Map of Henry Moore Studios & Gardens
Set in the beautiful Hertfordshire countryside, Henry Moore Studios & Gardens is the the best place to see Moore’s sculptures set against the landscape he shaped.
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Click on an area of the map below to see what you can discover on your visit.
Hoglands: Henry Moore’s home
Hoglands was home to Henry Moore and his wife, Irina for almost fifty years. It now houses Moore’s personal art collection and the curiosities that often inspired his sculpture.
You can take a guided tour of the house, which is open from 11:15 to 16:15, Wednesday to Sunday and Bank Holidays. Tickets are £6 each and are available from the ticket desk when you arrive. As the rooms inside the house are quite small, we limit each tour to 8 people.
Top Studio and Etching Studio
These studios are where Moore made his maquettes (small study models for developing sculptures) and experimented with printmaking, as well as making plaster enlargements, drawings and some of his most iconic carvings.
When Moore first moved to Hoglands in 1940, he immediately began to convert this former stable building into a studio. It became his primary workspace for the next fifteen years. It was referred to as the ‘Top’ studio to distinguish it from those he would later develop further down the estate.
Tucked behind the Top Studio, the small room that became his Etching Studio had previously been the village shop. Moore made several significant series of etchings here, including thirty-eight prints inspired by an elephant skull he had in the studio.
The studios are set out as Moore would have used them at the height of his career, with the tools and exquipment he used on display alongside his works.
Summer House
Moore used this summer house as an informal space for drawing, connected to the outdoors and with plenty of natural light.
Moore acquired the summer house in 1951, siting it in the garden near Hoglands. Moore was a prolific draughtsman producing more than 7,500 drawings during his lifetime.
Originally mounted on a turntable, it could be rotated to change views and find the best conditions at different times of the day.
Henry Moore Archive
The world’s leading resource on Henry Moore, containing publications, correspondence, photographs and exhibition material.
The archive contains over three quarters of a million objects and documents relating to Moore, dating back to 1914. You can view material at your leisure in our dedicated, spacious reading room.
The Aisled Barn
A reconstructed 16th century farm building, the Aisled Barn is the only place in the world to see Moore's unique tapestries.
The Aisled Barn is available for private hire, and so is occasionally closed for private events.
Has toilets, including accessible toilets and baby changing facilities.
Yellow Brick Studio
This multifunctional studio was created in 1958 to serve as a sculpture store, a space for photography and showing work to clients, and primarily as a carving studio.
Here, with assistants, Moore created the last of his large reclining figures in elm wood and completed work on several stone carvings.
Since 1957 Moore had worked closely with stone merchants in Italy. He visited each summer to supervise preliminary work before the carvings were sent to Perry Green for finishing in the Yellow Brick Studio over the winter.
Plastic Studio
Designed to be temporary, Moore's plastic studios were large metal structures encased in corrugated plastic and sheets of polythene.
Moore wanted to work on large sculpture outdoors, in natural light and in all weathers. In 1963, with builder Frank Farnham, he constructed his first Plastic Studio.
Moore needed the larger space to work on a monumental scale, while the smaller studio held the enlargement models. He made use of several plastic studios during his lifetime, often in pairs.
Visitor Centre
Our main visitor centre, with ticketing desk, gift shop, café, toilets and information point.
There are also mobility scooters and wheelchairs available here, which you can book for your visit.
Our on-site café offers a full range of teas, coffees and soft drinks alongside a menu of snacks, sandwiches and sweet treats.
Sheep Field Barn
Sheep Field Barn has been reimagined as a welcoming place to explore Henry Moore’s life and work, at the heart of his former home and workplace in Perry Green.
The gallery now includes a permanent introduction to Moore’s career, as well as a changing exhibition programme that explores key themes in his work.
Additionally, two dedicated spaces for learning and making offer opportunities for hands-on activity inspired by Moore’s experimental approach to art.
There is one sculpture on display outside the Sheep Field Barn:
12) Large Upright Internal/External Form 1953-54
Bourne Maquette Studio
The Bourne Maquette Studio, named after a nearby stream, was an environment rich in inspiration.
Moore lined the walls with hundreds of his sculptural studies – finished, incomplete and fragmented – and his ‘library of natural forms’ – the collection of bones, stones, shells and driftwood which captured his imagination and informed his work.
There are toilets just outside the studio (no accessible toilet or baby changing facilities).
Hoglands Garden
Irina Moore created a beautiful and vibrant garden behind Hoglands – a perfect backdrop to her husband’s work.
You can find these sculptures in Hoglands Garden:
1) Working Model for Sundial 1965
Sculpture Lawn
You can find these sculptures on the sculpture lawn outside the visitor centre:
14) Working Model for Sheep Piece 1971
15) Reclining Figure: Angles 1979
16) Three Piece Reclining Figure No.2: Bridge Prop 1963
17) Square Form with Cut 1969
20) Falling Warrior 1956-57
21) Mother and Child 1949
Far Sculpture Lawn
A short walk away from the main visitor centre brings you to many more sculptures:
2) Seated Woman 1958-59
3) Locking Piece 1962-63
4) King and Queen 1985
5) Upright Motive No.8 1955-56
6) The Wall: Background for Sculpture 1962
7) Three Part Object 1960
11) Reclining Figure: Hand 1979
13) Woman 1957-58
Elmwood Garden
Elmwood Garden joins our visitor centre and the Henry Moore Archive. It has three picnic benches, and features one sculpture on display:
19) Draped Reclining Mother and Baby 1983
Kitchen Garden and Meadow
The Moores' kitchen garden holds several fruit trees, and leads down to the meadow. Please note that the path beyond the kitchen garden is not suitable for wheelchairs.
There are two sculptures on display here:
8) Torso with Point 1967
9) The Arch 1963/69
Archive car park
This area is for accessible parking only.
Our main visitor car park (Chestnuts) is located across the road from our visitor centre.
If this car park is full, we have more parking available behind The Hoops Inn.
To the main car park
Our main visitor car park (Chestnuts) is located across the road from our visitor centre.
If this car park is full, we have more parking available behind The Hoops Inn.
We have accessible parking bays in all of our car parks.
Picnic area by Large Figure in a Shelter
Picnic benches in this shady area overlook one of Moore's iconic sculptures:
18) Large Figure in a Shelter 1985-86
Downloads
Map
Download a PDF map of Henry Moore Studios & Gardens.
We also have free printed copies available on site.
Explore Henry Moore Studios & Gardens in a new way with our free audio-visual guide on Bloomberg Connects, the arts and culture app.
Getting here
Henry Moore Studios & Gardens
Perry Green
Hertfordshire
SG10 6EE
United Kingdom
T: 01279 843 333
E: visitorservices@henry-moore.org
