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Events
Harewood’s Great Time Travelling Christmas
8 November 2023 – 7 January 2024
Brace yourself for a Time Travelling Christmas Extravaganza at Harewood House Harewood’s Great Time Travelling Christmas is an immersive, fun and slightly wild festive experience for all of the family. Our time travelling machine has gone a bit wonky and as you hurtle through time and space, we’re not entirely sure where you’ll end up. See Harewood House’s State Floor, like you’ve never seen it … Read more
Exhibitions
Arthur France: Son of a Small Island
13 January – 26 February 2023
As part of Harewood’s Open History series, in September 2022, a display on the State Floor celebrated the life of Arthur France, local community activist and founder of Leeds West Indian Carnival. Visitors were encouraged to discover the story of Arthur’s remarkable life through meaningful objects and photographs, selected by him and his family to show life in Leeds in the Caribbean community since the 1950s. … Read more
Events
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