Collection, American Museum in Britain
| Collection Name | Collection | |||||||||
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| Institution Name | American Museum in Britain | |||||||||
| Museum Type | History and Culture | |||||||||
| Strengths | Art, History | |||||||||
| Topics Covered | New World, Shaker, Greek Revival, Quilts, Native American Artefacts, Folk Art, Crafts, Pewter Work, | |||||||||
| Curator | Email Address | |||||||||
| Address | The American Museum Claverton Manor Bath, BA2 7BD United Kingdom |
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| Location | Bath | |||||||||
| Telephone No. | 01225 460503 | Fax No. | 01225 469160 | |||||||
| Email Address | info@americanmuseum.org | |||||||||
| Web Page | http://www.americanmuseum.org | |||||||||
| Era | 1540's-1860 | |||||||||
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| Catalogue | Availability | Restricted opening hours. | ||||||||
| Collection offers | Online collection | no | Seminars/ Talks |
no | Photographs | yes | Manuscripts | yes | ||
| Ephemera |
yes |
Newspapers | Paintings | yes | E-Resources | no | ||||
| Sculpture | no | Textiles | yes | Weapons | no | Prints | yes | |||
| Crafts | yes | Ceramics | yes | Audio | no | Film | no | Microfilm yes | ||
| Other Information | The museum has a Mount Vernon Garden Replica; Colonial Herb Garden; Conestoga wagon; American Indian tipi and Quilts, and includes 'Manuscripts from the American Museum in Britain ... 1650-1903' on microfilm (British Records Relating to America in Microform). | |||||||||
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| Collection Description | "The museum is a spectacular series of diverse and authentically furnished rooms, tracing the American way of life from Colonial times to the mid 19th century… Rooms showing how the Shakers lived,a stenciled bedroom,an elegant Greek Revival dining room,Native American artefacts and the finest collection of American quilts outside America are particularly popular. Other galleries are devoted to Folk Art and outstanding American craftsmanship in pewter,textiles,silver and glass. The new exhibition for 2003 is Kaffe Fassett's 'Quilt Bonanza' devoted to the art,craft and fashion for quilts and quilting." (The American Museum Website) |
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| Museum Collections with the same strengths |
Art History |
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| Museum Collections at the same location |
Collection The First Americans, Mapping The New World, John James Audubon, E. Mcknight Kauffer, An American Menagerie John Judkyn Memorial (Bath) |
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