Friends Events and Excursions
Preview days for 'Andrea Palladio: His Life and Legacy'
28—30 Jan 2009
In the Main Galleries
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Vintners’ Hall
25 Nov 2008 Sold Out
With its first charter granted in 1364, the Vintners are one of the Twelve Great Livery Companies and have a long involvement in the importation, regulation and sale of wine.
St John’s Gate
28 Nov 2008 Friends Only
Built in 1504, St John’s Gate was the entrance to the English headquarters of the crusading Knights Hospitallers.
Christmas Carol Service
3 Dec 2008
Join the Royal Academy's Christmas celebrations with a reception in our John Madejski Fine Rooms, followed by a candlelit carol service in the church of St James’s.
Goldsmiths
8 Dec 2008 Sold Out
The Goldsmiths’ Company is one of the Twelve Great Livery Companies of the City of London and has been responsible for hallmarking since the 1300s.
Whitchurch Silk Mill and Welford Park
9 Dec 2008 Sold Out
Whitchurch Silk Mill on the River Test in Hampshire is the last working mill of its kind in the south of England, formerly producing silk for Burberry raincoats and legal gowns.
RSA House
16 Jan 2009 Friends Only
Head archivist Rob Baker guides Friends around RSA House, which was designed by Robert Adam in 1774 as part of the Adelphi development.
St Martin-in-the-Fields
21 Jan 2009 Friends Only
Designed by the Scottish architect James Gibbs in 1726, St Martin-in-the-Fields has been completely restored for the first time.
Dressing Vintage: Twentieth-Century Collectables
22 Jan 2009 Friends Only
Madeleine Marsh opens her bursting wardrobe to take us on a colourful journey through the history of twentieth-century fashion.
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Government Art Collection
28 Jan 2009 Friends Only
The Government Art Collection is a unique British cultural resource dating from 1898.
St Martin-in-the-Fields
29 Jan 2009 Friends Only
Designed by the Scottish architect James Gibbs in 1726, St Martin-in-the-Fields has been completely restored for the first time.
RSA House
30 Jan 2009 Friends Only
Head archivist Rob Baker guides Friends around RSA House, which was designed by Robert Adam in 1774 as part of the Adelphi development.
Harrow School
4 Feb 2009 Friends Only
Friends privately tour Harrow School, which was founded in 1572 under Royal Charter granted by Elizabeth I.
Former Admiralty Residence
5 Feb 2009 Friends Only
By popular demand, we return for an exclusive tour of the official residence of the First Lord of the Admiralty since 1788.
Fishmongers’ Hall
9 Feb 2009 Friends Only
Fishmongers’ Hall houses the most ancient of the Twelve Great Livery Companies of the City of London, with a history of over 700 years.
Government Art Collection
11 Feb 2009 Friends Only
The Government Art Collection is a unique British cultural resource dating from 1898.
St Sophia Greek Cathedral
19 Feb 2009 Friends Only
To celebrate Byzantium 330–1453, we visit St Sophia, the oldest surviving Greek Orthodox church in London.
Government Art Collection
25 Feb 2009 Friends Only
The Government Art Collection is a unique British cultural resource dating from 1898.
Kelmarsh Hall, Northampton
26 Feb 2009 Friends Only
Opening especially for Friends, Kelmarsh Hall is an eighteenth-century Palladian-style manor designed by James Gibbs.
Fishmongers’ Hall
2 Mar 2009 Friends Only
Fishmongers’ Hall houses the most ancient of the Twelve Great Livery Companies of the City of London, with a history of over 700 years.
Chiswick House and Marble Hill House
4 Mar 2009 Friends Only
To complement Andrea Palladio: His Life and Legacy, we visit two of the finest examples of Palladian architecture in Britain.
Government Art Collection
11 Mar 2009 Friends Only
The Government Art Collection is a unique British cultural resource dating from 1898.
The Garrick Club
12 Mar 2009 Friends Only
Friends tour The Garrick Club, which houses the largest and most significant collection of British theatrical works of art.
Former Admiralty Residence
18 Mar 2009 Friends Only
By popular demand, we return for an exclusive tour of the official residence of the First Lord of the Admiralty since 1788.
Keats House
19 Mar 2009 Friends Only
Friends privately tour Keats House and learn about its collection relating to the life and times of the Romantic poet John Keats.
Stansted Park, Hants
24 Mar 2009 Friends Only
Rebuilt after a fire in 1903, Stansted Park is the former home of the Bessborough family and is a perfect example of Caroline-Revival architecture.
Keats House
26 Mar 2009 Friends Only
Friends privately tour Keats House and learn about its collection relating to the life and times of the Romantic poet John Keats.
The BADA Antiques & Fine Art Fair
27 Mar 2009 Friends Only
Leading period clock and barometer specialist Howard Walwyn treats Friends to a private talk on quality English and Continental clocks of the seventeenth to nineteenth centuries.
Syon Park
31 Mar 2009 Friends Only
Home to the Duke of Northumberland and designed by the architect Robert Adam, Syon House is regarded as one of the finest neoclassical villas in Europe.
The Garrick Club
7 Apr 2009 Friends Only
Friends tour The Garrick Club, which houses the largest and most significant collection of British theatrical works of art.
The Garrick Club
16 Apr 2009 Friends Only
Friends tour The Garrick Club, which houses the largest and most significant collection of British theatrical works of art.
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Joan Miró, The Birth of Day 1 (Naissance du jour 1), 1964. Oil on canvas, 146 x 113.5 cm. Fondation Marguerite et Aimé Maeght, Saint-Paul. Photo © Galerie Maeght.
© Succession Miró/ADAGP, Paris and DACS, London 2008.
The Antioch Chalice, Byzantine, from Syria, possibly Kaper Koraon or Antioch, first half of the sixth century. Silver cup set in footed silver-gilt shell, Height 19. 7 cm. Lent by the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. The Cloisters Collection, 1950 (50.4). Photo © The Metropolitan Museum of Art