A small party opened the Pat McInally Winnie-the-Pooh exhibition on Tuesday night, with guests including Pat and Ann Thwaite, the biographer of A. A. Milne, who kindly wrote an introduction for the catalogue. The party was a great way to celebrate of the end of several months cataloguing and planning, and a lovely start to the public exhibition. Ann, Pat, and Pom made short speeches, and Pat signed the limited edition hard-cover catalogues, one hundred of which are available for sale on our website (as is the regular edition of the catalogue). We’d like to thank everyone for coming and share some pictures:

Milne biographer Ann Thwaite speaks on the Milne-Shepard partnership and the significance of the items in the collection.

Pat and Pom reminisce about their first meeting and building the collection.

Pat speaks about the importance of Winnie-the-Pooh in his childhood.

The culinary highlight of the evening.

Pat signs copies of the limited edition catalogue.