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 

• Walking Tour of Harlem with preservation specialist, author and collector Michael H. Adams ’85, of New York, NY | Sunday, May 31, 1:00 – 3:00 p.m. | More details coming soon! | Register by May 27 here. 

• Annual Welcome Reception in honor of the Class of 2026 and scholarship patrons, at the Upper East Side gallery of Attingham alumnus Ralph Harvard ’86, 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 information here. | RSVP by May 27 here. 

• Tracey L. Albainy Memorial Lecture at the Philadelphia Museum of Art, delivered by Dr. Amy Ogata, Professor of Art History, USC Dornsife, 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! 

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