Leighton House Museum

About Leighton House Museum

The former studio-house of the great Victorian artist Frederic, Lord Leighton. Contains extraordinary period interiors including the Arab Hall. Also houses a permanent exhibition of Victorian paintings, drawings and sculpture, including works by Leighton, Burne-Jones, Millais, Stevens, Alma-Tadema and the Cecil French Bequest. The rooms are furnished in period style and the Arab Hall is the most unusual feature of the house. Also changing contemporary exhibitions. Donations welcome.

Leighton House is currently closed for refurbishment and will open in April 2010.

Leighton House Museum Address

Address:
12 Holland Park Road
London
W14 8LZ
Telephone: +44 (0)20 7602 3316
Fax: +44 (0)20 7371 2467

Prices for Leighton House Museum

Adult: From £3.00 (USD5.00)  per ticket
Family: From £6.00 (USD9.99)  per ticket
Concession: From £1.00 (USD1.67)  per ticket
Child: From £1.00 (USD1.67)  per ticket
 

Location Information for Leighton House Museum

Address:
12 Holland Park Road
London
W14 8LZ
Telephone: +44 (0)20 7602 3316
Fax: +44 (0)20 7371 2467
Public transport: Kensington (Olympia), National Railway
By Road: Turn left out of the station down the High Street. Take the first right after the Commonwealth Institute into Melbury Road, then first left into Holland Park Road.

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Events at Leighton House Museum

  • The Leighton House Drawings Collection

    Exhibition

    Recurring event

    Frederic, Lord Leighton (1830-1896) is acknowledged as one of the great Victorian draughtsmen. The Leighton Drawings Project aimed to catalogue, conserve, and photograph and exhibit the collection of almost 700 drawings at Leighton House. It was carried out between 2005 and 2007 with the support of the Heritage Lottery Fund. The fully illustrated catalogue can be accessed through this website, along with a database of all Leighton drawings in other public collections worldwide, created with the support of the Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art. A printed catalogue, which accompanies the exhibition, is available from the Museum.

     
  • Miscellaneous Material Related to Leighton

    Exhibition

    Recurring event

    14 items of personal material including documents, personal mementos, embroideries, enamels and caricatures.

     
  • Painting Collections

    Exhibition

    Recurring event

    Leighton House has some 81 oil paintings by Leighton. Many of these works are oil sketches which Leighton produced as part of the process of creating the major paintings. Of the 81 works, 9 are on loan to Leighton House from other institutions or private individuals. Below are a selection of the paintings on display at Leighton House.

     
  • Prints of Leighton's Works

    Exhibition

    Recurring event

    There are 54 prints of Leighton's works at the Museum - many were acquired from the original publishers and reproduce his major works. A number are signed.

     
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