Open today, Saturday 17 January

What’s on

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
Online Only

Ceramics in the City 2026 Application

This is your chance to exhibit at Ceramics in the City, our annual ceramics market.

Closes 11.59pm on Sunday 1 February 2026

£10 Application fee

Ceramics in the City 2026 Application
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

Home Galleries
A view of gardens with trees.
Gardens

Gardens Through Time

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

10am-4.30pm, Tuesday to Sunday and Bank Holiday Mondays

Free

Gardens Through Time
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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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