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Butterfly Conservation
The poor state of nature in the UK is increasingly clear to all – we have lost 97% of our wildflower meadows and 50% of our hedgerows since the 1940’s. […]
Watching a film under the stars is a special experience
By Brian Harley, Flatpack There’s something quite profound about looking up at a huge cinema screen surrounded by a starry night sky, like a glimmering portal into another world. Open […]
The Bee Village
With a little help from community artists Art Lab & Compton Verney, a huge team of over 150 Warwickshire Young Carers came together to create this amazing Bee Village! Bee […]
Compton Verney New CEO Announced
Compton Verney is delighted to announce the appointment of Geraldine Collinge as its new Chief Executive Officer (CEO). She is taking over from Julie Finch, who joins Hay Festival of […]
Montgolfier Automata: the story behind it
The Montgolfier brothers were aviation pioneers, balloonists and paper manufacturers in France in the 18th Century. Amongst many other entrepreneurial adventures, they were keen to prove that people could experience […]
Inclusive Histories: Stories of Disabled Lives in Compton Verney’s Folk Art Collection
This blog was written by Jenni Hunt, Inclusive Histories Research Fellow at Compton Verney, 2021. Jenni’s Disabled Lives display, featuring select objects from the Folk Art Collection, is now open […]
Inclusive Histories at Compton Verney
We welcome new voices and critical engagement with our site and collections. Last year we hosted three Inclusive Histories Research Fellows – Babar Suleman, Martha Clewlow and Jenni Hunt. Their […]
Calling All Print Makers
We’re inviting local print artists and makers to take part in The Print Fair this September. From screen-printing to intaglio, and linocut to wood engraving, there will be something for […]
Calling all Textile Artists
We’re looking for local textile artists, crafters and makers to take part in The Textile Fair this November. The Textile Fair showcases the highest quality textile product from local and […]
Your chance to be part of a Luke Jerram artwork at Compton Verney
Hunt launched for fascinating and extraordinary true stories involving boats Crossings is an installation by UK artist Luke Jerram, created in collaboration with BBC Radio 4 producer Julian May, commissioned […]
Compton Verney and Unlimited: a new partnership
On International Day of Disabled People in 2021, we announced that Compton Verney and Unlimited would be working together in 2022 and calling out to find disabled artists working with […]
Call Out for Contributors to the Creative Learning Programme
We are looking for new people to join our creative learning team in 2022! If you are an experienced artist and educator who can help us develop an exciting, new […]
Wanted: disabled artists working with ‘the senses’
We are excited to announce a forthcoming paid opportunity for disabled artists to produce new work in response to Compton Verney’s historic Naples collection. The Naples collection is one of […]
Countryfile at Compton Verney
Find out more about Compton Verney by watching the latest episode of Countryfile at Compton Verney:
The Young Environmentalist of the Year 2021
With the UN Climate Change Conference (COP26) in motion we felt it was a good time to do our bit to help raise awareness of Environmental Issues. Therefore, we teamed […]
Compton Verney’s Youth Advisory Panel: The journey so far….
We were in the midst of a third lockdown when I applied to Compton Verney’s Youth Advisory Panel. By then, it’d been 6 months since I had stepped into a […]
A Fantastic Find!
It was fabulous to have the BBC Ndeavour Moth Group on site last month. They ran 10 light traps in the grounds of Compton Verney on the night of the […]
Flower Power, By VEA Pam Wilson
This summer visitors to Compton Verney have been experiencing the power of flowers through Rebecca Louise Law’s amazing installation Seasons and Mary Newcomb’s delightfully observed paintings in the exhibition Nature’s […]
A Busy Summer- An Update from Compton Verney’s Landscape Manager
At the end of a busy summer we start the harvesting of our meadows here at Compton Verney. We like to leave it as late as possible to ensure the […]
Compton Verney has signed up to the #SummerofPlay Pledge!
#SummerOfPlay #FunFriendsFreedom #SummerOfPlay is a campaign to give children the space, time, and freedom to play this summer as the Covid-19 restrictions are eased. After everything children have been through […]
