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Find out more about the benefits of membership including the annual journal, a regular newsletter, lectures, study weekends and overseas tours.

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EVENTS PROGRAMME

Find full details of our forthcoming visits and events, both in-person and online, by clicking the links below (scroll down). Live visits are available to members only. Follow us on Instagram (@furniturehistorysociety) and Facebook (@furniturehistorysociety) for news and updates on all our events!

BOOKINGS AND CANCELLATIONS FOR LIVE VISITS

For information, please click here.

ONLINE LECTURES AND EVENTS

We arrange occasional Sunday evening online lectures on all aspects of furniture history, plus other events and seminars mid-week. All our online events are advertised on our website (scroll down for links), so please keep checking for details.

MEMBERS: Most online events are free to members, who are automatically sent (if they subscribe to the mailing list) a link via email, one week before each event.

NON-MEMBERS are warmly invited to join us, for a small charge, usually of £5.  To register and pay for events, please email our Events Secretary, Beatrice Goddard, at events@furniturehistorysociety.org.

ACCESS TO PAST ONLINE EVENTS: Members can watch past online events by clicking 'LECTURE VIDEOS FOR FHS MEMBERS' at the top of the left-hand menu, or by clicking here.

JOIN US!  The Society welcomes new members, so please join us!  You will have free access to most of our online events, a quarterly newsletter with news and reviews, our annual Journal Furniture History, and an invitation to a free Annual Lecture.  Click here to navigate to our Membership page.

SPEAKERS: To view our Consert & Release Form for speakers at FHS events, please click here.

/ Brussels
19th - 21st Apr / 2024
Overseas Study weekend to Brussels

Friday, 19 April - Sunday, 21 April 2024
England / Derbyshire
17th - 19th May / 2024
Spring Study Trip to Derbyshire

Friday, 17 - Sunday, 19 May 2024
England / Bath
23rd May / 2024
Visit to Beckford's Tower

Lansdown Road, Bath BA1 9BH
England / Faringdon
18th Jun / 2024
Visit to Buscot Park

Lechlade Road, Faringdon, Oxfordshire SN7 8BU / 2pm-5pm
England / London
8th Jul / 2024
Visit to Spencer House

27 St. James's Place, St. James's, London SW1A 1NR / 2.15pm - 5pm
England / Bourne
18th Sep / 2024
Visit to Grimsthorpe Castle

Bourne, Lincolnshire PE10 0LY / 10am-2pm
England / Merseyside
1st - 2nd Oct / 2024
Autumn UK Study Trip: Merseyside

Tuesday, 1 October - Wednesday, 2 October 2024
England / London
23rd Oct / 2024
FHS Annual Lecture 2024

Society of Antiquaries, Burlington House, Piccadilly, London W1J 0BE / 6pm for a 6.30pm start
Dresden / Germany
25th - 29th Oct / 2024
Overseas Study Trip to Dresden

England / London
23rd Nov / 2024
FHS Annual General Meeting 2024 and Works in Progress Talks

The East India Club, 16 St. James's Square, London SW1Y 4LH / 11am-1pm