Opening night
Henry Moore Institute reopening party
18:00–20:00
Henry Moore Institute, Leeds
Free Entry
Free Entry
You are warmly invited to join us to celebrate the reopening of the newly refurbished Henry Moore Institute and the exhibition preview of Hany Amanious: Stone Soup and Sculpting Royalty: Hew Locke and Mary Thornycroft.
18:00–20:00
Drinks will be served and the Sculpture Galleries and Study Gallery will be open.
18:00–19:00
Explore the refurbished spaces, including our new engagement space The Studio, the Research Library, and the new Archive Gallery across the reopened bridge link to Leeds Art Gallery.
19:10
Speeches.
All welcome, free entry.
Exhibition
Hany Armanious: Stone Soup
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Exhibition
Sculpting Royalty: Hew Locke and Mary Thornycroft
Library display
Collections in Conversation: Westminster Abbey's Monuments in the Henry Moore Institute Library
RSVP
This event is free and there’s no need to book.
You can help us plan the event by letting us know you are coming via Eventbrite.
About our refurbishment
The Institute has been closed since November 2023 for the first significant refurbishment in our thirty-year history. Working with Leeds-based Group Ginger architects, the renovations have focused on creating more welcoming spaces for visitors, with enhanced events, creativity and meeting spaces.
We are excited to be reopening with new multifunctional learning and engagement facilities where we will host creative workshops, discussions and events and encourage people of all ages to engage with sculpture as learners, thinkers and makers. We have created a meeting point in the entrance so visitors can now take a seat and browse the enhanced shop.
Sustainability is at the heart of the project and we are delighted to have repurposed and reused materials and furniture, as well as installing solar panels on our new roof.
The bridge linking us with Leeds Art Gallery is also reopening for the first time since 2020.
Getting here
Henry Moore Institute
The Henry Moore Institute will reopen in July following major refurbishment. Join us for the reopening party on 11 July.
74 The Headrow
Leeds
LS1 3AH
United Kingdom
T: 01132 467 467
E: reception@henry-moore.org
