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

• 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, following 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)