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 […]
Summer Garden Party | Free | All Welcome | 1-5pm Please join us at Dorich House Museum on Saturday 27 June for our annual Summer Garden Party. Bring your friends, enjoy a complimentary glass of prosecco and relax in our walled orchard garden while listening to live music performed by Kingston University Performing Arts students throughout […]
Dorich House Museum & Stanley Picker Gallery: Museum & Gallery Assistant Programme Paid Opportunity for Kingston University Students Deadline for applications: Friday 12 June 2026 12pm Dorich House Museum and our Kingston University partner venue Stanley Picker Gallery are recruiting new Museum & Gallery Assistants for the 2026/27 academic year. Our Museum & Gallery Assistants play a […]
Undiminished: Rebalancing the female narrative of menopause Thursday 4 June – Saturday 25 July 2026 | Free/Drop-in Dr Francesca Arrigoni-Halliday is an Associate Professor in Physiology and Pharmacology at Kingston University. Having recently completed the MA Illustration at Kingston School of Art, she has been able to test how visual methods, when used well, can sharpen […]
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