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Kettle's Yard
  Kettle's Yard
Castle Street
Cambridge
CB3 0AQ
Cambridgeshire
England
Kettle's Yard
Collection details
Architecture, Archives, Decorative and Applied Art, Fine Art, Music
Facilities
Shop: yes Guided tours: yes Library: yes Study area: yes Wheelchair access: yes Visual disability facilities: yes
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Contact details
General information (Tel) : 01223 748100
General information (Fax) : 01223 324377
E-mail : mail@kettlesyard.cam.ac.uk
Website : www.kettlesyard.co.uk
Open
Tues-Sun
Gallery 1130-1700
House 1400-1600 (extended opening in summer)
Bank holiday Mondays
Gallery 1130-1730
House 1330-1630
Closed
Mondays
Admission charges
Free
Description
Kettle's Yard is a house with a permanent collection of 20th century art and a gallery showing a changing programme of 20th century and contemporary art exhibitoins.

Kettle's Yard House was created by Jim Ede, once a curator at the Tate Gallery. It is more than an art collection, the building and the way in which the art and other objects are displayed are unique. In many ways Kettle's Yard House retains the characteristics of a real home and visitors are welcome to sit in the chairs, read the books and enjoy the art works.

Kettle's Yard Gallery enjoys an internatonal reputation for its innovative exhibitions of modern and contemporary art. A wide variety of exhibiton are shown every year including major retrospectives of modern artists as well as first UK showings by contemporary international artists.
Collections description
In the Kettle's Yard House there is a collection of 20th century art including paintings by Ben and Winifred Nicholson, Christopher Wood, ALfred Wallis and David Jones and sculptures by Barbara Hepworth, Henry Moore, Constantin Brancusi and Henri Gaudier-Brzeska. For a list of all the artists represented in the collection see our web site. Also on show in the house is the furniture, ceramics and natural objects collected by Jim Ede

Key artists and exhibits
Henri Gaudier-Brzeska, Alfred Wallis, David Jones, Ben Nicholson, Winifred Nicholson, Christopher Wood, William Congdon, Barbara Hepworth, Henry Moore, Constantin Brancusi, Naum Gabo, George Kennethson, Joan Miro (represented by one work), Lucy Rie, Italo Valenti, William Staite Murray, Elisabeth Vellacott


Articles
The Oil Paintings Of Roger Hilton At Kettle's Yard Cambridge
Arts Council Re-Thinks Some Cuts With Funding Announcement
Edmund De Waal At Kettle's Yard In Cambridge
Ikon And Kettle's Yard Explore The Surreal World Of Arturo Herrera
WE The Moderns - Gaudier-Brzeska At Kettle's Yard Cambridge
News In Brief - Week Ending November 26 2006
Cambridge Hosts Cutting Edge Art At Kettle's Yard Open

Events
Saturday Drawing  ; Workshop or activity session
The artists of Kettle's Yard  Workshop or activity session
Course: The Artists of Kettle's Yard  Lecture; Workshop or activity session
Tuesday Studio  ; Workshop or activity session
Kettle's Yard Open 2008  Exhibition (temporary)
Friday Lunchtime Concert  Performance
The Roundhouse of International Spirits: Arp, Benazzi, Bissier, Nicholson, Richter, Tobey, Valenti in the Ticino.  Exhibition (temporary)
Glitter and Glue Drop-In Sessions  ; Workshop or activity session
Curator's tour of The Roundhouse of International Spirits  Guided tour
Friday Lunchtime Concert  Performance
Lunchtime Talk  Guided tour
Cambridge Modern Jazz John Etheridge / Christian Garry Duo  Performance
Friday Lunchtime Concert  Performance
Friday Lunchtime Concert  Performance
More Creative Writing - Course at Kettle's Yard  Workshop or activity session
Sunday Coffee Concert Ensemble Klang  Performance
Thursday Evening Subscription Series London Haydn Quartet  Performance
Friday Lunchtime Concert  Performance
Ben Nicholson the European by Peter Khoroche  Lecture
New Music Morning Cappé Quartet  Performance
Old Times Harold Pinter  Performance
Lunchtime Talk  Lecture
Thursday Evening Subscription Series Sitkovetsky-Wu-Elschenbroich  Performance
Friday Lunchtime Concert  Performance
Whats the Score? - Kettle's Yard  Workshop or activity session
Whats the Score? - Kettle's Yard  Workshop or activity session
Sculpted paintings, painted sculptures - Kettle's Yard Workshop  Workshop or activity session
Lunchtime Talk  Lecture
Thursday Evening Subscription Series Richard Benjafield and Chris Brannick  Performance
Cambridge Modern Jazz Tim Garland's Lighthouse Trio  Performance
Friday Lunchtime Concert  Performance
Family Workshops: Cambridge Curiosity and Imagination  ; Workshop or activity session
Lunchtime Talk  Lecture
Thursday Evening Subscription Series Tom Poster  Performance
Friday Lunchtime Concert  Performance
Sunday Coffee Concert Elysian Quartet  Performance
Descriptive tour of 'a Roundhouse of International Spirits' for visually impaired people and their friends.  Guided tour
Poets and the House - Four Poetry Readings in Kettle's Yard  Performance
Lunchtime Talk  Guided tour
Thursday Evening Subscription Series Adrian Brendel, cello; Tom Horton, piano  Performance
Sunday Coffee Concert The Meta-Piano  Performance
Lunchtime Talk  Lecture
New Music Morning Mixed Receptions  Performance
Lunchtime Talk  Lecture
David Ward in conversation with Professor Colin Renfrew  Lecture
David Ward: Slow Time  Exhibition (temporary)
A Trick of the Light - Kettle's Yard Workshop  Workshop or activity session
Sunday Conversation: Orlando Gough and David Ward  Lecture
Lunchtime Talk  Lecture
Cambridge Modern Jazz Stan Tracey Trio  Performance
Study Day at Kettle's Yard - A Room to Live in  Workshop or activity session
Painting with Sound - Kettle's Yard Workshop  Workshop or activity session
Mixed Media Movement - Kettle's Yard Workshop  Workshop or activity session
Chancers - Kettle's Yard Workshop  Workshop or activity session
Famous Five: Artists in the House - Kettle's Yard Course  Lecture
Lunchtime Talk  Lecture
Thursday Evening Subscription Series Elizabeth Watts, soprano and piano  Performance
Cambridge Modern Jazz John Law Trio  Performance
Sunday Coffee Concert Oliver Coates  Performance
Wednesday Club  ; Workshop or activity session
Thursday Evening Subscription Series Doric String Quartet; Bartholomew LaFollete, cello  Performance
Thursday Evening Subscription Series Hermitage String Duo  Performance
Thursday Evening Subscription Series Frans Helmerson  Performance
Thursday Evening Subscription Series Alexandra Dariescu  Performance
Craft Connections at Kettle's Yard - Kettle's Yard Course  Lecture
 

General Information
Brochure or leaflet available with directions to museum
Pre-booking service for groups
Foreign language leaflet or brochure available
Guided tours
Collections
General guide to collections available
Specialist publications on collections available
Object identification and/or written enquiry service
Object study facilities available (enquire in advance)
Disability Access
Audio guides specifically for blind and partially sighted people
Braille information and/or interpretation
Events/teaching/resources for people with disabilities
Large print information and/or interpretation
Toilets for disabled
Touch exhibits and/or handling sessions
Wheelchair access to some public areas
Wheelchairs available for loan
Children and Families
Events and resources for children and families
General Education
Academic publications and resources available
Adult lectures and courses held
Education facilities available
Loan service
Member of staff available with responsibility for education
Reception and lunch facilities for educational groups
Schools Education
Direct teaching services for schools
Primary school education service available
Printed/audio-visual information available for schools
Secondary school education service available
Facilities
Auditorium
Facilities for private functions and events
Library
Library with public access
Mail order service available
Meeting room available
Object study facilities available (enquire in advance)
Research facilities for academics
Shop
Study facilities