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}} The American Museum in Britain〔(American Museum in Britain website )〕 is based at Claverton Manor, near Bath, England, in a house, designed by Jeffry Wyatville and built in the 1820s〔(Garden Visit website )〕 on the site of a manor bought by Ralph Allen in 1758, replacing the manor house built by Ralph of Shrewsbury around 1340. It is now a Grade I listed building.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 work=Images of England )〕 The museum was founded by two antique collectors, an American, Dallas Pratt (August 21, 1914 – May 20, 1994)〔(Biographical notes on Dallas Pratt )〕 and a Briton, John Judkyn (1913 – July 27, 1963)〔(Personal recollections of John Judkyn by Dallas Pratt )〕 and opened to the public for the first time on July 1, 1961. The exhibits cover American history in form of period rooms from circa 1690 to 1860. Also a different exhibition is created every year to included more recent American history. Out of the whole collection of around 200, 50 quilts and coverlets are included in the newly refurbished textile room.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.americanmuseum.org/2013/01/textile-room-redisplay/ )〕 In the Shaker room there are several pieces of furniture. In 2013 an exhibition 'Gangsters and Gunslingers' is being held,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Gangsters & Gunslingers at the American Museum )〕 which is a departure from previous policy which observed John Judkyn's guidance that the museum should contain no militaria was a Quaker.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=Claverton Manor (American Museum in Britain) )〕 == Garden == The garden, part of which is preserved from the previous house, is set into the valley of the River Avon and has fine views over the valley and the Kennet and Avon Canal. The American Museum employed Lanning Roper to design a mixed border. There is a Colonial Herb Garden and a Mount Vernon Garden, which is a re-creation of George Washington's garden. The arboretum has a collection of American trees.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「American Museum in Britain」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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