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From Needs to Desires: The 18th-century Demand For Beautiful Objects with Genine Wallinga
Wednesday 28 May 2025, 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM
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Showcasing Sophistication: Pompeo Batoni's posturing portraits and Canaletto's 'postcards' of Venice with Sylvia Sagona
Wednesday 21 May 2025, 2:00 PM – 3:30 PM
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Curatorial Conversations: Curating Fashion with Katie Somerville
Saturday 17 May 2025, 2:00 PM – 3:30 PM
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Decorating Government House: Exploring the Interiors of Victoria’s Vice-Regal Residence with Dr Nicole Davis
Friday 16 May 2025, 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM
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Keeping Up Appearances: Curators and the Australian historic house museum interior with Suzanne Bravery
Thursday 8 May 2025, 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM
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The Lives of an 18th-Century Man’s Coat with Paola di Trocchio
Saturday 3 May 2025, 2:00 PM – 3:30 PM
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Online Lecture | Curatorial Insights: Restoration of the Kings Apartments at Hampton Court Palace with Annabel Westman
Wednesday 30 Apr 2025, 6:30 PM – 7:30 PM
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Swagger or Solidity? English Grand Tourists in Venice and Rome with Sylvia Sagona
Wednesday 16 Apr 2025, 2:00 PM – 3:30 PM
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Double Lecture and Afternoon Tea | Swagger: Gentlemen of Fashion 1700-1900: from Macaroni Man to Perfumed Poodle and Decadent Dandy with Distinguished Professor Peter McNeil
Friday 11 Apr 2025, 1:00 PM – 3:30 PM
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Sarah Churchill, Duchess of Marlborough, Mistress of the Robes with Dr Sarah Bendall
Friday 21 Mar 2025, 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM
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'Ecstatic about seaweed': eighteenth-century women tourists' scientific collecting with Dr Emma Gleadhill
Saturday 15 Mar 2025, 2:00 PM – 3:30 PM
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Double Lecture and Morning Tea | Luxury Tales: Fashion and Interiors with Distinguished Professor Peter McNeil
Thursday 27 Feb 2025, 10:00 AM – 1:00 PM
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Dress and domesticity in 19th-Century Victoria: The Henty letters with Dr Laura Jocic
Thursday 20 Feb 2025, 2:00 PM – 3:30 PM
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Collecting Embroidery & Needlework: Starting a collection with Alison Cole
Wednesday 19 Feb 2025, 2:00 PM – 3:30 PM
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Double Lecture and Afternoon Tea | Inspiring Female Authors: Jane Austen and Fanny Burney with Susannah Fullerton
Wednesday 12 Feb 2025, 1:00 PM – 3:30 PM
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Lecture & Object Handling | The Corset: Facts, Legacies and Misconceptions with Dr Sarah Bendall
Saturday 8 Feb 2025, 2:00 PM – 4:00 PM
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Furnishing nobility: The art of the cassone with Dr Callum Reid
Friday 7 Feb 2025, 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM
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‘Only a lock of hair’: Love, mourning and memory with Dr Angela Hesson
Thursday 30 Jan 2025, 2:00 PM – 3:30 PM
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The Eighteenth-Century Royal Mistress: Arbiter of Taste with Paola Di Trocchio
Saturday 18 Jan 2025, 2:00 PM – 3:30 PM
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A Jane Austen Christmas with Lise Rodgers
Saturday 7 Dec 2024, 2:00 PM – 4:00 PM
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Dressing Up: The depiction of fashion in magazines in the 18th and 19th centuries with Professor Emeritus Chris Browne
Saturday 30 Nov 2024, 2:00 PM – 3:30 PM
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Afternoon Tea and Lecture: Gold Rush Jewellery with Trevor Hancock
Wednesday 27 Nov 2024, 2:00 PM – 4:00 PM
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Cut and Pinned: Working with Reclaimed Textiles with artist Louise Saxton
Saturday 23 Nov 2024, 2:00 PM – 3:30 PM
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The Jewels of Deborah, Duchess of Devonshire — The Last Of The Mitford Sisters with Adrian Dickens
Thursday 21 Nov 2024, 2:00 PM – 3:30 PM
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Evening Soirée | This Creative Life: Fashion Designers at Home with Robyn Lea
Thursday 14 Nov 2024, 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM
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The Beleura Story with Martin Green
Wednesday 13 Nov 2024, 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM
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Inside The Ancient Roman House with Dr Christopher Gribbin
Sunday 10 Nov 2024, 2:00 PM – 3:30 PM
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Robes of Honour: woven diplomacy with Samantha Happé
Wednesday 30 Oct 2024, 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM
Unravel the intricate symbolism embedded in the embroidered patterns of these garments, focusing on the form of the dragonslayer. Far from mere tokens of goodwill, these gifts were a strategic enactment of the Shah’s dominance, a sophisticated play in which the Shah’s supremacy was reaffirmed.
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Creative Women: Vivienne Westwood and her eighteenth-century references with Paola Di Trocchio
Saturday 26 Oct 2024, 2:00 PM – 3:30 PM
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MELBOURNE STORIES | Una Deerbon: Creative entrepreneur with Relton Leaver
Wednesday 16 Oct 2024, 2:00 PM – 3:30 PM
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FABRICATING THE WORLD SERIES | East Indies goods and the rise of female retailers in early modern London with Dr Sarah Bendall
Saturday 12 Oct 2024, 2:00 PM – 3:30 PM
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Getting Dressed with Jane Austen with Lise Rodgers
Wednesday 9 Oct 2024, 2:00 PM – 4:00 PM
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Instructing Herself By Fad Or Fancy: Learned Women in Regency Paris with Belinda Scerri
Friday 6 Sep 2024, 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM
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Queen Alexandra and Empress Marie: A Tale of Two Remarkable Women through their Portraits and Photographs with Dr Eugene Barilo von Reisberg
Thursday 29 Aug 2024, 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM
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Between Reality and Imagination: Early Modern Landscapes and Gardens in Print with Dr Katrina Grant
Wednesday 28 Aug 2024, 2:00 PM – 3:30 PM
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SARTORIAL PRACTICES: WOMEN AND DRESS IN RURAL AUSTRALIA 1840s–1860s with Dr Laura Jocic
Friday 16 Aug 2024, 2:00 PM – 3:30 PM
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FABRICATING THE WORLD SERIES | Fortuny silks and Ottoman carpets in one of Melbourne’s Grandest Mansions with Susan Scollay
Thursday 8 Aug 2024, 2:00 PM – 3:30 PM
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FABRICATING THE WORLD SERIES | ‘The only proof of true love’: Kashmir and Paisley shawls in the era of Jane Austen with Susan Scollay
Thursday 25 Jul 2024, 2:00 PM – 3:30 PM
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MELBOURNE RARE BOOK WEEK EVENT | Leaping the Barrier: Women as authors in Georgian and Regency England with Professor Christopher Browne
Saturday 20 Jul 2024, 2:00 PM – 3:30 PM
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The Gardens of Musk Farm with Cathy Wagner
Friday 19 Jul 2024, 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM
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AFTERNOON TEA & 2 LECTURES | HOMES OF THE COUTURIERS: The British and The Americans with Peter McNeil
Friday 12 Jul 2024, 1:00 PM – 3:30 PM
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FABRICATING THE WORLD SERIES | Ottoman and Persian textiles in Eastern Europe with Susan Scollay
Thursday 11 Jul 2024, 2:00 PM – 3:30 PM
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ROSE BERTIN: Marie Antoinette’s dressmaker with Paola Di Trocchio
Saturday 29 Jun 2024, 2:00 PM – 3:30 PM
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AFTERNOON TEA AND LECTURE | 'We are not a Museum': Reflections on the British Royal Collection with Dr Matthew Martin
Wednesday 12 Jun 2024, 2:00 PM – 4:00 PM
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PAINTING HIMSELF INTO HISTORY: Napoleon Bonaparte and the Fine Art of Propaganda with Sylvia Sagona
Wednesday 29 May 2024, 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM
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ANNOTATION AND INSCRIPTION: Jane Austen, Unmarried Women, and the Austen-Knight Family Library with Francesca Kavanagh
Friday 24 May 2024, 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM
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PIECES OF THE PAST: Period Rooms from the Victoria and Albert Museum, London to the Margaret Olley Art Centre, Murwillumbah with Suzanne Bravery
Wednesday 15 May 2024, 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM
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ETHICS IN THE HOUSE MUSEUM: the Challenges of Historical Collections with Dr Louise Voll Box
Thursday 9 May 2024, 2:00 PM – 3:30 PM
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THE EXTRAORDINARY EMBASSIES AT LOUIS XIV’s VERSAILLES with Samantha Happé
Friday 3 May 2024, 2:00 PM – 3:30 PM
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A BRIEF HISTORY OF PORCELAIN: A fascinating journey of discovery from the East to the West with Barrie Cathcart
Thursday 11 Apr 2024, 2:00 PM – 3:30 PM
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VON REISBERG SERIES | Princess Sophia and the Search for Britain’s New Royal Family
Sunday 7 Apr 2024, 2:00 PM – 3:30 PM
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THE HEALING PLACE: the Modern Botanic Garden as a Re-imagined Physic Garden with Professor Tim Entwisle
Friday 5 Apr 2024, 2:00 PM – 3:30 PM
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'NEW MONEY FOR OLD TITLES': the rise of the ‘American Dollar Princess' with Kenneth W. Park
Wednesday 27 Mar 2024, 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM
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VON REISBERG SERIES | Elizabeth Stuart, The Winter Queen
Sunday 24 Mar 2024, 2:00 PM – 3:30 PM
Daniel Mytens (ca.1590-1647). Portrait of James I, King of Great Britain (1566-1625). 1621 (detail). Oil on canvas. London: National Portrait Gallery
VON REISBERG SERIES | James VI and I: One King, Two Crowns
Sunday 17 Mar 2024, 2:00 PM – 3:30 PM
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PP MFF EVENT | FASHION HOUSES: Fashion Designers at Home with Peter McNeil
Friday 8 Mar 2024, 2:00 PM – 3:30 PM
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PP MFF EVENT | WELL HEELED: Shoes Through Time with Claudia Chan Shaw
Wednesday 6 Mar 2024, 2:00 PM – 3:30 PM
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MONKEYING AROUND: THE MEISSEN MONKEY ORCHESTRA ACROSS THE AGES with Dr Matthew Martin
Friday 9 Feb 2024, 2:00 PM – 3:30 PM
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MORNING TEA AND LECTURE | WEDGWOOD AND THE NEOCLASSICAL IDEAL with Amanda Dunsmore
Wednesday 31 Jan 2024, 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM
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MARVELLOUS MELBOURNE MANSIONS with Andrew Dixon
Saturday 20 Jan 2024, 2:00 PM – 3:30 PM
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NAPOLEON'S OTHER WIFE: The Destinies of Empress Marie-Louise and the Prince Imperial with Dr Eugene Barilo von Reisberg
Thursday 18 Jan 2024, 2:00 PM – 3:30 PM
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AFTERNOON TEA AND LECTURE | JANE AUSTEN'S WARDROBE with Hilary Davidson
Thursday 11 Jan 2024, 2:00 PM – 4:00 PM
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AFTERNOON TEA AND LECTURE | COLLECTOMANIA: THE MIND OF THE COLLECTOR with Claudia Chan Shaw
Saturday 2 Dec 2023, 2:00 PM – 4:00 PM
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EXCLUSIVE EVENT | AFTERNOON TEA | SWEET DELIGHTS: THE FORMAL DESSERT TABLE IN EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY EUROPE with Dr Matthew Martin
Thursday 30 Nov 2023, 2:00 PM – 4:00 PM
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"Bad Taste": The Politics of Interior Ornament in Rococo Paris with Belinda Scerri
Friday 24 Nov 2023, 2:00 PM – 3:30 PM
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JEWELS OF THE REGENCY with Adrian Dickens
Wednesday 15 Nov 2023, 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM
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CHOCOLATE, COFFEE, AND TEA: A HISTORY with Barrie Cathcart
Thursday 9 Nov 2023, 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM
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EXCLUSIVE EVENT | AFTERNOON TEA | EVERGREEN: A BOTANICAL LIFE with Professor Tim Entwisle
Thursday 2 Nov 2023, 2:00 PM – 4:00 PM
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CHATSWORTH AND PETWORTH: Two country houses of creativity and patronage with Suzanne Bravery
Thursday 26 Oct 2023, 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM
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POWER, POLITICS, PATRONAGE and the Decoration of the British Country House with Dr Louise Voll Box
Wednesday 25 Oct 2023, 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM
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COLOURING THE WALLS: eclectic art decoration in late-Victorian Australian interiors with Andrew Montana
Wednesday 18 Oct 2023, 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM
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JANE AUSTEN’S FOUR LAST SONGS with Gillian Dooley
Wednesday 27 Sep 2023, 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM
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THE ADAM STYLE with Kenneth Park
Wednesday 20 Sep 2023, 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM
VICEREGAL PATRONS: Sir John and Lady Franklin as collectors of art with Dr Alison Inglis AM
Thursday 14 Sep 2023, 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM
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ROCOCO with Kenneth Park
Wednesday 13 Sep 2023, 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM
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THE BIRTH OF CHURCH ARCHITECTURE with Christopher Gribbin
Thursday 7 Sep 2023, 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM
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STYLE CHINOISERIE with Kenneth Park
Wednesday 6 Sep 2023, 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM
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FABRICATING THE WORLD SERIES 2023 (6) | THE FABULOUS FABRICS OF FASHION DOLLS: 16th to 19th centuries with Dr Margot Yeomans
Wednesday 16 Aug 2023, 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM
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FABRICATING THE WORLD SERIES 2023 (5) | FABRICATING THE MEDICI COURT: A Grand Duchess and her Tailor in 17th Century Florence with Dr Adelina Modesti
Wednesday 9 Aug 2023, 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM
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FABRICATING THE WORLD SERIES 2023 (4) | KINGS AND QUEENS AND CATERPILLARS: Women's Agency and a 17th century Embroidery in the NGV with Professor Anne Dunlop
Wednesday 2 Aug 2023, 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM
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EXCLUSIVE EVENT | AFTERNOON TEA | DREAM GARDENS with Michael McCoy
Thursday 20 Jul 2023, 2:00 PM – 4:00 PM
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ANNE TENNANT, BARONESS GLENCONNER: A Remarkable Life with Suzanne Bravery
Wednesday 31 May 2023, 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM
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CLUBLAND LONDON with Kenneth Park
Friday 26 May 2023, 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM
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GREAT LONDON HOUSES: THEIR HISTORY AND COLLECTIONS | The Wallace Collection with Sylvia Sagona
Wednesday 24 May 2023, 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM
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TOWNHOUSES OF LONDON | No. 2 with Kenneth Park
Friday 19 May 2023, 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM
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SPENDING TIME WITH JANE AUSTEN with LISE RODGERS
Wednesday 17 May 2023, 2:00 PM – 3:30 PM
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OVER THE TEA CUPS: Mother's Day Afternoon Tea in Fairhall
Saturday 13 May 2023, 10:00 AM – 3:30 PM
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TOWNHOUSES OF LONDON | No. 1 with Kenneth Park
Friday 12 May 2023, 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM
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BUILDING MELBOURNE | BEAUMARIS - a mid-century architects destination with Fiona Austin
Thursday 11 May 2023, 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM
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FABRICATING THE WORLD SERIES 2023 (3) | WEAVING THE IMPERIAL BRAND | OTTOMAN TURKEY: On the 20th century ‘Gallipoli’ carpet with Susan Scollay
Wednesday 10 May 2023, 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM
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THE KINGS CORONATION SPECIAL EVENT | AFTERNOON TEA | THE JEWELS OF THE BRITISH CORONATION with Adrian Dickens
Thursday 4 May 2023, 2:00 PM – 4:00 PM
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THE KINGS CORONATION SPECIAL EVENT | MORNING TEA | THE JEWELS OF THE BRITISH CORONATION with Adrian Dickens
Thursday 4 May 2023, 10:00 AM – 11:55 AM
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FABRICATING THE WORLD SERIES 2023 (2) | WEAVING THE IMPERIAL BRAND | SAFAVID PERSIA | On the 17th century AGSA ‘Polonaise’ carpet with Susan Scollay
Wednesday 3 May 2023, 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM
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FASHION BEYOND CLOTHING 1500-1800: Europe’s love of Chinese Export and Japanese cultural forms with Peter McNeil
Friday 28 Apr 2023, 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM
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FABRICATING THE WORLD SERIES 2023 (1) | WEAVING THE IMPERIAL BRAND | MUGHAL INDIA: On the 17th century ‘Trinitarias’ carpet with Susan Scollay
Wednesday 26 Apr 2023, 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM
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VIRTUE AND SENTIMENT: the art and influence of Madame Mouchette in focus with Andrew Montana
Wednesday 19 Apr 2023, 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM
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EXCLUSIVE EVENT | AFTERNOON TEA | MOTIFS AND MOTIVATIONS | FRANCES BURKE: Designer with Nanette Carter and Robyn Oswald-Jacobs
Thursday 30 Mar 2023, 2:00 PM – 4:00 PM
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FIRED UP: STAFFORDSHIRE POTTERS AND THEIR ART with Christine Reid
Wednesday 22 Mar 2023, 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM
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WALK & TALK | SPLENDID with Andrew Dixon
Saturday 18 Mar 2023, 2:00 PM – 3:30 PM
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WILLIAM JOHNSTON’S BRONZETTI: The power of small sculptures with Kathleen Olive
Thursday 16 Mar 2023, 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM
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WALK & TALK | SPLENDID with Andrew Dixon
Saturday 11 Mar 2023, 2:00 PM – 3:30 PM
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PP MFF FASHION CULTURE PROGRAM 2023 | CLARENCE CHAI: Melbourne fashion’s gentle pioneer with Sally Gray
Friday 10 Mar 2023, 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM
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PP MFF FASHION CULTURE PROGRAM 2023 | THE LIFE AND WORK OF CARLA ZAMPATTI with Roger Leong
Thursday 9 Mar 2023, 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM
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WALK & TALK | SPLENDID with Andrew Dixon
Wednesday 8 Mar 2023, 2:00 PM – 3:30 PM
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PP MFF FASHION CULTURE PROGRAM 2023 | ART FOR ART’S SAKE: Aesthetic dress at Liberty & Co with Nicole Jenkins
Friday 3 Mar 2023, 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM
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WALK & TALK | SPLENDID with Andrew Dixon
Saturday 25 Feb 2023, 2:00 PM – 3:30 PM
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MERLYN: THE LIFE OF MERLYN BAILLIEU MYER | An exclusive afternoon tea event with Dr Stella M Barber
Thursday 23 Feb 2023, 2:00 PM – 4:00 PM
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DAME EDITH SITWELL, POET, CRITIC, BIOGRAPHER and Member of an Extraordinary Family with Susannah Fullerton
Wednesday 22 Feb 2023, 2:00 PM – 3:30 PM
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WALK & TALK | SPLENDID with Andrew Dixon
Saturday 18 Feb 2023, 12:00 PM – 1:30 PM
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Saturday 4 Feb 2023, 12:00 PM – 1:30 PM
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Friday 13 Jan 2023, 12:00 PM – 1:30 PM
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WALK & TALK | SPLENDID with Andrew Dixon
Wednesday 7 Dec 2022, 12:00 PM – 1:30 PM
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THE ART OF SILVER with Kenneth Park
Wednesday 30 Nov 2022, 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM
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ACQUIRED TASTE: The Invention of the Restaurant in 18th century Paris with Sylvia Sagona
Thursday 24 Nov 2022, 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM
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THE RISE OF THE PRIVATE MUSEUM with Georgina S. Walker
Wednesday 23 Nov 2022, 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM
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WALK & TALK | SPLENDID with Andrew Dixon
Saturday 19 Nov 2022, 12:00 PM – 1:30 PM
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EARLY BRITISH WOMEN ARTISTS, and their place in society with Kathleen Olive
Wednesday 16 Nov 2022, 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM
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WHAT IS GEORGIAN SILVER? with Jolyon Warwick James
Thursday 10 Nov 2022, 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM
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DEMONSTRATING WEALTH | SILVER FOR HOUSEHOLD LUXURIES with Matthew Lafite
Wednesday 9 Nov 2022, 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM
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GROAN | SILVER FOR DINING with Matthew Lafite
Thursday 3 Nov 2022, 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM
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NORFOLK: exploring four great country houses with Suzanne Bravery
Wednesday 2 Nov 2022, 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM
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WALK & TALK | SPLENDID with Andrew Dixon
Sunday 30 Oct 2022, 12:00 PM – 1:30 PM
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ELEGANT PIECES | SILVER FOR TEA, COFFEE, AND ALCOHOL with Matthew Lafite
Wednesday 26 Oct 2022, 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM
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EXCLUSIVE EVENT | AFTERNOON TEA | CRANLANA: The House that Sidney and Merlyn Myer bought. With Michael Shmith
Thursday 20 Oct 2022, 2:00 PM – 4:00 PM
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IMPACT AND INFLUENCES | Huguenot Silversmiths and The Brookes Bequest with Dennice Collett
Wednesday 19 Oct 2022, 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM
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FORGOTTEN ARTISANS | Women Silversmiths in The Brookes Bequest with Dennice Collett
Wednesday 12 Oct 2022, 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM
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THE STORY OF SILVER (SILVER THROUGH HISTORY) with Kenneth Park
Thursday 6 Oct 2022, 2:00 PM – 3:30 PM
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CONNOISSEUR : COLLECTOR : BENEFACTOR | An introduction to Roger Brookes (and his family and collecting) with Andrew Dixon
Wednesday 5 Oct 2022, 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM
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MOVEMENT AND PEP: Re-animating the Duchess of Windsor's Lifestyle Fashions with Peter McNeil
Thursday 8 Sep 2022, 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM
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EXCLUSIVE EVENT | AFTERNOON TEA | MOTIFS AND MOTIVATIONS | FRANCES BURKE: Designer with Nanette Carter and Robyn Oswald-Jacobs
Thursday 1 Sep 2022, 2:00 PM – 4:00 PM
Artemisia Gentileschi Self-portrait as the Allegory of Painting (La Pittura)
DISCOVERING WOMEN ARTISTS IN 16TH AND 17TH CENTURY ITALY with Kathleen Olive
Wednesday 31 Aug 2022, 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM
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THE 23rd ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING with Special Guest Speaker, Dr Susan Scollay
Wednesday 24 Aug 2022, 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM
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FABRICATING THE WORLD | AN ALCHEMIST IN SILK: Mariano Fortuny (1871–1949), textile and fashion designer with Dr Susan Scollay
Wednesday 17 Aug 2022, 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM
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MELBOURNE STORIES | THE LEGACY OF ANCIENT GREEK ARCHITECTURE IN MELBOURNE with Christopher Gribbin
Thursday 11 Aug 2022, 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM
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THE PLATINUM JUBILEE SPECIAL EVENT | AFTERNOON TEA | TIMELESS TIARAS with Adrian Dickens
Thursday 4 Aug 2022, 2:00 PM – 4:00 PM
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GEORGETTE HEYER: THE REGENCY IN HISTORY & FICTION with Jennifer Kloester
Wednesday 3 Aug 2022, 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM
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IN SEARCH OF BISHOP GOOLD with Shane Carmody
Thursday 14 Jul 2022, 12:00 PM – 1:30 PM
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EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY ART IN THE WESTERN DISTRICTS: Hamilton Gallery and the Shaw Bequest with Matthew Martin
Wednesday 13 Jul 2022, 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM
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FABRICATING THE WORLD | AN ALCHEMIST IN SILK: Mariano Fortuny (1871–1949), textile and fashion designer with Dr Susan Scollay
Wednesday 6 Jul 2022, 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM
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FABRICATING THE WORLD | WILLIAM MORRIS (1834–96): revolutionary textile designer and arbiter of taste with Dr Susan Scollay
Wednesday 29 Jun 2022, 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM
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FABRICATING THE WORLD | ‘I HAVE PLY’D MY NEEDLE THESE FIFTY YEARS . . .’ Embroidery as technique and object, profession and pastime with Dr Susan Scollay
Thursday 23 Jun 2022, 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM
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KRISTIAN FREDRIKSON | Theatre designer extraordinaire with Michelle Potter
Wednesday 22 Jun 2022, 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM
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THE PLATINUM JUBILEE SERIES | HER MAJESTY QUEEN ELIZABETH II’S PLATINUM JEWELS with Adrian Dickens
Thursday 16 Jun 2022, 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM
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THE PLATINUM JUBILEE SERIES | AT HOME WITH THE QUEEN with Kenneth Park
Wednesday 15 Jun 2022, 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM
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THE PLATINUM JUBILEE SERIES | IMAGING THE QUEEN with Kenneth Park
Wednesday 8 Jun 2022, 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM
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THE PLATINUM JUBILEE SERIES | DRESSING THE QUEEN: The designs of Norman Hartnell with Nicole Jenkins
Thursday 2 Jun 2022, 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM
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THE PLATINUM JUBILEE SERIES | ROYAL BOOKS AND ROYAL LIBRARIES with Shane Carmody
Thursday 26 May 2022, 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM
Labassa 2020 photo Jon Rendell
BUILDING MELBOURNE | LABASSA MANSION: European influences with Vicki Shuttleworth
Wednesday 25 May 2022, 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM
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EXOTICA, SYMBOLS OF SANCTITY, AND ALLEGORIES OF SOUND, LIGHT AND AIR: White Australasian Cockatoos in Medieval and Early Modern European Art with Heather Dalton
Thursday 19 May 2022, 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM
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THERE’S AN ARTIST IN THE HOUSE: exploring the house museums of three London artists with Suzanne Bravery
Wednesday 18 May 2022, 10:00 AM – 11:30 PM
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THE IMPORTANCE OF FLOWERS: Artists and their gardens in Paris and the South of France with Sylvia Sagona
Thursday 12 May 2022, 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM
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EXCLUSIVE EVENT | AFTERNOON TEA | A ROOM OF HER OWN with Robyn Lea
Thursday 5 May 2022, 2:00 PM – 4:00 PM
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AT HOME: MY HOUSE, MY MUSEUM 4 | At home with the politician with Kenneth Park
Thursday 5 May 2022, 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM
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AT HOME: MY HOUSE, MY MUSEUM 3 | At home with the writer with Kenneth Park
Thursday 28 Apr 2022, 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM
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THE ROYAL JEWELS OF TWO PRINCE CONSORTS with Adrian Dickens
Wednesday 27 Apr 2022, 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM
The Kitchen Dresser
EXCLUSIVE EVENT | AFTERNOON TEA | THE KITCHEN DRESSER with Simon Griffiths
Thursday 21 Apr 2022, 2:00 PM – 4:00 PM
CROPPED Richard Cosway Madame du Barry
COLLECTING PORTRAIT MINIATURES IN AUSTRALIA with Alison Inglis
Wednesday 20 Apr 2022, 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM
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AT HOME: MY HOUSE, MY MUSEUM 2 | At home with the musician with Kenneth Park
Thursday 14 Apr 2022, 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM
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AT HOME: MY HOUSE, MY MUSEUM 1 | At home with the artist with Kenneth Park
Thursday 7 Apr 2022, 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM
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DANIEL COTTIER'S AESTHETIC OF BEAUTY 2: Cottier in the UK and in the US with Andrew Montana
Wednesday 30 Mar 2022, 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM
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DANIEL COTTIER'S AESTHETIC OF BEAUTY 1: Lyon, Cottier & Co. in Sydney and Melbourne with Andrew Montana
Wednesday 23 Mar 2022, 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM
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VIRTUAL LECTURE (ON DEMAND) | The Making of A Tear in the Glass with Mary Ryllis Clark (Can be accessed at any time)
Friday 31 Dec 2021, 11:30 PM – 11:55 PM
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VIRTUAL LECTURE (ON DEMAND) | Alison Cole and Dorothy Morgan present highlights of JUBILATION: Diamonds & Pearls (Can be accessed at any time)
Friday 31 Dec 2021, 11:30 PM – 11:55 PM
The Lucia pageant of the Swedish Club of Sarasota, St Armands Key Lutheran Church by Roger W on 9 December 2011. Creative Commons.
CELEBRATING CHRISTMAS: Times and Places with Sophia Errey
Wednesday 15 Dec 2021, 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM
David Villafaiiez Xoxocatlan, Nacimiento, Oaxaca, circa 1970
SLEEP, BABY, SLEEP with Sophia Errey
Wednesday 8 Dec 2021, 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM
BEAUMARIS POSTPONED
BUILDING MELBOURNE | BEAUMARIS - a mid-century architects destination with Fiona Austin
Wednesday 3 Nov 2021, 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM
Cats
VIRTUAL LECTURE (LIVE) | CATS IN ART with Kenneth Park
Wednesday 3 Nov 2021, 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM
Troldhaugen Mozart
VIRTUAL LECTURE (LIVE) | CAN’T STOP THE MUSIC: exploring the biographical house museums of composers Edvard Grieg and Amadeus Mozart with Suzanne Bravery
Thursday 28 Oct 2021, 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM
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VIRTUAL LECTURE (LIVE) | THE PROBLEMATIC STATUE: a brief history of debunking and desecrating public monuments with Geoffrey Edwards
Wednesday 27 Oct 2021, 2:00 PM – 3:30 PM
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VIRTUAL LECTURE (LIVE) | Vita Sackville-West: Poet, Novelist and Creator of Sissinghurst (BY POPULAR DEMAND) with Susannah Fullerton
Wednesday 27 Oct 2021, 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM
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VIRTUAL LECTURE (LIVE) | FOR THE LOVE OF SCOTLAND 3 | THE STORY OF TARTAN with Kenneth Park
Tuesday 26 Oct 2021, 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM
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VIRTUAL LECTURE (LIVE) | AN ADRIATIC JOURNEY with Cathy Trinca
Thursday 21 Oct 2021, 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM
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VIRTUAL LECTURE (LIVE) | DOGS IN ART with Kenneth Park
Wednesday 20 Oct 2021, 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM
VIRTUAL LECTURE (LIVE) | FOR THE LOVE OF SCOTLAND 2 | SOME GREAT HOUSES, CASTLES AND GARDENS OF SCOTLAND with Kenneth Park
Tuesday 19 Oct 2021, 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM
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VIRTUAL LECTURE (LIVE) | MEET MONTY IN PROVENCE with Cathy Trinca
Thursday 14 Oct 2021, 2:00 PM – 3:30 PM
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NOW PRESENTED AS A VIRTUAL LECTURE (LIVE) | PRINTMAKING IN EARLY AUSTRALIA with Alisa Bunbury
Wednesday 13 Oct 2021, 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM
VIRTUAL LECTURE (LIVE) | FOR THE LOVE OF SCOTLAND 1 | PORTRAITS OF SCOTLAND with Kenneth Park
Tuesday 12 Oct 2021, 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM
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VIRTUAL LECTURE (LIVE) | PORTUGAL: A JOURNEY with Cathy Trinca
Thursday 7 Oct 2021, 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM
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POWER, POLITICS, PATRONAGE and the Decoration of the British Country House with Louise Voll Box
Wednesday 6 Oct 2021, 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM
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VIRTUAL LECTURE (LIVE) | Those Mitford Girls! (BY POPULAR DEMAND) with Susannah Fullerton
Wednesday 6 Oct 2021, 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM
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VIRTUAL LECTURE (LIVE) | LIBERTY OF LONDON with Kenneth Park
Tuesday 5 Oct 2021, 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM
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VIRTUAL LECTURE (LIVE) | EARLY HISTORY AND HISTORIC BUILDINGS of the Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne with Cathy Trinca
Wednesday 29 Sep 2021, 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM
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VIRTUAL LECTURE (LIVE) | 'THE SPORTING, AFFECTIONATE, AND USEFUL COMPANION OF MY VOYAGES': Matthew Flinders and Trim with Gillian Dooley
Tuesday 28 Sep 2021, 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM
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VIRTUAL LECTURE (LIVE) | HARPER LEE AND ‘TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD’ with Susannah Fullerton
Thursday 23 Sep 2021, 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM
Intoxicating India
VIRTUAL LECTURE (LIVE) | INTOXICATING INDIA with Cathy Trinca
Wednesday 22 Sep 2021, 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie
VIRTUAL LECTURE (LIVE) | MURIEL SPARK AND 'THE PRIME OF MISS JEAN BRODIE' with Susannah Fullerton
Tuesday 21 Sep 2021, 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM
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VIRTUAL LECTURE (LIVE) | BRIEF ENCOUNTERS: Literary Travellers in Australia 1836-1939 with Susannah Fullerton
Thursday 16 Sep 2021, 2:00 PM – 3:30 PM
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VIRTUAL LECTURE (LIVE) | RENAISSANCE PLEASURE GARDENS with Cathy Trinca
Wednesday 15 Sep 2021, 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM
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VIRTUAL LECTURE (LIVE) | ETHEL TURNER AND 'SEVEN LITTLE AUSTRALIANS’ with Susannah Fullerton
Tuesday 14 Sep 2021, 2:00 PM – 3:30 PM
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VIRTUAL LECTURE (LIVE) | VIKRAM SETH AND 'A SUITABLE BOY’ with Susannah Fullerton
Thursday 9 Sep 2021, 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM
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ENTERTAINING JANE AUSTEN: A conversation between John Wiltshire and Gillian Dooley
Wednesday 8 Sep 2021, 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM
BEAUMARIS POSTPONED
BUILDING MELBOURNE | BEAUMARIS - a mid-century architects destination with Fiona Austin
Tuesday 7 Sep 2021, 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM
The Count of Monte Cristo 2
VIRTUAL LECTURE (LIVE) | ALEXANDRE DUMAS AND 'THE COUNT OF MONTE CRISTO’ with Susannah Fullerton
Tuesday 7 Sep 2021, 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM
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DEFOE'S DIARY OF A PLAGUE YEAR with John Wiltshire
Tuesday 17 Aug 2021, 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM
Australia Modern Postponed
BUILDING MELBOURNE | AUSTRALIA MODERN with Hannah Lewi
Wednesday 11 Aug 2021, 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM
Printmaking postponed
PRINTMAKING IN EARLY AUSTRALIA with Alisa Bunbury
Wednesday 4 Aug 2021, 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM
The Happy Prince
VIRTUAL LECTURE (LIVE) | LOVE STORIES | 6 HOMOSEXUAL LOVE | Oscar Wilde and 'The Happy Prince' with Susannah Fullerton
Thursday 22 Jul 2021, 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM
The Shrine cancelled
MELBOURNE STORIES | THE LEGACY OF ANCIENT GREEK ARCHITECTURE IN MELBOURNE with Christopher Gribbin
Wednesday 21 Jul 2021, 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM
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VIRTUAL LECTURE (LIVE) | LOVE STORIES | 5 UNEQUAL LOVE | William Hazlitt and 'Liber Amoris' with Susannah Fullerton
Thursday 15 Jul 2021, 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM
Eva Perón, the First Lady of Argentina and one of Dior's
VIRTUAL LECTURE (LIVE) | FOR THE LOVE OF FASHION 3 | The House of Dior with Kenneth Park
Tuesday 13 Jul 2021, 2:20 PM – 4:00 PM
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WHEN THIS YOU SEE REMEMBER ME with Sophia Errey
Wednesday 7 Jul 2021, 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM
Dante Gabriel Rossetti (English, 12 May 1828– 9 April 1882) Lady Lilith, 1866-1868 (altered 1872-1873) oil on canvas | 965 × 851 mm (38.0 in × 33.5 in) Samuel and Mary R. Bancroft Memorial, 1935 collection of Delaware Art Museum, 1935-29, Wilmington, Delaware
VIRTUAL LECTURE (LIVE) | LOVE STORIES | 4 DISTORTED LOVE | Robert Browning and 'Porphyria's Lover’ with Susannah Fullerton
Thursday 1 Jul 2021, 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM
UNO Cancelled
MELBOURNE STORIES | UNA DEERBON: Australian Potter with Relton Leaver
Wednesday 30 Jun 2021, 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM
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VIRTUAL LECTURE (LIVE) | FOR THE LOVE OF FASHION 2 | COCO CHANEL – her life and legacy with Kenneth Park
Tuesday 29 Jun 2021, 2:20 PM – 4:00 PM
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VIRTUAL LECTURE (LIVE) | LOVE STORIES | 3 ADULTEROUS LOVE: Leo Tolstoy and Anna Karenina with Susannah Fullerton
Thursday 24 Jun 2021, 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM
KRISTIAN cancelled
KRISTIAN FREDRIKSON | Theatre designer extraordinaire with Michelle Potter
Wednesday 23 Jun 2021, 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM
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VIRTUAL LECTURE (LIVE) | LOVE STORIES | 2 SECRET LOVE: L.P. Hartley and The Go-Between with Susannah Fullerton
Thursday 17 Jun 2021, 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM
Galeries Lafayette, Paris
VIRTUAL LECTURE (LIVE) | FOR THE LOVE OF FASHION 1 | The Rise and decline of the Department Store with Kenneth Park
Tuesday 15 Jun 2021, 2:20 PM – 4:00 PM
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BUILDING MELBOURNE | BEAUMARIS - a mid-century architects destination with Fiona Austin
Wednesday 9 Jun 2021, 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM
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VIRTUAL LECTURE (LIVE) | LOVE STORIES | 1 FRATERNAL LOVE: George Eliot and The Mill on the Floss with Susannah Fullerton
Thursday 3 Jun 2021, 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM
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SMILING AT GRIEF with John Wiltshire
Tuesday 1 Jun 2021, 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM
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JEWELS OF THE LOUVRE with Sylvia Sagona
Wednesday 26 May 2021, 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM
Museum of Natural History
VIRTUAL LECTURE (LIVE) | FOR THE LOVE OF MUSEUMS 3 | ‘THE AMERICAN ROME’: Washington DC & its museums with Kenneth Park
Tuesday 25 May 2021, 2:20 PM – 4:00 PM
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LOVING A LAUGH with John Wiltshire
Tuesday 25 May 2021, 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM
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MELBOURNE CIRCLE: the psychogeography of the suburbs with Nick Gadd
Wednesday 12 May 2021, 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM
Art Institute Chicago
VIRTUAL LECTURE (LIVE) | FOR THE LOVE OF MUSEUMS 2 | ‘THE WINDY CITY’: Chicago & its museums with Kenneth Park
Tuesday 11 May 2021, 2:20 PM – 4:00 PM
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BLOOMSBURY IN BLOOM: the sisters, Virginia Woolf and Vanessa Bell, and their gardens with Rosemary Irving
Wednesday 5 May 2021, 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM
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VIRTUAL LECTURE (LIVE) | FOR THE LOVE OF MUSEUMS 1 | ‘THE CITY ON A HILL’: Boston & its museums with Kenneth Park
Tuesday 4 May 2021, 2:20 PM – 4:00 PM
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SIR JOHN SOANE’S MUSEUM: A reimagining with Suzanne Bravery
Wednesday 28 Apr 2021, 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM
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VIRTUAL LECTURE (LIVE) | FOR THE LOVE OF EUROPE'S EAST 3 | ISTANBUL: ‘Where East meets West’ with Kenneth Park
Tuesday 27 Apr 2021, 2:20 PM – 4:00 PM
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VIRTUAL LECTURE (LIVE) | FOR THE LOVE OF EUROPE'S EAST 2 | BUCHAREST: ‘The Paris of the East’ with Kenneth Park
Tuesday 20 Apr 2021, 2:20 PM – 4:00 PM
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VIRTUAL LECTURE (LIVE) | FOR THE LOVE OF EUROPE'S EAST 1 | BUDAPEST: ‘Pearl of the Danube’ with Kenneth Park
Tuesday 13 Apr 2021, 2:20 PM – 4:00 PM
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MFF IDEAS PROGRAM 2021 | VIRTUAL LECTURE (LIVE) | The Many Slippers of Cinderella with Hilary Davidson
Friday 19 Mar 2021, 10:20 AM – 12:00 PM
Sally Gray_Iris van Herpen dress exhibited in The Vulgar Fashion Redefined
MFF IDEAS PROGRAM 2021 | THE FASHION FOR EXHIBITING FASHION with Sally Gray
Thursday 18 Mar 2021, 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM
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MFF IDEAS PROGRAM 2021 | CREATING THE CONSUMER: Twentieth Century Fashion with Peter McNeil
Wednesday 17 Mar 2021, 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM
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MFF IDEAS PROGRAM 2021 | SPREADING THE STYLE NEWS with Lise Rodgers
Tuesday 16 Mar 2021, 2:00 PM – 3:30 PM
Peter McNeil_figure group (The Hairdresser) (from a pair The Grand Toilette)
MFF IDEAS PROGRAM 2021 | FASHION AND CONSUMPTION 1500-1900 with Peter McNeil
Tuesday 16 Mar 2021, 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM
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MFF IDEAS PROGRAM 2021 | Australian modernist dress of the ‘60s and ‘70s with Nicole Jenkins
Thursday 11 Mar 2021, 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM
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VIRTUAL LECTURE (ON DEMAND) | Susannah Fullerton: Saving Jane Austen's house and why we visit the homes of writers (Can be accessed any time)
Thursday 31 Dec 2020, 11:30 PM – 11:55 PM
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VIRTUAL LECTURE (ON DEMAND) | Susannah Fullerton: Literary France: Susannah's Top Ten Places (Can be accessed any time)
Thursday 31 Dec 2020, 11:30 PM – 11:55 PM
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VIRTUAL LECTURE (ON DEMAND) | Susannah Fullerton: George Eliot and Middlemarch (Can be accessed any time)
Thursday 31 Dec 2020, 11:30 PM – 11:55 AM
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VIRTUAL LECTURE (LIVE) | Susannah Fullerton: Charles Dickens and A Christmas Carol
Wednesday 2 Dec 2020, 10:20 AM – 12:00 PM
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VIRTUAL LECTURE (LIVE) | Around the World with Kenneth Park XII: Journey through the French Riviera - 'Art' of life
Thursday 26 Nov 2020, 10:20 AM – 12:00 PM
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VIRTUAL LECTURE (LIVE) | Conceal, Constrict or Reveal? 200 Years of Maternity Fashion with Catriona Fisk
Wednesday 25 Nov 2020, 10:20 AM – 12:00 PM
Gardens of Château de Saint-Cloud circa 1720
VIRTUAL LECTURE (LIVE) | Around the World with Kenneth Park XI: The Story of the French Garden
Thursday 19 Nov 2020, 10:20 AM – 12:00 PM
Damian Lewis as King Henry VIII in Wolf Hall. Image Broadcasting on 11 April 2015 on BBC First
VIRTUAL LECTURE (LIVE) | Hilary Mantel’s Interiors with Valerie Krips
Wednesday 18 Nov 2020, 10:20 AM – 12:00 PM
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VIRTUAL LECTURE (LIVE) | Susannah Fullerton: Alfred Lord Tennyson - Great Victorian Poet
Tuesday 17 Nov 2020, 10:20 AM – 12:00 PM
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VIRTUAL LECTURE (LIVE) | Around the World with Kenneth Park X: Chateaux of France
Thursday 12 Nov 2020, 10:20 AM – 12:00 PM
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VIRTUAL LECTURE (LIVE) | Susannah Fullerton: Mad, bad and dangerous to know - The wicked poet, Lord Byron
Tuesday 10 Nov 2020, 10:20 AM – 12:00 PM
The Gloriette in the Schönbrunn Palace Garden, Vienna, Austria
VIRTUAL LECTURE (LIVE) | Around the World with Kenneth Park IX: Imperial Vienna profiled
Thursday 5 Nov 2020, 10:20 AM – 12:00 PM
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VIRTUAL LECTURE (LIVE) | Christopher Menz on William Morris
Wednesday 4 Nov 2020, 10:20 AM – 12:00 PM
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VIRTUAL LECTURE (LIVE) | Around the World with Kenneth Park VIII: New York, New York
Thursday 29 Oct 2020, 10:20 AM – 12:00 PM
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VIRTUAL LECTURE (LIVE) | Susannah Fullerton: P.G. Wodehouse and Jeeves & Wooster
Tuesday 27 Oct 2020, 2:20 PM – 4:00 PM
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VIRTUAL LECTURE (LIVE) | Around the World with Kenneth Park VII: Journey through the Kingdom of Morocco
Thursday 22 Oct 2020, 10:20 AM – 12:00 PM
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VIRTUAL LECTURE (LIVE) | Susannah Fullerton: A.A. Milne and Winnie-the-Pooh
Tuesday 20 Oct 2020, 2:20 PM – 4:00 PM
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VIRTUAL LECTURE (LIVE) | Around the World with Kenneth Park VI: THE TALE OF TWO CITIES Moscow & Saint Petersburg
Thursday 15 Oct 2020, 10:20 AM – 12:00 PM
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VIRTUAL LECTURE (LIVE) | Adrian Dickens: Six Young British Royals and their Wedding Jewels
Wednesday 14 Oct 2020, 10:20 AM – 12:00 PM
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VIRTUAL LECTURE (LIVE) | Susannah Fullerton: Those Mitford Girls!
Tuesday 13 Oct 2020, 4:50 PM – 6:30 PM
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VIRTUAL LECTURE (LIVE) | Around the World with Kenneth Park V: THE TALE OF TWO CITIES Edinburgh & Glasgow
Thursday 8 Oct 2020, 10:20 AM – 12:00 PM
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VIRTUAL LECTURE (LIVE) | Susannah Fullerton: Vita Sackville-West - Novelist, poet and creator of Sissinghurst
Tuesday 6 Oct 2020, 4:50 PM – 6:30 PM
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VIRTUAL LECTURE (LIVE) | The Making of A Tear in the Glass with Mary Ryllis Clark
Wednesday 30 Sep 2020, 10:20 AM – 12:00 PM
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VIRTUAL LECTURE (LIVE) | Susannah Fullerton: Sisters of Tragedy - The Brontës and their works
Tuesday 29 Sep 2020, 4:50 PM – 6:30 PM
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VIRTUAL LECTURE (LIVE) | Around the World with Kenneth Park IV: Great Houses & Museums of London
Friday 25 Sep 2020, 10:20 AM – 12:00 PM
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VIRTUAL LECTURE (LIVE) | Around the World with Kenneth Park III: Great Houses & Castles of Ireland
Friday 18 Sep 2020, 10:20 AM – 12:00 PM
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VIRTUAL LECTURE (LIVE) | Around the World with Kenneth Park II: Some of my favourite English Country Houses No. 1
Friday 11 Sep 2020, 10:20 AM – 12:00 PM
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BUILDING MELBOURNE | BEAUMARIS - a mid-century architects destination with Fiona Austin
Wednesday 9 Sep 2020, 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM
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VIRTUAL LECTURE (LIVE) | Around the World with Kenneth Park I: Paris – the cultural treasure house
Friday 28 Aug 2020, 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM
Fashion Labels! - Clues to a cultural microcosm with Laura Jocic & Annabel Butler
Fashion Labels! - Clues to a cultural microcosm with Laura Jocic & Annabel Butler
Thursday 27 Aug 2020, 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM
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VIRTUAL LECTURE (ON DEMAND) | THE INIMITABLE GEORGETTE HEYER: A TOUR OF HER REGENCY ENGLAND
Friday 31 Jul 2020, 10:00 PM – 11:00 AM
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BUILDING MELBOURNE | AUSTRALIA MODERN with Hannah Lewi
Thursday 30 Jul 2020, 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM
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'A JOVIAL HEAP OF CONTRADICTIONS’: Traces of an 18th century Duchess in Melbourne with Louise Voll Box
Wednesday 15 Jul 2020, 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM
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VIRTUAL LECTURE (ON DEMAND) | THOMAS HARDY and TESS OF THE D’URBERVILLES with Susannah Fullerton
Friday 12 Jun 2020, 10:00 PM – 11:00 AM
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VIRTUAL LECTURE (ON DEMAND) | Literary England: Susannah's Top Ten Places’ with Susannah Fullerton
Friday 15 May 2020, 10:00 PM – 11:00 AM
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HOUGHTON REVISITED with Suzanne Bravery
Thursday 7 May 2020, 2:00 PM – 3:30 PM
UNO Cancelled
MELBOURNE STORIES | UNA DEERBON: Australian Potter with Relton Leaver
Tuesday 21 Apr 2020, 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM
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VIRTUAL LECTURE (ON DEMAND) | JANE AUSTEN: HER LIFE AND WORKS with Susannah Fullerton
Friday 17 Apr 2020, 10:00 PM – 11:00 AM
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FABRICATING THE WORLD | WILLIAM MORRIS TEXTILES in the Art Gallery of South Australia with Rebecca Evans
Wednesday 15 Apr 2020, 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM
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FABRICATING THE WORLD | WILLIAM MORRIS (1834–96): revolutionary textile designer and arbiter of taste with Dr Susan Scollay
Wednesday 8 Apr 2020, 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM
AND SO TO BED: The diary of Samuel Pepys with Susannah Fullerton
Thursday 2 Apr 2020, 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM
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FABRICATING THE WORLD | ‘I HAVE PLY’D MY NEEDLE THESE FIFTY YEARS . . .’ Embroidery as technique and object, profession and pastime with Dr Susan Scollay
Wednesday 1 Apr 2020, 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM
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THE ART OF ADORNMENT with Kirsten Albrecht
Thursday 26 Mar 2020, 6:00 PM – 8:30 PM
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PICTURING INTERIORS with Sophia Errey
Wednesday 18 Mar 2020, 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM
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VAMFF ARTS PROGRAM 2020 | JENNY KEE AND LINDA JACKSON: Step into Paradise with Glynis Jones
Friday 13 Mar 2020, 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM
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FABULOUS FROCKS IN FAMOUS BOOKS with Lise Rodgers
Thursday 12 Mar 2020, 2:00 PM – 3:30 PM
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VAMFF ARTS PROGRAM 2020 | AMERICAN WOMEN AND FASHION STYLE | From Suffragettes to Social X-ray with Peter McNeil
Thursday 12 Mar 2020, 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM
VAMFF ARTS PROGRAM 2020 | AMERICAN WOMEN AND FASHION STYLE | From Suffragettes to Social X-ray with Peter McNeil
Thursday 12 Mar 2020, 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM
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VAMFF ARTS PROGRAM 2020 | MAGIC FASHION | Elsa Schiaparelli with Peter McNeil
Wednesday 11 Mar 2020, 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM
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VAMFF ARTS PROGRAM 2020 | FROM VICTORIA TO MEGHAN: The hidden stories behind British royal wedding gowns with Nicole Jenkins
Tuesday 10 Mar 2020, 2:00 PM – 3:30 PM
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CONCEAL, CONSTRICT OR REVEAL? 200 Years of Maternity Fashion
Friday 6 Mar 2020, 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM
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VAMFF ARTS PROGRAM 2020 | FASHION AND THE ‘SYDNEY-MELBOURNE’ THING: A speculative look at independent Australian fashion in the 1970-80's with Sally Gray
Thursday 5 Mar 2020, 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM
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RE-EXAMINING REGENCY FASHION; or, What Did Jane Austen Really Wear? with Hilary Davidson
Wednesday 4 Mar 2020, 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM
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EXCLUSIVE | Book Launch with Hilary Davidson
Tuesday 19 Nov 2019, 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM
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PEARLS & PINOT | an exclusive evening soiree and fundraiser
Tuesday 29 Oct 2019, 6:00 PM – 8:30 PM
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FRUIT ‘n’ VEG: The Jewels of Rachel “Bunny” Mellon with Adrian Dickens
Tuesday 15 Oct 2019, 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM
Laszlo Battenberg
PHILIP THE UNKNOWN: Part 3: Mother and Sisters of the Duke of Edinburgh | Ancestors and Family of the Duke of Edinburgh through their portraits and photographs with Eugene Barilo von Reisberg
Tuesday 17 Sep 2019, 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM
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FIVE SEASONS : The Gardens of Piet Oudolf (EXTRA SCREENING)
Friday 13 Sep 2019, 12:00 PM – 2:00 PM
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FIVE SEASONS : The Gardens of Piet Oudolf (6pm screening)
Thursday 12 Sep 2019, 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM
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FIVE SEASONS : The Gardens of Piet Oudolf (12pm screening)
Thursday 12 Sep 2019, 12:00 PM – 2:00 PM
Portrait of Elizabeth 1st Armada Portrait after conservation
GLORIANA'S FROCKS: Tudor and Stuart portraits with Anne Dunlop
Wednesday 11 Sep 2019, 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM
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ROMANCE AND BETRAYAL AT THE COURT OF 'MAD' KING GEORGE with John Wiltshire
Thursday 5 Sep 2019, 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM
1930s shoes LV-LT-ia edit
COLLECTING FASHIONABLE DRESS: Private collections in Australia with Nicole Jenkins
Wednesday 4 Sep 2019, 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM
Laszlo Greece
PHILIP THE UNKNOWN: Part 2: Philip the Greek | Ancestors and Family of the Duke of Edinburgh through their portraits and photographs with Eugene Barilo von Reisberg
Tuesday 3 Sep 2019, 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM
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FROM DRAPERS TO DEPARTMENT STORES: the colonial Australian context with Laura Jocic
Thursday 29 Aug 2019, 12:00 PM – 1:30 PM
Yarra River in flood 1862
MELBOURNE STORIES | FROM BIRRARUNG TO YARRA, and back again with Alisa Bunbury
Wednesday 28 Aug 2019, 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM
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THE VOICES OF ANGELS with Sylvia Sagona
Thursday 22 Aug 2019, 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM
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FABRICATING THE WORLD | LACE: a textile that conceals and reveals with Margot Yeomans
Wednesday 21 Aug 2019, 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM
attributed to Robert Peake, (English, circa 1551-1626) portrait of Edward Lord Montagu, 1st Lord Montagu of Boughton, 1601 The Johnston Collection (A0951-1989, Foundation Collection) image © The Johnston Collection, Australia
FABRICATING THE WORLD | THE INVASION OF COLOUR: Textiles in Early Modern Europe with Susan Scollay
Wednesday 14 Aug 2019, 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM
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FABRICATING THE WORLD | TAPESTRIES FROM FRANCE AND FLANDERS | From Mediaeval to Modern with Cresside Collette
Wednesday 7 Aug 2019, 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM
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CORAL: IMAGE AND SYMBOL with Sophia Errey
Tuesday 30 Jul 2019, 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM
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A DUTCH ITALIANATE HORIZON IN MELBOURNE with Kathleen Kiernan
Tuesday 23 Jul 2019, 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM
Christopher Gribben
THE ROMAN RUINS OF SPLIT and the Architect Robert Adam with Christopher Gribbin
Wednesday 17 Jul 2019, 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM
William Tolliday castle
BEJEWELLED TREASURES OWNED BY THE DISCERNINGLY WEALTHY with Adrian Dickens
Wednesday 22 May 2019, 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM
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PHILIP THE UNKNOWN: Ancestors and Family of the Duke of Edinburgh through their portraits and photographs with Eugene Barilo von Reisberg
Tuesday 21 May 2019, 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM
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BRITISH THEATRE PORTRAITS IN PORCELAIN: Henry Woodward and friends with Matthew Martin
Friday 17 May 2019, 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM
inglis NGV edit
PRE-RAPHAELITISM AND AUSTRALIA with Alison Inglis
Wednesday 15 May 2019, 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM
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FROM MORRIS TO MACKINTOSH with Robert Reason
Tuesday 14 May 2019, 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM
Cambridge
THE FIRST CAMBRIDGES with Eugene Barilo von Reisberg
Tuesday 7 May 2019, 10:20 AM – 11:30 AM
Kunstkammer
CURIOUSER AND CURIOUSER | The Wunderkammer old and new with Sophia Errey
Wednesday 1 May 2019, 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM
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PERCEIVING PRINT ROOMS: Commerce, Play & Display with Louise Voll Box
Tuesday 30 Apr 2019, 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM
Scollay - lecture 2
FABRICATING THE WORLD | COPTIC TEXTILES AND FLATWEAVES OF THE EAST with Susan Scollay
Wednesday 17 Apr 2019, 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM
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FABRICATING THE WORLD | MARY SPINS THE SCARLET AND PURPLE: Textiles in Biblical Texts and Greek Mythology with Natasha Amendola
Wednesday 10 Apr 2019, 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM
Long Library, Holkham Hall, Norfolk 3
THE WORLD AS A BOOK | Great Libraries and the Grand Tour with Shane Carmody
Tuesday 9 Apr 2019, 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM
Scollay - lecture 1
FABRICATING THE WORLD | ANCIENT TEXTILES AND THE EVOLUTION OF TECHNIQUE with Susan Scollay
Wednesday 3 Apr 2019, 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM
Jenny Lynn Potter
MELBOURNE STORIES | ‘DRESSES IN THE LOUNGE ROOM, PINS ALL OVER THE FLOOR’: Home based, self-employed dressmakers in mid-20th century Australian society with Jenny-Lynn Potter
Tuesday 26 Mar 2019, 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM
Robe Paul EDIT
VAMFF ARTS PROGRAM 2019 | PLATE TO POCHOIR | Illustrating Fashion with Danielle Whitfield
Thursday 7 Mar 2019, 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM
The graces in a high wind by James Gillray
VAMFF ARTS PROGRAM 2019 | GETTING DRESSED WITH JANE AUSTEN with Lise Rodgers
Wednesday 6 Mar 2019, 2:00 PM – 3:30 PM
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VAMFF ARTS PROGRAM 2019 | AKIRA ISOGAWA | Unfolding A Life In Fashion with Roger Leong
Wednesday 6 Mar 2019, 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM
Peter McNeil EDIT
VAMFF ARTS PROGRAM 2019 | PRETTY GENTLEMEN | Macaroni Men & The 18th Century Fashion World with Peter McNeil
Tuesday 5 Mar 2019, 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM
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VAMFF ARTS PROGRAM 2019 | LINKS & LINEAGES | The Krystyna Campbell-Pretty Fashion Gift with Paola Di Trocchio
Monday 4 Mar 2019, 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM
Queen Victoria and Prince Albert gathered around their Christmas tree in 1848crop
MYTHS & MISTLETOE with Ian George
Saturday 8 Dec 2018, 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM
French House Chic
ON FRENCH HOUSE CHIC with Jane Webster
Thursday 8 Nov 2018, 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM
Portrait-of-Mrs-John-Allnutt
“A MOST PATIENT PERSUASION” with Lise Rodgers
Thursday 25 Oct 2018, 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM
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THE JEWELS OF THREE QUEENS & THREE PRINCESSES with Adrian Dickens
Tuesday 23 Oct 2018, 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM
The Cottage - Mulgoa-47
GARDENS ON THE EDGE: A journey through Australian landscapes with Christine Reid
Wednesday 17 Oct 2018, 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM
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THE OTHER PAINTINGS OF ROBERT PEAKE THE ELDER with Ian George
Thursday 4 Oct 2018, 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM
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MELBOURNE STORIES | BUSHRANGERS, BOTANY, ART AND BOOKS: The Grimwade Collection at Melbourne University with Alisa Bunbury
Tuesday 18 Sep 2018, 10:00 AM – 10:00 AM
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MELBOURNE STORIES | A SOCIETY OF FRIENDS with Sophia Errey
Wednesday 12 Sep 2018, 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM
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THE DIVERSITY OF GENIUS with Ian George
Thursday 6 Sep 2018, 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM
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MELBOURNE STORIES | BOUND FOR AUSTRALIA: Anne Trotter's Needlework Specimen Book, 1840 with Laura Jocic
Tuesday 4 Sep 2018, 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM
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JANE AUSTEN’S LAST WORDS: Persuasion and Sanditon with John Wiltshire
Thursday 30 Aug 2018, 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM
Mantle-of-Roger-II-of-Sicily
MIXING METAPHORS | The ‘Coronation’ Robe of Roger II of Sicily (r. 1130–1154) with Susan Scollay
Wednesday 29 Aug 2018, 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM
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'ONE UMBRELLA OF CLOTH OF GOLD - BOUGHT SECOND HAND' | Representing Venice at home & abroad on a budget with Catherine Kovesi
Wednesday 22 Aug 2018, 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM
OTMA
VON REISBERG SERIES | ROYAL DAUGHTERS: Immortalised in Paint 4 | OTMA: The Four Daughters of Nicholas and Alexandra with Eugene Barilo Von Reisberg
Tuesday 21 Aug 2018, 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM