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.

SPRING & SUMMER EVENTS 

• Lecture and reception featuring Attingham Trust Director Emerita Annabel Westman, FSA, MBE, at the HALL Arts Hotel in Dallas, TX | Wednesday, April 29, 6:00 – 8:00 p.m. | More information here (link forthcoming) | Tickets are $40 (link forthcoming). 

• Lunch & Reminiscences with AFA Past President Beth Carver Wees ’81, RCS ’04 and Attingham Trust Director Emerita Annabel Westman, FSA, MBE, at the Casino Club in Chicago, IL | Tuesday, May 5, 11:30 a.m. – 1:30 p.m. | More information here. | Secure your $130 place here, which includes of a donation to the AFS Scholarship Fund. 

• Walking Tour of Harlem with local alumni, New York, NY | Sunday, May 31, 1:00 – 3:00 p.m. | More details coming soon! 

• Annual Welcome Reception in honor of the Class of 2026 and scholarship patrons, at the Upper East Side gallery of Attingham alumnus Ralph Harvard ’85, featuring special guest Attingham Trust Executive Director Helen Jacobsen, DPhil, FSA, in New York, NY | Sunday, May 31, 3:00 – 5:00 p.m. | More details coming soon! 

• Tracey L. Albainy Memorial Lecture at the Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA | Friday, June 5, 5:00 p.m. | More details coming soon! 

• Philadelphia Study Day | Saturday, June 6, 10:00 – 4:00 p.m. | More details coming soon! 

2026 STUDY TRIP 

• 2026 Study Trip to Dallas – Fort Worth, Texas | Thursday, April 30 to Sunday, May 3 | Registration is $1,800, including a $300 charitable donation. $400 deposit | More information here | Registration closing soon, deadline March 30, 2026. | Scholarship application deadline is March 30, 2026. 

SAVE THE DATE

• Study Day in Oyster Bay, hosted by Attingham alumna at Planting Fields including Dr. Gina Wouters, Executive Director, and Marie Penny  ’25, Archivist, followed by lunch nearby | Saturday, September 26, 2026 | More details coming soon! | Secure your $100 place here (link forthcoming). 

• Fall Benefit Lecture by alumna Dr. Juliet Carey ’99, Senior Curator of Paintings at the Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge, at the Explorers Club, New York, NY | Thursday, October 22, 6:00 – 8:00 p.m. Doors open 5:30 | Tickets start at $135 for General Admission | More details coming soon! 

• Annual Meeting in New York, NY | Friday, October 23, 6:00 – 8:00 p.m. | More details coming soon!

2026 COURSE DETAILS BELOW