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...

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...

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...

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...

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 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...

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...

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...

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...

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...