Open archive session
Open Archive: Behind the Scenes Tour
14:00–14:30 & 15:00–15:30
Studios & Gardens, Hertfordshire
Included in an annual ticket
About this event
Step inside the Henry Moore Archive and discover the world’s leading resource dedicated to Henry Moore.
Home to more than 750,000 items, our collection offers a wealth of material to explore.
Join our exclusive tours for rare access to publications, photographs, and objects usually hidden from public view – treasures collected throughout Moore’s lifetime and continuing to the present day.
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Open archive session
Open Archive: Behind the Scenes Tour
14:00–14:30 & 15:00–15:30
Open archive session
Open Archive: Behind the Scenes Tour
14:00–14:30 & 15:00–15:30
Tickets
Entry is included in an annual ticket. This event is 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.
What’s on
Find out more about what you can see and do this season at Henry Moore Studios & Gardens, Hertfordshire.
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.
Henry Moore: Shelter Drawings
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.
Upcoming events
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Early years activity
Mini Moore: Make
11:00–13:00
Drop-in workshop
Bones & Stones
12:00–16:00, last entry 15:30
Live material demonstration
Sculpture Series: Carving Wood
13:30–16:00
Drop-in workshop
Creating from Classics: Sculpture & Painting
12:00–16:00, last entry 15:30
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. We’re open 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
