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  • A Suite for Piano: Alma Tadema and the Marquand Music Room

    Church of the Holy Trinity 316 East 88th Street, New York, NY, United States

    A Suite for Piano: Alma Tadema and the Marquand Music Room A lecture by Dr. Kathleen Morris In 1884, the celebrated Victorian painter Lawrence Alma-Tadema designed the interior of a […]

  • Olmsted’s Trenton Designs

    Trenton, New Jersey Trenton, New Jersey

    House built in 1911 in Cadwalader Heights. Photo courtesy of Cadwalader Heights Neighborhood Association   Olmsted’s Trenton Designs Saturday, September 16, 10 a.m.-5:30 p.m. After an early lunch in Trenton, […]

    $120 – $150

  • Henry Holiday and the Windows of The Church of the Holy Trinity

    Church of the Holy Trinity 316 East 88th Street, New York, NY, United States

    Henry Holiday and the Windows of The Church of the Holy Trinity Henry Holiday, painter, stained glass designer, illustrator, sculptor and a Pre-Raphaelite, was well known in his native England. […]

  • Beyond the Grid: Manhattan’s Audubon Park Neighborhood

    Audubon Park

    Audubon Park in February 1899 with six houses recently completed by builder Francis J. Snugg. Photo courtesy of Matthew Spady and Scott Robinson. Beyond the Grid: Manhattan's Audubon Park Neighborhood […]

    $25 – $40

  • John Lockwood Kipling: Arts and Crafts in the Punjab and London

    Church of the Holy Trinity 316 East 88th Street, New York, NY, United States

    John Lockwood Kipling: Arts and Crafts in the Punjab and London Coinciding with the upcoming Bard Graduate Center’s exhibition, Susan Weber, founder and director of the Bard and exhibition co-curator, […]

  • Holiday Cheer In Bethlehem, PA

    Bethlehem, PA Bethlehem, PA

    Bethlehem, PA street decorated for the holidays. Photo courtesy of www.HistoricBethlehem.org   Holiday Cheer In Bethlehem, PA Bethlehem, PA, calls itself Christmas City, USA and posts decorated trees on nearly […]

    $135 – $175

  • A New York Christmas – Ho Ho Ho at Gothamtide

    Church of the Holy Trinity 316 East 88th Street, New York, NY, United States

    A New York Christmas - Ho Ho Ho at Gothamtide Celebrate the holiday season with Sibyl McCormack Groff, author and historian, who is known locally as “Queen Santa,” as she […]

  • Ladies of The Ticker: Women of Wall Street

    Church of the Holy Trinity 316 East 88th Street, New York, NY, United States

    This lecture will feature speaker George Robb, a professor of history at William Paterson University in Wayne, New Jersey. Long overlooked in histories of finance, women played an essential role in […]

  • Brunch at the Oscar Wilde Bar

    Oscar Wilde Bar 45 W 27th, New York, NY, United States

    Enjoy an alcoholic beverage and a three-course meal in a private room in the ornately decorated Oscar Wilde Bar. During our brunch, Russell Needham will enlighten us on how the […]

    $65

  • Hidden History of LGBT Victorian New York

    Church of the Holy Trinity 316 East 88th Street, New York, NY, United States

    The NYC LGBT Historic Sites Project, founded in 2015, is the first cultural heritage initiative to document historic LGBT spaces in the city’s five boroughs. The panelists will focus on […]

  • Margot Gayle Benefit Lecture

    Estonian House 243 East 34th Street, New York, NY, United States

    Terra Cotta - Don't Take it for Granite A Lecture by Susan Tunick to benefit The Margot Gayle Fund for the Preservation of Victorian Heritage Susan Tunick is an authority […]

  • An Oyster Bay Day

    On Long Island’s North Shore we will visit Sagamore Hill, the mansion Theodore Roosevelt built in 1884-85 and used during the summers of his presidency, 1901-08. Family furnishings remain in […]

    $140 – $165

  • Mark Twain and Charles Darwin: The Evolution of Literature

    Church of the Holy Trinity 316 East 88th Street, New York, NY, United States

    Mark Twain (1835-1910) and Charles Darwin (1809-1882) met only once, but Darwin influenced Twain’s work and view on society, while Twain was one of Darwin’s favorite novelists. Golden has explored […]

  • 51st Annual Business Meeting

    Church of the Incarnation 209 Madison Avenue, New York, NY

    Please join us for the Annual Meeting and Awards. After the presentation, members and guests are invited to a reception where they can meet the award recipients. Event is Free […]

    $25

  • Excursion to Newark

    Newark, the third oldest city in the United States, offers many exciting things to see, and we will be fortunate enough to explore three private Victorian homes there. After a […]

  • East in Eden: William Niblo and His Pleasure Garden of Yore

    38 West 86th Street 38 West 86th Street, New York, NY

      "Image Courtesy of The Collection of Tom Burnett" William Niblo, an Irish immigrant to New York City at the end of the 18th century, rose from his initial position […]

  • Glimpses of the Historic Hamptons

    A chartered bus will take us to a private home in Southampton. It boasts one of the best collections of 19th-century Aesthetic Movement paintings, ceramics and furnishings in the area […]