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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

This dove - shaped bronze finial is on display in our Chinese Collection. During the Han dynasty, men who reached the age of 70 would be awarded a wangzhang, or king’s staff, topped a dove as a symbol of their wisdom

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2020-04-07

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

🎨 STONE AGE CAVE PAINTING 🎨
Today, Emma's showing us how to mix paint from things you might find in the garden and how to use them to make a Stone Age Cave Painting. Visit our website for more resources 👉 https://t.co/0PK7ZO2Rb2

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2020-04-02

🎉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

To celebrate we'd like to introduce you to Georgiana Verney, Lady Willoughby de Broke (1824-1889). A champion of women's rights and adult education, along side a number of other causes, we believe that our Women's Library was once hers

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2020-03-08

Want to learn more about our Northern European Collection? Stay tuned to our Facebook page as, in the lead up to the opening of our re-display of the Collection (Sat 14 Mar), we'll be broadcasting videos about some of our key pieces

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2020-03-04

Don't forget this week is your LAST CHANCE to see our exhibition of work by the artist behind our new sculpture in the park 'Ways To Say Goodbye'. Find out more 👉 https://t.co/Znrx8vWVJf

📷by Jamie Woodley © Compton Verney

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2019-12-09

Sue Rangeley's artistic stitches and romantic inspirations illuminate her unique embroideries. Come along to our Textile Fair on Sat 16 & Sun 17 Nov and see her unique creations. Find out more https://t.co/CoRBIWVIq7

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2019-11-01

Have you ever seen a more magnificent Camellia Sinensis plant?! Come to our Tea Sensorium (open Tue - Sun, 11am - 5pm) and make up a name for your own brand of tea to help our tea plant grow even bigger! https://t.co/4Wygtabizv

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2019-08-31

There's just three day to go until the opening of 'A Tea Journey'! Here's a sneak peek of intricate ceramic piece, 'An Ugly Side'. Come and see it when the exhibition opens on Sat 6 Jul 👉 https://t.co/zxqYOlC4E4

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2019-07-04