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Our galleries at Henry Moore Institute, Leeds are currently closed while we install Sagarika Sundaram: Reservoir, opening 30 September 2026. The Sculpture Research Library is open as usual.

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Open archive session

Open Archive: Inspiration, Sculpture and Our Natural World

14:00–16:30

Studios & Gardens, Hertfordshire

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A vintage colour photo showing a garden with apple trees in blossom. In the foreground is a small, bronze sundial on a concrete base

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Join the Henry Moore Archive team to explore the development of Henry and Irina’s Moore’s home, studios and the surrounding landscape over nearly half a century.

The archive team have pulled together material from our extensive archive to allow you to delve into several themes inspired by our 2024 season ‘Inspiration, Sculpture and Our Natural World.

Through photographs, letters, articles and Moore’s own writings you can discover how the artist was inspired by his surroundings: the colours, objects, wildlife, trees and shrubs, the skies, light and changing seasons.

Trace how Irina Moore transformed the landscape into an outdoor gallery and how Moore developed the site to enable the production of his works on a grand scale.

Open Archive sessions are included in your annual ticket.
Drop-in, no booking needed.

A black and white photo showing a middle aged man and woman walking through a garden. The man is pushing a bicycle and the woman is carrying a basket over one arm.
Henry and Irina Moore walking through the gardens in Perry Green. Photo: John Hedgecoe.

Stories from the Henry Moore Archive

Discover more of the hidden histories of Moore’s sculptures in these stories from the Henry Moore Archive.

An elderly man is stood over a tripod with an old camera, taking a photo of a small bronze sculpture on a plinth.

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A vintage colour photo showing an older man, with thinning grey hair, wearing a yellow cardigan. He is standing in front of two bronze sculptures which depict a deity figure from Polynesia.

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About the Henry Moore Archive

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

Henry Moore Archive

Visit the archive

We welcome anyone with an interest in Henry Moore, his life and his work.

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.

Open by appointment year-round, Monday to Friday, 10:00–16:30.

Getting here

Henry Moore Studios & Gardens

Perry Green
Hertfordshire
SG10 6EE
United Kingdom

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

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A large bronze sculpture made of three parts, sited in a woodland clearing. The two larger parts surround the small on on two sides, acting like a shell or shelter.

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