Victoria Avery

Dr Victoria Avery is a Senior Lecturer and faculty member in the Department of History of Art at the University of Cambridge. She serves as Director of Studies at St Catherine’s College and Keeper of Applied Arts at the Fitzwilliam Museum, contributing to teaching, research, and curatorial leadership.

• Director of Studies, St Catherine’s College
• Keeper of Applied Arts, Fitzwilliam Museum

Her research spans art history, classical architecture, museum studies, and visual culture, with a focus on interdisciplinary approaches to applied arts and historical aesthetics. She actively participates in the department’s research centers and seminar series, including the Ax:son Johnson Centre for the Study of Classical Architecture.

Notable honors include her election as Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries (FSA). Her work intersects with the Cambridge Visual Culture Seminar Series and global art research initiatives.