Past events, visits and lectures organised by Art Friends Cambridgeshire are listed below. Scroll down to the bottom for our inaugural meeting and lecture.

• Talk by the team behind the Cambridge Sculpture Trails introducing the trails and some of the sculptures which can be seen when walking in the City. In aid of Cambridge Sculpture Trails. (Friday, 9 January 2026, followed by a Special General Meeting)
• Lecture by Roland Mayer, Emeritus Professor of Classics at Kings College London: What’s in a Ruin? Conserving the Ruins of Ancient Rome. In Aid of Art Friends Cambridgeshire Grant Fund. (Friday, 21 November 2025)
• Exploration of churches in Ashwell, Guilden Morden, Gamlingay and Cockayne Hatley. In aid of Art Friends Cambridgeshire Grant Fund (Tuesday, 12 August 2025)
• Visit to view a private collection of contemporary art in a Cambridge College. In aid of Art Friends Cambridgeshire Grant Fund (Monday, 7 July 2025)
• Annual General Meeting, followed by short talk by Sambor Puskas, a finalist in the 2023 Articulation competition, on The Palace of Culture and Science, Warsaw, 1952. (Wednesday, 25 June 2025)
• Morning visit to a private house near Cambridge, and guided visit to the church nearby containing many features of historical interest. In aid of Art Friends Cambridgeshire Grants Fund. (Wednesday, 7 May 2025)
• Day visit to March to see St Wendreda’s Church and private visit to the March Museum. In aid of the St Wendreda’s Spire Restoration Appeal and the March Museum. (Thursday, 13 March 2025)
• Lecture by Mark Knight, Excavation Director, on Cambridgeshire’s Pompeii? The Bronze Age pile-dwelling settlement at Must Farm, Whittlesey. In aid of Art Friends Cambridgeshire Grant Fund. (Tuesday, 18 February 2025)
• Exclusive visit to Cambridge University Museum of Zoology including an introduction by the Collections Manager, gallery tour with the Assistant Director and handling session with the Senior Learning and Engagement Co-ordinator. In aid of continuing outreach work. (Monday, 27 January 2025)
• Talk by Heather Lane (former Librarian and Keeper of Collections at the Scott Polar Research Institute) on Sananguaq: art in Inuit culture.  In aid of Art Friends Cambridgeshire Grant Fund. (28 October 2024)
• Private visit to Grade II listed Stanstead Bury, near Ware, Herts, including walled vegetable garden and adjacent Grade I listed Church. In aid of Art Friends Cambridgeshire Grant Fund. (Friday, 6 September 2024)
• Visit to St Neots Museum and Grade 1 listed parish church. In aid of the Art Friends Cambridgeshire Grant Fund. (Tuesday 6 August 2024)
• Private visit to Milden Hall, near Lavenham and Acton Church. In aid of the Art Friends Cambridgeshire Grant Fund. (Thursday, 20 June 2024)
• Talk by David Marshall (specialist dealer in Arts and Crafts) on the Newton School of Metal Work and visit to Newton Church. In aid of the Art Friends of Cambridgeshire Grant Fund. (Wednesday, 22 May 2024)
• Annual General Meeting, followed by short talk by Tess Bottomley (Articulation participant in 2020) on Hogarth’s Gin Lane. (Tuesday, 9 April 2024)
• Visit to recently re-opened Gainsborough House, Sudbury, including an introductory talk to the Philip de László: Master of Elegance exhibition by its curator, Katherine Field. In aid of the Art Friends Cambridgeshire Grant Fund. (Tuesday, 26 March 2024)
• Visit to Whipple Museum of the History of Science, including an introductory talk by the Museum’s Director and Curator, Joshua Nall, and a viewing of the collection. In aid of Whipple Museum of the History of Science. (Wednesday, 10 January 2024)
• Visit to Grade II* listed Quy Hall: guided tour to see the mural and ceiling decorations in the downstairs rooms and patterned brickwork outside, followed by a tour of the gardens in the process of restoration. In aid of the Art Friends Cambridgeshire Grant Fund. (Monday, 2 October 2023 and Monday, 9 October 2023)
• Day visit to Kelmscott Manor, introductory talk and guided tour of William Morris’s Oxfordshire retreat, followed by a visit to Kelmscott church. In aid of Kelmscott Manor Tapestry Room Appeal. (Wednesday, 6 September 2023)
• Annual General Meeting, and lecture by Dr Andrew Lacey on Sir Christopher Wren at 300!, followed by a Summer Celebration in the Lee Seng Tee Hall, Wolfson College. (Monday, 17 July 2023)
• Day visit to view 14^th century wall paintings: guided visits to Longthorpe Tower and St Pega’s Church, Peakirk . In aid of Peakirk Church Conservation Fund. (Thursday, 22 June 2023)
• Day visit to Suffolk: guided visits to Belchamp Hall, St Mary the Virgin Belchamp Walter and St Mary the Virgin, Gestingthorpe. In aid of Gestingthorpe Church. (Thursday, 20 April 2023)
• Guided visit to the exhibition Colour, Art, Science and Power, at the Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, and an opportunity to handle pieces from the collections. In aid of the Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology. (Wednesday, 15 March 2023)
• Talk in the Fitzwilliam Museum by Carol Humphrey, Honorary Keeper of Textiles, on Textile Collections and Collectors. In aid of textile conservation at the Fitzwilliam Museum. (Thursday, 9 February 2023)
• In-person lecture and pre-Christmas cheer: lecture by Mark Bills Director of Gainsborough House, on Dickens and Art: an exploration of Dickens’ engagement with the Fine Arts followed by mince pies and punch. In aid of Gainsborough House. (Tuesday, 29 November 2022)
• “No Frills” visit to the exhibition “Japan: Courts and Culture” at the Queen’s Gallery, Buckingham Palace. Donations in aid of Art Friends Cambridgeshire Grant Fund. (Thursday, 6 October 2022)
• Day visit to Wisbech: welcome by the Mayor in the Council Chamber, visit to the Wisbech and Fenland Museum and to Octavia Hill’s birthplace museum. In aid of Wisbech museums. (Thursday, 4 August 2022)
• Annual General Meeting, followed by a showing of some short films made to complement the Japan, Courts and Culture exhibition at the Queen’s Gallery,( to the making of which Art Friends Cambridgeshire contributed). The AGM and films were followed by drinks in the Lee Seng Tee Hall and gardens, Wolfson College. (Thursday, 21 July 2022)
• Visit to the Cambridge Central Mosque, Europe’s first eco-friendly mosque and the first purpose-built mosque in the city. In aid of the Art Friends Cambridgeshire Grant Fund. (Thursday 7 and 14 July 2022)
• Afternoon introduction to the Skilliter Centre for Ottoman Studies and presentation on Islamic Book Bindings. In aid of the Skilliter Centre, for the conservation of book bindings. (Thursday, 16 June 2022)
• Visit to St Paul’s Walden Bury, guided tour of part of the house and Grade I listed garden, guided visits to St Paul’s Walden Parish Church and St Martin’s Preston. In aid of the Art Friends Cambridgeshire Grant Fund. (Thursday, 26 May 2022)
• Visit to Braxted Park, including guided tour of art collection, and Cressing Temple, including guided tours of the site and of the Walled Garden. In aid of the Art Friends Cambridgeshire Grant Fund. (Wednesday, 27 April 2022)
• Visit to Emmanuel College, Cambridge, including guided tour of portraits in the Old Library, Hall, Parlour and Gallery. In aid of Emmanuel College art website project. (Wednesday, 23 March 2022)
• Study morning with Penny Price, Fellow of the Society of Scribes and Illuminators, demonstrating how she made a facsimile of a page from the Metz Pontifical for the Fitzwilliam Museum, and including a practical introduction to gilding. In aid of Art Friends Cambridgeshire Grant Fund. (Tuesday, 1 March 2022)
• Study morning with Cambridge master printmaker Kip Gresham, discussing his work with leading modern painters and sculptors in connection with the exhibition Language of Abstraction at Fen Ditton Gallery. In aid of Art Friends Cambridgeshire Grant Fund. (Thursday, 10 February 2022)
• Visit to Bury St Edmunds: Mary Beale Exhibition at Moyse’s Hall and tour of the Guildhall. In aid of the Art Friends Cambridgeshire Grant Fund. (Wednesday, 17 November 2021)
• Visit to the Dorothy Garrod Building and associated gardens, Newnham College, Cambridge. In aid of Art Friends Cambridgeshire Grant Fund. (Thursday, 9 September 2021)
• Annual General Meeting, followed by a lecture given by Dominic Wallis, Head of Development, The Society of Antiquaries on Kelmscott Manor: William Morris and his legacy. The AGM and lecture were followed by drinks in Old Court, Corpus Christi College. (Thursday, 26 August 2021)
• Visit to St Mary the Virgin, Wellingborough (Sir Ninian Comper’s masterpiece), St Mary’s, Higham Ferrers, the chantry chapel, Bede House, castle and Chichele College.  In aid of Art Friends Cambridgeshire Grant Fund. (Wednesday, 11 August 2021)
• Visit to St Giles’ Church Cambridge: introduction to the church’s history and richness of its interior furnishings. In aid of Friends of St Giles’ Church Window Appeal. (Tuesday, 15 June 2021)
• Palace House, Newmarket, home of the National Horseracing Museum and the British Sporting Art Trust, and the nearby Jockey Club. In aid of the National Horseracing Museum. (Wednesday, 12 August 2020)
• Visit to Milton Keynes Gallery for a lecture (with the Marlow Arts Society) by Anthony Spira, Director, about Milton Keynes, the Gallery, and the exhibition George Stubbs, All done from Nature, and tour of the exhibition. In aid of Milton Keynes Gallery. (Wednesday, 8 January 2020)
• Christmas Event at Pampisford Hall. In aid of Fitzwilliam Museum Educational Fund for Children. (Friday, 6 December 2019)
• The exhibition Rembrandt’s Light at the Dulwich Picture Gallery. In aid of the Dulwich Picture Gallery. (Wednesday, 13 November 2019)
• Melford Hall and Lavenham Hall Gallery and Sculpture Garden. In aid of conservation of paintings at Melford Hall. (Thursday, 19 September 2019)
• Visit to Crossness Pumping Station, accompanied by Petra Cox, Learning and Outreach Officer. In aid of Crossness Engines Trust. (Tuesday, 3 September 2019)
• Visit to Exton Hall, Rutland with the Viscountess Campden and the Countess of Gainsborough, followed by visits to Exton Church and Tickencote Church with Chloë Cockerill. In aid of the two churches. (Thursday, 15 August 2019)
• Visit to the Bulmer Brick & Tile Company, followed by a visit to Gainsborough’s House, Sudbury and an introduction to the special exhibition The Golden Age of British Painting: Gainsborough, Lawrence, Turner & Constable given by Mark Bills, Director of Gainsborough House. In aid of Gainsborough House appeal. (10 July 2019)
• Visit to the New Hall Art Collection, Cambridge, and the special exhibition Women in Art: Hong Kong, accompanied by Professor Martin Roland, Chair of the New Hall Art Collection. In aid of Art Friends Cambridgeshire grant giving. (Monday, 17 June 2019)
• Visit to the Munnings Art Museum in Dedham, Suffolk, and the exhibition Alfred Munnings War Artist, 1918. In aid of Art Friends Cambridgeshire grant giving. (Thursday, 9 May 2019)
• Visit to GroundWork Gallery, including the exhibition Water Rising, and walking tour of King’s Lynn with Sandy Heslop, Professor of Visual Arts at the University of East Anglia. In aid of GroundWork and its educational projects. (Wednesday, 24 April 2019)
• Inaugural Meeting followed by a lecture given by Adrian Barlow, former Director of Public and Professional Programmes at the University of Cambridge Institute of Continuing Education on Charles Eamer Kempe and Cambridge. In aid of the Kempe Trust. (Monday, 1 April 2019)