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American Museum and Gardens

Address: Warminster Rd. (A36), Claverton Down, 2½ mi southeast of Bath, Bath
Phone: 01225/460503
www.americanmuseum.org

Category: Museums/Galleries
Location: Bath

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Fodor's Review:

A Greek-revival (19th-century) mansion in a majestic setting on a hill southeast of the city holds the first museum of American decorative arts to be established outside the United States. Some galleries are furnished rooms (bedrooms, parlors, and a morning room), and others contain objects—in silver, pewter, and glass, for example—dating from the 17th to 19th centuries. Several rooms are devoted to folk art, Native American culture, and quilts. The parkland includes a reproduction of George Washington's garden at Mount Vernon.

Cost: Museum, special exhibitions, and grounds £6.50; special exhibitions and grounds £4
Open: Museum: late Mar.-July, Sept., and Oct., Tues.-Sun. and national holidays noon-5; Aug., daily noon-5; late Nov.-mid-Dec., Tues.-Sun. and national holidays noon-4:30

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