
Announcing contemporary commissions for 2025
Two contemporary award-winning creatives have been commissioned to reflect on Austen and Turner’s legacies in response to artworks, manuscripts and historical objects that bring Austen and Turner together for the first time.

Major exhibition for 2025: Austen and Turner: A Country House Encounter
Marking 250 years of Jane Austen and JMW Turner, Harewood brings the artists together for the first time in a speculative meeting of minds to explore the social and cultural life of the British country house and its landscape.

Harewood in Full Colour: EnChroma Glasses now available
Harewood's colour blind visitors can now use high-tech glasses to experience our vibrant collection like never before.

Harewood Contemporary
Harewood Contemporary has showcased groundbreaking art for over 30 years, featuring leading artists, including Turner Prize winners, in a pioneering country house setting.

Watch Useful/Beautiful: Why Craft Matters series
Together with the Crafts Council, we co-produced a series of short films about our current exhibition, Useful/Beautiful: Why Craft Matters.

Harewood Biennial 2019: Useful/Beautiful Why Craft Matters
Q&A with Hugo Macdonald, curator of the inaugural craft exhibition, Useful / Beautiful: Why Craft Matters

In conversation with Dr Adam Bowett
Professor Ann Sumner shares her experience of the 42nd Annual Symposium of the Furniture History Society which was held on…

Thomas Chippendale’s Tercentenary
The Chippendale tercentenary this year has successfully marked the birth of this famous influential Yorkshire cabinet maker and Harewood House Trust has played a key role in the celebrations.

In conversation with artist Geraldine Pilgrim
One of the most exciting aspects of the Chippendale exhibition this year was the contemporary response of the artist Geraldine…

Harewood acquires Thomas Chippendale’s famous Director
Harewood House Trust has marked the tercentenary of Thomas Chippendale with the acquisition of The Gentleman and Cabinet-Maker’s Director.