Important message for this weekend: All visitors must prebook

The Gift Fair is taking place this weekend from Fri 5 – Sun 7 Dec.

To manage capacity, all visitors, including members and those who are not coming to the fair itself, are required to prebook
If you would like to visit The Gift Fair (visitors and members) tickets can be booked here, including gallery upgrades to see the exhibitions and grounds as well as the fair (members do not need to purchase upgrade)
If you are just wishing to visit the grounds and exhibitions please buy general admission tickets

Whilst the fair is on, our ground floor galleries, which includes our Naples, Northern European, Portraits and Miniatures, and The Women’s Library, as well as the Modern Masterpieces display, will be open for the fair only.
The Shelter of Stories, Commodities, Chinese and Folk Art collections, and the parkland are still available to visit.

We recommend car sharing where possible to help with the capacity of the car park.

Exhibitions

A SpirIt
Inside

21 March 2024 - 1 September 2024

A terrific show

Observer

Wed – Sun: Grounds – 10am-4.30pm, Galleries – 10.30am – 4.30pm
Mon and Tue: Closed, except bank holiday Mondays

Christmas Opening
Christmas Eve: 10am – 4.30pm
Christmas Day and Boxing Day: Closed
Sat 27 and Sun 28 Dec: 10am – 4.30pm
Mon 29 and Tue 30 Dec: Closed
New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day: 10am – 4.30pm

About the
Exhibition

This eye-opening exhibition was held in celebration of over 100 years of creative expression by women and non-binary artists including Paula Rego, Cindy Sherman, Elisabeth Frink and many more.

From internal musings to powerful social commentary, this unique showcase explored diverse themes through paintings, drawings, and more. For the first time, two renowned UK collections joined forces to bring iconic masterpieces and fresh perspectives that moved, provoked, and delighted.

Drawn from two of the UK’s leading art collections, The Women’s Art Collection and The Ingram Collection, A Spirit Inside brought together a selection of works spanning over 100 years. Exploring how women and non-binary artists have grappled with the notion and sense of ‘spirit’, the themes range from mythology and internal contemplation to external, often political, expression.

This exhibition marked the first time that the Women’s Art Collection, Europe’s largest collection of art by women, has partnered with art galleries outside of Cambridge, providing a wider opportunity for the British public to see some of the most important 20th and 21st century works by women and non-binary artists. These works were complemented by a selection from The Ingram Collection, one of the best collections of modern and contemporary British art in the UK.