Henry Moore Institute

The Henry Moore Institute is dedicated to celebrating sculpture. We welcome everyone to experience, study and enjoy sculpture.

We are an international research centre located in the vibrant city of Leeds, where Henry Moore began his training as a sculptor. In our iconic building we host a year-round changing programme of historical, modern and contemporary exhibitions presenting sculpture from across the world.

We are open seven days a week and are free to all.

The Institute is a hub for sculpture, connecting a global network of artists and scholars. As a part of the Henry Moore Foundation, an independent arts charity, it is our mission to bring people together to think about why sculpture matters.

What's on

Galleries 1, 2, 3 and 4
Open		Yorkshire Sculpture International
22 June - 29 September 2019
Sculpture Study Galleries
Open		Phyllida Barlow: Sculpture and Drawings from the Leeds Collection
8 March - 29 September 2019

The Institute is closed on Bank Holidays, including Monday 26 August (Summer bank holiday).

Our galleries are open Tuesday - Sunday, 10am - 5pm (Wednesday: 10am - 8pm).

Opening times
and getting here

The Henry Moore Institute is situated on The Headrow, in Leeds city centre's cultural hub.

As well as presenting exhibitions and events, encouraging research and hosting a library dedicated to sculpture, the Institute curates the sculpture collection of Leeds Museums and Galleries, which includes an unrivalled archive of sculptors' papers.

Opening
times

Galleries
Open Tuesday to Sunday, 10am - 5pm, Wednesday until 8pm. Closed on Mondays.

Library
Open daily, 10am - 5pm Monday to Saturday (Wednesday until 8pm), and 1pm - 5pm on Sundays.

Archive
The Archive is open Monday to Friday, by prior appointment only.

Collections
Our collections displays are housed in the adjacent Leeds Art Gallery building, connected to the Institute via a bridge link. These displays are open Tuesday to Saturday, 10am - 5pm, Sunday 11am - 3pm. Closed on Mondays.

The Institute is closed on Bank Holidays.

Where
we are

Henry Moore Institute
The Headrow
Leeds
LS1 3AH
United Kingdom
T: 0113 246 7467

What's On

at Henry Moore Institute

Phyllida Barlow: Sculpture and Drawings from the Leeds CollectionExhibitionPhyllida Barlow: Sculpture and Drawings from the Leeds Collection 8 March – 29 September 2019
Working with mass produced materials and ad hoc processes, Barlow creates objects that are at once playful and strange, abstract and anthropomorphic, from hand-sized works to monumental commissions.
Yorkshire Sculpture International: Tamar HarpazExhibitionYorkshire Sculpture International: Tamar Harpaz 22 June – 29 September 2019
Combining light, mirrors and domestic objects, Tamar Harpaz's sprawling sculptural installation teases a tangible, yet unstable, relationship between material culture, memory and communication.
Yorkshire Sculpture International: Rashid JohnsonExhibitionYorkshire Sculpture International: Rashid Johnson 22 June – 29 September 2019
Taking in portrait busts, minimalism and the human need to make and engage with materials, Rashid Johnson has created a new installation of sculptures made entirely from shea butter.
Yorkshire Sculpture International: Maria LobodaExhibitionYorkshire Sculpture International: Maria Loboda 22 June – 29 September 2019
Inspired by anthropology, linguistics and archaeology, Maria Loboda unravels the assignation of meaning to symbols and objects throughout history, reimagining them into new combinations.
Yorkshire Sculpture International: Sean LynchExhibitionYorkshire Sculpture International: Sean Lynch 22 June – 29 September 2019
Sean Lynch reveals unwritten stories and forgotten histories, and in this exhibition delves into the life and work of 'Flint Jack', a notorious nineteenth-century antiquarian, forger and vagabond.
Yorkshire Sculpture International: Cauleen SmithExhibitionYorkshire Sculpture International: Cauleen Smith 22 June – 29 September 2019
Smith's film Sojourner, presented here as part of a new installation, reimagines the Noah Purifoy Outdoor Desert Art Museum in Joshua Tree, California, as a radical feminist utopia.

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