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Planning to visit Friday 19 – Sunday 21 June? 

Potfest by the Lake will be at Compton Verney from 19 – 21 June, during this time all visitors, including members, will need to have purchased a Potfest ticket to access Compton Verney. Click here for more details.

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

Wed 10 Jun – Down to the Sea in Ships
Thu 11 Jun – Fame, Fortune, Fashion – British Portraits

Wed 17 Jun – Power of the Object
Thu 18 Jun – British Folk Art – Everyone’s Story

Wed 24 Jun – Ancient China: Power & Belief
Thu 25 Jun – A Sensory Stroll Through Naples

Wed 1 Jul – The Grand Tour: Destination, Naples
Thu 2 Jul – Identity, Celebrity, Fashion – British Portraits

Wed 8 Jul  – Of Heaven & Earth
Thu 9 Jul – British Folk Art – Everyone’s Story

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Exhibition tour
Talks & Lectures Included in Admission

Exhibition 
tour

Wed and Thu

Potfest by the Lake
Events

Potfest

by the

Lake

Fri 19 – Sun 21 Jun 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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