Stories

My name is Wolf Burchard and I joined the Trust about six weeks ago to help with the Furniture Research Project, which is co-funded by the Royal Oak Foundation and the Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art. My job is twofold: I assist Christopher Rowell, the Trust’s National Specialist on Furniture, with the research for his forthcoming book Furniture in National Trust Houses to be published with Yale University Press. While doing so, I am also helping the Head of Collection Management Philip Claris and his team with the updating of the Trust’s newly launched online catalogue with regards to around 57,000 pieces of furniture.

Learn the story behind The Earl of Shaftesbury and St. Giles House, before he lectures for Royal Oak.

This September, Royal Oak Board members visited Yorkshire on a tour of National Trust properties. After glowing reviews of the trip, we decided to post our itinerary here - use it to plan your own visit to "God's Own Country."

The National Trust’s Curator of Furniture on the importance of Royal Oak’s support and the exciting new opportunities presented by our 2015 National Trust Appeal.

One Anglophile's journey home, through the Royal Oak Foundation's Legacy Circle. Pictured above: Ellen (Nell) Whiting with HRH Prince Edward at a Royal Oak event.

Judith Flanders kicks off our 2015 Drue Heinz lecture season this week, and we here at Royal Oak couldn't be more excited. Not only is Flanders' lecture, on Charles Dickens' London, a captivating look at an unprecedented period of industrial growth, but it brings with it the promise of more fascinating lectures across the country in the weeks to come. This fall season is packed to the brim with lectures and events, as we host 42 lectures and private events over the course of 10 weeks. We hope to see you at a lecture, as we'll be traveling from Atlanta to San Francisco and everywhere in between in the months to come!