Art & collections

As part of the Trust’s People’s Landscapes programme, Dunham Massey celebrates the people who could be called ‘nature’s champions'. From Sir David Attenborough and Linda McCartney to William Wordsworth and Octavia Hill, this partnership exhibition with the National Portrait Gallery, brings together over 30 works of art and live debates. From 23 March.

A new exhibition at Croome Court in Worcestershire, that once housed a school for boys, explores the question ‘what is home?’ through the voices of former pupils and children currently in care. Artist Kashif Nadim Chaudry’s installation is inspired by a period in Croome’s history from 1948–1978 and the pupils' real-life stories and personal objects.

At Ham House in Richmond-upon-Thames, Surrey there is an exquisite 17th-century cabinet intricately inlaid with pieces of colourful woods and exotic materials. They come together to create an abundant display of spring flowers, birds and butterflies.

In our latest Curator’s blog, Elizabeth Green, Lead Curator for Wales, talks about an object she loves, a working steam engine named Hugh Napier from Penrhyn Castle, Gwynedd. Take a closer look at one of the more unusual items in the Trust's collections.

Our collections are constantly revitalised through new acquisitions. Recently, we acquired John Singer Sargent’s A Game of Bowls for Ightham Mote in Kent following a successful campaign to raise funds to purchase it for the nation.

Each year we lend many items from our collections to external exhibitions. You may be surprised to find out where our objects go on show.