Harley Gallery
The Harley Gallery
Welbeck
Worksop
Nottinghamshire
S80 3LW
England
Website
Telephone
01909 501700
The Harley Gallery was built in 1994 on the site of the nineteenth century gasworks of Welbeck Estate. It consists of three main exhibition halls, a treasury gallery, a craft shop, coffee bar and courtyard gardens.
Venue Type:
Gallery, Museum
The Harley Gallery
Welbeck
Worksop
Nottinghamshire
S80 3LW
England
Website
Telephone
01909 501700
The treasury gallery is the only venue displaying the private Portland Collection. Displays are rotated annually and include silverware, miniature painting, porcelain, textiles, jewellery and illustrated books.
Collection details
Decorative and Applied Art, Design, Fine Art, Photography
Key artists and exhibits
- A changing programme of five exhibition per year including contemporary craft, fine art and photography
Collections services
- General guide to collections available
- Object identification and/or written enquiry service
The Harley Gallery
Welbeck
Worksop
Nottinghamshire
S80 3LW
England
Website
Telephone
01909 501700
Signs for Sounds
Discover the shapes of words and the Signs for Sounds. The exhibition explores letterform and calligraphy, from traditional quill pens and stone cutting, to tattoos and cutting-edge technology.
Artist Bunny Bread has graffitied an actual train door for the exhibition, while Jason Edward Lewis has created interactive poetry, which can be re-shaped and played with on a touchscreen monitor.
Suitable for
- Any age
Where
The Harley Gallery
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Beastly Machines
Beastly Machines will look at the link between human emotions and semantics, portrayed through mythical creatures and animals.
Johnny's artworks are humorous, imaginative, irreverent and often very noisy! This promises to be an unmissable exhibition that will capture the imagination of visitors of all ages.
A touring exhibition from 20-21 Visual Arts Centre, Scunthorpe.
Suitable for
- Any age
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Runners and Riders - The Rise of Modern Horseracing
A new exhibition will open at The Harley Gallery on May 5, telling how the Cavendish-Bentinck family at Welbeck developed horse racing to become the sport we know today, accomapnied by works by leading equestrian painters.
The 4th Duke of Portland (1768-1854), was a devoted follower of horseracing and builder of 'The Portland Stand' at Newmarket. Lord George Bentinck (1802 - 1848) the 4th Duke's younger son, followed in his father's footsteps and was instrumental in developing horse racing to become the sport that we know today.
This exhibition will give an insight into Lord George's horsemanship, with one of the wheels from his original horse box, and his racing prizes on display. The 6th Duke of Portland's racing colours and prizes are also to be shown. The 6th Duke's horses, Donovan, Memoir, Ayrshire and Semolina, were champions - in one season their prizes totalled £96,000, the equivalent of over 5 million pounds today, which paid for the ornate almshouses on the Welbeck Estate, named 'The Winnings'.
The Harley Gallery
Welbeck
Worksop
Nottinghamshire
S80 3LW
England
Website
Telephone
01909 501700
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