International Sculpture Day

Henry Moore Studios & Gardens reopens on 16 April with Encounters, a season of stories and events.

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A photo taken through a hole in a bronze sculpture. Through the hole you can see a middle aged man, wearing fashionable spectacles, talking into a microphone.

A boy using his phone to take photos of a room full of small-scale sculptures and maquettes.

A group of adults and children sat or stood around a table. They are cutting shapes out of coloured paper to make collages.

Two groups of adults and children sat on the floor, making and decorating movable sculptures.

A young boy in a red sweatshirt looks curiously at a small bronze sundial

Join us for a day of drop-in activities to celebrate International Sculpture Day and our new season theme, Encounters.

Draw, photograph, take a sculpture for a stroll, or listen to our team talk about their international Encounters working with Henry Moore’s artworks around the world.

International Sculpture Day is a worldwide event which aims to advance the creation and understanding of sculpture.

Share what you’ve created and discovered across these activities with us on Facebook or Instagram: @henrymoorestudios #ISD2025

Activities

Artistic Encounters

11:00–17:00
Family friendly
Drop by to collect & create, available in the gardens

Artist and sculptor Natalie Zervou-Kerruish has created a new activity sheet that invites you to make and take a sculpture for a stroll.

Use this activity sheet, stickers, folds and wheeled shapes to create something sculptural before taking it around the site to see how you Encounter your surroundings differently with it.

More broadly Natalie is interested in the wordless language of sculpture and movement. Her work plays with tactility and the impact the body has in relation to sculpture and space. Recently Natalie has been exploring symbols and philosophies connected to her Greek heritage, alienation and voicelessness.

New York University students research day visit 2023

Henry Moore Around the World

11:00–13:00 & 15:00–17:00
Suitable for all ages
Drop in, Interpretation Room

Did you know that there are 380 Henry Moore sculptures on public display in 39 different countries around the world?

Explore our map of Henry Moore sculptures around the world, and take inspiration from photographers who captured these sculptures from every angle in every environment.

Take photos of your own around our sculpture gardens on the day, and wherever you discover them to follow. Share them with us and the wider world on social media.

A family of two parents and three children sit on a grass lawn. They are looking at and discussing a large bronze, abstract sculpture.

Moore on the Move

11:00–17:00
Family friendly
Drop by to collect & create, available in the gardens

Come along to draw and collage your own ideas for sculptures.

Henry Moore’s works can be found all over the world and were especially popular in Japan, Germany, the Netherlands and the East Coast of America.

Use our activity sheets of different world locations to see what yours would look like outside of Perry Green!

'Sculpting Stories' artist talk by Abid Javed, 2024

International Encounters

14:00–14:30
Recommended age 14+
Drop-in talk, Interpretation Room

Conservation technician Antoinette Hächler talks about her international Encounters with Henry Moore artworks.

Antoinette is part of our collections team, and has worked as a conservation technician for our works on paper on many of our international exhibitions.

Join us to gain behind the scenes insights on the Henry Moore Foundation’s global work beyond Moore’s home, studios and gardens in Hertfordshire.

Tickets

All of the International Sculpture Day activities are included in an annual ticket. The events are drop-in, so there’s no need to book. Children must be accompanied by an adult.

If you already have an annual ticket, just come along on the day and bring your annual ticket with you.
If you don’t have an annual ticket, you can buy one online or from the ticket desk when you arrive.

An annual ticket lets you return to Studios & Gardens as often as you like, during open season, for 12 calendar months.

Buy an annual ticket