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Exhibitions
Radical Acts: Why Craft Matters
26 March – 29 August 2022
The Harewood Biennial returns in 2022 with Radical Acts: Why Craft Matters. Following 2019's Useful/Beautiful, curator Hugo Macdonald and the Harewood team have once again set to create a ground-breaking exhibition routed in craft and craftsmanship. The 2022 Biennial explores why craft is a 'radical act', helping us to address urgent crises in life and society today, and looking to a future where we might live … Read more
Exhibitions
Becoming the Yorkshire Princess
14 January – 27 February 2022Free for members
This year, we are celebrating the centenary of HRH Princess Mary’s marriage into the Lascelles family. Daughter of King George V and Queen Mary, and resident of Harewood House for over 30 years, Princess Mary married Viscount Lascelles, later 6th Earl of Harewood, in February 1922. Becoming the Yorkshire Princess offers a first-hand insight into Princess Mary’s early life, up to and including her wedding day. … Read more
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A Storm at Harewood with Heritage Corner
12 June – 18 September 2021
Mr and Mrs Pablo present A Storm at Harewood No circus tent! No sugar coating! Walk with us through inspiring African history and hidden connections to the splendours of Harewood. You’ll be blown away, just like our tent was! This summer we are delighted to welcome Heritage Corner to Harewood for a series of walks around the House and Grounds. In 1847, during a performance at Harewood, a storm interrupts … Read more
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Bertie Robinson: The Footman from St Vincent
17 May – 24 October 2021Free for members
Harewood have teamed up with Leeds-based DSRG (the Diasporian Stories Research Group) to bring to life the story of Harewood's first black member of staff, George 'Bertie' Robinson. Bertie travelled with the 5th Earl and Countess from St Vincent to Leeds aged 13 to work for the Lascelles family. Launching in the Yellow Drawing Room from 17 May, Bertie Robinson : The Footman from St Vincent is part of an annual … Read more