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Collecting Inspiration: Edward C. Moore at Tiffany & Co.

Featuring Metropolitan Museum of Art curators from the American, Japanese, and Islamic Art Departments About this event Medill Higgins Harvey, Ruth Bigelow Wriston Associate Curator of American Decorative Arts and […]

Building The Brooklyn Bridge 1869 to 1883

Thursday, January 20th, 2022 6:00 PM – 7:30 PM   About this event Author Jeffrey I. Richman will tell the captivating story of how a bridge of unprecedented size and […]

Margot Gayle Fund Application Deadline

Know someone who is working on a neat preservation project? Tell them to apply to the Margot Gayle Fund! The deadline is February 14th.  Please see the Margot Gayle Fund […]

Been There, Done That: A Rousing History of Sex

Author Rachel Feltman will talk about her forthcoming book. About this event Roman physicians told female patients they should sneeze out as much semen as possible after intercourse to avoid […]

Dressing Up: The Women Who Influenced French Fashion

Wealthy American women—as consumers and as influencers—helped shape French couture of the late nineteenth century. About this event Join us for a conversation with Elizabeth L. Block, PhD, author of […]

2022 Emerging Scholars – Deadline for Proposals

The Victorian Society New York invites university student historians and recent graduates to submit proposals by March 14, 2022, for its annual “Emerging Scholars” evening event on May 16, 2022. […]

In-Person Tour – Ethel Reed: I Am My Own Property

About this event An in-person curator-led tour of a new exhibit at Poster House in Manhattan, Ethel Reed: I Am My Own Property. Angelina Lippert, Poster House's chief curator, will lead […]

Beyond the Gilded Age: Gold in America

John Stuart Gordon, curator of Yale University Art Gallery's Gold in America: Artistry, Memory, Power About this event Gold’s warm glow, resistance to corrosion, and rarity have made it a […]

Back Number Budd – In Person Talk

An African American Innovator in the Old Newspaper Business About this event Victorian New Yorkers and their institutions did not consider old newspapers valuable and did not reliably save them. […]

55th Annual Meeting – In Person!

  All are welcome at the Victorian Society New York Annual Meeting, Awards Showcase and reception! Tickets include a one-year membership. About this event IN PERSON Presentation & Reception The […]

In-Person Lecture: The Divorce Colony

How Women Revolutionized Marriage and Found Freedom on the American Frontier This is an in-person lecture at: Jefferson Market Library 425 6th Avenue New York, NY 10011 For a woman […]

In-Person Lecture: DEATHS OF ARTISTS

Macabre scrapbooks at the Metropolitan Museum of Art This is an in-person lecture at: Jefferson Market Library 425 6th Avenue New York, NY 10011 Two macabre scrapbooks preserved in the […]

Painting Dissent: The American Pre-Raphaelite Movement

Register for this Online Lecture Here The American Pre-Raphaelites launched the earliest reform movement in the history of American art. Founded in 1863, in the midst of the American Civil […]