Dorich House Museum is looking for volunteers to support us during an upcoming temporary ceramic exhibition from Thursday 26 November to Saturday 19 December 2026. This role will involve welcoming visitors to the top floor apartment and supervising the artworks. Responsibilities include: Ensuring that visitors do not touch any artworks Ensuring that visitors move around […]
Friday 4 December 2026 | 6:30pm – 9:30pm | Book here Stars, Snow & Firelight «Звёзды, снег и свет костра» Acclaimed British jazz singer Nette Robinson and phenomenal saxophonist Tony Woods invite you to join them for a special evening of music – perfect for a cold December night. Together they will present a beautiful and evocative programme of […]
Friday 6 November | 7:30pm – 9:00pm | BOOK HERE 90 years on from the day Dora Gordine and Richard Hare were married and embarked upon life together at Dorich House, we will be hosting a special screening of the film Dora Gordine: Ars Gratia Artis by filmmaker Annaleena Piel Linnå. Eight years in the […]
Thursday 8 & Thursday 29 October | 11am-2pm |Free/Drop-in Join us for European Heritage Days and learn how to cross-stitch with local group Ariadne’s Thread who will be working on their large-scale tapestry “Blue Cornflowers” in the museum’s modelling studio on the first floor. The tapestry reproduces a painting by the celebrated Ukrainian folk artist […]
Saturday 31 October 2026 | 2pm – 4pm | Book here Join us this Halloween for a special family friendly creative workshop making Halloween masks/posters. Local artist Anna Milgrom will lead you through the workshop in which you will take away your very own mask/poster at the end. Taking place in our first floor modelling […]
Sunday 13 September 2026 | 11am – 5pm | Free/Drop-in As part of Open House Festival 2026, Dorich House Museum will be open for an extra day on Sunday 13 September. As always, the museum is free to visit for all and no booking is required. The opening times remain as 11am – 5pm for […]
Saturday 26 September 2026 | 14:00 – 16:00 | BOOK HERE Anna Milgrom returns to Dorich House Museum following her previous popular workshops for a new class focusing on still life. In this workshop, Anna will teach you the basic skills required to draw inanimate objects and create interesting compositions of objects together. These workshops […]
Stanley Picker Gallery and Dorich House Museum are seeking three new members to join their Advisory Group in December 2026 – one member of Kingston University staff and two external members. These appointments will be for an initial 4-year term, in time to help support and celebrate the 30th anniversary of Stanley Picker Gallery in […]
Thursday 25 June, Thursday 23 July & Friday 24 July 2026 | 9:30am – 11am | Free/Booking Required To accompany her current exhibition, Dr Francesca Arrigoni-Halliday will be leading three guided artistic workshops exploring the menopause as a whole-body transition rather than a set of isolated symptoms. Participants will be led through the process of […]
Wednesday 1 July 2026 | 6:30pm – 8pm | Book here As a local newspaper reporter for the Surrey Comet, Tim Harrison met and interviewed Dora Gordine in 1988 following the burglary of Dorich House which saw items from the Russian collection stolen. Following that interview, Tim continued to visit Dora every week for the […]
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