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Established in 2000 in the heart of Pennine Yorkshire, our Society offers a high quality and wide ranging programme of lectures and visits and welcomes everyone with an interest in the arts and their history.

The Arts Society, Halifax meets monthly (except in August and September), for lectures at Calderdale Music, The Old Courthouse, Blackwall, Halifax, HX1 2DL

Lectures are held on the second Tuesday of the month at 1.00pm.

THE NEXT LECTURE IS ON TUESDAY 8 JULY, 2025

Royal Jewels and the American Heiress: Antique Treasures for the New World

Lecturer: Andrew Prince 

Political turbulence between 1870 and 1929 led to the end of Russian and European monarchies and the consequent dispersal of astonishing art and jewel collections.

The coincidental creation of American industrial millionaires meant they were able to create and furnish palaces of their own and to adorn their wives and daughters with royal jewels. Some of these heiresses then married into the British aristocracy bringing their treasures with them. The subsequent decline of aristocratic power resulted in a further dispersal of these legendary jewels into the world’s great museums where they can now be seen by everyone.

Membership enquiries : email: halifax@theartssociety.org