The American Friends of Attingham supports the work of The Attingham Trust, a British educational charitable trust, that organizes specialized residential courses to study British country houses, their collections and settings, and the history and contents of British royal palaces. The American Friends of Attingham is a 501(c)(3) educational organization that assists the Trust by recruiting and processing applications from candidates living in the United States, and raising scholarship funds for qualifying applicants.

FALL EVENTS

• Annual Meeting of the Members at The Met in New York City, featuring a farewell tour (5:00 p.m.) of the closing exhibition Collecting Inspiration: Edward C. Moore at Tiffany & Co. by Curator Medill Harvey, followed by a reception (6:30 p.m.) at the gallery of alumna Michele Beiny Inc.  | Friday, October 18, 2024 at 5pm | Register for the tour here. | Vote by proxy here. | Further details about the meeting here. 
• Tour and Reception at Edgewater preserved by the Richard Hampton Jenrette Foundation (previously, the Classical American Homes Preservation Trust) in Barrytown, Dutchess County, New York | Tuesday, October 22, 2024 | Register for the tour here. | More program details here. 

BENEFIT LECTURE 

• Troy Scott Smith, Head Gardener of Sissinghurst Castle, at the Explorers Club in New York City | Friday, November 8, beginning at 6:00 pm (doors open at 5:30 pm) | Tickets on sale here. | More program details here.
  

   

UPCOMING IN 2025 

• Mid-Winter Reunion in New York City at The Winter Show, Park Avenue Armory | Friday, January 2024, 6:00 – 8:00 pm 
• Explore Oak Spring Garden Foundation featuring expert tours of the rare book collection and horticultural sanctuary at the former home of Rachel Lambert “Bunny” Mellon in Upperville, Fauquier County, Virginia | Thursday, May 29, 2025, 
• Study Trip 2025 to Buffalo | June 5-8, 2025
• Tracey Albainy Memorial Lecture | summer 2025
• Virtual Panel, “The Challenges and Benefits of Contemporary Art in Historic Spaces” | summer 2025
  

   

2024 COURSES