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  • 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 […]

  • Comfortably Explore Woodlawn Cemetery

    Woodlawn Cemetery

    Photo by Jim Henderson.   Join us for a trolley tour of The Woodlawn Cemetery, a 400-acre destination in the northern part of the Bronx. Designed by James C. Sidney […]

  • Treading the Borders: Immigration and the Victorian Stage

    Bard Graduate Center 38 West 86th St, New York, NY, United States

    Maria Bonfati in the Black Crook. Oil on Canvas. ca. 1866. “Treading the boards” is a colloquial theatrical expression that refers to the wooden planks of the stage upon which […]

    Free

  • Walk into Weeksville

    Saturday, November 10, 2 p.m.                                                    […]

  • Devil’s Mile: The Rich, Gritty History of the Bowery

    Bard Graduate Center 38 West 86th St, New York, NY, United States

    Victorian times were all about the suppression of anything salacious, as Alice Sparberg Alexiou, author of the new book, Devil’s Mile: The Rich, Gritty History of the Bowery, will explain. […]

    Free

  • Holiday Treats and Treasures on the Hudson

    Image courtesy of NPS Saturday, December 8, Departure at 8 a.m. We visit Rhinebeck, one of the most historic and quaint towns up the Hudson River two hours from Manhattan. […]

  • How Victorian Valentines Made Hearts Soar

    Bard Graduate Center 38 West 86th St, New York, NY, United States

    Nancy Rosin, president of the National Valentine Collectors Association, has made a “passionate obsession” for more than 40 years out of historical love and friendship cards, keepsakes and related ephemera. […]

  • Margot Gayle Fund Application Deadline

    Margot Gayle with the Jefferson Market Courthouse. Margot Gayle Fund for Preservation of Victorian Heritage Applications are due February 14, 2019. Find out more and apply for a 2019 Margot Gayle […]

  • The Making of a Modern Museum: The Hewitt Sisters

    Bard Graduate Center 38 West 86th St, New York, NY, United States

    When New Yorkers utter the phrase “Cooper Hewitt,” it typically brings to mind the Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, housed in Andrew Carnegie’s mansion on 91st Street and Fifth Avenue. […]