Our toursare carefully designed around members’ cultural interests and led by Gallery curators and educators, providing a fuller, richer and more meaningful travel experience. 
 

This year it is not too late to join popular lecturer Jim Masselos to discover the glories of western and central India or to travel with Brian Ladd to one of the world's great art destinations and celebrate New Year in New York.

In 2009 follow Dr Christopher Allen on a Sicilian Odyssey including a visit to the Aeolian Islands and Mount Etna. Due to popular demand, LIz Gibson will return to the Adriatic and discover the jewels of Venice, Slovenia and Croatia. Terence Maloon will retrace the footsteps of countless pilgrims from Bordeaux to Santiago de Compostela. Further north, design, art and architecture of the Nordic region will be explored on Anne Watsons trip to Scandinavia.

Dr Christopher Hartney, lecturer of the Gallery's Civilisations series, discovers the origins of Western consciousness on a fascinating trip through Greece.

In Asia, Ann MacArthur returns to Japan for the Spring Festival in the mountain village of Takayama. Join Linda Jaivin, a fluent Mandarin speaker, for an in-depth look at China, past and present.