Events

EVENTS FOR MEMBERS

The DAS arranges meetings, study days, lectures, seminars and study tours in the UK and overseas. We also organise Zoom lectures, which are free for members and open to non-members.

PRAGUE & ENVIRONS

FOREIGN STUDY TOUR

Mon 22 Sep 2025

A six-night tour covering Prague and its environs will go beyond the generally available tourist destinations and behind doors normally not open to the public. Included will be a private tour of...

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LONDON CHURCHES WALK NO. 3

UK EVENT

Thu 09 Oct 2025

Robert Drake will lead a further walk around interesting London churches in Marylebone including two early 20th century Anglo-Catholic churches—The Annunciation, Bryanston Street, and St Cyprian,...

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‘LACQUER IS NOT A FASHION BUT A PASSION IN PARIS’

ZOOM LECTURE

Sun 12 Oct 2025

Zoom lecture by Dr Elisabeth Darby at 18.00 pm (London time). In this joint lecture with the Furniture History Society Dr Darby will examine the use of lacquer in furniture by leading figures...

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DAS ANNUAL MEETING OF MEMBERS, TOYNBEE HALL, LONDON

UK EVENT

Sat 15 Nov 2025

This year the AMM will be held at Toynbee Hall. Established in 1884, the building is designed in the Tudor-Gothic style. The dining room was designed by C.R. Ashbee, who came to Toynbee Hall in...

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VISIT TO WOMEN IN PRINT: 150 YEARS OF LIBERTY TEXTILES, WILLIAM MORRIS GALLERY, LONDON

UK EVENT

Thu 04 Dec 2025

Roisin Inglesby will give DAS members a tour of the show she is co-curating at the William Morris Gallery. Conceived in partnership with Liberty Fabrics on the occasion of the design house’s...

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PARIS: A Century of Art Deco

FOREIGN STUDY TOUR

Sun 04 Jan 2026

A short visit to Paris is being planned in January or February 2026, focussing on the forthcoming exhibition at the Musée des Arts Décoratifs which aims to celebrate the Art Deco movement in all...

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