Events

Guided tour of The Foundling Museum

2:00pm – The Foundling Museum, 40 Brunswick Square, London, WC1N 1AZ

The Emmanuel Society invited members to a special guided tour of the Foundling Museum, one of London's most fascinating and unique museums and art collections. 

You'll have the opportunity to explore more than 275 years of London's history through the Foundling's collection of paintings, sculptures, furniture and more. Explore everything from tokens left by mothers with their babies in the hospital's early years, to works of art by the likes of Hogarth, Reynolds and Gainsborough. The Museum is also home to the Gerald Coke Handel Collection, which boasts over 15,000 items relating to Handel and his contemporaries.

Once the visit concludes, why not come to the Emmanuel Society London Drinks Event, held at 6.00pm at Bunghole Cellars, Davy's at Holborn, just 15 minutes' walk away.

Places on the guided tour are £20. Guests are welcome to attend with one guest.

This event is now fully booked. Please click here to join the waiting list. 

Emmanuel Society London Drinks (15 September 2026)

6:00pm – Bunghole Cellars, 57 High Holborn, London, WC1V 6DT

You are warmly invited to our next London Drinks event. This is a great opportunity for networking and a chance to catch up with fellow Emma members from across the subjects and years. As is tradition, there'll be the chance for all attendees to win a bottle of Emmanuel College port.

You don't need to book a place for this event but, to give us an idea of expected numbers, please do register.

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Members may choose to sponsor this event, which helps us keep it free for all to attend and provide some drinks. There is an option to sponsor the event on registration. Any funds received will go towards this event and subsequent events for members.

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Gathering of Members (2003, 2004 & 2005)

Emmanuel Society Dinner at Exeter College, Oxford

7:00pm – Exeter College, Turl Street, Oxford, OX1 3DP

You are warmly invited to a special joint formal dinner with our ‘sister’ college, Exeter College, Oxford.

Generously hosted by Exeter in its 400-year-old dining hall, this occasion offers a unique opportunity to spend an evening in good company, renewing friendships, recalling shared experiences, and meeting members of both Emmanuel and Exeter from across generations. The longstanding relationship between our two colleges makes this a fitting and convivial gathering celebrating 90 years of connection!

The evening will begin at 7.00pm with a drinks reception in the Rector’s Lodgings, followed by dinner in Hall. We are delighted that the Master of Emmanuel, Doug Chalmers, and the Rector of Exeter College, Andrew Roe, will be in attendance and will address the gathering.

The cost of the dinner is £67 per head or £45 for graduate students and postdoctoral researchers at the Univeristy of Oxford (any college).

The dress code is lounge suit or equivalent. Members are invited to attend with a guest. If you will attend with college friends, you will have the opportunity to let us know who you would like to sit with upon booking.

This event is now fully booked, please click here to join the waiting list.

Our cancellation policy can be viewed under our Member Events Terms and Conditions.

Supporting graduate students

Those who matriculated at Emmanuel and are now studying at the University of Oxford (any college) are invited to attend this dinner at a subsidised rate of £45.

The Emmanuel Society has a long-standing tradition of inviting students to events at a discounted rate.

The college and Society would very much appreciate the generosity of members willing to sponsor a recent graduate to attend the dinner. There is an option to do so on the booking form.

Emmanuel Society Culture Club - A visit to the Institute of Astronomy, Cambridge

4:45pm – Institute of Astronomy, Madingley Road, Cambridge, CB3 0HA

We are delighted to once again offer members the opportunity to visit Cambridge's Institute of Astronomy for a special guided tour and talk with Paul Fellows (1979), Chair of the Cambridge Astronomical Association.

The guided visit will comprise a tour of the historic buildings and telescope observatory, and a talk by Paul on the discovery of planets beyond the solar system.

If the evening is clear, you'll have the opportunity to look up at the night's sky through the telescopes and learn to navigate the constellations. If the weather is not conducive to stargazing, you'll enjoy a planetarium-style show indoors. An event not to be missed!

This is event is free of charge to members of the college.

Book your place. Booking closes on Friday 6 November or when the event is fully booked.

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