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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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Illicit Pleasures: Food and feasts in French art and literature with Sylvia Sagona
Friday 8 May 2026, 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM
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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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Oscar Wilde: ‘I can Resist Everything Except Temptation’ with Susannah Fullerton
Friday 29 May 2026, 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM
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Feasts and Fantasy at the table of Louis XIV with Dr Samantha Happé
Saturday 6 Jun 2026, 2:00 PM – 3:30 PM
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Dealing with the Scarlet Pimpernel: George IV’s Sèvres porcelain collection with Sylvia Sagona
Wednesday 10 Jun 2026, 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM
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Dining with Jane Austen with Lise Rodgers
Saturday 13 Jun 2026, 2:00 PM – 3:30 PM
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Double Lecture & Afternoon Tea | Food and Ceramics: Alchemy of Fire with Distinguished Professor Peter McNeil
Friday 19 Jun 2026, 1:00 PM – 3:30 PM
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The Jacobite Court in Exile in France and Italy with Dr Matthew Martin
Friday 3 Jul 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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Meat, Drink, and Be Wary: Eating and Drinking in the English Regency with Dr Jennifer Kloester
Saturday 18 Jul 2026, 2:00 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
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From produce to plate: the influence of the kitchen garden in the decorative arts with Dr Suzanne Bravery
Thursday 10 Sep 2026, 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM
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Lecture & Afternoon Tea | Spectacle and Splendour: Art and the Court of George IV with Scott Coleman
Saturday 19 Sep 2026, 2:00 PM – 3:30 PM