Compton Verney

Compton Verney
Warwick
West Midlands
CV35 9HZ
England

Website

Main site

www.comptonverney.org.uk

Online shop

www.comptonverneyshop.org.uk

Memories of Compton Verney

www.memoriesofcomptonverney.org.uk

E-mail

General enquiries

info@comptonverney.org.uk

Telephone

Tickets & General enquiries

01926 645500

Fax

General fax

01926 645501

All information is supplied by the venues or providers themselves and every effort is made to ensure it is correct. Please remember to double check opening hours with the venue concerned before making a special visit.
The Robert Adam mansion and surrounding Capability Brown parkland that is home to Compton Verney Art Gallery
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Visitors of all ages are warmly welcomed to this award-winning art gallery. Housed in a grade I listed Robert Adam mansion and surrounded by stunning 'Capability' Brown landscaped parkland, Compton Verney offers a great day out.
Be enthralled by our programme of exhibitions,explore art from around the world and stroll along our woodland walk. All this alongside an exciting events programme, including fun family activities, adult workshops, tours, lectures and talks.

Venue type

Historic house or home, Heritage site, Garden, parklands or rural site, Gallery, Museum

 Opening hours

Sat 21 March - Sun 13 December 2009
Tues to Sun and Bank Holiday Mons, 11.00 - 17.00

Closed: Mondays (excluding Bank Holidays)

 Admission charges

Adults £8
Concessions (student in full time education, over 60 and unwaged) £6
Child (aged 5-16) £2
Under 5s Free
Family (2 adults and up to 4 children) £18

Discounts

  • Museums Association
  • International Council of Museums
 General services and facilities
  • Brochure or leaflet available with directions to museum
  • Guided tours
  • Information point provided
  • Pre-booking service for groups
  • Cafeteria
  • Gardens open to public
  • Parking for coaches
  • Picnic area
  • Refreshments
  • Restaurant
  • Shop
 Children and families
  • Activities for pre-school children
  • Events and resources for children and families
  • Baby changing facilities
  • Children's play area
 Disability access
  • Events/teaching/resources for people with disabilities
  • Induction loops in lecture theatres
  • Large print information and/or interpretation
  • Touch exhibits
  • Parking for disabled available
  • Toilets for disabled
  • Wheelchair access to all public areas
  • Wheelchairs available for loan
 Schools services and facilities
  • Member of staff available with responsibility for education
  • Primary school education service available
  • Secondary school education service available
  • Education facilities available
 Research and adult learning
  • Adult lectures and courses held
  • Teaching/resources available for HE/FE students
  • Study facilities
 Commercial and hire services
  • Facilities for private functions and events
  • Meeting room available

Additional info

Assistance dogs welcome

Compton Verney
Warwick
West Midlands
CV35 9HZ
England

Website

Main site

www.comptonverney.org.uk

Online shop

www.comptonverneyshop.org.uk

Memories of Compton Verney

www.memoriesofcomptonverney.org.uk

E-mail

General enquiries

info@comptonverney.org.uk

Telephone

Tickets & General enquiries

01926 645500

Fax

General fax

01926 645501

All information is supplied by the venues or providers themselves and every effort is made to ensure it is correct. Please remember to double check opening hours with the venue concerned before making a special visit.

Compton Verney is home to a growing collection of nationally and internationally significant art from around the world.

The collections include paintings from Naples (1600-1800), Northern European, British Portraits, Chinese, British Folk Art and the Marx Lambert Collection.

Collection details

Fine Art, Film and Media, Design, Decorative and Applied Art

Key artists and exhibits

  • Gaspare Vanvitelli
  • Vesuvius
  • Sir William Hamilton
  • Volaire
  • Giuseppe Bonito
  • Paolo Popora
  • Tilman Riemenschneider
  • Lucas Cranach
  • Sir Joshua Reynolds
  • Henry VIII
  • Enid Marx
  • Margaret Lambert
  • Shang period
  • Zhou
  • Tang dynasty
  • Ming dynasty

Collections services

  • General guide to collections available
  • Specialist publications on collections available

Compton Verney
Warwick
West Midlands
CV35 9HZ
England

Website

Main site

www.comptonverney.org.uk

Online shop

www.comptonverneyshop.org.uk

Memories of Compton Verney

www.memoriesofcomptonverney.org.uk

E-mail

General enquiries

info@comptonverney.org.uk

Telephone

Tickets & General enquiries

01926 645500

Fax

General fax

01926 645501

All information is supplied by the venues or providers themselves and every effort is made to ensure it is correct. Please remember to double check opening hours with the venue concerned before making a special visit.
Exhibition details are listed below, you may need to scroll down to see them all.

Compton Verney Display - Georgian Portraits: Seeing is Believing

20 May — 13 December 2009 *on now

This display, within Compton Verney’s British Portraits collection, presents a unique opportunity to view the development of 18th Century portraiture. It presents highlights from the collection of the Holburne Museum of Art in Bath with artists including Thomas Barker, Angelica Kauffmann, Henry Raeburn, Allan Ramsay and George Stubbs.

Suitable for

  • All ages

When

11am-5pm

Where

British Portraits Gallery

Admission

Adult £8
Concession (student in full time education, unwaged, over 60) £6
Child (aged 5 -16) £2
Under 5s Free
Family (2 adults and up to 4 children) £18

Compton Verney Summer Exhibition - Surrealism and Contemporary Art: Subversive Spaces

13 June — 6 September 2009 *on now

This exhibition focuses on a fascination with the symbolism of interior and public spaces, and exploring the social and psychological space of architecture and the environment, through the work of artists such as René Magritte, Mona Hatoum, Dorothea Tanning, Max Ernst, the photographer Brassaï, and Salvador Dalí.

Suitable for

  • All ages

When

11am-5pm

Where

First floor exhibition spaces

Admission

Adult £8
Concession (student in full time education, unwaged, over 60) £6
Child (aged 5 -16) £2
Under 5s Free
Family (2 adults and up to 4 children) £18

Compton Verney Summer Exhibition - Constable Portraits: The Painter and His Circle

27 June — 6 September 2009 *on now

John Constable (1776 – 1837) is renowned as a landscape artist, but his portraits are rarely seen and far less well-known. Constable Portraits will take the viewer deeper into Constable’s landscapes, revealing the people who occupied his world.
This impressive group of portraits presents new and surprising perspectives on the work of one of Britain’s most distinguished artists. The exhibition will contain paintings and drawings of his family, close friends and children, and will set out to support Lucian Freud’s claim that Constable was a key figure in British portrait painting.
Exhibition organised by the National Portrait Gallery

Suitable for

  • All ages

When

11am-5pm

Where

First floor exhibition spaces

Admission

Adult £8
Concession (student in full time education, unwaged, over 60) £6
Child (aged 5 -16) £2
Under 5s Free
Family (2 adults and up to 4 children) £18

Compton Verney
Warwick
West Midlands
CV35 9HZ
England

Website

Main site

www.comptonverney.org.uk

Online shop

www.comptonverneyshop.org.uk

Memories of Compton Verney

www.memoriesofcomptonverney.org.uk

E-mail

General enquiries

info@comptonverney.org.uk

Telephone

Tickets & General enquiries

01926 645500

Fax

General fax

01926 645501

All information is supplied by the venues or providers themselves and every effort is made to ensure it is correct. Please remember to double check opening hours with the venue concerned before making a special visit.
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