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...
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...
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...
Alumni Visit to Ditchley Park -26th April 2024
A rare opportunity to visit Ditchley Park and study the main rooms has been specially arranged for the Attingham alumni Ditchley Park has provided an idyllic retreat for royalty and power since Elizabethan times. The present house was built in 1720 for the 2nd Earl of...
22nd Annual Historic Houses International Conference 12-14 May 2024
Maynooth University and The Centre for the Study of Historic Irish Houses and Estates are delighted to announce the 22nd Annual Historic Houses International Conference on 12th-14th May 2024 at Maynooth University and Castletown House.The conference will feature...
Notes & Queries: A Symposium in Honour of Richard Hewlings -15th March
The Centre for the Study of Classical Architecture & Cambridge Architectural History Seminars invites you to a symposium in honour of Richard Hewlings. Through his work as an Investigator of Historic Buildings at the Department of the Environment (DoE), Inspector...
The PGECR Country House Group Conference 2024
The first annual conference of the PGECR Country House Group sponsored by Birkbeck University of London and The University for the Creative Arts (UCA) took place in the Keynes Library at Birckbeck Univerity on Friday, 1st March 2024. Speakers presented on a myriad of...
V&A and National Trust ‘The Public Country House’ conference 16-17 May 2024
The British country house: family home or public cultural asset? Glorious exemplar of historic taste or contested site of public history? A visually enthralling historic stage set, or a site to inform understanding of our national histories? There are millions of...