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Co-Sponsors

Local co-sponsoring organizations play an important role in helping Royal Oak expand its prestigious lecture series to new locations and to new audiences. The upper part of this page has links to the web sites of our co-sponsors. The lower part of this page gives the specific breakdown of each lecture's co-sponsors, by city.

We are pleased to offer Royal Oak member pricing to members of co-sponsoring organizations. When registering, select the co-sponsor pricing link and then enter the name of your co-sponsoring group in the ORDERING INSTRUCTIONS section of the shopping cart.

Co-sponsoring Organizations Spring 2012 Season

Alumni Association of the Victorian Society Summer Schools

The American Friends of The Attingham Summer School
•  The American Friends of The Attingham Summer School Delaware Valley Chapter

Atlanta Decorative Arts Center
Boston Athenaeum
The British Society
Castle Hill on the Crane Estate
The Decorative Arts Trust (Philadelphia)
Decorative Arts and Design Council of LACMA
Decorative Arts Trust of the Memphis Brooks Museum of Art

The English-Speaking Union
•  Chicago Chapter
•  Philadelphia Chapter
•  New Orleans Chapter
•  San Francisco Chapter
•  Washington DC Chapter

Filoli
FREEMAN'S
Holland & Company

Institute for Classical Architecture & Classical America
•  Philadelphia Chapter
•  New York City Branch

J. Paul Getty Museum
National Trust for Historic Preservation
The Newberry Library
Morris Arboretum of the University of Pennsylvania
Oscar Isberian Rugs
Pennsylvania Horticultural Society
San Francisco Fall Antiques Show
Sir John Soane's Museum Foundation
Spalding Nix Fine Art & Antiques
St. George's Society
The Union League of Philadelphia
UCLA Center for Seventeenth- and Eighteenth-Century Studies
UCLA William Andrews Clark Memorial Library
The Victorian Society Summer Schools
Washington Decorative Arts Forum
Yale Center for British Art


Spring 2012 Co-Sponsor Specifics (by city)


ATLANTA CO-SPONSORS
  • Tuesday, February 21 "Knole":
       Holland & Company    Culture Club    Spalding Nix Fine Art & Antiques, LLC    Atlanta Decorative Arts Center    American Friends of Attingham

BOSTON CO-SPONSORS
  • Wednesday, April 4 "That Woman":
       Boston Athenaeum
  • Monday, April 16 "Resurrecting Country House":
       Castle Hill on the Crane Estate, The Trustees of Reservations
  • Tuesday, April 17 "Resurrecting Country House":
       FREEMAN’S

CHICAGO CO-SPONSORS
  • Tuesday, April 3 "That Woman":
       The English Speaking Union, Chicago Branch     American Friends of Attingham    Oscar Isberian Rugs
  • Thursday, May 17 "Country House Library":
       The Newberry Library    Sir John Soane’s Museum Foundation    American Friends of Attingham

LOS ANGELES CO-SPONSORS
  • Thursday, April 19 "Resurrecting Country House":
       J. Paul Getty Museum    American Friends of Attingham
  • Monday, May 7 "Country House Library":
       The Decorative Arts and Design Council of the LACMA    Sir John Soane’s Museum Foundation    American Friends of Attingham    UCLA Center for Seventeenth- and Eighteenth-Century Studies    UCLA William Andrews Clark Memorial Library

MEMPHIS CO-SPONSORS
  • Saturday, March 31 "That Woman":
       Decorative Arts Trust of the Memphis Brooks Museum of Art

NEW ORLEANS CO-SPONSORS
  • Monday, March 26 "That Woman":
       The English Speaking Union, New Orleans Branch    American Friends of Attingham

NEW YORK CITY CO-SPONSORS
  • Wednesday, January 25 "Blenheim":
       The Victorian Society Summer Schools    Alumni Association of the Victorian Society Summer Schools
  • Tuesday, February 28 "Glorious Goodwood":
       Yale Center for British Art    American Friends of Attingham
  • Thursday, March 8 "Gertrude Jekyll":
       Institute of Classical Architecture & Art
  • Monday March 19 "Victoria’s Diamond Jubilee":
       Sir John Soane’s Museum Foundation
  • Thursday March 29 "That Woman":
       American Friends of Attingham
  • Tuesday, May 1 "Westminster Abbey":
       St. George’s Society    American Friends of Attingham
  • Wednesday, May 16 "Country House Library":
       Sir John Soane’s Museum Foundation    American Friends of Attingham

PHILADELPHIA CO-SPONSORS
ALL LECTURES:
  • Library Committee, The Union League of Philadelphia    FREEMAN’S    ICAA    Philadelphia Chapter    Sir John Soane’s Museum Foundation    Delaware Valley Chapter of American Friends of Attingham    The Pennsylvania Horticultural Society    Morris Arboretum of the University of Pennsylvania    The Decorative Arts Trust    The English-Speaking Union, Philadelphia Chapter

SAN FRANCISCO & WOODSIDE CO-SPONSORS
  • Thursday, March 8 "Speed, Style":
       Filoli
  • Tuesday, May 8 "Country House Library":
    The San Francisco Fall Antiques Show    English-Speaking Union, San Francisco Chapter    Sir John Soane’s Museum Foundation    American Friends of Attingham

WASHINGTON DC CO-SPONSORS
ALL LECTURES:
  • National Trust for Historic Preservation    ICAA, Washington DC Chapter    English-Speaking Union, Washington DC Branch    Washington Decorative Arts Forum    American Friends of Attingham