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This weekend join us as and bring a spectacular circus performance to our Grounds.
High wire ✅
Aerial dance ✅
Live music ✅
You won't want to miss it!

Get tickets👉 https://t.co/ENO1uUonP5

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2021-07-13

Our Galleries are OPEN & we're ready to welcome you this weekend. Pre-book your timed entry passes for our Exhibitions & Collections online, and enjoy a safe & comfortable visit with us https://t.co/AX1cCOmZMj

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2020-10-09

Today is To celebrate, here are some of the brilliant beards we've got in our Northern European Collection. How many beards will you spot on your next visit to our galleries? 🧔

Plan your next visit: https://t.co/Z21uW0fmZu
Images © Compton Verney

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2020-09-05

🐕EASTER TRAIL🐕
Greyhound racing was very popular in Victorian times. The Greyhound from our Folk Art Collection is stretching his legs on the west lawn. Can you find him?
📷 by John Cleary Photography/Jamie Woodley

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2020-04-14

Have you ever looked at this painting from our Naples Collection and wondered how Mary's robes look so blue? They are painted in Ultramarine, a pigment made from Lapis Lazuli. It was extremely expensive and so was reserved for the most important saints

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2020-04-03

🎉Happy 250th Birthday to Daniel Lambert🎉
Born on this day in 1770, he was famous in the late Georgian era for being the 'fattest man in Britain'. See this portrait on display in our British Folk Art Collection
© Compton Verney 📷 by Hugh Kelly

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2020-03-14

🚨 CURATOR'S TOUR & TEA - LAST FEW TICKETS REMAINING 🚨
Take a guided tour of our spring exhibitions with curator, Dr Amy Orrock, followed by an informal chat over tea & cake. BOOK NOW online https://t.co/sJ1SaTH2dl

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2020-03-11