The ruins of St Michael's Cathedral Coventry are a uniquely powerful reminder of the effects of war. They also happen to be the remains of England's largest medieval parish church from which an astonishing collection of stained glass was removed a year prior to the city's bombing. This study day examines the imaginative WMF Britain project to conserve and display the glass within the context of the much-overlooked buildings of medieval Coventry.

10.30am-4pm. Refreshments throughout the day. Travel to the Coventry is not included.

WMFB Members £55, Non-members £65

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The exceptionally dynamic arts of Coventry Cathedral enjoy a strong presence in the V&A’s Spring 2012 exhibition ‘British Design 1948-2012: Innovation in the Modern Age’. The new cathedral celebrates its Golden Jubilee this year, coincident with World Monuments Fund Britain’s project to preserve the ruins and conserve and display its magnificent stained glass. WMF Britain and The Twentieth Century Society have partnered to arrange a study morning at the V&A on 25 April. A private view of the exhibition with curator Ghislaine Wood will be followed by papers from leading historians and commentators on modern design.

V&A Kensington, London

8.45am-12.15pm. Morning coffee and brunch included.

WMFB and c20 Society Members £45, non-members £55.

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WMF Britain has helped to conserve stained and painted glass spanning a millennium. Today, leading figures explain the glass art of three major sites: the c. 1200 panels from the Corona of Canterbury Cathedral, where Becket's skull was venerated; St Michael's Coventry's early fifteenth-century work of John Thornton, master of York Minster's east window; and Strawberry Hill itself with Walpole's eclectic assemblage of Netherlandish glass. A tour follows lunch.

Members £60, Non-members £70

Includes refreshments throughout the day. Travel to Strawberry Hill, Twickenham is not included.

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Stowe House is nearing the end of a £20 million restoration project. The focus of Summer 2012 is the Paul Mellon Estate/WMF - funded conservation of the eighteenth-century Music Room, with a complete array of elegant and amusing Pompeian mural paintings by Vincenzo Valdre. This day combines glorious landscape with art-historical richness and conservation expertise in the house. Refreshments are accompanied by eighteenth-century music.

Members £55, non-members £65

Includes refreshments throughout the day and transfers from Milton Keynes train station.

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