What's on

Ideas for a blast of family fun during the summer holidays including chances to complete some of our 50 things to do before you’re 11 ¾ challenges.

Opening on 7 July, Mottisfont is celebrating the 50th anniversary of this much-loved classic which launches the nationwide tour at 11 National Trust properties. You’ll be able to see original drawings from Judith Kerr’s celebrated book, other stories and enjoy the interactive kitchen and more.

Fancy playing cricket or tennis on the lawn or having a family sack race in an orchard? Over the summer holiday we’ve got loads of family-friendly sports activities for you to try including archery, tug-of-war, croquet, rounders and more.

In this five-part series we lift the lid on our archives to uncover the seldom-told stories of maids, mill-workers, politicians and even royalty, who fought and campaigned to help shape the world we live in today.

Many of our places are hosting exhibitions, art installations and events illuminating the stories behind the struggle for suffrage.

We’re partnering with the National Portrait Gallery on a touring exhibition of rarely seen paintings, drawings, photographs and archival documents, from surveillance photographs of militant suffragettes to portraits of the key players in the suffrage movement.

Here's our guide to current and future exhibitions at our places. Take your pick from exhibitions on Renaissance silver, portraiture at Powis, Dutch masters, women’s suffrage and fashion.

Explore the ideas and themes that shaped the places we care for through contemporary art exhibitions and events, all in partnership with the Arts Council. This month a new architectural artwork by Mark Wallinger opens at Runnymede, the site which witnessed the sealing of Magna Carta.