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 those in need.

Upcoming Events – USA

Oct. 25th – Annual Meeting of the Members

Oct. 27th – 2nd Ave Subway Artwork Tour

Jan. 18, 2019 – Mid-Winter Reunion at the Winter Antiques Show (Save the date!)

News & Events – UK

Oct. 24th – Giles Waterfield Memorial Lecture: Pet Subjects at the Dulwich Picture Gallery

Nov. 16-17th – Conference ‘Reading the Country House’

Dec. 3rd – Private tour of the recently-opened Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Galleries. Please email rita.grudzien@attinghamtrust.org to reserve.

Call for Papers – ‘Country House Collections: Their Past, Present and Future’ 17th Annual Conference, May 13-15, 2019

2019 Attingham Trust course applications now available!