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.
Workshops
Traditional Greenwood Stool Making
Two day workshop
Saturday 31 January and Sunday 1 February
Sold Out
On this two-day course you will learn how to create a greenwood stool on a traditional pole lathe.
Create your own handcrafted stool from freshly felled timber using traditional tools and a pole lathe. Learn techniques like cleaving, axing, and drawknife shaping, and dish a seat using travishers.
This two-day workshop is a brilliant hands-on introduction to heritage woodcraft, with expert guidance from Peter Wood expert woodworker, founder of Greenwood Days and who was advisor to Channel 4’s Handmade: Britain’s Best Woodworker.
