European Ceramics Conference 2026
Sculpture and Trompe l’œil in European Ceramics, from Bernard Palissy to the Present DaySecond Annual International Conference on European Sculpture and Decorative ArtsHôtel de la Roche, Mons (Belgium) | 10–13 July 2026 This international conference explores the rich...
The 2026 Annual Reunion & Lecture
Join us on Monday 2 February 2026 at 5.30pm at the Society of Antiquaries for our 2026 Annual Lecture, which next year will be given by Sir Jonathan Marsden: “The Royal Collection in Three Dimensions” For the 2026 Annual Alumni Reunion, our Guest Lecturer Sir Jonathan...
Paris Alumni Trip
Attingham alumni visit to Paris, 4th February 2026 The Grand Palais in Paris is mounting a short-run special exhibition about Louis XIV’s Grande Galerie Savonnerie carpets, entitled Le trésor retrouvé du Roi-Soleil. Curated by Emmanuelle Federspiel and Antonin Macé de...
24th Annual Historic Houses International Conference
Call for Papers We are pleased to announce that the 24th Annual Historic Houses International Conference will take place in Maynooth University from 11-12 May 2026. The theme for this year's conference is Life Cycles and the Historic House. Abstracts of no more than...
Standen
STANDEN Philip Webb, Morris & Co. and the Creation of an Arts and Crafts Home Anne Stutchbury, Tessa Wild, Stephen Ponder and Alice Strickland Published by Yale University Press at £35 and available to buy here. In 1891, James Beale, a wealthy, middle-class Unitarian...
Alumni Visits to Paris and Chantilly: Two Exhibitions
ALUMNI VISITS PARIS & CHANTILLY: Two exhibitions LE DERNIER SACRE AND LES TRÈS RICHES HEURES DU DUC DE BERRY Friday 13 June, 2025 Le Mobilier national, 10.00 – 11.30am Château de Chantilly, 2.00pm Curator-led tours of these acclaimed exhibitions have been arranged for...
London’s Lost Interiors: Alumni Reunion Lecture
Our guest lecturer for the 2025 Attingham alumni reunion on 31 March (hosted by the Society of Antiquaries of London) was Steven Brindle. Steven is well known to many Attingham alumni from his inspirational lecturing at Windsor Castle on Royal Collection Studies but...
The Edwardians: Age of Elegance, 12 June 2025
PRIVATE MORNING TALK & VIEW The King’s Gallery, Buckingham Palace Thursday, 12 June 2025 from 09.00 – 10.00 A special private visit for the Attingham alumni has been arranged with the Royal Collection Trust to see The Edwardians: Age of Elegance. The talk and private...
The Dame Rosalind Savill Scholarship – Fundraising Appeal
As a tribute to her fifty years’ commitment to The Attingham Trust, one of the causes closest to her heart, and in celebration of the love and respect that so many of us feel towards her, we are setting up a scholarship fund selected by her daughter Isabella to be the...
Alumni visit to the acclaimed exhibition at the Science Museum, London: Versailles: Science and Splendour 4th March at 4.30-6.00pm
The Palace of Versailles is famous around the world for its opulent architecture and rich history but in the 17th and 18th centuries it also became a major site of scientific thinking. Versailles: Science and Splendour explores the important role science played at the...