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...
Fontainebleau – the New Rome of Francis I: dream of a king / reality of a curator
Speaker: Muriel Barbier The Courtauld, 12 May 17.30-19.00 Vernon Square Campus, Lecture Theatre 2 Click here to book Fontainebleau is not just one monarch’s palace, it belonged to them all, a “family home” for the kings of France, passed down from generation to...
CALL FOR PAPERS: The Future of the Antique: Interpreting the Sculptural Canon
The Future of the Antique: Interpreting the Sculptural Canon Warburg Institute and Institute of Classical Studies, London, 10–12 December 2025 Organized by Adriano Aymonino and Kathleen Christian Proposals due by 15 May 2025 The University of Buckingham, the Census of...
Academy, Market, Industry: Sculpture between Britain and Italy, c. 1728-1854
Hosted by the V&A South Kensington. Papers will explore the evolution of established genres like busts, ideal sculptures, funerary and public monuments, along with copies and adaptations of ancient works. They will also examine how these models spread into decorative...
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...
Everyday Life in the Country House conference
The 23rd Historic Houses Conference, which will take place at the Centre for the Study of Historic Irish Houses and Estates, History Department, Maynooth University on 19-20 May 2025, will look at the ways in which country houses were designed, modernised, managed,...
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...
The Low Countries Sculpture Society
Carpentry and sculpture from Gothic to Art Nouveau First Edition of the new Annual Seminar on European Sculpture and Decorative Arts Hôtel de la Roche, Mons, Belgium, Saturday 19th – Monday 21st July 2024 A combined effort of the Centre de Recherches Historiques sur...
2025 Attingham Alumni Reunion
Save the Date! For the 2025 Annual Alumni Reunion with Guest Lecturer Steven Brindle who will talk to us about the subject of his new book, LONDON, LOST INTERIORS Monday 31 March, 5.15pm-8pm (Lecture commences promptly at 5.30pm, followed by drinks) at the Society of...