May 2026 The Norfolk Society of Arts concluded its 2025–2026 season with a memorable Annual Meeting, Special Lecture, and Spring Benefit Luncheon at The Chrysler Museum of Art—an afternoon celebrating art, history, and community. Guests gathered in the Kaufman Theater for a captivating lecture by best-selling author and award-winning journalist Meryl Gordon. In her presentation, “The Woman Who Knew Everyone: The Power of Perle Mesta, Washington’s Most Famous Hostess,” Gordon

Free Lecture with Author Mary Gabriel – February 22

We are delighted to begin our 107th year with the exciting announcement of our first distribution from the NSA Conservation Endowment...

Our recent fundraiser luncheon at The Chrysler Museum of Art was a resounding success, leaving us with cherished memories of a wonderful...

Last Fall, PBS NOVA aired a documentary on the rebuilding of Notre Dame Cathedral that will be the subject of our Spring Luncheon lecture...

Join us Monday, May 1, 2023 for our Annual Spring Benefit Luncheon following our speaker, Robert Kunzig, former Executive Editor,...

Enjoy images from our 2022-2023 season.

Mr. Walter P. Chrysler, Jr. with two Abstract Expressionist artworks he donated to the Chrysler Museum of Art- Franz Kline’s “Zinc Yellow” o