What We Do

The Beatrix Potter Society (Reg. Charity no. 281198) was founded in 1980 by a group of people professionally involved in the curatorship of Beatrix Potter material.

From the first it set out to be a focus for all those with a serious interest in all aspects of Beatrix Potter’ life and work and so it remains today.

The Society is run by a small voluntary committee, with the assistance of a part-time paid Administrator and is funded by Members’ subscriptions and donations.

Visit our new web site at www.beatrixpottersociety.org.uk

Aims

The Beatrix Potter Society is registered as a charity in the United Kingdom and exists to promote the study and appreciation of the life and works of Beatrix Potter (1866 - 1943) who was not only the author of The Tale of Peter Rabbit and other classics of children's literature, but also a landscape and natural history artist, diarist, farmer and conservationist - in the latter capacity she was responsible for the preservation of large areas of the Lake District through her gifts to the National Trust.

Photograph of Beatrix Potter copyright
İFredrick Warne & Co
Courtesy of the Victoria and Albert Museum