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The Henry Moore Institute in Leeds is closed for refurbishment until Summer 2024.

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Open archive session

Open Archive: Inspiration, Sculpture and Our Natural World

14:00–16:30

Henry Moore Archive

Studios & Gardens, Hertfordshire

Drop-in, no booking needed

Included in an annual ticket

Part of Inspiration, Sculpture and Our Natural World
A black and white photo, showing a stand of six slim birch trees against the sky.

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Drop-in, no booking needed

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 vintage colour photo showing the bare timbers of a traditional barn. The barn is under construction and only some of the structure has been erected.
The Aisled Barn at the start of reconstruction at Studios & Gardens in 1981. Photo: Errol Jackson.

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.

Henry Moore: Photography and Scale

  • Henry Moore Studios & Gardens
  • Stories from the Henry Moore Archive

Explore our new digital archive of Henry Moore posters

  • Henry Moore Studios & Gardens
  • Stories from the Henry Moore Archive

Henry Moore in Goslar

  • Henry Moore Studios & Gardens
  • Stories from the Henry Moore Archive
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.

A'a from Rurutu

  • Henry Moore Studios & Gardens
  • Stories from the Henry Moore Archive

Tickets

This event is included in an annual ticket. It is a drop-in event, so there’s no need to book.

  • If you already have an annual ticket, just come along on the day and bring your annual ticket with you.
  • If you do not have an annual ticket, you can buy one online or from the ticket desk when you arrive and return to the Studios & Gardens as often as you like, during open season, for 12 calendar months.

 

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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

Experience Henry Moore’s iconic work in the beautiful Hertfordshire countryside with a visit to the artist’s former home, studios and sculpture gardens.

Perry Green
Hertfordshire
SG10 6EE
United Kingdom

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

Plan your visit – Studios & Gardens
Colour photo of Henry Moore's sculpture Sheep Piece, with several sheep sheltering under the work. In the distance, another sculpture Large Reclining Figure is visible