Notice of temporary gallery closure: Please note that part of our Rooms Through Time (1878 to 2049) will be temporarily closed to the public on Tuesday 23 and Wednesday 24 September due to scheduled filming. Our gardens and other galleries remain open as usual. We appreciate your understanding.

Open on Tue, 16 September 2025

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A view of gardens with trees.
Gardens

Gardens Through Time

Discover how city gardens have changed and developed over the centuries.

Open 10am to 5pm Every Tuesday to Sunday and Bank Holiday Mondays

Free

Gardens Through Time
A richly furnished Victorian townhouse room (c.1878) with mint green patterned wallpaper and red carpet, featuring a red upholstered armchair draped with embroidery beside a fireplace topped by twin ceramic vases, framed artwork, a carved wooden piano, a tea table, and in the left bottom corner is an ayah's trunk of Indian textiles.
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Rooms Through Time

How home life has evolved over four centuries.

Permanent

Free

Rooms Through Time
Two framed paintings hang on patterned green and wallpaper; in the middle is a glass case displaying period chairs with ornate wallpaper.
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Home Galleries

Explore everyday experiences and ideas of home across the last 400 years.

Permanent

Free

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A blurred figure walks across a room in front of weathered looking panels and windows showing a model of a city.

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