SPECIAL PROGRAMS
Throughout the year the Decorative Arts Trust collaborates with museums and preservation organizations to create programs promoting special exhibitions, gallery renovations, and other noteworthy projects. These low-cost events range from day-long symposia to private tours and are open to all members. Join today!
See the special programs list below, and visit our calendar for all upcoming events.
Looking for virtual programs? See our new Virtual Programs page.
UPCOMING
The Arts and Crafts Movement from John Ruskin to William Lightfoot Price
SPECIAL PROGRAM
November 6-7, 2021
Museums, Gardens & Landscapes in LA
SPECIAL PROGRAM
December 4–5, 2021
Emerging Scholars Colloquium
SPECIAL PROGRAM
January 2022
Houses and Gardens of Mount Desert Island
SPECIAL PROGRAM
July 20–24, 2022
PAST SPECIAL PROGRAMS
Exploring Philadelphia Gardens in Fall: International Influence in Landscape and Design
SPECIAL PROGRAM
October 17, 2020
Collecting the Globe: A Discussion with George Schwartz
VIRTUAL PROGRAM
August 31, 2020
Emerging Scholars Colloquium in Newport
SPECIAL PROGRAM
February 8, 2020
Emerging Scholars Colloquium in New York
SPECIAL PROGRAM
January 26, 2020
A SoCal Excursion to the Gamble House
REVIEW: SPECIAL PROGRAM
FALL 2019
Special Tour of Yale’s New Furniture Study Center
REVIEW: SPECIAL PROGRAM
FALL 2019
Member Benefit Tour at PAFA
SPECIAL PROGRAM
November 1, 2019
Emerging Scholars Colloquium at the Preservation Society of Newport County
SPECIAL PROGRAM
June 15, 2019
The Best of the Maryland Historical Society
SPECIAL PROGRAM
April 24, 2019
Emerging Scholars Colloquium 2019
January 20, 2019
Impressive Research & Facilities Bring Drayton Hall Experience to New Heights
REVIEW: SPECIAL PROGRAM
DECEMBER 2018
Discovering Silver Linings: A Special Long Island Outing
REVIEW: SPECIAL PROGRAM
NOVEMBER 2018
A Special Long Island Outing
SPECIAL PROGRAM
November 30, 2018
Napoleon: Power and Splendor
MEMBER BENEFIT TOUR
July 13, 2018
“Dining by Design” and “Garden Follies”
MEMBER BENEFIT TOUR
June 22, 2018
Connoisseurship and Artful Deceptions: Understanding 18th-Century Ceramics
SPECIAL PROGRAM
May 19, 2018
The Decorative Arts Trust’s 40th Anniversary Celebration
SPECIAL PROGRAM
September 14, 2017
Emerging Scholars Colloquium 2018
January 21, 2018
Tour the Newark Museum with retiring Chief Curator Ulysses Dietz
SPECIAL PROGRAM
November 3, 2017
“The Jazz Age: American Style in the 1920s”
MEMBER BENEFIT TOUR
July 28, 2017
“Treasures on Trial: The Art and Science of Detecting Fakes”
MEMBER BENEFIT TOUR
July 21, 2017
Tour of the New Museum of the American Revolution
SPECIAL PROGRAM
May 5, 2017
“The Folk Art Collection of Elie and Viola Nadelman” Exhibition Tour
SPECIAL PROGRAM
The New-York Historical Society
July 8, 2016
“Art and Industry in Early America: Rhode Island Furniture, 1650-1830” – Exhibition Tour
SPECIAL PROGRAM
Yale University Art Gallery
October 14, 2016
“Asia in Amsterdam” – Exhibition Tour
SPECIAL PROGRAM
April 15, 2016
“Classical Splendor” – A Special One-day Symposium
SPECIAL PROGRAM
The Philadelphia Museum of Art
November 4, 2016
2017 Emerging Scholars Colloquium
SPECIAL PROGRAM
January 22, 2017
“Made in the Americas” – Exhibition Tour
SPECIAL PROGRAM
April 9, 2016
Primary Sources: New Research on Virginia Historic Houses and Material Culture
A Symposium presented by:
The Decorative Arts Trust and Wilton House Museum
October 10, 2015