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2011 Book Fair
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102 The Plains Road
Middleburg, Virginia 20118-1335
Telephone: (540) 687-6542
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Middleburg, Virginia 20118-1335
Telephone: (540) 687-6542
Fax: (540) 687-8540
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The National Sporting Library and Museum holds special events such as an annual Duplicate Book Sale in the fall, a Book Fair during Hunt Country Stable Tour weekend, a Gala celebration of the new Museum, an historic carriage pageant, the NSL/Chronicle Cup Timber Stakes Trophy award and a Polo match.
One of the benefits of membership is the opportunity to participate in special events such as the December celebration of the exhibit "In the Blacksmith Shop" featuring special guest Graham Motion, trainer of Kentucky Derby winner Animal Kingdom. For more information about membership, contact Diana Kingsbury-Smith.
Celebration Gala
Over 400 people gathered to celebrate the opening of the National Sporting Library and Museum’s new Sporting Art Museum on Saturday, October 8th. The Gala was held on the grounds of the NSLM campus in Middleburg, Virginia, the heart of Hunt Country. Beauty, glamour and brilliance were found everywhere – from the dynamic drama of the gala tent filled with radiant guests to the quiet power of art gracing the walls of the elegant museum building. Gala. Washington Post, New York/Washington DC Social Diary, Roaming the Planet, Apollo Magazine, Middleburg Eccentric
Inaugural Exhbition
Special events surrounding the October 7-9, 2011 celebration of the opening of the new Museum included a presentation of historic carriages at the Upperville Colt and Horse Show Grounds at 10:00 a.m., Saturday, a Gala Saturday night and the inaugural exhibit Afield in America: 400 Years of Animal and Sporting Art, 1585-1985.
Book Fair
The NSLM holds a much-anticipated annual Duplicate Book Sale which raises money for the Book Acquisition fund. A new venture, the Book Fair, held during Hunt Country Stable Tour Weekend, featured five authors who spoke and signed books: Tim Rice, Broke in a Tangle: Legends and Losers, A Lifetime of Turf Memories; Bill Woods, Dressage Unscrambled; Rita Mae Brown, Hounded to Death; Norman Fine, Foxhunting Adventures: Chasing the Story; and Leeanne Ladin, Secretariat’s Meadow: The Land, the Family and the Legend. The Fair drew a capacity crowd. Read more.