The Director of the American Museum has announced that the historic building and their permanent collection will be opening once again following a substantial flood earlier this year.
After the leak in the main Museum building in March of this year, and the subsequent assessment by specialists, the team are now in a position to re-open the manor house and the permanent collection from Saturday 5th May, 2018.
Work still needs to be undertaken in some of the affected rooms, so a few areas will still not be accessible to visitors.
Due to the leak, the museum will be unable to re-open Conkey’s Tavern, Greek Revival, and the New Orleans Bedroom, because further essential repair and maintenance work needs to be undertaken in these spaces.
There is also some disruption to the usual display in the Lee Room, but visitors will be able to see at first-hand the work the team has undertaken to protect and care for the unique objects in the collection affected by the water.
In a statement, Dr. Richard Wendorf, Director at the American Museum, said: “We’d like to thank you again for your patience whilst the permanent collection was closed and also during the transformational work underway in our Gardens.”
In addition to the permanent collection, visitors can still experience the WWI centenary exhibition, Side by Side: America and World War I which commemorates a hundred years since America’s first major military land involvement in the Great War.
They can also see the 1718 patchwork coverlet, which is on loan from the Quilters Guild of the British Isles, until the end of July.
