2019-04-28T07:51:00+00:000000000030201904
Schwitters and Harry Pierce meet through a portrait commission Read more
2019-05-28T07:53:00+00:000000000031201905
Agreement made for Schwitters to use Mr Pierce’s barn to create a new Merzbau Read More
2019-06-27T23:03:00+00:000000000030201906
Schwitters and Wantee arrive in Ambleside, make a living by selling portraits and local landscapes Read more
2019-06-28T08:40:00+00:000000000030201906
Schwitters and assistants work on the Merzbarn Read more
2019-06-28T08:41:00+00:000000000030201906
Schwitters collapses and is taken into hospital Read more
2019-06-28T08:43:00+00:000000000030201906
Schwitters dies without returning to the Merzbarn. His son Ernst takes photographs in the barn. Read more
2019-06-28T08:45:00+00:000000000030201906
Mr Pierce takes action, clears the barn and prepares the Merzbarn for exhibition Read more
2019-06-28T08:51:00+00:000000000030201906
Merzbarn exhibition open to the public Read more
2019-06-28T08:52:00+00:000000000030201906
Merzbarn exhibition open to the public again Read more
2019-06-28T08:56:00+00:000000000030201906
The barn mostly used for storage again Read more
2019-06-28T08:57:00+00:000000000030201906
Mr Pierce signs Deed of Gift to University of Newcastle Read more
2019-06-28T08:57:00+00:000000000030201906
2019-06-28T09:00:00+00:000000000030201906
Richard Hamilton leads students to make a pre-removal survey Read more
2019-06-28T09:02:00+00:000000000030201906
Contractors prepare the Merzbarn to be moved Read more
2019-06-28T09:04:00+00:000000000030201906
Merzbarn removed from Cylinders to Newcastle University Read more
2019-06-28T09:05:00+00:000000000030201906
Merzbarn installed in the new Hatton Gallery Read more
2019-06-28T09:06:00+00:000000000030201906
2019-06-28T09:06:00+00:000000000030201906
Merzbarn on public exhibition, in and out of view Read more
2019-06-28T09:08:00+00:000000000030201906
2019-06-28T09:08:00+00:000000000030201906
Merzbarn attacked by a gallery visitor Read more
2019-06-28T09:10:00+00:000000000030201906
Agreement with Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums to take over management of the Hatton Gallery Read more
2019-06-28T09:11:00+00:000000000030201906
Re-design of the Gallery and major conservation project for the Merzbarn Read more
2019-06-28T09:16:00+00:000000000030201906
The Hatton re-opens, with the Merzbarn conserved and presented anew Read more
2019-07-01T14:07:00+00:000000000031201907
Launch of Merzbarn history website
2019-07-01T16:07:00+00:000000000031201907
Grant offered by Museum of Modern Art, New York Read more
2019-07-01T16:07:00+00:000000000031201907
