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Hearth and home: domestic textiles in the collection of Museums Victoria with Dr Laura Jocic
Thursday 26 Feb 2026, 2:00 PM – 3:30 PM
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Lecture & Afternoon Tea | The History of Garment Care and Laundering with Dr Paola di Trocchio
Saturday 28 Feb 2026, 2:00 PM – 3:30 PM
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The History of Quilting in Australia with Janet O'Dell
Thursday 5 Mar 2026, 2:00 PM – 3:30 PM
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Elegance, Empire and Ease: Regency Women’s Fashion with Dr Jennifer Kloester
Saturday 7 Mar 2026, 2:00 PM – 3:30 PM
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Making Napoleonic Memory in Australia: The Dame Mabel Brookes Collection with Dr Emma Gleadhill
Thursday 19 Mar 2026, 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM
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What a Woman Can Do! Artemisia Gentileschi and the Struggle for Success with Professor Christopher Marshall
Friday 20 Mar 2026, 2:00 PM – 3:30 PM
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Upstairs and Downstairs: Running a Nineteenth-Century House with Dr Suzanne Bravery
Wednesday 25 Mar 2026, 2:00 PM – 3:30 PM
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Afternoon Tea & Lecture | City, Coast and Country: Adelaide Bragg and Robyn Lea in Conversation
Saturday 28 Mar 2026, 2:00 PM – 3:30 PM
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Silver for Eating and Drinking with Matthew Lafite
Wednesday 8 Apr 2026, 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM
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Lecture & Afternoon Tea | Dining at the Palace: Collecting British Royal Tableware with Scott Coleman
Friday 1 May 2026, 2:00 PM – 3:30 PM
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Cosmopolitan Cliveden, East Melbourne: Interiors, decorum and fancy dress balls with Dr Andrew Montana
Thursday 14 May 2026, 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM
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Allan Ramsay: The Enlightened Artist with Dr Eugene Barilo von Reisberg
Thursday 21 May 2026, 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM
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Double Lecture and Afternoon Tea | The House of Dior: Eighteenth-century References with Dr Paola di Trocchio
Saturday 11 Jul 2026, 1:00 PM – 3:30 PM
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Lecture & Afternoon Tea | Opulent Intimacy: Royal Presentation Jewellery with Scott Coleman
Saturday 25 Jul 2026, 2:00 PM – 3:30 PM
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The Many Lives of Johann Zoffany with Dr Eugene Barilo von Reisberg
Thursday 20 Aug 2026, 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM