The Beatrix Potter Gallery, Saturday, July 26th

The Beatrix Potter Gallery is listed as a two-part visit with the author/illustrator's former home at Hill-Top Farm. Both sites are owned and managed by the National Trust of Britain. I did not go into Hill-Top, as the entry fee seemed a little exorbitant. but I did check out the gallery, which is housed in William Heelis's (Beatrix Potter's husband) former law offices. The Gallery collection is comprised of orginal watercolors and sketches Beatrix Potter composed for her children's books, in addition to first edition copies of her books, and copies of the books in foreign languages and translations. At the end of the colelction proper is a display that gives information about the making of the 2006 film, Miss Potter, with which the locals all seem to be very pleased.