Events
The Victorian Society runs a diverse programme of events including visits, walks, online talks and weekends away. These are publicised to members below and in the ‘Blue Sheet’ which is mailed with our membership magazine, ‘The Victorian’, in February, June and October. Members receive priority booking.
The Victorian Society is an CPD provider recognised by The Institute of Historic Building Conservation. Our recorded online talks can be found in our shop here. This is a fantastic opportunity to discover over 80 lectures on Victorian and Edwardian architecture, architects, and related themes including railways.
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November
Day School: Transport in Victorian and Edwardian West Midlands
A Day School at the Birmingham & Midland Institute looking at the new and rapidly developing transport systems and designs which affected day to day life for everyone in the Victorian and Edwardian West Midlands.
More informationWalk: Duke Street: a tour of Liverpool’s merchant’s quarter with Marie Passey
Join Marie Passey’s guided tour of Liverpool’s Duke Street area, where merchants’ houses and warehouses were built to serve the Old Dock.
More informationOnline Lecture: Clumber Park: A Queer Inheritance by Michael Hall
Explore the story of the Clumber Park in this talk by Michael Hall
More informationVisit: Special event at the Royal Academy of Music
Join us for privileged access to the Royal Academy of Music buildings and historical collections with Susana Caldeira, RAM’s Head of Collections, as our guide.
More informationOnline Lecture: Matthew Digby Wyatt by Robert Thorne
The polymath Wyatt – architect, administrator, designer, writer and connoisseur – was project manager to the Great Exhibition of 1851.
More informationVictorian Short Story Reading Group: ‘The Red Girl’s Reasoning’ by E Pauline Johnson & ‘The Epaulettes’ by Gilbert Parker
The Victorian Short Story Reading Group has regular meetings to explore some of the exciting material from the golden age of the British short story, which began during the latter part of the nineteenth century. The current theme is colonial short stories, with stories from Canada.
More informationOnline Lecture: The Aesthetic Movement in Five English Interiors by Steven Brindle
This talk will examine five celebrated interiors of the Aesthetic Movement that involved Edward Burne-Jones and Morris & Co.
More informationOnline Lecture: Toronto Edwardian: Frank Darling, Architect of Canada’s Imperial Age by David Winterton
Frank Darling (1850–1923), was employed in the office of George Edmund Street and became a leading exponent of Edwardian Baroque in Toronto.
More informationVisit: The Unitarian church and St Agnes Church, Sefton Park, Liverpool
Two Grade I listed Victorian churches in one day! Join retired architect Michael Davies to explore these two remarkable buildings.
More informationDecember
Online Lecture: EW Godwin: Architecture into Art by Aileen Reid
Although his fame today rests on his distinguished Aesthetic Movement furniture, E.W. Godwin (1833–86) styled himself ‘architect’.
More informationVictorian Short Story Reading Group: ‘The Gerrard Street Mystery’ by John Charles Dent.
The Victorian Short Story Reading Group has regular meetings to explore some of the exciting material from the golden age of the British short story, which began during the latter part of the nineteenth century. The current theme is colonial short stories, with stories from Canada.
More informationJanuary
Online Lecture: Mapping Dorset’s Victorian and Edwardian Buildings by Michael Hill
This talk reveals the Victorian and Edwardian architectural gems of Dorset.
More informationVictorian Short Story Reading Group: ‘Do Seek Their Meat from God’ & ‘Strayed’ by Charles G D Roberts
The Victorian Short Story Reading Group has regular meetings to explore some of the exciting material from the golden age of the British short story, which began during the latter part of the nineteenth century. The current theme is colonial short stories, with stories from Canada.
More informationFebruary
Victorian Short Story Reading Group: ‘Krag, the Kootenay Ram’, by Ernest Thompson Seton
The Victorian Short Story Reading Group has regular meetings to explore some of the exciting material from the golden age of the British short story, which began during the latter part of the nineteenth century. The current theme is colonial short stories, with stories from Canada.
More information