Kettle's Yard
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A beautiful house with a remarkable collection of modern art, Kettle’s Yard is the University of Cambridge’s modern and contemporary art gallery.
The new Kettle's Yard opened on 10 February 2018 after a major building project to create improved exhibition galleries, a new entrance area and café, and a four-floor education wing.
The house is no ordinary gallery, with works of art placed among furniture, glass, ceramics and natural objects in a series of intimate rooms. Originally the home of Jim and Helen Ede - Jim had been a curator at London's Tate Gallery in the 1920s and 30s - the house is testament to his vision that an art gallery or museum is not simply a collection, but a lived-in space.
It was designed with students in mind, as "a living place where works of art could be enjoyed, where young people could be at home unhampered by the greater austerity of the museum or public art gallery" Ede said. In 1966 he gave the house and its contents to the University of Cambridge.
The permanent collection includes works by French sculptor Henri Gaudier-Brzeska, St Ives fisherman-turned-painter Alfred Wallis, and artists William Congdon, Italo Valenti and Elisabeth Vellacott.
Kettle's Yard hosts a programme of modern and contemporary exhibitions, a café and shop.
Why you should go
House-turned-gallery
Collection of 20th century art and objects
Modern and contemporary art exhibitions
Visitor information
Address
Castle Street, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, CB3 0AQ
01223 748100
Opening times
Tuesday - Sunday, 11am-5pm
House, galleries, café and shop are open. You can pre-book your visit online, or come along for walk up tickets (available first come, first served) for the house and gallery. Last entry to the House at 4.20pm.
If you wish to visit the house, you will need to book a house ticket, which comes with a 50% National Art Pass discount. House tickets include entry to current exhibitions. If the house is fully booked, you can still visit the exhibition galleries by booking an exhibition ticket or coming along on the day you wish to visit.
Please note that we are closed 24 December 2024 - 1 January 2025 (inclusive), and will reopen on Thursday 2 January.
Exclusions and safety measures
Please check the Kettle’s Yard website for any one-off closures.
Visitor information
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