The South West Fed warmly welcomes our members to attend our 94th Annual General Meeting. This year’s meeting will be held at The American Museum in Bath where members will have the opportunity to learn about and visit this unique museum and gardens in Bath. The day also offers the usual opportunities for our members to network and socialise with colleagues and friends from across the South West.

Event Timetable:

• 12-1pm Networking Lunch (bring your own or purchase from the museum café). Tea, coffee & biscuits will be provided.
• 1-2pm South West Fed Annual General Meeting 2024
• 2-2:30pm Talk & Q&A by the American Museum & Gardens
• 2:30-4pm Tour of the American Museum & Gardens
• 4pm Close

View the AGM pack including voting slips here.

About the American Museum & Gardens

The American Museum was created by an Anglo-American partnership between Dr. Dallas Pratt and John Judkyn, and opened to the public in 1961 with the ambition to showcase American decorative arts and dispel stereotypes of American culture.

Set within a Grade 1-listed Georgian manor house on the edge of Bath, the Museum houses fascinating period rooms and a remarkable permanent collection of folk, decorative arts and cultural objects, showing the diverse and complex nature of American traditions, focused primarily on the 14th-20th centuries.

Many decades on, the American Museum remains the only museum outside the United States to showcase the decorative arts of America.

Overlooking the Cotswolds Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, the American Museum & Gardens is located on a hilltop with spectacular views over the Limpley Stoke Valley. Set in 125 acres of rolling green topography, the Grade II-listed gardens feature 2.5 acres of formal garden – one of the best gardens in the South West. The estate includes the New American Garden, which was renovated in 2018 by US garden designers Oehme, van Sweden (OvS), the Mount Vernon Garden, and the Children’s Garden, as well as an arboretum and parkland, and a new woodland walk.

Tickets:
General Admission: £10
Student/Unemployed: £8