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  • 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. […]

  • Margot Gayle Fund Benefit

    Grolier Club 49 East 60th Street, New York, New York

    To benefit the Margot Gayle Fund for the Preservation of Victorian Heritage, the Victorian art of wrapping rooms in spectacular panoramas will be the topic of scholar Nicole M. Mullen’s […]

    $50.00

  • Queen Victoria’s High Tea

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

    Anticipate the celebration of Queen Victoria’s 200th birthday with High Tea in a private room at the Oscar Wilde Bar, a renowned establishment that has been dubbed “the most elaborately […]

    $55.00

  • Emerging Scholars

    Sotheby’s Institute 570 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY, United States

    This lecture will be held at Sotheby’s Institute, 570 Lexington Avenue (51st Street). On May 2, at the Victorian Society New York's annual Emerging Scholars event, young historians will shed light on little-appreciated […]

  • Preservation in the Hudson Highlands Tour

    The first stop on this bus tour will be Cold Spring, where an iron foundry operated from 1811-1911 supplying artillery to the West Point Military Academy across the Hudson River. […]

  • Queen Victoria’s Birthday Celebration and Awards Ceremony

    Papillon Bar and Bistro 22 East 54th Street, New York, NY

    The 52nd Annual Meeting this year will celebrate Queen Victoria's 200th Birthday with a lively celebration, while presenting our annual Victorian Society New York awards.  Please join us by RSVP […]

    $40.00

  • Hudson Valley House Delights Tour

    Departing by train from Grand Central Station, we will visit two prominent Victorian homes on the Hudson, Washington Irving’s Sunnyside and the Gould family’s Lyndhurst. is tour is walking intensive; […]