We are committed to being a platform for remembering our abhorrent history and being an ally for everyone who faces discrimination and inequality.

In the 18th century, Edwin Lascelles used profits from the Transatlantic trade in enslaved people and its associated industries to build Harewood House.

Today, Harewood House Trust, the educational charity that runs Harewood House, Gardens and Grounds for the public benefit, strives to acknowledge and remember this abhorrent history and the individuals and communities impacted by slavery and all other forms of injustice.

Using our platform as a cultural institution, we actively celebrate and collaborate with a diverse range of individuals and groups to ensure that Harewood House is an ally for all artists, collaborators and audiences who have faced discrimination and inequality.

Acknowledge

Our Open History programme offers opportunities to think about, debate and contribute to academic research and discourse.

Historic documents from Harewood, the Lascelles West Indian Papers, are deposited with the Borthwick Institute for Archives at the University of York and are publicly accessible for the benefit of researchers interested in the history of enslaved people.