Upcoming Trips 2026
London Art History Tour
Dates: Tuesday 30th June to Friday 3rd July
Description: Join me for four fabulous art filled days in London. There is nowhere quite like it in the world in terms of art collections. We will explore centuries of art from Britain, Ireland and the rest of the world as well as the stories behind the works and the history of the societies and periods they reflect. Summer 2026 is an extra special time in London as our trip will coincide with three exceptional exhibitions, Frida: The Making of an Icon and Tracey Emin both at Tate Modern and James McNeill Whistler at Tate Britain,we will also visit the permanent collection of the following wonderful art museums:
Tuesday 30th June
9:30 am Meet Trafalgar Square in front of the National Gallery steps.
Click here for map.
10 am National Gallery, London: Part 1 – The Renaissance to the Baroque
11:30 am COFFEE BREAK
12 pm National Gallery: Part 2 – The Romantics to the Post-Impressionists
1:30 pm LUNCH – Suggestion: National Gallery restaurants and café – click here. Please note booking may be required for the restaurant.
2:50 pm Meet Trafalgar Square in front of the National Gallery steps.
3:00 pm National Portrait Gallery
5:00 pm Finish
Wednesday July 1st
9:30 am Meet Trafalgar Square in front of the National Gallery steps.
Travel to Tate Modern by tube Approx. 30 mins.
10.00 am Tate Modern
10:30 am Frida: The Making of an Icon Tour with Tate Expert Guide
11:45 pm Tate Modern Permanent Collection
1:00 pm LUNCH (Members café, pay separately)
2:00 pm Tracey Emin Exhibition
2:30 pm Tate to Tate Boat
3:00 pm Tour of Tate Britain Collection
4:30 pm Tour of James McNeill Whistler Exhibition with Tate Expert Guide
5:30 pm Finish
Thursday July 2nd
9:30 am Meet Trafalgar Square in front of the National Gallery steps.
Walk 15 minutes
10:00 am Courtauld Gallery London Part 1 Up to the 19th century
11:45 am Walk 15 mins
12:00 am Sir John Soane’s Museum
1:00 pm LUNCH
2:00 pm Walk 18 mins
2:20 pm Foundling Museum
3:00 pm Bus for 25 mins
3:30 pm The Wallace Collection
5:00 pm Finish
Friday July 3rd
9:30 am Meet Trafalgar Square in front of the National Gallery steps.
Travel 15 mins by Tube
10:00 am Apsley House
11:00 am Travel 15 mins by Tube
11:30 am The Victoria and Albert Museum Part 1
12:30 pm LUNCH Suggestion: V&A Garden Café or the Main Café, the latter was the world’s first museum café!
1:30 pm The Victoria and Albert Museum Part 2
2:30 pm Travel 30 mins
3:00 pm Leighton House Museum
4:15 pm Walk 10 mins
4:30 pm Sambourne House Museum
5:30 pm Finish
Optional coffee/cocktail with the group
Dates: Tuesday 30th June to Friday 3rd July
Fee: €850 per person for 4 days Click here to book and for more information
Oxford and Beyond Day Trip
Description: For those who want even more wonderful art I am planning a day trip by private bus to Blenheim Palace and Waddesdon Manor (both local specialist guide) and a tour of Britain’s first public museum and one of my favourite museums in the world the Ashmolean.
Date: Saturday 4th July
Fee: €350 per person Click here to book and for more information
Past Trips
Belfast and Beyond Art History Day Trip
Description: Join me on a jammed pack art history trip to Belfast and beyond! We will visit both permanent and temporary exhibitions in two incredible locations to explore the wealth of art on show. Leaving from Dublin we will have our own bus and driver for the full trip.
Copenhagen and Beyond Art History Trip
Two days in Copenhagen, a beautiful, chic city full of wonderful art and design museums. We will also take a day trip to two incredible museums in the north of the country
Louisiana Museum of Modern Art
SMK – The National Gallery of Denmark
City walking tour past Christiansborg Palace and into the beautiful Library Gardens
Sligo Art History Trip
A jam packed day of exploring the art collections of Sligo with a visit to Lissadell house and church as well as a guided tour of the fabulous Niland Collection at the Model.
Antwerp and Ghent Art History Trip
A 3 day Art History Trip to Antwerp and Ghent, two cities known for their rich history of art and where many important artists lived and worked. The collections in the impressive museums and churches today reflect this, with so many important works from the Medieval period to the present day.
Vienna Art History Trip
Description:
An art history tour of one of the most beautiful cities in the world. We will explore the rich art history of this city from the glorious collections of the famous Hapsburg family all the way through the Secession movement of Klimt and his contemporaries and up to the present day.
Cork City Art History Trip
A visit to Cork city to explore the wealth of Irish art on display currently.
The Crawford Art Gallery will be closing very soon for extensive refurbishment for a few years so this is the last chance in a while to visit. It is a fascinating collection from the famous Canova casts of Classical sculpture to the current exhibition Now you See it … which span three centuries and range from portraits and landscapes to more abstract expressions. The public were asked to pick their favourites from the collection which includes many Irish arts like Jack Yeats, Dorothy Cross, John Lavey, Mainie Jellett and Sean Keating. There is also the exhibition FROM SOURCE TO SEA celebrates the culture of the River Lee and its tributaries though paintings by artist from the 18th century onward including Nathaniel Grogan, George Petrie and Sarah Grace Carr.
We will also visit the Honan Chapel in Cork University, an absolute gem of the Irish Arts and Crafts Movement many showing the influence of the Celtic Revival. There are beautiful stained-glass windows by Clarke and An Túr Gloine studios, a stunning ‘River of Life’ mosaic floor design as well as carved stonework, sculpted by Henry Emery. The Gluckman is a hidden gem of modern and contemporary Irish art, the current exhibition showcases the impressive UCC collection including works by Alice Maher and Tony O’Malley.
The Gluckman is a hidden gem of modern and contemporary Irish art, the current exhibition showcases the impressive UCC collection including works by Alice Maher and Tony O’Malley.
Belfast and Beyond
Berlin Art History Trip
Dates: 3 Days
Tuesday 14th to Thursday 17th of May 2024 (FULL)
A three day art history tour to a city with some of the most important art collections in the world. Berlin is a vibrant city with so many incredible museums and galleries including:
Berlin’s Museum Island:
Altes Museum,
Neues Museum,
Alte Nationalgalerie,
Bode Museum,
Gemäldegalerie,
East Side Gallery,
Plus more TBA!
We will explore Western Art History from the ancient world to the day. We will visit the much anticipated temporary exhibition of works by the fascinating Romantic painter, Caspar David Friedrich, Infinite Landscapes.
Madrid Art History Trip
A three day art history tour to one of the most extraordinary cities in terms of art collections in the world. Madrid is truly a centre of culture with incredible paintings from so many famous artists from Velazquez to Picasso.
Malaga Art History Trip
Join me on an art history trip to beautiful Málaga in Andalusia, Spain. The Costa del Sol is known for its stunning beaches, great weather and food we will spend two days exploring the wealth of art in the many museums and art galleries that can be found there too:
Picasso museum, Picasso´s Birthplace Museum, Carmen Thyssen Museum Málaga, Centre Pompidou Málaga, Russian Museum Collection, St. Petersburgo-Málaga, Málaga´s Museum, Museum Jorge Rando, Revello de Toro Museum
Art History Trip to Edinburgh and Glasgow
Join me on a jammed packed three-day art history tour to the historic cities of Edinburgh and Glasgow where there is such an impressive wealth of fantastic art across many collections that I cannot wait to share with you. There are works by all the European masters from Titian to El Greco to Rembrandt to Goya and Impressionist like Monet and Mary Cassatt along with incredible collections of Modern art. And of course, the wonderful art and architecture of Charles Rennie Mackintosh and his equally talented wife Margaret Macdonald. This trip is for everyone even those who have never studied the history of art.
Day 1: Glasgow
Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum
The Hunterian Museum
The Burrell Collection
Day 2: Edinburgh
Scottish National Gallery
National Galleries Scotland: Modern
National Galleries Scotland: Modern Two
Day 3: Glasgow
Mackintosh & McDonald Walking Tour – Mackintosh House, Queen Cross Church, Glasgow School of Art, Mackintosh at the Willow
Glasgow Cathedral
Gallery of Modern Art, Glasgow
Optional Group Dinner (pay individually)
Amsterdam and The Hague Summer 2023
A four day art history tour to Amsterdam, The Hague and the Koller-Muller Museum to visit some of the greatest art collections in the world and to see the highly anticipated Vermeer exhibition.
Day 1
– City boat tour
– Amsterdam Museum
– New and Old Churches
Day 2
– Rijksmuseum
– Vermeer Exhibition
– Rembrandt House
Day 3
– The Hague
Kunstmuseum Den Haag
The Mauritshuis Royal Picture Gallery
– Koller-Muller Museum
Day 4
– Van Gogh Museum
– The Stedelijk Museum
– Moco Museum
London Art History Trip 2022
A four day art history tour to two incredible but vastly different cities. For the first three days we will explore the extraordinary art collections in London, covering important works from the Renaissance to the start of Modernism through both large and small museums and galleries.
The fourth day is an optional extra, a day trip to the charming and historically fascinating city of Cambridge. The Fitzwilliam Museum is one of my favourites, founded by Richard Fitzwilliam of Mount Merrion, Dublin.
Optional extra day – Day trip to Cambridge
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Tour of Cambridge
Punting River Tour
Venice & Padua Art History Trip
4 Days
Basilica of San Marco, Museo Correr, Palazzo Ducale and the Bridge of Sighs & Church of San Gorgio Maggiore
Fondazione Querini Stampalia, Church of San Zaccaria, Scoula di San Giorgio degli Schiavoni & Academia (permanent Collection and Leonardo Exhibition)
Peggy Guggenheim Collection & Palazzo Cini Gallery
Basilica dei Frari, Scuola Grande di San Rocco, Padua, Bascilica di Sant’Antonio & Gattamelatta Sculpture, Church of the Eremitani, Musei Civici & Scrovegni Chapel
London Art History Trip
3 Days
National Gallery & National Portrait Gallery
Tate Britain & The Wallace Collection
V&A Painting and Sculpture Collection & Royal Academy
Florence Art History Trip
4 Days
Duomo, Battistero di San Giovanni (exterior only), Cattedrale di Santa Maria del Fiore, Opera Duomo Museum, Orsanmichele: exterior only & Uffizi
Academia Gallery, Ospedale degli Innocenti: exterior only, San Marco, San Lorenzo & Santa Maria Novella
Bargello Museum, Loggia dei Lanzi, Palazzo Vecchio, Palazzo Pitti, Galleria Palatina & Santa Felicita
Santo Spirito, Santa Maria del Carmine, Brancacci Chapel & Ognissanti, Santa Trinità & Santa Croce
London Art History Trip
3 Days
National Gallery & Courtauld Gallery
National Portrait Gallery (permanent Collection and Cézanne Exhibition) & The Wallace Collection
Tate Britain & Dulwich Picture Gallery
Jessica Fahy - Freelance Art Historian 