Exhibitions

Reading the Book of Nature:Studies From the Natural World by John Ruskin

Brantwood

6 September – 16 November 2018 Ruskin believed that the natural world was a…

Hilde Goldschmidt and Kurt Schwitters

Abbot Hall Art Gallery

On now This display focuses on the work of two German artists who came…

John Harden (1772 – 1847)

Abbot Hall Art Gallery

26 September 2018 – February 2019 To celebrate the Lake District’s new status as…

The Simpsons: An Arts & Crafts Family

Blackwell The Arts & Crafts House

21 September – 6 January 2019 This exhibition places The Simpsons family in the…

Grayson Perry Spotlight Loan

Blackwell The Arts & Crafts House

21 September – 6 January 2019 Turner prize winner Grayson Perry established his career…

Julie Cope’s Grand Tour: The Story of a Life by Grayson Perry

Abbot Hall Art Gallery

9 November  2018 – 16 February 2019 Julie Cope is a fictional character created…

Alison Watt: A Shadow On The Blind

Abbot Hall Art Gallery

12 October 2018 – 2 February 2019 Alison Watt was born in Greenock in…

Northern Light by Donald Wilkinson

Brantwood

1 September – 29 October 2018 Donald’s exhibition consists of land and seascapes made…

George Romney Re-Display

Abbot Hall Art Gallery

New for June 2018 One of the world’s greatest portrait painters is honoured in…

Museum of Lakeland Life Collections & Exhibitions

Museum of Lakeland Life and Industry

Based in Kendal, close to the Abbot Hall Gallery, the Museum of Lakeland Life…

Master Arts & Crafts Bedroom

Blackwell The Arts & Crafts House

Introduced by Blackwell in 2016 is the Master Arts & Crafts bedroom inspired from…

An Arts & Crafts Story

Blackwell The Arts & Crafts House

A new display The Arts & Crafts Story is told through examples of the finest…

Schwitters

Armitt Museum & Library

In the Lake District, landscape and culture are inextricably entwined.  For two hundred years,…

George Romney

Abbot Hall Art Gallery

Permanent Display On display in the Georgian interiors downstairs at Abbot Hall is a…

Venues