Heritage Open Days: Gainsborough's House
Visit Free of Charge on Heritage Open Days!
Location
Gainsborough's House, 46 Gainsborough Street, Sudbury, Suffolk, CO10 2EU
Telephone
01787 372958- Next Event
- 14th September 10:00am - 14th September 5:00pm
- Following 1 Event
15/09/24 10:00
-15/09/24 17:00
About this event
Gainsborough's House is looking forward to welcoming visitors free of charge for Heritage Open Days 2024 on Saturday 14th & Sunday 15th September.
This is a fantastic opportunity to see the great art of Gainsborough, along with exhibitions of international appeal including Revealing Nature: The Art of Cedric Morris & Lett-Haines as well as The Iris Florilegium of Sir Cedric Morris, all free of charge. During your visit, don't forget to head to the top floor to see our special viewing window in the Landscape Studio with spectacular views over the Sudbury landscape as well as Gainsborough's House and garden.
As part of Heritage Open Days, on Sunday 15th September from 10am -2.30pm, the Gainsborough's House team will be taking the camera obscurer to Market Hill in the centre of Sudbury so visitors can enjoy the sights of Sudbury from a very different perspective. Come and say hello and have a go at capturing live images of this wonderful historic town.
During your visit, make sure you pop in to The Watering Place Cafe situated in the heart of our museum and galleries - the perfect place to stop for a drink and a bite to eat before visiting our shop for a bit of retail therapy.
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About the Venue
Gainsborough’s House is the national centre for Thomas Gainsborough and it holds the most comprehensive collection of his work in a single setting. A varied programme of temporary exhibitions is also on show throughout the year. Visitor’s gift shop, café and garden are also available as part of the museum experience.
Gainsborough’s House is the childhood home of Thomas Gainsborough RA (1727–1788). Today, the permanent collection of Gainsborough's House encompasses the whole career of Thomas Gainsborough, from early portraits and landscapes painted in Suffolk during the 1750s, to later works from his Bath and London periods of the 1760s, 70s and 80s. The collection of works on paper includes drawings by Gainsborough and his contemporaries, as well as prints by or after Gainsborough and other eighteenth-century artists.
In 2019, Gainsborough’s House commenced a £10m building project supported by The National Lottery Heritage Fund. On 21 November 2022, the museum re-opened to the public after a transformational refurbishment; introducing 3 new exhibition spaces to accompany the original Grade I listed building. The museum is now the largest gallery in Suffolk.
The visitor entrance to Gainsborough’s House is on Weavers Lane and leads into the main gallery. Visitors can view the family house, the new gallery spaces, examples of Gainsborough’s work, alongside specialist exhibitions and the famed, crinkle-crinkle walled garden and Mulberry Tree dating to the early 1600s. The space also has The Watering Place café serving coffees, pastries and light lunches.
For more information about tickets, access or events; please see our website. Visit today! We are open every day from 10:00am – 17:00pm.
