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Claverton Manor urgently requires roof repairs

Part of the American Folk Art Gallery GOOD MANORS Claverton Manor, which houses the American Museum, receives a lifeline grant Claverton Manor is set to receive a lifeline grant towards essential restoration from the Historic Houses Foundation, with the work due to start early next year.

The Regency mansion is home to the only American Museum of Decorative and Folk Art outside the United States and urgently needs repairs to the roof to prevent further damage to the museum’s interiors and its special exhibitions, which at the moment is Night & Day: 1930s Fashion and Photographs.

Museum director Richard Wendorf says, “This funding is part of the government’s Cultural Recovery Fund in collaboration with Historic England. This will not only help us to preserve our distinctive Grade I listed building, set in unique gardens and parkland in an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, but will also protect our unique museum collection from damage caused by the elements.

“We are immensely grateful to the Foundation for helping us to preserve our unique building and institution for future generations to enjoy. This project will make a signifi cant contribution to our organisational sustainability and protect jobs in the culture and heritage sector at this unprecedented, critical time.” For more: www.americanmuseum.org

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