The David Roche Foundation upcoming events calendar
Upcoming events calendar
The David Roche Foundation House Museum is pleased to present a regular program of events, including talks, tours, and performances.
On this page, you have an easy to follow list of our events to put in your calendar (so you don’t miss out!). We regularly add more events, so make sure you check back frequently to keep up-to-date with what we have in store.
THROUGHOUT 2024
Tuesdays – Saturdays: Explore the exceptional collection of antiques, paintings & objets d’art accumulated by David Roche with one of our volunteer guides. Bookings essential. Book your tour of Fermoy House.
APRIL 2024
Thursdays, 11:30am-12:15pm: Tour of Quilts: The Fabric of War 1760-1900 led by a TDRF Volunteer Guide. Book your tickets now.
Thursday 18 April 6:00-7:30pm: The Excitement of Collecting: culture, history, and textiles – a lecture by guest exhibition curator and quilt historian Annette Gero. Hurry! Limited tickets remain. Book now.
Friday 19 April 10:30am-Noon: Tea & Tour of Quilts: The Fabric of War 1760-1900 with guest exhibition curator and quilt historian Annette Gero. This event is sold out.
Saturday 20 April 10:30am-Noon: Tea & Tour of Quilts: The Fabric of War 1760-1900 with guest exhibition curator and quilt historian Annette Gero. This event is sold out.
MAY 2024
Thursdays, 11:30am-12:15pm: Tour of Quilts: The Fabric of War 1760-1900 led by a TDRF Volunteer Guide. Book your tickets now.
Thursday 9 May 6:00-7:30pm: The Adelaide School of Design’s Portière with South Australian art historian Jo Vandepeer. Book your tickets now.
Presented as part of South Australia’s History Festival 2024.
Wednesday 15 May 6:00-7:30pm: Jane Austen: Her Life and Work with literary lecturer Susannah Fullerton OAM. Book your tickets now.
Part One of the Literary Lecture Series.
Thursday 16 May 6:00-7:30pm: The Importance of Being Oscar: The Life and Works of Oscar Wilde with literary lecturer Susannah Fullerton OAM. Book your tickets now.
Part Two of the Literary Lecture Series.
JUNE 2024
7 Friday 10:30am-Noon: Tea & Tour of Australian Toys with guest exhibition curator and toy collector Luke Jones. Bookings open mid-May.
20 Thursday 6:00-7:30pm: Australian Toys 1880-1960 – a talk by guest exhibition curator and toy collector Luke Jones. Bookings open late May.
Link image: Harlequin Intarsia quilt, made by a prisoner of war c. 1810, using wool broadcloth from Napoleonic war uniforms. The Annette Gero Collection. Displayed in The Fabric of War, 15 February – 18 May 2024.
