Romantics Prize, aimed at anyone aged between 16-18. Find out more here: bit.ly/3MCS5GJ

#Byron200 Did you know that Mary Shelley said that Lord Byron was 'the Archetype of the Anglo-Italian identity' and ‘the father of Anglo-Italian literature’? To learn more visit our exhibition 'Byron's Italy: An Anglo-Italian Romance', on view through 21 December 2024.

Yesterday, Prof. Roderick Beaton delivered a very insightful lecture on P.B. Shelley’s part in Lord Byron's fatal journey to Greece.  Thank you Prof. Beaton and thanks to everyone who attended in person and online, too! #Byron200