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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 £8.  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.

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
13th Nov / 2024
Visit to Christopher Howe's Warehouse

16 Bloomfield Terrace, London, SW1W 8PG | 4pm - 6pm

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

England / London
25th Jan / 2025
Visit to John Hardy's Collection

Battersea, London | Saturday, 25 June 2025 | 18.30-20.30

England / London
13th Feb / 2025
Visit to Brooks's Club

St. James's Street | London SW1A 1LN | Thursday, 13 February 2025 | 9:00-11:00

England / London
13th Feb / 2025
Visit to The Athenaeum

107 Pall Mall | St. James's, London, SW1Y 5ER | 15:00-16:30

England / London
22nd Mar / 2025
The 49th Annual FHS Symposium

The Lydia and Manfred Gorvy Lecture Theatre, Victoria & Albert Museum, London | 10.30am - 5pm

Northern Ireland /
25th - 27th Apr / 2025
Study Trip to Northern Ireland

Friday, 25 April - Sunday, 27 April 2025

England / Leeds
9th - 11th May / 2025
Spring UK Study Trip to Leeds

Friday, 9 May - Sunday, 11 May 2025