Enfilade

From the Editor

My trip to the Netherlands was even better than I had hoped. The HNA Conference was outstanding, and the Attingham Program for the Study of Dutch Historic Houses exceeded my highest expectations (which is saying a lot). Over the course of nine days, the thirty-one participants visited some 26 houses: canal houses in Amsterdam, hofjes (almshouses) in Amsterdam and Haarlem, country houses in the provinces of Utrecht, Gelderland, and Overijssel, and even a few royal residences. While some of the houses are privately owned and only rarely open to visitors, many are accessible to the public, including the following:

• Geelvinck Hinlopen Huis in Amsterdam
  

  Slot Zuylen on the River Vecht, Utrecht Province. The Enlightenment author Isabelle de Charrière, known in the Netherlands as Belle van Zuylen, was born here in 1740.

• Museum Willet-Holthuysen in Amsterdam
• Museum Van Loon in Amsterdam
• Working windmill at Loenen, ‘De Hoop’
• Slot Zuylen on the River Vecht
• The Teylers Museum in Haarlem
• St Hubertus Hunting Lodge
• Rosendael
• Paleis Het Loo

Many thanks to Annabel Westman and Jo Ballingal for leading the trip, to the Attingham Trust generally for its commitment to historic houses, and to the American Friends of Attingham for funding (I’m especially grateful to Dick Button whose financial support made the trip possible for me).

As terrific as the trip was, I know I’m not the only one doing exciting things this summer. Please don’t be shy or modest: fellow HECAA members would enjoy hearing what you’ve been up to!               -Craig Hanson