Summer Schools

We invite you to study architecture, art, landscape and preservation at one of our internationally-acclaimed Summer Schools in Newport, Chicago and London. You will enjoy lectures by leading scholars, private tours of historic sites, engaging social experiences, and opportunities to get behind the scenes at museums and galleries. Open to graduate students, academics, architects and the general public.

The Summer Schools are academically rigorous and physically demanding. A typical day includes lectures and tours by leading scholars, considerable walking, periods of standing and engaging social experiences. These intensive programs are action-packed with little free time. Tuition costs include expert instruction, accommodation, some meals, tours, and admissions. Competitive scholarships are available for all three programs.

The Victorian Society’s Summer Schools are committed to studying the full diversity of nineteenth and early twentieth-century society, including architecture, art, and design. In a similar spirit of inclusiveness, the Society has long sought to welcome and enable participation in the Schools by as broad, diverse and global audience as possible. Our staff, program directors, lecturers, and donors strive to incorporate these values into all of our programs and communications.  We are especially eager to highlight this program’s significant scholarship fund, which continues to help eliminate or minimize the financial obstacles to participation by any qualified applicant.