A Persian Paradise exhibition (14 October 2023 - 24 March 2024)
Discover reunited love tokens from Vita Sackville-West and Harold Nicolson's travels to 1920s Iran in this immersive exhibition.
- Booking not needed
- Free event (admission applies)
Two indoor spaces are transformed to explore how travels to Persia, now modern-day Iran, in the 1920s.
Tokens of love between Harold, Vita and her lover Virginia Woolf are reunited together for the first time in nearly a century, and never seen before photographs are displayed across the spaces.
Immerse yourself in the sights, scents and sounds and discover how these trips inspired Vita and Harold in the design of Sissinghurst's garden and interiors as well as in their writing and relationships.
Standard admission includes access to both parts of the exhibition in the Oast Exhibition Space and the Long Library (or 'Big Room', as it was known by Vita and Harold).
For more information, please visit our 'A Persian Paradise exhibition at Sissinghurst Castle Garden' article.
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This event is free, but normal admission charges apply for the venue.
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Please go to Visitor Reception to scan your membership cards or purchase entry tickets.
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