American Museum & Gardens

The gardens and the setting are spectacular, especially the New American Garden. The gardens offer color and interest and are beautifully maintained. It’s a wonderful place to spend a morning or afternoon. The staff at the entrance/ticket booth are very welcoming and helpful. As an American, I found the collection in the house to be a bit odd and outdated, but kudos to the founders for offering the opportunity to visit and soak in the beauty of this wonderful spot and to the current team for reimagining the possibilities of the landscape. Definitely worth visiting.

A fascinating place, especially the basement which has history of the indigenous American people. My husband enjoyed the Space museum too. The volunteers are friendly and informative. There is a lift and the top of the beautiful gardens are accessible by wheelchair.

A lovely museum with fabulous gardens and walks around the grounds. We enjoyed the space exhibition and having a picnic in front of the house over looking stunning views. The staff/volunteers were very friendly and knowledgeable, we learnt a lots about the different periods of American history and loved the quilt room! A great day out!

We had a great time at the American Museum. There's something for everyone, with a great variety of artefacts on show, from folk art, to reconstructed interiors through the ages. The staff were consistently friendly, helpful and informative. We were pleasantly surprised by the delightful gardens, which we weren't expecting, but really added to our visit. The museum was easily reached from the City centre by bus (alight at The Avenue stop). Whilst not particularly well signposted, the museum was reached by a short 10-15 minute walk along a path next to the road.

We went to the American Museum and gardens to see primarily the quilts. The delight is that the whole place is a wonderful place to visit. The museum was very good with some beautiful people and a lovely attention to detail. The room stewards were friendly and helpful. The New American Garden is a delight and very inspiring, plus with the terrace a great place to relax on a hot and sunny day. We enjoyed our lunch from the cafe, and I popped round to the children's playground to see the wagon. It's definitely worth popping round to see. If we'd had our grandchildren with us, they would have loved the playground and for parents or grandparents supervising there a few playground with such a view. If we lived more locally, we would definitely get an annual ticket, but it's a bit far from deepest East Sussex.

Before visiting, I didn't quite see the allure of simply a museum. I was mistaken from the moment that I regarded the American Museum as just another museum. Although the cafe is just fine, it's completely overshadowed by the picturesque estate and gardens. Upon entering the museum, I suddenly feel the tinge of root beer in my veins- more American- not just because of the impeccable atmosphere of some of the recreations but because I yearn to sail off to new land, assert my colonial dominance through completely ethical means with 100% no ethnic cleansing and build millions of American Museums and Gardens, which will certainly 'civilise' the land. Thank you for creating this beautiful sanctuary.

Really enjoyable place, beautiful gardens and well thought out museum. I think the efforts to highlight the underrepresented and erased history of America is really important and well executed. Particularly loved the map exhibition.

Amazing place. I love the guides inside the museum. He explained a lot of interest facts to us. So lucky we didn't miss that.

The American Museum is in a stunning setting with amazing views over a picturesque valley. It has beautiful gardens and child friendly activities are on offer which are extremely popular with our kids. The volunteers working here are very knowledgeable and friendly. The museum shop is tastefully decorated and well stocked with handcrafted items.The only thing that lets this museum down is unfortunately the catering. Dry, clumsily homemade cakes and biscuits, the same selection year after year and no cappuccinos or lattes available at all! In fact everyone I know and have spoken to is wondering why nothing is being done about the quality of catering.