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Henry Moore Studios & Gardens is currently closed for winter, reopening on 1 April 2026.

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What's on

See our current exhibitions and upcoming events at Henry Moore Institute, Leeds.

We’re open year round, always free of charge.

An exhibition guide in a bright yellow 'Beyond the Visual' top and a visitor are touching and listening to flat metal sculptures mounted to a gallery wall.

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Current exhibitions

We’re open Tuesday to Sunday, 10:00–17:00.

Leeds Art Gallery is open Tuesday to Saturday, 10:00–17:00, and Sunday, 11:00–15:00.

Our galleries will be closed on Good Friday (3 April), Easter Sunday (5 April) and Easter Monday (6 April).

Beyond the Visual
Close up of hands holding a plaster digestive biscuit with braille text and lettering reading 'comma'. Many more biscuits are on the table in front, featuring a variety of different words.

Exhibition

Beyond the Visual

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Sculpture Galleries and Study Gallery
Henry Moore Institute, Leeds
Some Steel: Sculpture and Steel in Britain, 1960-90
A model poses with their face poking through a large steel sculpture - a big circle of white metal with a smaller oval hole in the middle.

Exhibition

Some Steel: Sculpture and Steel in Britain, 1960-90

Give What You Can

Archive Gallery
Leeds Art Gallery, UK
A History of Sculpture in Leeds

Exhibition

A History of Sculpture in Leeds

The Mezzanine
Leeds Art Gallery, UK
The Lost Landscapes of Ian Hamilton Finlay
A book in a display case, opened at a page with an illustration of a tank turret with three gun barrels and two architectural drawings of a garden.

Library display

The Lost Landscapes of Ian Hamilton Finlay

Henry Moore Institute, Leeds

Upcoming events

We hold talks, conferences and family-friendly workshops at our venue in Leeds, with partner organisations, and online.

Events respond to our exhibitions, or form part of our current research season.

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Curators' Tour of Beyond the Visual
Three people standing in an art gallery next to a colourful sculpture hanging from the ceiling.
Part of Beyond the Visual
Part of Beyond the Visual

Guided tour

Curators' Tour of Beyond the Visual

13:00–14:00 & 18:00–19:00

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Henry Moore Institute, Leeds
Free exhibition tours: Beyond the Visual
An exhibition guide in a bright yellow 'Beyond the Visual' top leads a tour for two blind visitors, one with a guide dog and the other holding a cane. They are all touching a bronze sculpture on a plinth.
Part of Beyond the Visual
Part of Beyond the Visual

Guided tour

Free exhibition tours: Beyond the Visual

11:00 & 14:30

Sculpture Galleries and Study Gallery
Henry Moore Institute, Leeds
Wales in Venice: Manon Awst, Dylan Huw and Steffan Jones-Hughes in conversation
A man wearing a black t-shirt and a woman wearing a white blouse sitting behind a large, old wooden desk.

Artist in conversation

Wales in Venice: Manon Awst, Dylan Huw and Steffan Jones-Hughes in conversation

14:00–16:00

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The Studio
Henry Moore Institute, Leeds
British Sign Language tours of Beyond the Visual
A mean wearing a yellow jumper touching a small stone sculpture with the back of his hand.
Part of Beyond the Visual
Part of Beyond the Visual

Guided tour

British Sign Language tours of Beyond the Visual

Tours start at 11:00, 14:00, 15:00 & 16:00

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Sculpture Galleries
Henry Moore Institute, Leeds
Jennifer Justice in conversation with Beyond the Visual curators
Wooden teardrop-shaped pendants hang from metal chains against a textured wooden post and white wall.
Part of Beyond the Visual
Part of Beyond the Visual

Artist in conversation

Jennifer Justice in conversation with Beyond the Visual curators

18:00–19:15

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Henry Moore Institute, Leeds
Electronic Music Showcase with Rian Treanor and Rotherham Sight and Sound
Three blind participants sit at small desks inside a large, wood-framed, open structure. It is criss-crossed with long poles that make moving around difficult, and has purple strip lights scattered around at different heights.
Part of Beyond the Visual
Part of Beyond the Visual

Performance

Electronic Music Showcase with Rian Treanor and Rotherham Sight and Sound

13:00–15:00

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Henry Moore Institute, Leeds
Touch tour of Beyond the Visual
An exhibition guide in a bright yellow 'Beyond the Visual' top leads a tour for two blind visitors, one with a guide dog and the other holding a cane. They are all touching a bronze sculpture on a plinth.
Part of Beyond the Visual
Part of Beyond the Visual

Guided tour

Touch tour of Beyond the Visual

Tour starts at 14:00

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Sculpture Galleries
Henry Moore Institute, Leeds
SculptED: What is Sculpture? Session for children educated outside of school
An adult and child sat on the floor of an art gallery. They are pulling on opposite ends of a piece of coiled material, stretching it out between them. Other art materials surround them on the floor and in a basket nearby.

Family-friendly workshop

SculptED: What is Sculpture? Session for children educated outside of school

10:30–12:00

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Leeds Art Gallery, UK
Art Social: Material Explorations with Serafina Min
A group of adults sketching together in a large gallery space.
Part of Beyond the Visual
Part of Beyond the Visual

Teacher CPD session

Art Social: Material Explorations with Serafina Min

17:00–19:00

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Henry Moore Institute, Leeds
Dr Patrick Eyres: The Lost Landscapes of Ian Hamilton Finlay, and Others
A watercolour landscape painting, with the words

Lecture

Dr Patrick Eyres: The Lost Landscapes of Ian Hamilton Finlay, and Others

18:00–19:00

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Henry Moore Institute, Leeds
Artist Workshop: Mysterious Boxes with Serafina Min
A family sat at a table together making small sculptures from modelling clay.
Part of Beyond the Visual
Part of Beyond the Visual

Family-friendly workshop

Artist Workshop: Mysterious Boxes with Serafina Min

10:00–12:00 & 13:30–15:30

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Henry Moore Institute, Leeds
Collin Van Uchelen in conversation with Beyond the Visual curators
A man holds an audio device to his ear while touching a pink-lit acrylic panel illuminated with a dahlia firework with arching trails.
Part of Beyond the Visual
Part of Beyond the Visual

Artist in conversation

Collin Van Uchelen in conversation with Beyond the Visual curators

18:00–19:15

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Henry Moore Institute, Leeds
SculptED: What is sculpture made from? Session for children educated outside of school
An adult and child making a towering structure from pieces of foam.

Family-friendly workshop

SculptED: What is sculpture made from? Session for children educated outside of school

10:30–12:00

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Henry Moore Institute, Leeds
SculptED: How do we experience sculpture? Session for children educated outside of school
An adult and child in an art gallery. The adult is pointing at a sculpture and talking, while the child looks and listens.

Family-friendly workshop

SculptED: How do we experience sculpture? Session for children educated outside of school

10:30–12:00

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Leeds Art Gallery, UK

Future exhibitions

Phantasmagoria: Folkloric Sculpture for the Digital Age
Drawing of a futuristic or alien room, featuring wall-mounted display screens showing images of human and alien faces. The walls and other surfaces look to be made of a dark metal, lit by neon greens and reds.

Exhibition

Phantasmagoria: Folkloric Sculpture for the Digital Age

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Sculpture Galleries
Henry Moore Institute, Leeds
Sagarika Sundaram
Artwork made of layered fabric, mounted on a white gallery wall. The topmost layer is yellow with white hand-stitched lines; underneath are layers of red and white fabric. They are opened and folded back at the top, similar to a layered shirt collar.

Exhibition

Sagarika Sundaram

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Sculpture Galleries
Henry Moore Institute, Leeds

See previous exhibitions held at Henry Moore Institute

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Henry Moore Institute

74 The Headrow
Leeds
LS1 3AH
United Kingdom

T:  01132 467 467
E:  institute@henry-moore.org

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