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23 October 2026October Cinema ClubSpecial Event
21 October 2026Arts QuizSpecial Event
08 October 2026Patriotism, Propaganda, Pathos: Art and the Napoleonic WarsLecture
25 September 2026September Cinema Club Special Event
19 September 2026Holiday- Bavaria and Ludwig's PalacesSpecial Event
10 September 2026The Pre-RaphaelitesLecture
11 June 2026Jewellery and the Jazz AgeLecture
20 May 2026A Grand Day Out Special Event
14 May 2026Henry Moore: A Revolution in British SculptureLecture
09 April 2026Pop Art and the Rise of Consumer CultureLecture
27 March 2026Day of Special Interest with Marc AllumSpecial Event
20 March 2026Cinema Club - Degas: Passion for PerfectionSpecial Event
12 March 2026Three Great Families and their Gardens: a history of the Astor, Rothschild and Sackville- WestLecture
20 February 2026February Cinema Club Special Event
12 February 2026The Honourable East India Company and East West Trade:Chintz, Chinese export and Chinoiserie 1600-1800Lecture
23 January 2026Cinema Club- Pissarro: Father of ImpressionismSpecial Event
08 January 2026Painting Manchester:views of the city and its inhabitants over the centuries.Lecture
11 December 2025Behind You! A unique backstage tour of the Great British Pantomime.Lecture
13 November 2025Picasso in St Petersburg: The Hermitage and its Masters of Modern French ArtLecture
22 October 2025Save the Date- Charity Quiz!Special Event
09 October 2025Votes for women! Art and SuffragettesLecture
26 September 2025Cinema Club: 'Van Gogh- Poets and Lovers'Special Event
11 September 2025The Life and Works of William Moorcroft - with pieces from James' personal collectionsLecture
14 July 2025Arley Hall and GardensSpecial Event
10 July 2025The Arts and Crafts of KashmirLecture
12 June 2025Emperor Qianlong (1736-1795) 'Son of Heaven, Man of the World'Lecture
23 May 2025Cinema Club - Goya: Visions of Flesh and BloodSpecial Event
13 May 2025Afternoon Tea with Nick Bianchi of ‘Arighi Bianchi’Special Event
08 May 2025Carnations, Tulips and Hyacinths:The story of Turkey's Iznik CeramicsLecture
25 April 2025Cinema Club: 'Vermeer- The Greatest Exhibition'Special Event
10 April 2025Three Families and their Gardens: a history of the Asters, Rothschilds and Sackville-WestsLecture
28 March 2025Cinema Club - ‘John Singer Sargent- Fashion and Swagger.’Special Event
20 March 2025The Lost LowrysVisit
20 March 2025The Lost LowrysSpecial Event
13 March 2025Bauhaus: Idea and RealityLecture
10 March 2025Theatre EveningSpecial Event
28 February 2025Cinema Club: 'I , Claude Monet'.Special Event
13 February 2025Dutch Golden Age in Six PaintingsLecture
24 January 2025Cinema Club: ‘Mary Cassatt - Painting the Modern Woman’Special Event
09 January 2025The Arts and Crafts of KashmirLecture
12 December 2024Going to the BallLecture
05 December 2024Christmas LunchSpecial Event
21 November 2024The Hat Works Stockport Special Event
14 November 2024Katsushika Hokusai and J.M.W. TurnerLecture
10 October 2024The Art of the CartoonistLecture
12 September 2024L.S.Lowry - A Visionary ArtistLecture
27 June 2024Hardwick Hall DerbyshireSpecial Event
13 June 2024The Glamour Years – Jewellery and Fashion 1929 to 1959Lecture
09 May 2024Venice to Sheffield: John Ruskin’s Passion for Art, Craft and Social JusticeLecture
18 April 2024Adam Partridge - renowned Local Antiques Expert, Auctioneer and TV presenter Visit
11 April 2024Constable’s Idyllic LandscapesLecture
21 March 2024The World of WedgwoodSpecial Event
14 March 2024Gustav Klimt and the Vienna SuccessionLecture
08 February 2024Degas: Painting the Darker Side of Life Lecture
11 January 2024The World’s Greatest Paintings: 200 Years of the National GalleryLecture
14 December 2023The Origins of our English ChristmasLecture
09 November 2023Quest for the Holy Grail Lecture
12 October 2023Bath: the Story of a CityLecture
14 September 2023Bruegel: The Seasons and the WorldLecture
08 June 2023Pierrot Heroes – The evolution of British seaside entertainmentLecture
11 May 2023Fabergé: Objects of Desire – a look at the enduring appealLecture
16 March 2023Are you sitting comfortably?Visit
09 March 2023Luxury Silk Garments from al-AndalusLecture
09 February 2023Windsor Castle: from Medieval Fortress to Royal PalaceLecture
12 January 2023The Heritage of Gilbert & SullivanLecture
08 December 2022The History of the Wallace Collection – Founders of the collection and its finest works of artLecture
10 November 2022Music in ArtLecture
13 October 2022John Duncan Fergusson: Scottish ColouristLecture
08 September 2022Mr Barry’s War – Rebuilding of the Houses of ParliamentLecture
02 September 2022Elizabeth Gaskell House and the Whitworth Art GallerySpecial Event
23 June 2022Kedleston HallSpecial Event
09 June 2022Jewellery and Fashion 1890 – 1929: Downton to GatsbyLecture
12 May 2022When Britain clicked – Photos from the Swinging SixtiesLecture
14 April 2022Shakespeare’s London – Virtual Tour (Zoom)Lecture
17 March 2022OUR CANAL HERITAGEVisit
10 March 2022The Art of Dürer: the Man and his WorldLecture
10 February 2022 Atkinson Grimshaw - Master of MoonlightLecture
27 January 2022Sickert: A Life in Art at the Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool Special Event
13 January 2022Margaret Macdonald: Not just Mrs MackintoshLecture
09 December 2021Here We Go Again – the Great British PantomimeLecture
11 November 2021Moorish Architecture: the Legacy of a Vanished KingdomLecture
14 October 2021The Hierarchy of Colour in Mediaeval and Renaissance Painting and TextilesLecture
09 September 2021Treasures of the Fan MuseumLecture
10 June 2021One Hundred Years Down Under (Centenary to Bicentenary)Lecture
13 May 2021Fakes and Fortunes (or, have I discovered a Constable in my attic?)Lecture
08 April 2021Beau Brummell: A Life as Art: dandyism and the birth of London's West EndLecture
11 March 2021Adolphe Valette: the Manchester ImpressionistLecture
11 February 2021Glasgow Boys and Glasgow Girls, the Scottish Colourists and the French ConnectionLecture
14 January 2021Venice - Canaletto to MonetLecture
10 December 2020'Love Actually' - your favourite Christmas movie will never be the same againLecture
12 November 2020Field of Cloth of GoldLecture
08 October 2020Portable Antiquities Scheme in CheshireLecture
10 September 2020Portrait of Jewels - following missing treasures through canvasLecture
14 May 2020The Hierarchy of Colour in Mediaeval and Renaissance Paintings - POSTPONED.Lecture
09 April 2020A History of Photography in 10 Great Pictures - POSTPONED.Lecture
12 March 2020Mary's Gold, Mary Rose: the Origins of the Tudor RoseLecture
27 February 2020Manchester Art Gallery: Out of the CrateSpecial Event
13 February 2020Edvard Munch: Paintings of Pain and PassionLecture
09 January 2020Mary Delaney (1700-1788) and her 'Paper Mosaicks' Scandal.Lecture
12 December 2019io Saturnalia - Happy Christmas the Roman way!Lecture
14 November 2019Understanding HallmarksLecture
10 October 2019Pearls and Pomegranates, Peacocks and Pipes: the Hidden Language of Renaissance Art.Lecture
12 September 2019John Piper, Master of DiversityLecture
25 October 2018Visits to Terracotta Warriors & Walker Art Gallery LivrepoolSpecial Event
15 March 2018WHEN COTTON WAS KING - THE ARCHITECTURAL LEGACY OF CENTRAL MANCHESTERVisit