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We’re open bank holiday Monday, 10am – 5pm. Join us for fun outdoor activities in the lovely warm weather and explore our climate controlled galleries – the perfect place to relax and cool down.

This image shows two porcelain dogs sat symmetrically next to each other next to other historical objects.
Talks & Lectures

Collections
Tour

Every Wednesday and Thursday, 12.30-1.15pm
Book Tickets

Collections tour

Join one of our knowledgeable guides as they take you round one of our collections in focus.

Get to know one of our collections in more detail and then explore the others at your own pace after the tour.

Explore our collections

prices and information

Tours are free with a valid day ticket or membership.

Please meet by the shop in the main house at the start of the tour.

 

Upcoming Collections Tours

 

Wed 6 May – Mirror of China: Reflecting the Cosmos
Thu 7 May – Renoir, Van Gogh – The Barber Modern Masterpieces

Wed 13 May – Alchemy, Obsession, Poison and Death
Thu 14 May – The Portrait: Tudors to Van Gogh

Wed 20 May – Big, Bold and Baroque
Thu 21 May – Renoir, Van Gogh and the path to Modernism

Wed 27 May – Fame, Fashion, Fortune – British Portraits and Miniatures
Thu 28 May – Renoir, Van Gogh – The Barber Modern Masterpieces

Wed 3 Jun – A Sensory Stroll through Naples
Thu 4 Jun – Renoir, Van Gogh and the Road to Modernism 

related events
Trouble Makers: Experimenting with Collage 
Family Activities Included in Admission

Trouble Makers: Experimenting with Collage 

Sun 24 – Sun 31 May 2026

Big Blue Blocks GO OUTDOORS
Family Activities Included in Admission

Big Blue Blocks
GO OUTDOORS

Sun 24 – Sun 31 May 2026

Sculpture in the park
Four golden sculptures are displayed in front of a grand classical building with columns; two large trophy-like pieces with eyes and faces, and two smaller helmet-shaped sculptures.
Exhibitions Included in Admission

Sculpture
in the
park

Now open

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