LIFE UPDATE!
We’ve opened our house, gardens and Wildlands for the season and wanted to share an update of how the first month went! Plus, a very cool Mapperton Baseball Cap offer (Julie will be wearing one during this LIVE) and our plans for more restoration work.. because it NEVER ends when you run a Historic House!
The Gilded Age American Heiress Exhibition opened to the public here at Mapperton on the 5th May. However, if you can’t make it in person you can buy a ticket (3 cups of coffee) for a virtual hour long tour with me, and support this ongoing project over at https://www.buymeacoffee.com/juliejmontagu
ROUND-BREAKING AI BRINGS HISTORY TO LIFE – NEW EXHIBITION UNVEILS THE UNTOLD STORY OF A GILDED AGE AMERICAN HEIRESS.
A new exhibition offers a glimpse into the captivating world of Alberta Sturges Montagu, the 9th Countess of Sandwich, and an American Heiress from the renowned era known as The Gilded Age.
Curated by Mapperton’s very own American Viscountess, Julie Montagu, the “American Heiress” collection is comprised of more than 10,000 previously unseen letters exchanged between Alberta (Sturges) Montagu and her family, as well as the peerage at large.
Dating from 1888 to 1951, these letters constitute the largest unpublished private collection of correspondence from the period. They offer a remarkable glimpse into the life of a “dollar bride” during the Gilded Age, shedding light on both triumphs and struggles.
The exhibition takes innovation to the next level by introducing Alberta AI, a ground-breaking creation that brings her story to life like never before.
“With the aid of cutting-edge AI technology, we’ve resurrected Alberta’s voice, allowing her to answer visitors’ burning questions about her remarkable journey,” says Julie Montagu, Viscountess Hinchingbrooke.
🏡 Welcome to Mapperton, Englands’ Finest Manor House! Join us, Luke and Julie, for an enchanting 5-night retreat hosted by us at one of England’s majestic estates. Experience the perfect blend of history and luxury. Discover more on our website: Grand Historic Tours: https://www.grandhistorictours.com
🌟 Join our Community! Thank you for being an integral part of our journey. Enhance your experience by becoming a member of our exclusive Patron community. Enjoy perks like behind-the-scenes content, live Q&As, and special gifts, all while supporting the preservation of our cherished historic estate. Join here: https://patreon.com/mappertonlive
🏛️ Can’t come visit us in person! No problem! How about a Virtual Tour of Mapperton House & Gardens! Explore the beauty of the English countryside through stunning 360-degree imagery, videos, and ambient sounds in our immersive virtual tour. Start your tour at: https://buymeacoffee.com/mapperton
🌍 Explore More with Us! Visit our sister channel: American Viscountess on YouTube (https://youtube.com/americanviscountess) and Julie’s NEW channel: Julie in Italy, Authentic Italy Delivered to your Doorstep on YouTube (https://youtube.com/julieinitaly)
Help support the restoration of our 18th-century Grade II* listed eagles at (https://www.gofundme.com/mappertoneagles).
Shop for the latest Gilded Age American Heiress merchandise at the American Viscountess Shop https://www.americanviscountess.com/shop
📚 Discover Julie’s Best-Selling Books! Did you know Julie is a best-selling author on health and wellbeing? Check out her good for you recipe books and more:
– Superfoods Superfast, 100 Energising Recipes to Make in 20 Minutes or Less: https://www.amazon.com/Superfoods-Superfast-Energizing-Recipes-Minutes/dp/1849497869
– Superfoods, The Flexible Approach to Eating More Superfood: https://www.amazon.com/Superfoods-Flexible-Approach-Eating-More/dp/1849496668
– Eat Real Foods, Simple Rules for Health Happiness and Unstoppable Energy https://www.amazon.com/Eat-Real-Food-Happiness-Unstoppable-ebook/dp/B017DOB1EO
– Recharge: A Year of Self-Care to Focus on You https://www.amazon.com/Recharge-Year-Self-Care-Focus-You/dp/0349418144
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📅 Visit and Contribute to Mapperton! Book your ticket now at https://mapperton.com to explore our Historic House, Award-wnning Gardens and Mapperton Wildlands, England’s Most Spectacular Rewilding Project plus Our new Gilded Age American Heiress exhibition. Plan your visit and contribute here: (https://www.mapperton.com/tickets
We look forward to welcoming you to Mapperton soon! 🤗
Warm regards,
Luke & Julie
Viscount and Viscountess Hinchingbrooke 👑👑
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I say wonky 😆
Love the updates! What exciting projects! I live across the water and 'oround the bend' from you in the SE tip of Ireland! I'd love to drive over to Mapperton! G Ire
PS gorgeous colour on you Julie!
I was wondering if you could make some of your special videos free that we can all enjoy them? I hope you can make a few new foraging videos also? I'm so happy for you both and your family! Congratulations Julie on your new ventures🎉! Luke, great job with rewilding! So happy to see the beautiful eagles back!!!!❤🎉Julie, I agree with you regarding temperature! I married a Canadian and I'm always cold, too! ❤I hope John and Caroline are doing well!!!! Hugs to all of you! So happy to see the Alberta exhibition!
Loving that room you are in!
Yes! I grew up on a cattle ranch in montana. The land gives us so much. It's so good to see someone giving back to it. 💞 Hopefully get more folks interested in doing the same.
Yes, I have seen Hello Magazine here in the US.
I like the idea of a "ask the audience" lifeline for quiz night.
From Eureka town on the northern california coast.
I love Luke and Julie…Relationship Goals :)!
I wish you would have let Luke “kick off.” He seemed to want to and I haven’t seen him taking initiative a lot, but maybe I see why. 😉.
How fun to do an online pub quiz!!
Love the gray and red hat!
Yes I’d be up for the pub quiz night. Already do weekly Guardian quiz averaging about 30% and NYT’s where I do better. Perhaps if you started at about 2PM your time here in NA we’d be able to attend at 10PM?
(what you did in your garden yesterday Dug)
Salem,Oregon…the beautiful Pacific North West…🌲🌲🌲🐾🌦️🌦️Home of cottage Vineyards, breweries, and perennial grown plants…
For a rewilding channel, have this West Dorset group do it on the group, all the participants, what everyone is doing with this wonderful grant. Of course, keep us up to date on Nestor's tortoise, Woody + Twiggy, piggies, ponies, and such on Mapperton.
Id love to see a map or drone tour of the estate. It would make it easier to visualize how it all firs together. PS. Id love to see the gardens in an episode again
I'm in Kettle Falls Washington USA
Hi. I love this YouTube channel and the American Viscountess channel and the Julie in Italy channel as well and I would be very interested in a wildlands channel too.
Would love a rewilding channel
Yes, for rewilding updates!
You both look great in the ball caps 👍😁
I say wonky ALL the time! 😂. And I am an American living in Montana. 🤠
I bet your pigs would love a scratching post. 🐖
As an American, it’s hilarious to me that the British don’t want to drive an hour for a day trip! We’ve regularly driven day trips that are 3 hours one way. People in my area in commute 2.5 hours one way to jobs in DC. It’s just what you do. All that said, I’d totally drive an hour to visit Mapperton were I fortunate enough to live in an hour’s proximity especially for the opportunity to meet its lovely caretakers.
Wonky is very commonly used in US now – off-balance, out of sync, warped, etc. Crooked used much more now for crooks' doings, as in "he's so crooked he can't even think straight." Things are no longer crooked, people are.
Hi from Scottsville, KY😊
A dedicated rewilding channel? Yes, please!
Enjoy your videos!! From USA.. New Hampshire ..I would love to be a patron but I'm on a fixed income and barely getting by!! Thank you!😊
Hello from Green Bay Wisconsin
Morning, from Victoria BC
Moline, Illinois outside of Chicago a couple hours or so. Love watching your channel, I recently stumbled across your channel. We are huge aristocratic fans. We love researching family history.
Hello from Singapore! Really enjoy your videos too! please produce more Mapperton merch! like tote bags, socks, polo tees!! 🙂 big fan!
Sound people, please adjust the levels. Julie's mic is so loud!!! It's impossible to hear Luke. I cannot endure this video. Signing off. Sorry. cgzone8
Cambodia
There is Hello Canada magazine….
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Just an idea but what if you did used Kahoot to do the pup quiz??
Tuning in from Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada. Didn't make the live chat, unfortunately, was still at my daughter's house in Enderby, British Columbia, visiting with my daughter and Grandchildren!