Friends Events and Excursions
Free Welcome Tour for new Friends
2 Sep 2007—2 Sep 2012
On the first Sunday of every month there is a 60-minute Welcome Tour for new members of the Friends.
Waddesdon Manor, Buckinghamshire
9 Jul 2008 Sold Out
This magnificent château was built for Baron Ferdinand de Rothschild to display his outstanding collection of art treasures and to entertain the fashionable world.
Whitechapel Bell Foundry
12 Jul 2008 Sold Out
The Whitechapel Bell Foundry is Britain’s oldest functioning manufacturing company; famous for creating icons including the Liberty Bell in 1752 and Big Ben in 1858.
Royal Courts of Justice
15 Jul 2008 Sold Out
Designed by Royal Academician George Edmund Street in 1868, the Royal Courts of Justice are the last major Victorian Gothic Revival buildings in London.
Owlpen Manor, Gloucestershire
16 Jul 2008 Sold Out
Owlpen Manor has long been recognised as one of the most romantic Tudor manor houses in southern England.
Foundling Museum
21 Jul 2008 Sold Out
Opening especially for Friends, the Foundling Museum tells the story of the Foundling Hospital, set up in 1741 as London's first home for abandoned children.
Old Royal Naval College and Eltham Palace, Greenwich
22 Jul 2008 Sold Out
The site of the Old Royal Naval College has a rich and complex history; starting life as a favourite residence of Henry VIII and birthplace of Elizabeth I.
Read more about Old Royal Naval College and Eltham Palace, Greenwich
Whitechapel Bell Foundry
26 Jul 2008 Sold Out
The Whitechapel Bell Foundry is Britain’s oldest functioning manufacturing company; famous for creating icons including the Liberty Bell in 1752 and Big Ben in 1858.
Marlborough House
28 Jul 2008 Sold Out
Marlborough House opens especially for Friends for our privately guided tour.
Thames Villas
30 Jul 2008 Sold Out
Architectural historian, Roger White, takes us to some of London’s most interesting and beautiful Neoclassical villas.
Home House Private Members’ Club
1 Aug 2008 Sold Out
Built as a palace of entertainment for the Countess of Home in 1776, Home House is now London’s most exclusive Private Members’ Club.
Marlborough House
7 Aug 2008 Sold Out
Marlborough House opens especially for Friends for our privately guided tour.
Charterhouse
13 Aug 2008 Sold Out
The doors of this one-time Carthusian priory, Tudor mansion, Jacobean ‘hospital’ and now almshouse, open especially for our exclusive guided tour.
Home House Private Members’ Club
19 Aug 2008 Sold Out
Built as a palace of entertainment for the Countess of Home in 1776, Home House is now London’s most exclusive Private Members’ Club.
Charterhouse
20 Aug 2008 Sold Out
The doors of this one-time Carthusian priory, Tudor mansion, Jacobean ‘hospital’ and now almshouse, open especially for our exclusive guided tour.
Westonbirt School and Old Arboretum, Gloucestershire
2 Sep 2008 Friends Only
Originally built in 1665 as Westonbirt House, Westonbirt School is a fine example of a grand Italian Renaissance-style mansion.
Read more about Westonbirt School and Old Arboretum, Gloucestershire
Charles Dickens’ House
4 Sep 2008 Sold Out
We visit the only surviving London home of Charles Dickens, housing the world’s most important collection of material relating to this great Victorian novelist.
West Wycombe Park
10 Sep 2008 Sold Out
West Wycombe Park is one of the finest examples of Palladian architecture in Europe
Dennis Severs’ House
11 Sep 2008 Sold Out
18 Folgate Street is a time capsule, depicting life in a Georgian townhouse in the 18th century as experienced by a fictitious family of Huguenot silk weavers.
Thames Villas
16 Sep 2008 Sold Out
Architectural historian, Roger White, takes us to some of London’s most interesting and beautiful Neoclassical villas.
Charles Dickens’ House
17 Sep 2008 Sold Out
We visit the only surviving London home of Charles Dickens, housing the world’s most important collection of material relating to this great Victorian novelist.
Foundling Museum
22 Sep 2008 Sold Out
Opening especially for Friends, the Foundling Museum tells the story of the Foundling Hospital, set up in 1741 as London’s first home for abandoned children.
Advanced Graphics
New Prints with Royal Academicians
25 Sep 2008 Friends Only
Founded in 1967, Advanced Graphics is one of London’s most prolific printmakers and publishers, working on projects for artists, galleries and publishers across the world.
Royal Courts of Justice
30 Sep 2008 Sold Out
Designed by Royal Academician George Edmund Street in 1868, the Royal Courts of Justice are the last major Victorian Gothic Revival buildings in London.
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Stephen Chambers RA, Multistack (detail). Oil on canvas, 190 × 249 cm. © the artist. Photo: John Bodkin, Dawkins Colour
View of the Fondation Marguerite et Aimé Maeght. Joan Miró, 'Personnage', 1970. Takis, 'Signal Eolien (sphères)', 2005 / Collection Fondation Takis-KETE. Alexander Calder, 'Les renforts', 1963. Photo: Jean-Jacques L'Héritier. © Archives Fondation Marguerite et Aimé Maeght, Saint-Paul (France)
Unknown artist, Mosaic icon of Saint Stephen (detail), c. 1108–1113. Tesserae on stucco, 218 x 118 x 7 cm. National Conservation Area St. Sophia of Kiev