About Summer holidays

Join us for a joyful summer season of creativity, colour, and play, inspired by sunflowers and the sun.

Taking inspiration from Clytie and artworks exploring light and nature, families are invited to help grow a beautiful, collaborative sunflower installation in the grounds. With each visit, you can create your own sunflower to add to the display and watch it flourish and grow across the summer holidays.

Alongside the installation, enjoy a range of free, drop-in activities - dress up and step into the sunshine, explore hands-on making and sketching with our art trolley or in the drop-in sketching studio, or have fun with bubbles and giant games on the lawn. Plus discover the Verey Playwood and enjoy delicious treats from the Watts Café.

Summer opening hours

We are open every Tuesday to Sunday, plus Bank Holiday Monday 31 August.

Daily, free with admission, highlights include:

Drop-in sketching - get creative in our Clore Studio and Gallery
Giant games - Enjoy oversized fun on the Gallery lawn
Dress up - Step into the past with costumes inspired by our Victorian collection
Bubble station - Have floaty, bubbly fun on the Limnerslease Lawn
Get Creative - Add a sunflower to a collaborative artwork.
Pick up a William Morris Wombat trail from the Visitor Centre
Visit our collections and current exhibitions