Learn about the many forms of dining and entertaining that come from the Victorian Era on fun and educational tours. The Emlen Physick Estate, Cape May’s only Victorian house museum has a new theme, “On the Town, Dining out and Entertainments during the 19th Century.”

Queen Victoria was the first monarch to live at Buckingham Palace. The Palace had been empty for seven years when she came to the throne in 1837 and was in many ways still incomplete.

The exhibition will focus on the formative years of Sargent’s artistic career covering the period of 1874-1880. Sargent is, of course, best known as a portraitist. Less familiar is his passion for the sea and the remarkable range of maritime works that he produced in the early years of his career. Over 80 paintings, drawings and watercolours produced during the young artist’s travels will form the subject of this revelatory exhibition.

The Brooklyn Museum presents a selection of artworks and historical objects celebrating the contributions of women to the mid-nineteenth-century Sanitary Movement, particularly the highly important Brooklyn and Long Island Sanitary Fair of 1864. The genesis …