Exhibition: Thomas Edward Lawrence, The Exalted Photographer

EXHIBITION

Thomas Edward Lawrence, The exalted photographer. From 1st March to 1st June 2025.

To celebrate the 90th anniversary of Thomas Edward Lawrence's death, a special exhibition will be held at the Espace Hôtel de Lagoy.

CONTENT OF THE EXHIBITION

• Personal photographs of TEL, captioned
• Objects
• Thomas Edward Lawrence's personal tunic
• Model of motorbike
• Screening of the film "Lawrence of Arabia
• Reconstruction of his bedroom at Clouds Hill. 1936.
• Reproduction of his recumbent, St Martin's Church.

PEDAGOGICAL FILE

An educational pack will be available to download free of charge from the www.espace-hoteldelagoy-  for teachers and schoolchildren to help you prepare for your visit to the exhibition. This dossier covers the following topics:

• The situation in the Middle East from 1908
• The Ottoman Empire and Germany, a worrying relationship
• The position of the British Empire in the Middle East
• The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, June 1914
• The Entente declared war on the Sultan, November 1914
• The role of the Suez Canal
• Diplomats Sykes and Picot, the treaty signed in May 1916
• Hussein proclaims the independence of Hedjaz
• Faysal faces his destiny
• The Great Arab Revolt led by Lawrence and Faysal
• Capture of Aqaba by Lawrence and his comrades-in-arms, 6 July 1917
• Lawrence's plea in favour of the Arabs, Cairo 15 July 1917
• Trotsky has the secret Sykes Picot agreements published, 26 November 1917
• Jerusalem, Lawrence's entrance 11 December 1917
• American journalist Lowell Thomas enters Lawrence's life
• Damascus, 1^er October 1918. Lawrence liberates the city.
• End of the Anglo-Turkish war, November 1918
• The peace agreements, Paris.

The exhibition catalogue THOMAS EDWARD LAWRENCE, THE EXALTING PHOTOGRAPHER will be available at www.maison-templar.com from 13 May 2023. Format 30 cm x 30 cm, 320 pages, 100 euros incl. VAT. Text by David Lawrence. Templar Editions. Weight 3 kilos.

PRACTICAL INFORMATION 

Duration of the exhibition: 1h30

Entrance fees :

• Normal : 15 euros TTC
• Child +11 : 7 euros TTC (from 11 years old)
• Children -11 : Free
• Persons with reduced mobility: free of charge

Accepted payment methods:

Credit card, cash.

Opening of the premises :

Wednesday to Sunday, 9am to 7pm

Public holidays included.

April, May & June, special opening on Fridays from 9am to 9pm.

Monday & Tuesday: reserved for school groups, associations, service clubs. Please contact us: lagoyexpo@templarpresse.com

Address:

Espace Hôtel de Lagoy, 11 boulevard Marceau. Saint-Rémy-De-Provence.