Summer Kickoff Party
In celebrating our fall gala, it has become tradition that AFB welcomes new members at a summer cocktail party.
Q&A with Miles Morgan & Christine Nelson at the Webster Library
Join us on Monday, March 25th, 2019 at the Webster Library on 1465 York Avenue, NY for a Q&A with Miles Morgan and Christine Nelson.
Dîner en Blanc - Support AFB Arts Fellowship Program at the Fritz Gallery
The American Friends of Blérancourt (AFB) has the pleasure to invite you to a dinner party to support its Arts Fellowship Program with the Franco-American Museum, Château de Blérancourt, and to celebrate all of AFB’s 2019 educational programs. We are honored to host our Dîner en Blanc at the Fritz Gallery with a private preview of its next opening exhibition.
Wednesday, February 20, 2019 at the Fritz Gallery
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ANNUAL GALA DINNER 2018
Join us for our elegant Annual Gala at the Colony Club in New York City on November 9, 2018 and enjoy a weekend in New York with friends and fellow Francophiles!
AFB presents "L'autre Chemin des Dames" at the Embassy of France
We are very honored to be invited to present “L’autre Chemin des Dames” (Anne Morgan’s War) at the Embassy of France to the United States in Washington, D.C. on November 7, 2018, as part of the Centennial commemoration of the end of WWI.
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Idyllic Italy Tour on Florence and Tuscany
AFB and Argosy Travel invite you to join us in Florence and Tuscany this Fall!
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A day of Lectures and Music
Join us for a day of lectures from renowned historians and professors. Talks will be given on diversity in the U.S. armed forces and one of the Museum’s curators will discuss the American women volunteers, followed by apéritifs and performances by French and American high school students.
If you are in France, come join us at the the Franco-American Museum, Château de Blérancourt!
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A day of Film and Documentaries
Join us for a day of film and documentaries at the Franco-American Museum at the Château de Blérancourt located approximately 75 miles northeast of Paris and 1 ½ hours by car or by train and taxi.
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Evening Party at The Breakers Beach Club, Palm Beach
Palm Beach Evening Party
The American Friends of Blérancourt have the pleasure to invite you for an evening party to present a new Arts Scholarship Program with the Franco-American Award of Blérancourt.
Date:
Tuesday, February 27, 2018
Cocktails at 7:00 pm, Dinner at 8:00 pm
Location:
The Breakers Beach Club
1 S County Road, Palm Beach, FL 33480
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ANNUAL GALA DINNER 2017
Thank you for joining us as we celebrated a new era for the Franco-American Museum at Blérancourt at our Annual Gala Dinner at the Colony Club in New York City on Friday, November 10, 2017.
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Grand Re-Opening of the Franco-American Museum at Blérancourt
On June 24, 2017 the Franco-American Museum, Château de Blérancourt reopened to the public after more than 10 years of construction, renovation and expansion.
Picardy Châteaux - Prestige Tour 2017
For its annual Prestige Tour, this year AFB organized a tour of nine rarely seen châteaux in Picardy, not far from the Franco-American Museum.
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Kick-off Dinner: Museum Re-Opening / WWI Centennial Commemoration
The American Friends of Blérancourt cordially invite you to a Kick-off Celebration of the re-opening of the Franco-American Museum Château de Blérancourt and a Commemoration of the centennial of the U.S. entry into World War I, on Monday, April 3 at Sant Ambroeus, Palm Beach, Florida.
The Museum's Reopening
After years of construction, rebuilding and expansion, our beloved Museum will finally reopen in 2017. Details will be forthcoming in the weeks to come.
ANNUAL GALA DINNER 2016
Honoring AFS Intercultural Programs (originally known as the American Field Service)
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Discover the Exceptional Work & Life of Anne Morgan
Lecture and book signing by author Alan Govenar on the new book “Anne Morgan: Photography, Philanthropy & Advocacy”
The book signing (12:00 pm - 1:00 pm) is followed by a luncheon at the Colony Club (1:00 pm - 2:00 pm)
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PRE-GALA EVENTS 2016 – Visit to the Met Breuer Museum
Special guided visit to the “Diane Arbus – In the Beginning” exhibition
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AFB GOES TO CUBA
AFB 's next trip will be a special one: an insider's trip to Cuba from March 8-14th, 2016, before Cuba fully opens to mass tourism. The lucky travelers will be visiting historic mansions, the famous Tropicana Club, artists' private studios, world-famous cigar shops, several renowned national museums, dance companies, the Xanadu Mansion, an architectural tour of Old Havana and much more.
There are a few remaining places. If you are interested, please let us know right away so we can submit the required documents for a visa and reserve a hotel room for you in time.
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Palm Beach Gala Dinner
The lovely Terrace of the Wally Findlay Galleries in Palm Beach was the site of American Friends of Blérancourt's sold-out Gala dinner of 120 people on March 7th, 2016 thanks to the generosity of James Borynack. It featured the floral paintings of French artist Isabelle de Ganay, plus a slide show of Anne Morgan's photos of Blérancourt during the First World War and AFB's seasonal gardens. Guests included members of several royal families, other Palm Beach icons, AFB Board members and friends, as well as Miami's French Consul General Philippe Létrillart and his wife.
Author talk and book signing: Anne Morgan: Photography, Philanthropy & Advocacy
Alan Govenar, author and documentary filmmaker will discuss his book Anne Morgan: Photography, Philanthropy & Advocacy, co-authored with Mary Niles Maack which has just been published in January 2016.
February 11th, 6:30pm
ANNUAL GALA DINNER 2015
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American Friends of Blérancourt’s Annual Gala Dinner
We will officially celebrate our 30th Anniversary and honor Founder didi d’Anglejan and President Eugénie Anglès.
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PRE-GALA EVENTS 2015 – Whitney Museum Visit
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Special guided visit to the recently-opened Whitney Museum.
The Whitney focuses on 20th and 21st century art
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PRE-GALA EVENTS 2015 – Cocktail party hosted by French Consul General Bertrand Lortholary
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The French Consul General is hosting this event in honor of AFB’s 30th Anniversary.
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PRE-GALA EVENTS 2015 – Visit to the Frick Collection
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The Frick Collection is an art museum located in the Henry Clay Frick House on the Upper East Side in Manhattan. It houses the collection of industrialist Henry Clay Frick (1849–1919).
PRESTIGE TOUR IN PARIS & ENVIRONS
This year’s Prestige Tour will take people into the homes/châteaux of the families of exceptional Frenchmen who helped us win our War of Independence.
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30th ANNIVERSARY DINNER AT THE FRENCH AMBASSADOR’S RÉSIDENCE, DC
French Ambassador Gérard Araud invited AFB’s major donors and Board members to celebrate its 30th Anniversary at an elegant dinner at his private Residence in Washington, DC.