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10 June 2026Summer Outing to Perry Green, Henry Moore's studios, gardens and house.Visit
14 May 2026AGM Followed by Venice and the EastLecture
09 April 2026Rembrandt’s ‘Night Watch’: the Anatomy of a MasterpieceLecture
12 March 2026Images of the British Empire Lecture
12 February 2026John Singer Sargent’s Art of Fashion and FameLecture
08 January 2026The British Crown Jewels: Every Stone Tells a StoryLecture
31 December 2025Tours Tour
11 December 2025Like a Rolling Stone (The Music of the Sixties 1965-69)Lecture
05 December 2025TASKL Advent LunchSpecial Event
13 November 2025Viking Gods and Valkyries - The Art of Norse MythologyLecture
24 October 2025Fund Raising Quiz - in aid of the Art Packs for KL FoodbankSpecial Event
09 October 2025Art Deco: Celebrating the Centenary of the 1925 Paris ExpoLecture
11 September 2025NEW SEASON 2025 - 6 Ludwig van Beethoven – Classical Music’s Greatest RevolutionaryLecture
13 May 2025The Art and Science of the Faba Bean.Visit
08 May 2025Sixty Years On: Life in Britain as seen in 1960s FilmsLecture
10 April 2025World-Famous Photographs: Images that Shaped Our CultureLecture
19 March 2025Visit to Groundwork Gallery to view new exhibition PlantPowerVisit
13 March 2025Henry Moore: A Revolution in British SculptureLecture
13 February 2025Chinamania – The Impact of Chinese Porcelain on European Taste, Collecting and DisplayLecture
09 January 2025Recognise the Artist?Lecture
12 December 2024Messenger or missile? Angels with glad tidings, doom, gloom or perdition.Lecture
06 December 2024TASKL Advent Lunch Special Event
14 November 2024Oleksandr Bohomazov 1880-1930: The Lost Futurist of UkraineLecture
06 November 2024Autumn Coffee Morning with illustrated talk on Walter DexterSpecial Event
06 November 2024Coffee and a talk on the artist Walter Dexter Speaker: Charlotte PatonVisit
10 October 2024Tintoretto ‘Il Furioso’: Painter for the PeopleLecture
12 September 2024Bruegel, the Seasons and the WorldLecture
08 August 2024Norfolk Profunde Churches Study DaySpecial Event
11 July 2024Summer Afternoon Tea PartySpecial Event
04 July 2024Two Walks of Around Historic King's Lynn with Coffee and CakeSpecial Event
12 June 2024Visit to Mannington Hall and GardensVisit
22 May 2024Day Trip to BostonVisit
09 May 2024George Stubbs (1724-1806), ‘The English Leonardo’Lecture
11 April 2024The Divine Sunflower in Art and CultureLecture
22 March 2024Spring Coffee Morning and RecitalSpecial Event
14 March 2024The World’s most Expensive Art – where Leonardo meets PicassoLecture
08 February 2024Music in ArtLecture
11 January 2024Turbulent Times: Russian History as depicted by its 19th Century Realist PaintersLecture
14 December 2023She Loves You (The Music of the Sixties 1960-64)Lecture
01 December 2023TASKL Advent LunchSpecial Event
24 November 2023Coffee on the QuaySpecial Event
24 November 2023Coffee on the Quay - Coffee morning and talk by local artist Ann RobertsVisit
09 November 2023Where have all the Women Gone?Lecture
01 November 2023Coffee Quiz with Jeff HoyleSpecial Event
12 October 2023How to get Down from a Yak – Adventures in Central Asian Nomadic TextilesLecture
14 September 2023The Dancing Faun by Adrien De VriesLecture
10 August 2023TASKL Visit to Congham VineyardSpecial Event
14 July 2023Summer Afternoon Tea Party Special Event
15 May 2023The National Centre for Thomas Gainsborough in Sudbury.Visit
11 May 2023VOX POP - Opera in EnglandLecture
13 April 2023Art after WindrushLecture
28 March 2023Bespoke Visit to Oxburgh HallVisit
09 March 2023The Imperial Easter Eggs of Carl Faberge – After the RevolutionLecture
09 February 2023The Art of the CartoonistLecture
12 January 2023The Three Grandes Dames of ImpressionismLecture
08 December 2022The Story of Wine Lecture
02 December 2022The Arts Society King's Lynn Advent LunchSpecial Event
10 November 2022The Golden Age of British landscape paintingLecture
21 October 2022Coffee and Quiz Morning At Marriotts Warehouse Special Event
13 October 2022Splendours and Secrets of the Royal CollectionLecture
27 September 2022Ware Hall House, Wells-next-the-SeaVisit
08 September 2022Mad Men and ArtistsLecture
10 August 2022Historic Walk with the Town Guides Special Event
12 May 2022La Serenissima: Exploring Venice in the UK’s Public Art CollectionsLecture
14 April 2022William Hogarth 1697-1764 Lecture
10 March 2022A Handbag?: The Importance of the ‘Importance of Being Earnest’Lecture
10 February 2022From Venice to Sheffield: John Ruskin’s passion for Art, Craft and Social JusticeLecture
13 January 2022Selfies, Self-Expression, Celebrity and the Victorian Carte de Visite.Lecture
09 December 2021In the Kingdom of the SweetsLecture
11 November 2021The Subtle Science and Exact Art of Garden DesignLecture
14 October 2021Pictures of the Floating World: Ukiyo-e Woodblock PrintsLecture
09 September 2021Gustav Klimpt: Imperial Muralist turned Radical PainterLecture
13 May 2021AGM at 1.30pm followed by: Pins and Poking Sticks - Decoding Dress in Shakespeare's TimeLecture
08 April 2021First Catch a Squirrel: Historical Materials and Techniques of PaintingLecture
11 March 2021Cathedrals: Safe Places to do Risky ThingsLecture
11 February 2021Packing up the Nation: Our collections on the Wartime AdventuresLecture
14 January 2021Raphael of Urbino: Artist and ArchitectLecture
10 December 2020The Artists of Montmartre: The Pilgrims of BabylonLecture
12 November 2020Faces, Figures and Forms: Exploring Sculpture in the UK's Public Art CollectionLecture
08 October 2020From Garland to Garbo: The Magical Art of HollywoodLecture
10 September 2020Turner vs Constable: The Great British Paint OffLecture
13 August 2020The Old East EndLecture
14 May 2020From Venice to Sheffield: John Ruskin’s Passion for Art, Craft and Social Justice AGM at 1.45 followed by the Lecture Lecture
09 April 2020Mad Men and the Artists: How the Advertising Industry exploited Fine Art Lecture
12 March 2020Diocletian’s Palace at Split Lecture
13 February 2020A Portrait of Jewels: following missing Treasures through CanvasLecture
09 January 2020John Peter Russell: The Australian ImpressionistLecture
05 December 2019Medieval Illuminated Books of HoursLecture
14 November 2019The Genius of Antoni StradivariLecture
22 October 2019Warner Textile Archive, Braintree and Paycocke's House, CoggeshallVisit
14 October 2019Martyn Clarke : An afternoon of early music and historyVisit
10 October 2019Shimmering Splendour: Silk in South East AsiaLecture
22 September 2019Delights of Cardiff and South WalesTour
12 September 2019A Decorative Art: History of WallpapersLecture
09 May 2019The Treasures of The Far Cathay AGM at 1.45 followed by the lectureLecture
11 April 2019Historic Gardens of the Italian LakesLecture
03 April 2019C.R. Mackintosh House on Derngate, Northampton and Delapre AbbeyVisit
14 March 2019The Music and Life of J.S.Bach Lecture
28 February 2019Norwich Castle Museum and Art GalleryVisit
14 February 2019Charles Rennie MackintoshLecture
10 January 2019English Art Deco Ceramics: Clarice Cliff, Susie Cooper and RuskinLecture
13 December 2018Zaha Hadid: Architectural SuperstarLecture
08 November 2018Whistler, Wilde and Sargent: The Talent of Tite StreetLecture
11 October 2018Hampton Court After 500 YearsLecture
27 September 2018King's Lynn Guided Town WalkVisit
16 September 2018Krakow's Art and History TourTour
13 September 2018Prague: The City of the Winter QueenLecture
10 May 2018The Spanish Still Life: Looking at the Overlooked AGM at 1.45 followed by the lectureLecture
02 May 2018Visit to The Polar Museum and The Fitzwilliam Museum, CambridgeVisit
12 April 2018The Gilded Stage: A Social and Cultural History of OperaLecture
08 March 2018The Silver Thread: Silver Filigree and Traditional Arts in KosovoLecture
08 February 2018Riviera Paradise: Art, Design and Pleasure in the 1920'sLecture
07 February 2018The Russian Season: Royal Faberge and Radical Russia Visit
11 January 2018Sir John Soane: Architect of a Lost LondonLecture
14 December 2017Women Behind the Lens: Outstanding Women Photographers and their Contribution to the Art of PhotographyLecture
09 November 2017Glittering Prizes: Part 1: The Mosaics of RavennaLecture
01 November 2017Visit to the National Heritage Centre for Horseracing & Sporting Art at NewmarketVisit
12 October 2017Foreigners in London: Artists who changed the course of British Art Lecture
04 October 2017Northern Ireland: Titanic, Belfast and DerryTour
14 September 2017Temples, Tombs and Treasures: In Search of the Queen of ShebaLecture
07 June 2017Tony Tucker Walk - Alleyways of the City of LondonVisit
11 May 2017Heroes From The Ancient Past: Renaissance Knighthood and the Art of the Classical WorldLecture
13 April 2017Who Says? Can we trust the experts on good and bad in art?Lecture
05 April 2017Burghley HouseVisit
09 March 2017From Magic Lanterns to Metro Goldwyn MayerLecture
09 February 2017Absolutely Classic! Neoclassicism in Regency England Lecture
12 January 2017From Veneering to Marquetry Lecture
08 December 2016The Art of Piero della Francesca (600th Anniversary)Lecture
03 December 2016Concert at Holkham HallVisit
10 November 2016To Please the Palate Charm the Eye: 400 years of food as ephemeral artLecture
14 October 2016The Historic Houses and Heritage of Winchester and the Isle of WightTour
13 October 2016British Post War GlassLecture
23 September 2016Gainsborough's House, Sudbury and Little Hall Museum, LavenhamVisit
08 September 2016Capability Brown Landscape, Art and Dame NatureLecture
03 September 2016Theatre VisitVisit
18 May 2016Boughton House near Kettering Visit
12 May 2016The Book as Art: Form and Function in Creative Book Structures. AGM at 1.45 followed by the lecture Lecture
21 April 2016 Four Norfolk Churches with John VigarVisit
14 April 2016The Great Fire of London 1666 350th Anniversary Lecture
13 April 2016Theatre VisitVisit
06 April 2016Monet to Matisse Royal Academy Exhibition: Painting the Modern Garden: Visit
10 March 2016Enamelling: History, Techniques and Key Examples Lecture
11 February 2016Power, Propaganda and Men in Tights: English Art Under the Tudors Lecture
14 January 2016In the Wake of Handel: The Impact of Handel on 300 years of British Culture Lecture
10 December 2015Photography as a Fine ArtLecture
12 November 2015Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Magna CartaLecture
23 October 2015Theatre VisitVisit
11 October 2015The Dutch Masters and The RijksmuseumTour
08 October 2015Travels in Rajasthan with Rudyard Kipling: Palaces and Temples, Monuments and Forts in the Land of KingsLecture
17 September 2015Bletchley ParkVisit
10 September 2015The Story of the Renaissance: The Original Masters Lecture
30 June 2015'Francis Bacon and The Masters'Visit
11 June 2015London - A Riverside Walk with Tony Tucker (City of London Guide)Visit
04 June 2015Audley End and Saffron Walden (Fry Gallery and Bridge End Gardens)Visit
14 May 2015The Art of the Steal: Nazi Looting during WW11Lecture
09 April 2015Fingal's Cave: Mendelssohn, Scott and TurnerLecture
19 March 2015St Albans Abbey, Verulamium Museum and The Roman TheatreVisit
12 March 2015Blood, Roses and Elephants: the art and architecture of St Alban's AbbeyLecture
12 February 2015Edward Seago: From the Circus to SandringhamLecture
15 January 2015Windsor Castle, from Medieval Fortress to Royal PalaceLecture
06 December 2014Christmas Theatre PerformanceVisit
04 December 2014From Russia: Diaghilev and the Ballet Russes 1909 - 1929Lecture
06 November 2014Meet Me at the Waldorf: the extraordinary story of two iconic hotels built on Astor feuds, fortunes and art patronageLecture
09 October 2014History of the Long Case ClockLecture
22 September 2014The Houses, Art and History of NorthumberlandTour
11 September 2014"Your Country Needs You" Art and Design of World War 1Lecture
08 May 2014Pevsner in King’s Lynn: Nikolaus Pevsner and the Buildings of England. AGM at 1.45 pm followed by the lectureLecture
24 April 2014London Churches and Hidden Gardens with Tony Tucker (City of London Guide)Visit
10 April 2014Imperial Purple to Denim Blue: The Colourful History of TextilesLecture
13 March 2014Toulouse-Lautrec: La Belle ÉpoqueLecture
13 February 2014Chinoiserie and The Country House of the Late 17th Century to the Early 19th CenturyLecture
06 February 2014 'Masterpieces: Art and East Anglia' Visit
16 January 2014Troy: 'Myth, History and Archaeology’Lecture
05 December 2013At The Sign Of The Falcon: The Life and Works of Harry Murphy-Goldsmith, Silversmith and Unique EnglishmanLecture
07 November 2013The Songs of SchubertLecture
10 October 2013Why Did Laura Knight Become So Famous?Lecture
25 September 2013Doddington Hall (nr. Lincoln)Visit
12 September 2013Michelangelo: A Troubled GeniusLecture
02 July 2013'Houghton Revisited' Visit
05 June 2013DerbyshireTour
19 October 2012St Nicholas Chapel and Trues Yard (King's Lynn)Visit
19 September 2012MadridTour
09 June 2011BordeauxTour
25 September 2010Moscow and St. PetersburgTour