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09 June 2026Canal History and Heritage including Scotland's Waterways.Lecture
26 May 2026Balcarres House and Gardens, Colinsburgh, Fife.Visit
12 May 2026There's More to Life than Lowry: Painting in Northern Britain in the 20th CenturyLecture
22 April 2026Trailblazers: Women Artists in France c1770-1900Special Event
14 April 2026The Sacred Art of TibetLecture
10 March 2026The Queen of Instruments: The Lute within Old Master Paintings.Lecture
10 February 2026Amazing Architecture- from the Sublime .....to the Ridiculed.Lecture
13 January 2026The Glasgow Boys: Lavery in North AfricaLecture
09 December 2025Bruegel, the Seasons and the WorldLecture
04 November 202518th Century England through the eyes of CanalettoLecture
14 October 2025An Introduction to the Newlyn SchoolLecture
09 September 2025Hidden in plain sight, the misunderstood masterpiece by Venetian carver, Francesco PiantaLecture
10 June 2025The East India Company - East and West Trade: Chinz, Chinese Export and Chinoiserie 1600-1800Lecture
13 May 2025George Villiers, Duke of Buckingham, the Handsomest Man in 17th Century Europe & His Patronage of the ArtsLecture
30 April 2025Visit to Earlshall Castle, LeucharsVisit
08 April 2025The Queen Mother's Lifelong Love of JewelleryLecture
12 March 2025Art and Architecture of the asute Butes - Their Scottish Roots, English Estates and Welsh MinesSpecial Event
12 March 2025Day of Special Interest: Art and Architecture of the asute Butes - Their Scottish Roots, English Estates and Welsh MinesLecture
11 March 2025Arabian Nights: Tutankhamun, Lord Carnarvon and Howard CarterLecture
11 February 2025Much More than Soup Cans: The Life and Work of Andy WarholLecture
14 January 2025The Life, Work and Legacy of Robert BurnsLecture
10 December 2024A Tudor ChristmasLecture
05 November 2024The CenotaphLecture
17 October 2024Members' Visit to Hospitalfield House, ArbroathVisit
08 October 2024Charles I: King and CollectorLecture
10 September 2024Icons and the Art of ByzantiumLecture
11 June 2024Bernini: Genius of the Roman BaroqueLecture
14 May 2024The Story of Jewellery in ScotlandLecture
11 April 2024The Anatomy of CollectingSpecial Event
09 April 2024The Jacobites in Italy: The End of a DreamLecture
12 March 2024The Georgian Country House: Its Interior Decoration and FurnishingsLecture
13 February 2024Winston Churchill: An Inspirational Life in Photographs, Words,and PaintingsLecture
09 January 2024A Brief History of BookbindingLecture
12 December 2023Upstairs and Downstairs - with ChristmasLecture
14 November 2023Stone on Stone: The Men who built the CathedralsLecture
10 October 2023Zika and Lida Ascher: Post war Textile VisionariesLecture
12 September 2023Vincent van Gogh: The Scottish ConnectionLecture
13 June 2023From Zaha Hadid to Frank GehreyLecture
09 May 2023Cinema from the Rubble: Post War Politics of Ealing StudiosLecture
18 April 2023Christopher Newlands on Catherine The GreatSpecial Event
11 April 2023Cedric Morris (1889-1982) Painter and PlantsmanLecture
14 March 2023The Roaring Twenties: Art, Design and High SocietyLecture
14 February 2023An Introduction to the RijksmuseumLecture
10 January 2023The Genius of Robert AdamLecture
13 December 2022"Oh Come All Ye Faithful": The Nativity in ArtLecture
08 November 2022Hockney at 80 - 2017: Britain's Greatest Living ArtistLecture
11 October 2022The Culture of UkraineLecture
21 September 2022Visit to The Burrell Collection, GlasgowVisit
13 September 2022The Cultural Heritage of The HuguenotsLecture
15 June 2022The Changing Face of FashionSpecial Event
14 June 2022The Treasures of Chatsworth and the Collectors ResponsibleLecture
11 May 2022Visit to Broomhall HouseSpecial Event
11 May 2022Visit to Broomhall HouseVisit
10 May 2022I Am The Very Model Lecture
12 April 2022Arts and Crafts CeramicsLecture
08 March 2022Sir David Wilkie. Beyond the RenaissanceLecture
08 February 2022The Follies of the Irish.Mad Buildings for Madder People!Lecture
11 January 2022From Holbein to ByrdLecture
14 December 2021FABER and FABER. 90 Years of excellence in Cover DesignLecture
02 November 2021The Magical Art of Wartime CamouflageLecture
12 October 2021The Wemyss School of Needlework ZOOMLecture
14 September 2021Garden Hunting in China ZOOMLecture
11 May 2021The First Woman President of the Royal Scottish AcademyLecture
13 April 2021The Sublime in the Everyday, Johannes Vermeer 1621-1675 and the Delft School of PaintingLecture
10 March 2021From Downton to Gatsby 1890 - 1929Special Event
09 March 2021Portrait of JewelsLecture
09 February 2021The Glasgow Boys and their triumph over the Edinburgh Glue PotsLecture
12 January 2021A bottle of wine and a corkscrewLecture
08 December 2020Gold, frankincense and myrrhLecture
03 November 2020Packing up the NationLecture
13 October 2020The architecture of Mughal palaces, mosques, gardens and mausoleumsLecture
08 September 2020DeboLecture
08 July 2020VisitsVisit
09 June 2020Wonder Makers and the Art of Illusion cancelledLecture
12 May 2020Three Great Families and their Gardens cancelledLecture
29 April 2020Visit to Broomhall HouseVisit
14 April 2020Sir David Wilkie: Beyond the Renaissance. cancelledLecture
10 March 2020Gleaned and GatheredLecture
11 February 2020Bridging the gap between art and scienceLecture
14 January 2020The Queen's nightmanLecture
10 December 2019Madame Pompadour - the porcelain of SevresLecture
26 November 2019Visit to the Queen's Gallery Edinburgh to see the exhibition Leonardo da Vinci : a life in drawingVisit
21 November 2019Aspects of Garden Design and the Healing Power of PlantsSpecial Event
05 November 2019The Rebuilding of the town of YpresLecture
08 October 2019European interior design through paintings 1480 - 1920Lecture
10 September 2019The History of the SkyscraperLecture
11 June 2019Jupiter sculpture parkLecture
29 May 2019Visit to Manderston HouseVisit
14 May 2019Ernest Shackleton's endurance expeditions captured on cameraLecture
09 April 2019Faberge Easter EggsLecture
12 March 2019Tulips from AmsterdamLecture
12 February 2019Pox and Pestilence: Art and the UnforgivingLecture
08 January 2019Empress Cixi and Imperial Chinese textilesLecture
11 December 2018Golden GobblersLecture
06 November 2018The art of snow and iceLecture
10 October 2018Day of Special Interest - "The Art of Collecting Antiques"Special Event
09 October 2018Table settings for Grand OccasionsLecture
11 September 2018Foreigners in London 1520-1677:The artists who changed the course of British Art.Lecture
12 June 2018Dumfries House: an Ayrshire renaissanceLecture
06 June 2018ANDREW GRAHAM DIXON EXPLORES THE LATER LIFE AND TIMES OF CARAVAGGIOVisit
08 May 2018The Sport of KingsLecture
19 April 2018Visit to Edinburgh to see 'War Horse"Visit
16 April 2018MONDAY APRIL 16TH 11AM-4PM VISIT TO THE SCOTTISH PARLIAMENTVisit
10 April 2018Frido Kalo and Diego Rivera: the golden age of Mexican paintingLecture
13 March 2018The Silver ThreadLecture
13 February 2018Healing Stitches: therapeutic handcrafts in times of conflict Lecture
09 January 2018A life's work: from Fife to fameLecture
12 December 2017The History of Stained Glass through the Christmas StoryLecture
07 November 2017Careless Talk Costs lives: the art of public informationLecture
31 October 2017Area Event - Bonnie Prince Charlie and the JacobitesVisit
25 October 2017The Fine Art of Crime Special Event
10 October 2017Gilding the Lily: the Gardens of FlorenceLecture
06 October 2017Area event: THE JAPANESE GARDEN AT COWDEN CASTLEVisit
02 October 2017Arts Society, Tayside - invitation for visit to CopenhagenVisit
20 September 2017Visit to the World Heritage site of New LanarkVisit
12 September 2017Maria Sibella Merion: artist, adventurer and scientistLecture
04 September 2017Area Trip to CambridgeVisit
01 September 2017Area event - THE EXTRAORDINARY LIFE AND TIMES OF CARAVAGGIOVisit
13 June 2017Effie Gray: the model wife- Ruskin to MillaisLecture
09 May 2017Foundations of Fashion: the history of underwear, from 18th to 20th centuryLecture
11 April 2017Art UK: uncovering the nation's hidden oil paintings collectionLecture
05 April 2017Scone Palace 5th April 2017Visit
14 March 2017Jane Austen: life and timesLecture
14 February 2017The art of Piero della Francesca: the light of the north meets the magic of the sunLecture
10 January 2017Vermeer's shadow: Hans van MeegerenLecture
13 December 2016Nursery Notions: the music and history of nursery rhymesLecture
01 November 2016That Woman the Duchess: time to reassess Wallis SimpsonLecture
19 October 2016Visit to the Stirling Tapestries and Argyll's LodgingVisit
11 October 2016Japanese architecture, gardens and tea culture Lecture
13 September 2016Grayson Perry: Pots of Art Lecture
14 June 2016Wagons West - Images of the American FrontierLecture
10 May 2016The Cheapside HoardLecture
15 April 2016Paisley Museum and Sma' Shot cottages, a weaving experience.Visit
12 April 2016Royal Heirs to the Throne who never succeeded to the ThroneLecture
06 April 2016The World of the dolls house - social history in exquisite miniatureSpecial Event
08 March 2016Joan Eardley: A Scottish Artist's Alternative ViewLecture
17 February 2016St Mary’s Song School and The Thistle Chapel, EdinburghVisit
09 February 2016Scotland's Castles : rebuilt, restored, and reoccupied.Lecture
12 January 2016El GrecoLecture
08 December 2015Step into the Christmas CardLecture
18 November 2015 Rosslyn Chapel, Penicuik and Hopetoun House, South QueensferryVisit
03 November 2015A Chasm in Time: Scottish War Art and Artists of the 20th CenturyLecture
13 October 2015William HogarthLecture
14 July 2015Threads of History: The World of the Bayeux TapestryLecture
17 June 2015Hospitalfield House, ArbroathVisit
09 June 2015Dissecting a mastepiece: Picasso's Les Demoiselles d'AvignonLecture
12 May 2015The East Bedroom of Harewood House: including the Conservation of the 18th century Chinese wallpaperLecture
14 April 2015Australia's Impressionists: The Heidelberg School, Fontainebleau & the Zenith LandscapeLecture
26 March 2015The Chippendale International School of Furniture and Winton House, East Lothian Visit
12 March 2015How Time was told throughout the Ages Special Event
10 March 2015Fashion and Friendship: The Embroideries and Decorative Schemes of Mary Queen of Scots & Bess of HardwickLecture
17 February 2015Gean House, Alloa February 17, 2015Visit
10 February 2015Lost on the Titanic: The Great Omar BindingLecture
13 January 2015The Power and Psychology of colour: its impact on our livesLecture
17 December 2014Masterclass in Figure Drawing TechniquesSpecial Event
09 December 2014Dickens and ChristmasLecture
19 November 2014Trinity House, Leith November 19, 2014Visit
04 November 2014Art in the First World WarLecture
14 October 2014THE OLYMPIC GAMES : CHARIOTS OF FIRELecture
08 July 2014The British Seaside HolidayLecture
18 June 2014Floors Castle, KelsoVisit
10 June 2014V&A DundeeLecture
13 May 2014A child of Six Could Do It - Cartoonists and Modern ArtLecture
16 April 2014The National Museum of ScotlandVisit
08 April 2014Sculptural Art of the PictsLecture
02 April 2014The History of PhotographySpecial Event
11 March 2014The Georgian House Around the WorldLecture
27 February 2014Fife DFAS 20th Anniversary LunchVisit
11 February 2014Islamic ArtLecture
14 January 2014Mediaeval Illuminated BestiariesLecture
10 December 2013Mrs Beeton - The Book of Household Management in its Culinary ContextLecture
20 November 2013The Scottish Ballet School and The Burrell Collection, GlasgowVisit
05 November 2013The Russians are Coming - Diaghilev's Ballets Russes takes Paris by stormLecture
08 October 2013The Art of AdvertisingLecture
03 April 2013How to look after your antique furnitureSpecial Event
21 November 2012The Arts of Japan: Fascinating Parallels and ContrastSpecial Event
03 April 2012A Musical Event with Peter MedhurstSpecial Event