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Dorich House Museum is open for Heritage Open Days 2016

picture of balloons with Heritage Open Days logo (photo for Heritage Open Days 2016)

Dorich House Museum will be open for Heritage Open Days 2016 8-11 September, 11am-5pm (last entry 4.30pm) Free Entry for all Guided Tours Friday, Saturday and Sunday at 11.30am Please contact the Museum to book a tour

Origami Children’s Activity at Dorich House Museum

photo for a event, sculpture with a origami crane (for a Japanese inspired afternoon of fun creating Origami animals, a tradition paper Crane, a cat or dog, or the ever popular at Dorich House Museum, a squirrel

ORIGAMI CHILDREN’S ACTIVITY AT DORICH HOUSE MUSEUM Saturday 30th July, 2pm Join us at Dorich House Museum on Saturday 30th July 2pm-4pm for a Japanese inspired afternoon of fun creating origami animals. Learn to make a tradition paper crane, a cat or dog, or the ever popular at Dorich House Museum, a squirrel! This will […]

Dorich House Museum Pavilion and London Festival of Architecture

Pavilion in the museum’s garden (designed as apart of Kingston University Degree Show 2016, Unit 5 of the School of Architecture and Landscape Design.)

DORICH HOUSE MUSEUM PAVILION AND LONDON FESTIVAL OF ARCHITECTURE As part of Kingston University Degree Show 2016, Unit 5 of the School of Architecture and Landscape Design have designed a new pavilion for the museum’s garden. Unit 5 continue the 1:1 construction project work established by tutors Takeshi Hayatsu and Simon Jones during their teaching […]

Gendered Materials: Creativity in the Post-Soviet Space

Eglė Rakauskaitė, In Fat, 1998

with Laima Kreivytė (Vilnius Academy of Arts), Mare Tralla (London) & Fran Lloyd (Kingston University) Time: 10 June 2016, 5.30pm followed with drinks reception. Place: Dorich House Museum, 67 Kingston Vale, London, SW15 3RN. Image: Eglė Rakauskaitė, In Fat, 1998 This research seminar is part of the series Baltic Connections: Cultures and Societies in a […]

Professor Terunobu Fujimori Visits Dorich House Museum

PROFESSOR TERUNOBU FUJIMORI VISITS DORICH HOUSE MUSEUM

PROFESSOR TERUNOBU FUJIMORI VISITS DORICH HOUSE MUSEUM As part of a year-long project, students from the School of Architecture and Landscape have been working with tutors Takeshi Hayatsu and Simon Jones to develop a temporary pavilion for the Dorich House Museum garden. Following a field trip to Japan at the beginning of this academic year, […]

Easter Weekend at Dorich House Museum, 24-26 March

Gingerbread Mould, Dorich House

EASTER WEEKEND AT DORICH HOUSE MUSEUM Dorich House Museum is open this Easter weekend, 24-26 March 2016. We have Guided Tours at 11.30am on Good Friday and Saturday and will be open from 11am-5pm Thursday-Saturday. We also have a special Russian themed children’s activity trail on Saturday afternoon, 2pm-4pm, £3 per child with the accompanying […]

Dorich House Museum at the Iconic Houses Network Conference

DORICH HOUSE MUSEUM AT THE ICONIC HOUSES NETWORK CONFERENCE IN LA

DORICH HOUSE MUSEUM AT THE ICONIC HOUSES NETWORK CONFERENCE As members of the Iconic Houses Network, Dorich House Museum and Kingston University’s Modern Interiors Research Centre participated in the 4th Iconic Houses Network Conference. Hosted by the Getty Conservation Institute at the Getty Center in Los Angeles, the conference brought together curators, owners, heritage, and […]

Love Artists Valentine’s Weekend, 11-13 February

Hare and Gordine in the Modelling Studio at Dorich House Museum. Photo: ©Historic England

Dorich House Museum Love Artists Valentine’s Weekend Dorich was named by its makers, a combination of the first names of Dora Gordine and Hon. Richard Hare. The 1930s love story built into the beautiful Grade II listed building on Kingston Vale. The sculptor and the academic created the house to be a studio and gallery […]

Stanley Picker Gallery Fellow Oreet Ashery Films at Dorich House

STANLEY PICKER FELLOW OREET ASHERY FILMS AT DORICH HOUSE

STANLEY PICKER FELLOW OREET ASHERY FILMS AT DORICH HOUSE Oreet Ashery is a UK based interdisciplinary visual artist born in Israel, whose personally and politically charged exhibitions, performances, videos and writings are highly regarded internationally. Often presenting her work in the guise of fictional characters, Ashery works on public, community, educational and participatory projects that […]

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