Upcoming Events
In Person (Italian Chapter)
Guided visit to the exhibition Le Meravigile del Grand Tour (Wonders of the Grand Tour)
28 March 2026
10:00am (CET)
The Museo Poldi Pezzoli, Via Manzoni 12, Milan
(Click here for more information and to register for the event)
In Person
Special Guided Visit of the Fondation Custodia at the Hôtel Turgot in Paris
In Person
Tour of the new Gilbert Galleries, V&A Museum, led by senior curator Alice Minter
In Person
Tour of the Houses of Parliament Heritage Collections
Forthcoming Online Lectures
RESCHEDULED to later in the 2026 programme: Helena Cuss, ‘So that art shall not perish from democracies at war’: transnational art dealer Ala Story and the American British Center in New York, c.1940-1945.
16 April 2026, 1-2pm (EDT); 6-7pm (BST); 7-8pm (CEST): Goddfrey Evans, Hamilton Palace, the Dukes of Hamilton and their collections.
21 May 2026, 1-2pm (EDT); 6-7pm (BST); 7-8pm (CEST): Christine Brennan, title tbc The Legacy of Art Collecting: The Rosen Family, the Art Market and the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
18 June 2026, 1-2pm (EDT); 6-7pm (BST); 7-8pm (CEST): Alexandra Watson-Jones, title tbc ‘Souvenirs of Theodore’: Maqdala and the South Kensington Museum in 1868
16 July 2026, 1-2pm (EDT); 6-7pm (BST); 7-8pm (CEST): Davide Gasparotto, title tbc Italian Collection at the Getty Museum
If you have any questions, please contact: info@societyhistorycollecting.org