Harriet Landseer is a Prague-based art historian and cultural tour operator, specialising in the heritage and art of the Czech Republic and Central Europe.
She has designed, arranged, accompanied and led tours for museums and heritage associations such as the UK Art Fund, Winterthur Museum Guggenheim Museums in Bilbao & New York, Europa Nostra, Irish Georgian Society, Amis de Versailles, Metropolitan Museum, American Horticultural Society, Irish National Gallery, Art History Abroad, Quercus/National Trust, Smith Alumnae & the US Decorative Arts Trust over the last 25 years.
Harriet works closely with both Specialtours www.specialtours.co.uk (now part of the Ultimate Travel Company) who have been specialists in museum travel for 50+ years and Reality & Beyond www.realityandbeyond.co.uk, run in tandem with Lucy Abel Smith, which features shorter tours, often annually, such as Baroque Opera in Cesky Krumlov (Sept) and Horses & Houses: the Pardubicka Steeplchase (Oct). The Reality & Beyond website has an interactive map with destinations and themes, and is ideal for small groups who want to organise their own thing.
Or please contact directly to tailor-design a tour or update an existing itinerary with special private visits, the best available accommodation (especially in the Czech countryside) and superb restaurants.
Czech Mob: +420 775 229 120
Irish Mob: +353 87 644 4472
harriet.landseer@gmail.com
Skype: harrietlandseer
She has designed, arranged, accompanied and led tours for museums and heritage associations such as the UK Art Fund, Winterthur Museum Guggenheim Museums in Bilbao & New York, Europa Nostra, Irish Georgian Society, Amis de Versailles, Metropolitan Museum, American Horticultural Society, Irish National Gallery, Art History Abroad, Quercus/National Trust, Smith Alumnae & the US Decorative Arts Trust over the last 25 years.
Harriet works closely with both Specialtours www.specialtours.co.uk (now part of the Ultimate Travel Company) who have been specialists in museum travel for 50+ years and Reality & Beyond www.realityandbeyond.co.uk, run in tandem with Lucy Abel Smith, which features shorter tours, often annually, such as Baroque Opera in Cesky Krumlov (Sept) and Horses & Houses: the Pardubicka Steeplchase (Oct). The Reality & Beyond website has an interactive map with destinations and themes, and is ideal for small groups who want to organise their own thing.
Or please contact directly to tailor-design a tour or update an existing itinerary with special private visits, the best available accommodation (especially in the Czech countryside) and superb restaurants.
Czech Mob: +420 775 229 120
Irish Mob: +353 87 644 4472
harriet.landseer@gmail.com
Skype: harrietlandseer
To see a range of sample tours in the region please email for a PDF brochure.
Recent itineraries designed include ‘Art Nouveau in Prague’, ‘The Evolution of the Landscape Garden in Germany’, ‘Contemporary Art in Prague’ and ‘Chinoiserie in Central Europe’.
Harriet also works closely with those involved in promoting the unique architectural heritage of Bohemia and Moravia. She occasionally translates specialist art-historical texts, and was commissioned by the National Heritage Institute to put their landmark book Castles, Country Houses and Other Monuments into English; it was published in January 2010, and as of 2014 revised guidebook version is out. She supervised the English version of the National Heritage Institute website, and is gradually correcting all the individual castle websites.
Recent itineraries designed include ‘Art Nouveau in Prague’, ‘The Evolution of the Landscape Garden in Germany’, ‘Contemporary Art in Prague’ and ‘Chinoiserie in Central Europe’.
Harriet also works closely with those involved in promoting the unique architectural heritage of Bohemia and Moravia. She occasionally translates specialist art-historical texts, and was commissioned by the National Heritage Institute to put their landmark book Castles, Country Houses and Other Monuments into English; it was published in January 2010, and as of 2014 revised guidebook version is out. She supervised the English version of the National Heritage Institute website, and is gradually correcting all the individual castle websites.
