Over The Tea Cups: Tea and Tour
In conjunction with the Melbourne Food and Wine Festival 2011

Friday 11 March - Saturday 12 March 2011  Cost:  $50.00 per person SOLD OUT

Discover the history of tea and its accoutrements against a backdrop of Georgian and Regency decorative arts. This wonderful guided house tour will culminate in a delicious and decadent morning or afternoon tea.

See additional tours below

Over The Tea Cups: The Pomp & Style of Taking Tea
Friday 18 March 2011 at 10.00 am and 2.00 pm
Friday 25 March 2011 at 10.00 am and 2.00 pm

and to coincide with Mother’s Day on Sunday 8 May 2011:

Friday 6 May 2011 at 10.00 am and 2.00pm SOLD OUT
Saturday 7 May 2011 at 10.00 am. Cost: $50.00 per person SOLD OUT

The elegant ritual of taking tea has long been cherished, bringing peaceful settings to mind, delicate refreshments to the palate, and providing an opportunity for enjoyable conversation with friends.

Over the Tea Cups: The Pomp & Style of Taking Tea includes a tour of Fairhall, highlighting the history of taking tea and its accoutrements, culminating in a delightful morning or afternoon tea.

My Cup Runneth Over:  Christmas at The Johnston Collection 
Wednesday 3 November 2010 –  Friday 25 February 2011

Christmas comes spectacularly to life with superb creations, not just decorations, more like precious jewels originating from the exquisite objects at The Johnston Collection.  This year it is from Victoria's South Western region - Warrnambool and its environs - that creativity has flowed involving numerous artists and craftspeople including The Embroiderers Guild, Victoria (SW Branch), textile, glass and multi-media artists, patchwork and doll makers.  Inspired by the life and Collection of Mr Johnston, especially his cup that started the Collection and the story of Christmas, this Tour is not to be missed. 

Akira Isogawa Meets Mr Johnston

Monday 5 July 2010 –  Wednesday 20 October 2010

Akira Isogawa, one of Australia’s most internationally celebrated fashion designers, has rearranged The Johnston Collection's Fairhall house museum.  As a fashion designer, Akira is interested in ideas about how we present ourselves. In redressing Fairhall Akira has said that his rearrangement revolves around two major themes - exploring the professional life of William Johnston on the ground floor and his private world on the first floor.  He has imagined Mr Johnston as an obsessive collector with a need to amass and possess objects and how Johnston presented these to his clients and friends.  Applying his famously exquisite design sensibility, Akira Isogawa Meets Mr Johnston gives visitors to Fairhall the opportunity to view the Collection through the eyes and aesthetic of this exceptionally talented designer.

Over the Tea Cups: The Pomp & Style of Taking Tea

The elegant ritual of taking tea has long been cherished, bringing peaceful settings to mind, delicate refreshments to the palate and enjoyable conversation with friends to the heart. Over the Tea Cups: The Pomp & Style of Taking Tea includes a House Tour of Fairhall highlighting the history of taking tea and its accoutrements, culminating in a delightful High Tea amongst friends.

This programme will be held on the following dates:
- Friday 12 March 2010, 2.00pm – 4.00pm - SOLD OUT
- Saturday 13 March 2010, 10.30am – 12.30pm - SOLD OUT
- Friday 19 March 2010, 2.00pm – 4.00pm - SOLD OUT

... and to coincide with Mother’s Day on Sunday 9 May:
- Friday 7 May 2010, 2.00pm – 4.00pm - SOLD OUT
- Saturday 8 May 2010, 10.30am – 12.30pm - SOLD OUT

This popular programme will be repeated again in 2011.

Jamie Allpress Rearranges Mr Johnston’s Collection
9 March – 25 June 2010

Our Rearranging Mr Johnston’s Collection series offers an opportunity to see William Johnston’s collection through another person’s eyes and aesthetic. This year we have invited Jamie Allpress, Director, Allpress Antiques, to give us his response to our most spectacular and special collection. William Johnston’s love of beautiful things and history, as well as his eye for the exotic, all come to life in this tour which explores his collection against the background of his life.

Free entry to members of Friends of The Johnston Collection when bringing a paying guest to this Tour. National Trust discount applies to this Tour only.

We Three Kings Of Orient Are: Christmas at The Johnston Collection
ends 26 February 2010 -

See this spectacular Tour whilst there’s still time. Presented by artists and craftspeople from Geelong ~ City by the Bay.
 
This year the spectacular Christmas at The Johnston Collection exhibition will have handmade decorations created by artists and craftspeople such as embroiderers, patchworkers and quilters, fibre and textile artists, porcelain artists, lacemakers, the CWA and others from Geelong ~ City by the Bay.   More than decoration, each creation in Fairhall will be like a small jewel originating from the exquisite objects in The Johnston Collection and inspired by themes of the travel and journeys undertaken by Mr Johnston.

At Home In The Georgian House
5 August 2009 – 21 October 2009

This Tour explores the domestic and social history of Georgian England (1714 – 1830) through the fine and decorative arts collections.  From grand country homes to the town houses of London and Bath, discover how people might have lived during this vibrant era.