A full day trip to visit the Fleet Air Arm Museum and the Haynes International Motor Museum near Yeovil. Starting at the Fleet Air Arm Museum in the morning we will have an introductory talk about the history of the collections followed by free time to explore the exhibition galleries and Halls. We will head over...
This trip is now postponed. Please follow this link for further details. A full day trip to Compton Verney Art Gallery and Park in Warwickshire where we will have private tours of both the main collection and the special exhibition of works by Lucas Cranach the elder. There will also be free time for independent exploration of...
This trip is now postponed. Please follow this link for further details. We return to Dorset this spring to see two of the county’s finest properties - Sherborne Castle (pictured) and Minterne House and Gardens, both still in the hands of branches of the extended Digby family. We have a private tour of each house,...
This event is now postponed. Please follow this link for further details. Join Nathaniel Mander and Sam Brown in our annual celebration of Frank Brown’s contribution to the Holburne. Nathaniel Mander and Sam Brown present an evening of music in the Picture Gallery. We are thrilled to welcome back Nat, a virtuoso harpsichordist, and his...
Alison Cocklin from It's All About Wine has kindly offered to host a wine tasting this Spring. Alison's aim is to "create a passion for tasting" — to excite people about what they are drinking, encouraging organic, biodynamic and natural wines. The ticket price include fine cheeses and charcuterie. To join us please complete booking form...
Please join us for this year's Friends, Holburne's Plant Sale including our first ever produce stall. Many of our regular plant stalls will be returning this year, including gardening experts from Florrie Harris Herbs, In Clover, Necia West Plants, Wild Thyme, and Willow Cottage Plants.
We first visit Grade I listed Rudhall Manor, set in 10 acres of grounds and dating back to the mid- 14th century. Admiral Nelson was a regular visitor and reputedly first met Emma, Lady Hamilton here. The manor was also a temporary home for fifty Chelsea Pensioners evacuated here during the Blitz. After Rudhall, we move on...
Come and support the Holburne! Browse and buy beautiful plants and herbs, tasty produce and fabulous books and CDs. Enjoy tea, coffee and cakes and get expert gardening advice and tips.
Angela Hicks soprano | Sam Brown romantic guitar An intimate evening with one of the UK’s most innovative young song duos, inspired by themes from the Rossetti exhibition: love, nostalgia, portraits and dedications. Music by Schubert, Schumann, Mendelssohn and Tarrega. 7pm for a 7.30pm start
Sir Nicholas Penny (former Director of the National Gallery) will deliver a talk “The National Gallery and Longford Castle, a new style of relationship’’. This will be of particular interest to those who visited Longford at the beginning of September, but will be equally fascinating as an insight into how public and private collections can interact...
A full day trip to Compton Verney in Warwickshire to see two contrasting exhibitions: intricate wood carvings by Grinling Gibbons and landscapes by John Nash. We will have private tours of both special exhibitions. There will be free time to explore the fascinating and varied permanent collections and, if the weather is kind, to stroll...
Free Zoom Lecture with artist Sunil Gupta 7pm Thursday 11 November Join artist Sunil Gupta in this talk where he discusses creating a new iconography of same sex desire. He notes of his series of pictures, ‘The Pre-Raphaelite group of painters in England were formed to contest the stifling norms of their world and to...
