Opening hours

The museum will re-open for the 2022 season on Tuesday 1 February – we look forward to welcoming you!

The museum will re-open for the 2022 season on Tuesday 1 February – we look forward to welcoming you!

The museum will re-open for the 2022 season on Tuesday 1 February – we look forward to welcoming you!

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TALK: Abram Games 60 Years of Design

Wednesday 25 September 2019 at 6pm in Edinburgh Room, Lygon Arms, High Street, Broadway WR12 7DU Abram Games was one of the 20th century’s most important graphic designers.  His career spanned 60 years, and during the Second World War, he was uniquely appointed Official War Poster Artist, designing over 100 posters.  Postwar, he created posters…..

Wednesday 25 September 2019 at 6pm in Edinburgh Room, Lygon Arms, High Street, Broadway WR12 7DU Abram Games was one of the 20th century’s most important graphic designers.  His career spanned 60 years, and during the Second World War, he was uniquely appointed Official War Poster Artist, designing over 100 posters.  Postwar, he created posters…..

Wednesday 25 September 2019 at 6pm in Edinburgh Room, Lygon Arms, High Street, Broadway WR12 7DU Abram Games was one of the 20th century’s most important graphic designers.  His career spanned 60 years, and during the Second World War, he was uniquely appointed Official War Poster Artist, designing over 100 posters.  Postwar, he created posters…..

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Craft and Design Awards

Summer time is awards season at the Museum, and we are delighted to have been able to support the work of a number of graduate designers this year through our Student Craft and Design Prizes at Leamington College and the Peter Sefton Furniture School, as well as the inaugural Ray Leigh Design Prize at Rycotewood…..

Summer time is awards season at the Museum, and we are delighted to have been able to support the work of a number of graduate designers this year through our Student Craft and Design Prizes at Leamington College and the Peter Sefton Furniture School, as well as the inaugural Ray Leigh Design Prize at Rycotewood…..

Summer time is awards season at the Museum, and we are delighted to have been able to support the work of a number of graduate designers this year through our Student Craft and Design Prizes at Leamington College and the Peter Sefton Furniture School, as well as the inaugural Ray Leigh Design Prize at Rycotewood…..

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Seasonal opening hours

PLEASE NOTE: the museum is currently closed for winter and will re-open on 1st February 2019. Why not sign up for our mailing list to be the first to hear about forthcoming events and exhibitions, as well as exclusive offers for our shop, Plane and Saw.   2019 OPENING HOURS AUTUMN & WINTER (February, November…..

PLEASE NOTE: the museum is currently closed for winter and will re-open on 1st February 2019. Why not sign up for our mailing list to be the first to hear about forthcoming events and exhibitions, as well as exclusive offers for our shop, Plane and Saw.   2019 OPENING HOURS AUTUMN & WINTER (February, November…..

PLEASE NOTE: the museum is currently closed for winter and will re-open on 1st February 2019. Why not sign up for our mailing list to be the first to hear about forthcoming events and exhibitions, as well as exclusive offers for our shop, Plane and Saw.   2019 OPENING HOURS AUTUMN & WINTER (February, November…..

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Handcrafting Ladder Back Chairs

For over half a century master craftsman Lawrence Neal has been handcrafting ladder back chairs.  From the ash woodlands and rush filled rivers of rural Warwickshire to the Art Workers’ Guild meeting hall this video shows the historic lineage of ladder back chair and explore Neal’s making process.  He left school at the age of…..

For over half a century master craftsman Lawrence Neal has been handcrafting ladder back chairs.  From the ash woodlands and rush filled rivers of rural Warwickshire to the Art Workers’ Guild meeting hall this video shows the historic lineage of ladder back chair and explore Neal’s making process.  He left school at the age of…..

For over half a century master craftsman Lawrence Neal has been handcrafting ladder back chairs.  From the ash woodlands and rush filled rivers of rural Warwickshire to the Art Workers’ Guild meeting hall this video shows the historic lineage of ladder back chair and explore Neal’s making process.  He left school at the age of…..

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Coventry Chairs from Tower of London

When working on a renovation project and installing bespoke furniture for the historic Chapel of St. John in the Tower of London Luke Hughes’ company refurbished the Coventry Chairs which had previously occupied this space and these now sit in the public exhibition spaces of the Milton Resnick and Pat Passlof Foundation in Lower Manhattan,…..

When working on a renovation project and installing bespoke furniture for the historic Chapel of St. John in the Tower of London Luke Hughes’ company refurbished the Coventry Chairs which had previously occupied this space and these now sit in the public exhibition spaces of the Milton Resnick and Pat Passlof Foundation in Lower Manhattan,…..

When working on a renovation project and installing bespoke furniture for the historic Chapel of St. John in the Tower of London Luke Hughes’ company refurbished the Coventry Chairs which had previously occupied this space and these now sit in the public exhibition spaces of the Milton Resnick and Pat Passlof Foundation in Lower Manhattan,…..

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Exhibition: Gordon Russell: Designer & Maker 26 September to 6 October

Exhibition     Gordon Russell: Designer & Maker 23 September to 6 October 2018 Edinburgh based auction house Lyon & Turnbull are holding an exhibition of furniture designed by Gordon Russell at their London gallery, 22 Connaught Street, W2 2AF.   Open from 10.30am to 5pm weekdays and 12 noon to 4pm on Saturdays. For more information and…..

Exhibition     Gordon Russell: Designer & Maker 23 September to 6 October 2018 Edinburgh based auction house Lyon & Turnbull are holding an exhibition of furniture designed by Gordon Russell at their London gallery, 22 Connaught Street, W2 2AF.   Open from 10.30am to 5pm weekdays and 12 noon to 4pm on Saturdays. For more information and…..

Exhibition     Gordon Russell: Designer & Maker 23 September to 6 October 2018 Edinburgh based auction house Lyon & Turnbull are holding an exhibition of furniture designed by Gordon Russell at their London gallery, 22 Connaught Street, W2 2AF.   Open from 10.30am to 5pm weekdays and 12 noon to 4pm on Saturdays. For more information and…..

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Gordon Russell Prize for Innovation and Design 2018

The 2018 Gordon Russell Prize for Innovation and Design was unanimously awarded to Roland Smith of the Peter Sefton Furniture School during the school’s open day on 14th July.  Former GR Chairman Richard Paice, who made the award described the quality of work as amazing and he was pleased to see so many supporters of…..

The 2018 Gordon Russell Prize for Innovation and Design was unanimously awarded to Roland Smith of the Peter Sefton Furniture School during the school’s open day on 14th July.  Former GR Chairman Richard Paice, who made the award described the quality of work as amazing and he was pleased to see so many supporters of…..

The 2018 Gordon Russell Prize for Innovation and Design was unanimously awarded to Roland Smith of the Peter Sefton Furniture School during the school’s open day on 14th July.  Former GR Chairman Richard Paice, who made the award described the quality of work as amazing and he was pleased to see so many supporters of…..

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Marian Pepler: AA Women and Architecture centenary celebrations

Marian Pepler, architect and textile designer, will feature in a new exhibition celebrating the centenary of the admission of women to the Architectural Association School. The museum has lent some of her original drawings from the extensive collection of rugs and fabrics that she designed for Gordon Russell Ltd. The architectural historian Nikolaus Pevsner described her…..

Marian Pepler, architect and textile designer, will feature in a new exhibition celebrating the centenary of the admission of women to the Architectural Association School. The museum has lent some of her original drawings from the extensive collection of rugs and fabrics that she designed for Gordon Russell Ltd. The architectural historian Nikolaus Pevsner described her…..

Marian Pepler, architect and textile designer, will feature in a new exhibition celebrating the centenary of the admission of women to the Architectural Association School. The museum has lent some of her original drawings from the extensive collection of rugs and fabrics that she designed for Gordon Russell Ltd. The architectural historian Nikolaus Pevsner described her…..

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GR PRIZE FOR INNOVATION 2017

Gabrielle Falkiner, Chairman of the GR Trust, presented Matt Brown, a student at the Royal Leamington School of Art Furniture Crafts, with a cheque for £250 and a certificate as the winner of this year’s GR Prize for Innovation and Design. Click link for  Warwickshire College School for Furniture Crafts End of Year Show 2017…..

Gabrielle Falkiner, Chairman of the GR Trust, presented Matt Brown, a student at the Royal Leamington School of Art Furniture Crafts, with a cheque for £250 and a certificate as the winner of this year’s GR Prize for Innovation and Design. Click link for  Warwickshire College School for Furniture Crafts End of Year Show 2017…..

Gabrielle Falkiner, Chairman of the GR Trust, presented Matt Brown, a student at the Royal Leamington School of Art Furniture Crafts, with a cheque for £250 and a certificate as the winner of this year’s GR Prize for Innovation and Design. Click link for  Warwickshire College School for Furniture Crafts End of Year Show 2017…..

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