Open Archive: Inspiration, Sculpture and Our Natural World

Wednesday 25 September 2024

14:00–16:30

Henry Moore Archive

Studios & Gardens, Hertfordshire

Drop-in, no booking needed

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Part of Inspiration, Sculpture and Our Natural World

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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 huge, white abstract sculpture under a large greenhouse-like structure. In the foreground, an older man is bending to one side, using his arms to mimic the curved shape of the sculpture.

Henry Moore checks the plaster version of 'Double Oval' (LH 516) in the Plastic Studio in 1967. 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.

Henry Moore: Photography and Scale

21 September 2023

Henry Moore Studios & Gardens
Stories from the Henry Moore Archive

Poster for the 'Sonsbeek 66' exhibition in Arnhem, Netherlands

Explore our new digital archive of Henry Moore posters

30 July 2023

Henry Moore Studios & Gardens
Stories from the Henry Moore Archive

Henry Moore receives the Kaiserring from Helmut Sander, Lord Mayor of Goslar, 31 May 1975

Henry Moore in Goslar

16 May 2023

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

13 April 2023

Henry Moore Studios & Gardens
Stories from the Henry Moore Archive

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