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Henry Moore Studios & Gardens reopens on 1 April with two brand new exhibitions. Buy an annual ticket.

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What's on at Henry Moore Studios & Gardens

Our 2026 visitor season runs from 1 April to 25 October.

We are open Wednesdays to Sundays and Bank Holidays, 11:00–17:00.

Entry to all our exhibitions and events is included in your entrance tickets, unless otherwise stated.

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A colour photo showing a huge abstract sculpture of a reclining figure. The sculpture is resting on a small hill in a sheep field. It is sunset. Clouds dot the sky and there is a sheep in the foreground.

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Exhibitions

Join us at Henry Moore Studios & Gardens and explore The Art and Life of Henry Moore, a new permanent exhibition that celebrates the reopening of the Sheep Field Barn, as well as a special display for 2026 The Shelter Drawings 1940-1941.

The Art and Life of Henry Moore
A black and white photo showing an older man in shirt and tie working with a mallet and chisel to carve a sculpture from a large piece of wood.

The Art and Life of Henry Moore

This exhibition in the newly-opened Sheep Field Barn Gallery presents over eighty sculptures made between 1922 and 1986, alongside photographs and archival materials from the Henry Moore Foundation Collections.

The Shelter Drawings 1940 - 1941
A drawing of four adults and a small child huddled together under blankets. The figures are primarily drawn in white and yellow chalk, with some orange and red highlights, and are surrounded by darkness.

The Shelter Drawings 1940 – 1941

Our special display for 2026 focuses on Moore’s Shelter Drawings. Created during the Second World War, they are among the most powerful and widely recognised works of Moore’s career.

Free drop-in events

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Great Easter Flint Hunt
An older woman and toddler playing peek a boo around the base of a bronze sculpture which is standing in a sheep field

Drop-in workshop

Great Easter Flint Hunt

12:00–16:00

Learning Studios, Sheep Field Barn
Studios & Gardens, Hertfordshire
Curator's Tour of The Art and Life of Henry Moore
A black and white portrait of sculptor Henry Moore, pictured in an open necked shirt leaning on a white fiberglass version of his sculpture Locking Piece.
Part of Henry Moore Studios & Gardens research programme 2026
Part of Henry Moore Studios & Gardens research programme 2026

Guided tour

Curator's Tour of The Art and Life of Henry Moore

14:30–15:30

Sheep Field Barn
Studios & Gardens, Hertfordshire
Carve your own Plaster Egg Form

Drop-in workshop

Carve your own Plaster Egg Form

12:00–16:00

Learning Studios, Sheep Field Barn
Studios & Gardens, Hertfordshire
Growing Moore: Sculpting from Seed
A group of people of mixed ages and genders gathered around a table. On the table is a large tub of soil and several stacks of small plant pots which are being used to plant seeds.

Drop-in workshop

Growing Moore: Sculpting from Seed

12:00–16:00

Learning Studios, Sheep Field Barn
Studios & Gardens, Hertfordshire
Soft Sculpt
Two young children with dark hair are building a structure from foam blocks. One child is playing with a piece of white modelling clay on top of the structure they've built.

Drop-in activity

Soft Sculpt

12:00–16:00

Learning Studios, Sheep Field Barn
Studios & Gardens, Hertfordshire
Eco Lithography
A photo of a lithographic print, showing 17 abstract reclining figures in olive green, grey, yellow and red tones, against a buff / grey background

Drop-in workshop

Eco Lithography

12:00–16:00

Learning Studios, Sheep Field Barn
Studios & Gardens, Hertfordshire
Shelter Drawing & Dress Up
Four children wearing costumes made from brightly coloured fabrics and foam shapes. They are all posing pretending to be sculptures.

Drop-in workshop

Shelter Drawing & Dress Up

12:00–16:00

Learning Studios, Sheep Field Barn
Studios & Gardens, Hertfordshire
Collaborative Sculpture
Close up image of a school student pouring plaster.

Drop-in workshop

Collaborative Sculpture

12:00–16:00

Learning Studios, Sheep Field Barn
Studios & Gardens, Hertfordshire
Make your own Wax Helmet Head
A studio photo of a small plaster sculptural model of an abstract helmeted head.

Drop-in workshop

Make your own Wax Helmet Head

12:00–16:00

Learning Studios, Sheep Field Barn
Studios & Gardens, Hertfordshire
Cast a Maquette
Two children sat at a table making small sculptures from clay and pieces of fabric.

Drop-in workshop

Cast a Maquette

12:00–16:00

Learning Studios, Sheep Field Barn
Studios & Gardens, Hertfordshire
What a Relief!

Drop-in workshop

What a Relief!

12:00–16:00

Learning Studios, Sheep Field Barn
Studios & Gardens, Hertfordshire
Sculpture Gardens Tour
A huge bronze upright sculpture, standing in a green field surrounding by grazing sheep
Part of Henry Moore Studios & Gardens research programme 2026
Part of Henry Moore Studios & Gardens research programme 2026

Guided tour

Sculpture Gardens Tour

15:00–16:00

Visitor Centre
Studios & Gardens, Hertfordshire

Art studios & sculpture gardens

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Sculpture gardens

With over 70 acres of gardens and rolling fields, see Moore’s world-famous, monumental sculptures as he intended, against the landscape he shaped.

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A reconstructed interior of one of Henry Moore's studios, featuring several incomplete sculptures, racks of tools and a blue & white butcher's apron on a chair.

Studios

Preserved as Moore would have used them in his lifetime, six studios reveal the artist’s processes of drawing, etching, carving and model making.

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A wide shot of one wall in the Aisled Barn at Henry Moore Studios & Gardens, with visitors looking at four of Moore's tapestries hanging on the walls.

Tapestries in the Aisled Barn

A reconstructed sixteenth-century farm building, the Aisled Barn is the only place in the world to see Moore’s unique tapestries. Available to hire, and occasionally closed for private events.

Included in your visit

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White, open gates lead along a path to Hoglands, a white painted former farmhouse with a red tiled roof.

Hoglands, the Moore’s family 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.

Tour tickets £6 (available at the ticket desk)

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The Henry Moore Archive, a chalet bungalow with modern Core-Ten steel extension. In the foreground is a small, black sculpture by Henry Moore.

Henry Moore Archive

The world’s leading resource on the life and work of Henry Moore, containing publications, photographs, correspondence and exhibition material.

The Archive is open by appointment year-round, Monday to Friday, 10:00–16:30

Getting here

We’re located just 27 miles north of London in the beautiful Hertfordshire countryside.

Our 2026 visitor season runs from 1 April to 25 October, Wednesday to Sunday, 11:00–17:00.

Henry Moore Studios & Gardens

Perry Green
Hertfordshire
SG10 6EE
United Kingdom

T:  01279 843 333
E:  visitorservices@henry-moore.org

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Henry Moore's sculpture 'Sheep Piece', with several sheep sheltering under the work. In the distance, another sculpture, 'Large Reclining Figure', is visible.