Thursdays, January 15-February 19
On Zoom | In English
12:00 p.m. Chicago (CST) · 1:00 p.m. Miami (EST) · 19h00 Paris
6-lecture series: $50 (members) · $100 (non-members)
Individual lecture: $10 (members) · $20 (non-members)
with Russell Kelley
Following our previous Zoom series during the winter of 2024 tracing the history and heritage of the extraordinary museums that were established in Paris starting during the Revolution and continuing through the end of the 19th century, we continue the story over the past 125 years with, after an introductory lecture, presentations by the curators and directors of a “house museum”, a “Presidential museum”, a “private museum”, and a brand-new museum still in the making.
This series will begin on Thursday, January 15 at 12:00 p.m. CST in Chicago/1:00 p.m. EST in Miami/7:00 p.m. CET in Paris, and will continue for the following five Thursdays at the same time. The series was made possible with the support of Solange and Will Brown.
Guests may register for either individual lectures at $10 for AFMM or AF-Chicago Members/$20 for Non-Members, or for the entire series of five lectures at $50 for Members/$100 for Non-Members.
Guests will receive a recording of all lectures for which they are registered afterward.
Russell Kelley was the curator and moderator of the past five winters’ Zoom lecture series on the HIstory and Heritage of France featuring the “Grands Châteaux of the Loire and Île de France”, “The Making of the French Garden”, “The Great Churches of Paris”, “The Making of the Great Museums of Paris - From the Revolution Until 1900”, and “World Monuments in Paris”. He is the author of The Making of Paris: The Story of How Paris Evolved from a Fishing Village into the World’s Most Beautiful City (Lyons Press, 2021) and Walking Through the Ages of Paris - Ten Historical Walking Tours Through the City of Light (Lyons Press, to be published in 2026), and has lived in Paris for more than 30 years.
