| 20 August 2026 | From Gold to Glass a Lalique Study Day at The Grand Southport 10:15 am Thursday 20th August 2026.
LAST FEW PLACES LEFT TO BOOK
| Special Event |
| 24 July 2026 | Hutton in the Forest and the Ceramics Festival (aka Potfest in the Park) £43 | Visit |
| 24 July 2026 | Day trip to Hutton in the Forest and the Ceramics Festival (aka Potfest in the Park) | Special Event |
| 16 June 2026 | Architecture • The Glories of Liverpool & Manchester Architecture | Lecture |
| 21 May 2026 | GUIDED TOUR OF TABLEY HOUSE AND A VISIT TO LITTLE MORETON HALL | Visit |
| 19 May 2026 | Wealth, Adornment, Art: a Study of Jewellery in 17th, 18th & 19th Century England | Lecture |
| 28 April 2026 | DAWN of IMPRESSIONISM Paris 1874 FILM FULLY BOOKED | Special Event |
| 21 April 2026 | The Culture of Ukraine | Lecture |
| 17 March 2026 | The Art of Pandemics | Lecture |
| 05 March 2026 | VAN GOGH: POETS & LOVERS FILM | Special Event |
| 17 February 2026 | The Fascinating World of Colour and How we see it? | Lecture |
| 20 January 2026 | The Two Gustavs: Mahler and Klimt | Lecture |
| 06 January 2026 | WAR PAINT - WOMEN at WAR FILM | Special Event |
| 09 December 2025 | The Art of Christmas | Lecture |
| 04 December 2025 | CHATSWORTH AT CHRISTMAS
COACH TRIP
THURSDAY 4th of DECEMBER | Visit |
| 18 November 2025 | Betty Joel Glamour and Innovation in 1930’s Interior Design | Lecture |
| 21 October 2025 | Charles I King and Collector | Lecture |
| 02 October 2025 | THE CURIOUS WORLD OF HIERONYMOUS BOSCH - FILM | Special Event |
| 16 September 2025 | Dressed to Thrill: the art of the Japanese Kimono | Lecture |
| 03 July 2025 | STUDY DAY - ART DECO -- THE AGE OF ELEGANCE with WILL FARMER -- BBC Antiques Roadshow expert
NOW FULLY BOOKED | Special Event |
| 17 June 2025 | TAMARA DE LEMPICKA | Lecture |
| 27 May 2025 | RENOIR REVERED and REVILED NOW FULLY BOOKED | Special Event |
| 20 May 2025 | THE AGE OF JAZZ IN BRITAIN -- replacement lecture | Lecture |
| 15 April 2025 | THE CROWN & THE CRADLE | Lecture |
| 01 April 2025 | Hopper An American love story Film - NOW FULLY BOOKED | Special Event |
| 18 March 2025 | The Men Who Made Menswear by Russell Nash | Tour |
| 18 March 2025 | THE MEN WHO MADE MENSWEAR | Lecture |
| 18 February 2025 | The Road to Santiago de Compostela by Ian Cockburn | Tour |
| 18 February 2025 | THE ROAD TO SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA: PILGRIMAGE AND SPECTACLE | Lecture |
| 28 January 2025 | John Singer Sargent - Fashion & Swagger Film @ The Bijou | Special Event |
| 21 January 2025 | THE ART OF THE AUTOMOBILE
The Art Deco movement inspired a golden age of car design, including the ‘Great Gatsby era’
when some of the most fabulous cars ever created were produced. | Lecture |
| 03 December 2024 | 300 YEARS OF CHRISTMAS AT COVENT GARDEN | Lecture |
| 29 November 2024 | Arley Hall Festive Floral Christmas Visit | Visit |
| 19 November 2024 | Too Many Cooks! The Secret World Below Stairs | Lecture |
| 23 October 2024 | KLIMT & THE KISS FILM ---NOW FULLY BOOKED | Special Event |
| 15 October 2024 | NORTHERN LIGHTS: THE INFLUENCE OF NETHERLANDISH ART ON THE ITALIAN RENAISSANCE | Lecture |
| 17 September 2024 | LONDON’S LOST DEPARTMENT STORES | Lecture |
| 09 July 2024 | Beyond Van Gogh Immersive Experience.
Exhibition Centre Liverpool
| Visit |
| 18 June 2024 | How to look Slowly - Post-Impressionism | Lecture |
| 21 May 2024 | The Century of Deception | Lecture |
| 14 May 2024 | TOKYO STORIES - FILM | Special Event |
| 16 April 2024 | The Art of Winnie-The-Pooh | Lecture |
| 09 April 2024 | DAY TRIP TO SHAKESPEARE NORTH PLAYHOUSE AND KNOWSLEY HALL
| Visit |
| 19 March 2024 | Brave New World - How The Arts and Culture Shaped Post War Britain | Lecture |
| 05 March 2024 | VERMEER - THE GREATEST EXHIBITION - FILM ***NOW FULLY BOOKED**** | Special Event |
| 20 February 2024 | All About Icons | Lecture |
| 15 February 2024 | STOP PRESS EXTRA EVENT - BOOK NOW
Limited availability
Meet the Artist - Talk and gallery tour with Suhail Shaikh | Special Event |
| 23 January 2024 | The Colour Room Film NOW FULLY BOOKED | Special Event |
| 16 January 2024 | Pioneering Women Photographers 1860 - 1920 | Lecture |
| 07 December 2023 | Join us for a Theatre Visit to The Lowry Manchester to see
‘Life of Pi’ Matinee Performance at 2 pm
| Visit |
| 05 December 2023 | Io Saturnalia! Happy Christmas the Roman Way | Lecture |
| 27 November 2023 | Christmas Afternoon Tea at The Whitehouse
NOW FULLY BOOKED | Special Event |
| 21 November 2023 | The Art of Indoor Gardens | Lecture |
| 07 November 2023 | Mary Cassatt: Painting the Modern Woman Film
NOW FULLY BOOKED | Special Event |
| 18 October 2023 | A Visit to the Renaissance & Baroque
Galleries of the Walker Art Gallery Liverpool
Exclusive Curator’s Tour | Visit |
| 17 October 2023 | Faber and Faber | Lecture |
| 19 September 2023 | PROMENADE PARISIENNE, A WALK WITH THE IMPRESSIONISTS THROUGH 19th CENTURY PARIS.
***A change to the published programme.*** | Lecture |
| 24 July 2023 | Painting The Modern Garden: Monet to Matisse Film | Special Event |
| 06 July 2023 | BLACKWELL Arts & Crafts House and HOLKER Hall Day Trip | Visit |
| 20 June 2023 | Pierrot Heroes: The Evolution of British Seaside Entertainment | Lecture |
| 16 May 2023 | Down Under: Australian Painting from Ancient Times to European Colonisation
| Lecture |
| 24 April 2023 | Royal Paintbox Film | Special Event |
| 18 April 2023 | Cash for Coronets: An Architectural Legacy | Lecture |
| 13 April 2023 | JOIN US FOR AFTERNOON TEA IN THEIR GEORGIAN HALL AND A GUIDED TOUR OF THE HALL £46 | Visit |
| 21 March 2023 | Bach and Handel – Separated at Birth | Lecture |
| 02 March 2023 | BIRMINGHAM ROYAL BALLET SWAN LAKE The Lowry Salford Quays 7.30 Thursday 2nd March 2023 | Visit |
| 28 February 2023 | Drawn to War award-winning film documentary about Eric Ravilious | Special Event |
| 21 February 2023 | The Queen of Sheba --Empress or Enigma? | Lecture |
| 16 February 2023 | Poetry of Trees Gallery talk | Special Event |
| 19 January 2023 | Tate Liverpool Two Privately Guided Tours 19th January 2023
| Visit |
| 17 January 2023 | Painting Manchester: Views of the City and its Inhabitants over the Centuries | Lecture |
| 06 December 2022 | Drink Thy Wine with a Merry Heart: A Pictorial History of Drinking Glasses | Lecture |
| 29 November 2022 | Tea with Mrs Goodison at The Atkinson | Special Event |
| 23 November 2022 | Christmas at Chatsworth | Visit |
| 15 November 2022 | George Chinnery, the Greatest Artist of British India and the Far East | Lecture |
| 19 October 2022 | A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM SHAKESPEARE NORTH PLAYHOUSE @ 19:30 | Visit |
| 18 October 2022 | Gardens of Earthly Delight: The Art of the Garden NOW J.M.W. Turner - The Painter of Light | Lecture |
| 06 October 2022 | The Danish Collector film at the Atkinson | Special Event |
| 21 September 2022 | A Day With A Linocut Artist (2) | Special Event |
| 20 September 2022 | An Intimate Portrait of Chopin in Words and Music | Lecture |
| 13 September 2022 | A Day With A Linocut Artist (1) | Special Event |
| 20 July 2022 | From Mystical to Manorial, Two Treasures of the North West. (2) | Visit |
| 29 June 2022 | From Mystical to Manorial, Two Treasures of the North West. (1) | Visit |
| 21 June 2022 | And So To Bed | Lecture |
| 17 May 2022 | The Shakers of North America: Their Beliefs, Architecture and Artefacts | Lecture |
| 04 May 2022 | Celebrating the Arts at Aintree Racecourse | Special Event |
| 19 April 2022 | Hans Holbein the Younger: Portraitist of the Renaissance | Lecture |
| 11 April 2022 | Easter in Art film at The Atkinson | Special Event |
| 15 March 2022 | Baroque on a Roll: Classical Music in the Modern Media | Lecture |
| 23 February 2022 | Frida Kahlo film at The Atkinson | Special Event |
| 15 February 2022 | The Power and the Glory of Our Country Houses: Their Evolution and Changing Role | Lecture |
| 27 January 2022 | MORNING OF SPECIAL INTEREST: The Curated Closet - Rescheduled | Special Event |
| 18 January 2022 | Thomas Moran: the Turner of the American West | Lecture |
| 07 December 2021 | Cathedrals: Safe Places to do Risky Things | Lecture |
| 16 November 2021 | With a Little Help from their Friends: The Beatles and their Artists | Lecture |
| 19 October 2021 | Venice: Warts and All | Lecture |
| 21 September 2021 | Art and Architecture: Estranged Bedfellows | Lecture |
| 15 June 2021 | From the East Indies to Indonesia: Legacies of Colonialism and Fine Art in Indonesia, 1830 to the Present Day - ARTS SOCIETY SOUTHPORT ZOOM LECTURE | Lecture |
| 11 May 2021 | Elizabethan Stitches: Overturning Our Understanding - ARTS SOCIETY SOUTHPORT ZOOM LECTURE | Lecture |
| 20 April 2021 | The Guggenheims: a Dynasty of Art Collectors - ARTS SOCIETY SOUTHPORT ZOOM LECTURE | Lecture |
| 13 April 2021 | ARMCHAIR TRAVEL: St Petersburg: a Window to the West | Visit |
| 16 March 2021 | The Hidden World of Canal Architecture - ARTS SOCIETY SOUTHPORT ZOOM LECTURE | Lecture |
| 16 February 2021 | The Very Model of an English Entertainment - ARTS SOCIETY SOUTHPORT ZOOM LECTURE | Lecture |
| 27 January 2021 | ARMCHAIR TRAVEL: Intellectual Bloomsbury | Visit |
| 19 January 2021 | The Punch and Judy Show: a Subversive Symbol From the Commedia Dell’arte to the Present Day - ARTS SOCIETY SOUTHPORT ZOOM LECTURE | Lecture |
| 18 December 2020 | Exhibition History: The history of Great Exhibitions, Expos and World’s Fairs, 1851 to Present, the British Contribution - NATIONAL ARTS SOCIETY VIDEO LECTURE ON YOUTUBE | Lecture |
| 08 December 2020 | Grandfather Frost and OLD New Year: Russian Christmas - ARTS SOCIETY SOUTHPORT ZOOM LECTURE | Lecture |
| 02 December 2020 | ONLINE SPECIAL EVENT,: 'Bun Na Speire' (in association with the Atkinson) | Special Event |
| 27 November 2020 | The Story of Indian Modern Art - NATIONAL ARTS SOCIETY VIDEO LECTURE ON YOUTUBE | Lecture |
| 17 November 2020 | Ocean Liners 1800-1950: Ships that Shaped Our Lives - ARTS SOCIETY SOUTHPORT ZOOM LECTURE | Lecture |
| 23 October 2020 | From the Saxons to Mary Berry: A Visual History of the English Cookbook - NATIONAL ARTS SOCIETY VIDEO LECTURE ON YOUTUBE | Lecture |
| 21 October 2020 | ARMCHAIR TRAVEL: A Journey from Constantinople to Istanbul | Visit |
| 20 October 2020 | Passionate Potters: from De Morgan to Leach - ARTS SOCIETY SOUTHPORT ZOOM LECTURE | Lecture |
| 18 September 2020 | The Fall into Knowledge: the story of Prometheus and how his plight has captivated and influenced writers and artists over the years - NATIONAL ARTS SOCIETY VIDEO LECTURE ON YOUTUBE | Lecture |
| 15 September 2020 | Treasures of the Livery Company Halls - ARTS SOCIETY SOUTHPORT ZOOM LECTURE | Lecture |
| 05 August 2020 | LECTURES FROM MARCH TO JUNE 2020 WERE CANCELLED DUE TO CORONAVIRUS | Lecture |
| 23 April 2020 | POSTPONED. Easter in Art: Film. The Atkinson | Special Event |
| 04 March 2020 | Gold and Grime. A Study morning at The Atkinson. 10.15 am to 1.00 pm | Special Event |
| 18 February 2020 | The Camden Town Group. | Lecture |
| 30 January 2020 | Lucian Freud. Film. The Atkinson | Special Event |
| 21 January 2020 | The Art of the Hero, Commemorating Scott of the Antarctic. | Lecture |
| 10 December 2019 | The Christmas Tree, from Forest Fir to Festival Feature | Lecture |
| 25 November 2019 | Proposed new evening society | Special Event |
| 19 November 2019 | 250 years of the Royal Academy | Lecture |
| 12 November 2019 | Vivienne Westwood. A Study Morning at The Atkinson. 10.15 am to 1.00 pm | Special Event |
| 06 November 2019 | Leonardo da Vinci. Film. The Atkinson. | Special Event |
| 29 October 2019 | Black Presence. A Study morning at The Atkinson. 10.15 am to 1.00 pm | Special Event |
| 15 October 2019 | Zaha Hadid.
Architectural Superstar. | Lecture |
| 03 October 2019 | Day Trip to the two Chester Cathedrals. | Visit |
| 17 September 2019 | The History of The Harp | Lecture |
| 18 June 2019 | Music and Art in the age of Vermeer. | Lecture |
| 06 June 2019 | Van Gogh and Japan. Exhibition on-screen | Special Event |
| 30 May 2019 | Bessie Downes. Flowers of the Southport Coast. | Special Event |
| 14 May 2019 | Plants Tell Stories | Lecture |
| 08 May 2019 | Rembrandt - Exhibition on-screen | Special Event |
| 02 May 2019 | Princes Road Synagogue, Liverpool and
World of Glass, St Helens. | Visit |
| 16 April 2019 | Tantrums and Tiaras.
Backstage at The Royal Opera House. | Lecture |
| 02 April 2019 | Salvador Dali; in search of immortality.
A film showing at 1.30 pm. Doors open at 1.10. | Special Event |
| 19 March 2019 | Romancing the Rails | Lecture |
| 14 March 2019 | The Young Picasso. Afternoon at The Atkinson. 1.30 pm. Doors open at 1.10 | Special Event |
| 27 February 2019 | The Last Light by David Ogle. | Special Event |
| 19 February 2019 | The Glasgow Boys and the Glasgow Girls.
The Scottish Colourists, French Connection. | Lecture |
| 30 January 2019 | Robert Maplethorpe. A Study morning at The Atkinson
Artist Rooms. Wednesday January 30th. | Special Event |
| 15 January 2019 | The Sacred Art of Tibet | Lecture |
| 11 December 2018 | No ordinary Christmas | Lecture |
| 04 December 2018 | A Film showing at The Atkinson Theatre, followed by tea, coffee and cake.
Degas. Doors open at 1.10 for showing at 1.30 | Special Event |
| 20 November 2018 | The Glamour Years, Jewelry and Fashion 1929-1959 | Lecture |
| 14 November 2018 | Frank Hampson, Dan Dare Illustrator. 10.15 to 1.00 pm. | Special Event |
| 16 October 2018 | Nazi Looting - Past and Present | Lecture |
| 11 October 2018 | Chetham's Library - Lunchtime recital - Manchester Cathedral. | Visit |
| 03 October 2018 | Kevin Laycock, Contemporary Artist.The Art of noise. 10.15 to 1.00 pm. | Special Event |
| 18 September 2018 | The Spanish Museum and the Bishop Auckland Project. | Lecture |
| 19 June 2018 | The British Seaside Holiday | Lecture |
| 24 May 2018 | Golden Event. Special evening. 6.00 pm to 8.00 pm at The Atkinson. | Special Event |
| 16 May 2018 | Chillington Hall, Gardens and Parkland. Also Boscobel House. | Visit |
| 08 May 2018 | Treasures of the North West | Special Event |
| 08 May 2018 | The Worshipful Company of Goldsmiths | Lecture |
| 01 May 2018 | Vincent van Gogh. A new way of seeing - Exhibition on screen.
Doors open at 1.10 p.m. for 1.30 p.m. showing.
Followed by tea, coffee and cake at 3.00 p.m. | Special Event |
| 24 April 2018 | Vikings in the North West of England. 10.15 am to 12.45 pm.
At The Atkinson. | Special Event |
| 17 April 2018 | The Lure of The Midi | Lecture |
| 20 March 2018 | The Georgian House around the world. | Lecture |
| 07 March 2018 | Cezanne A Film showing at The Atkinson at 1.30 p.m. (doors open 1.10 p.m.)
followed by tea, coffee and cake. at 3.00 p.m. | Special Event |
| 28 February 2018 | A Study Morning at The Atkinson, entitled "Women Egyptologists and Collectors.
10.15 a.am to 12.45 p.m. | Special Event |
| 20 February 2018 | Historical use of Wallpapers in the British Interior. 1685 to today. | Lecture |
| 07 February 2018 | Pop Art - Print making in Britain and America.
10.15 a.m. to 01.00 p.m. | Special Event |
| 24 January 2018 | David Hockney - Exhibition on Screen at The Atkinson. | Special Event |
| 16 January 2018 | Paintbrushes at Dawn | Lecture |
| 10 January 2018 | Animal Painters - from Landseer to Munnings.
10.15 am to 1.00 pm.At The Atkinson. | Special Event |
| 12 December 2017 | The Three Wise Men - The Traditions of the Magi | Lecture |
| 21 November 2017 | The Founders and Treasures of the Wallace Collection | Lecture |
| 07 November 2017 | Canaletto and the Art of Venice.
Exhibition on screen. 1.30 p.m. | Special Event |
| 17 October 2017 | Catherine the Great - Empress of all the Russias. | Lecture |
| 27 September 2017 | Michelangelo: Love and Death.
A Film Showing at The Atkinson Theatre at 1.30 pm.
Followed by tea, coffee and cake at 3.00 pm. | Special Event |
| 26 September 2017 | Hutton in the Forest and Dalemain Mansion | Visit |
| 19 September 2017 | Marvels in Silver - Georg Jensen | Lecture |
| 10 May 2017 | Wedgwood | Visit |