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.
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.
