From Peru to St Petersburg to Poland: browse our previous art history tours

If you are interested in travelling with lecturers who know their destinations intimately and can take you to places not usually open to the public, The Course can offer far more than the average tourist experience.
We launched our travel arm in 1997 with a study tour to Japan and since then we have run tours throughout Europe, America, China, Egypt, India and Turkey.
Our aim is to make the tours as exciting and friendly as possible. So whilst many of those travelling on the tours are students on our teaching programmes, you are welcome to bring along family and friends.
The tours are arranged by us but are facilitated through bonded agents, so you have the security offered by a large company while enjoying the flexibility of an independent organisation.
A few of our previous Study Tours are here.
Award Winning
“I do not think The Course could be improved. The organization, lecturers and venue are all first class” […]
“Thank you so much for enabling these lectures to happen on line. Not quite the same as being there but nevertheless still wonderful. I have enjoyed every minute of them […]
“Outstanding lecturer with a rich knowledge, excellent slides and well delivered. Superior to any lectures on my degree courses.” […]
“I found the series thrilling in its inventiveness. Clearly art can’t be divorced from social context but Andrew Spira’s judicious choice of images and commentary created for me a wholly […]
“Very insightful course, thought provoking. Loved looking at how different cultures handle same/similar materials.” […]
“Exceptional courses and lecturers.” […]
“How do you do it? Just when I think the series just ended is the best yet, along comes another which is even better. This has been a marvellous mix […]
“An exceptionally well-structured course with excellent slides that facilitated side-by-side comparisons. Very thought-provoking.” […]
“Anyone who is interested in art history, culture, literature and architecture will be bowled over by the range and content of the courses planned by Mary Bromley and delivered by […]
“A revelatory, microscopic look at some of the world’s most iconic art works, providing insights as to the artist’s intent. Outstanding! Your best course yet, Leslie.” […]
“It’s good to see that you are keeping ahead of things. I think it sends a very positive sign that there’s some normality in the country and that business owners […]
“Sadly, I have just finished your last lecture on the Art of Venice. It is difficult to truly express how much I enjoyed being transported to the Venetian lagoon each […]
“This has been a hugely enjoyable series. Leslie’s breadth of knowledge is amazing but it is lightly worn and he shares it with modesty and an original wry humour.” […]
“Absolutely fascinating approach, which I have never seen before” […]
“Fabulously insightful to the artists and their lives. Wonderfully articulated. Nicole gives Vasari a run for his money.” […]
“I really love my mornings at The Course and am so grateful you let me dip in and out if I am around. The different topics you cover are extraordinary […]
“I love the series of lectures on offer so far. I think the organiser has taken a lot of thought and attention in selecting the topics, certainly the lectures I […]
“Marie-Anne Mancio’s Print and Print-Making course was excellent. Give any topic to Marie Anne and she seems to be able to bring it to life! A subject as dry as […]
“Please thank Marie Anne for her amazing series on the Cote D’Azur. It was like a ‘Through the Letterbox’ look at the lives and loves of some of the most […]
“Thank you for making my week so much more interesting and fulfilling. I am SO enjoying the course and already look forward to next term” […]
“I have just completed Nicole’s online course on the Art of Venice. It was truly fascinating, extremely well put together and I really appreciated the linear style which has helped […]
“Interesting, challenging and well run” […]
“I’d like to congratulate on another successful year’s lecture series especially given the background of the Coronavirus pandemic. I for one have truly appreciated the switch from physical to digital […]
“A series and speaker of Olympian quality. I had never previously appreciated the immediacy and richness of a lecture in which the speaker did not refer to notes. Confiding rather […]
“A captivating study of the art world through the prism of colour. You have given me a new dimension to appreciating art” […]