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Art, Breaking News, Collections, Donors

The museum and exhibits at Drayton Hall have welcomed the summer with new and exciting pieces to see in the Stephen F. and Laura D. Gates Gallery. We are now…

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African American history, Friends of Drayton Hall, General

On April 27, 2019 Chef Kevin Mitchell – chef and scholar of Southern foodways – came to Drayton Hall to teach through cooking and discussion on the lives and work…

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Collections, Preservation, Sarah Stroud Clarke

The Drayton Pier Table pre-conservation. Images courtesy and copyright National trust for Historic Preservation. Opening the Gates Gallery at Drayton Hall provided the opportunity to conserve many objects in the…

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Drayton Hall member benefits
Breaking News, Friends of Drayton Hall, Interiors, Membership

    An exciting new Interiors  Magazine by Drayton Hall – a favorite benefit for the members of Friends of Drayton Hall –  has been sent and will be in…

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Distinguished Speakers Series, Eric Becker, Landscape

Mark Laird, Associate Professor at the University of Toronto’s John H. Daniels Faculty of Architecture and historic landscape consultant, will present:  Allées and Theatrical Arrangements in English Gardens, 1740-1840: Painshill,…

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Plantation gardens of Chalreston LEnhardt Garden at Drayton Hall
Eric Becker, Landscape, Lenhardt Garden at Drayton Hall, Sally Reahard Visitor Center

Nearly one year ago the Sally Reahard Visitors Center opened at Drayton Hall along with the Lenhardt Garden which, on its first anniversary, presents a good time to reflect on…

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