Harrogate Borough Council

Royal Pump Room opening times and admission charges

The museum is open:

Mon - Sat 10am - 5pm
Sun 2pm - 5pm
Sun 12pm - 5pm (August)
Closes at 4pm daily November to March

Admission charge

Adult £3.20
Child £1.80
Concessions £2.20
Family £8.50
Group rates on application

ADDRESS:
Crown Place
Harrogate
HG1 2RY

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You can contact Harrogate Museums and Arts

by telephone on 01423 556188

by fax on 01423 556130

by post at

Mercer Art Gallery
Swan Road
Harrogate
HG1 2SA

by email

or by calling into any of our venues.

Royal Pump Room Museum artist in residence

Inspired by Heritage 2009

Serena Partridge

Artist in Residence at the Royal Pump Room Museum, Harrogate

Serena Partridge will be Harrogate Museums and Arts first artist in residence at the Royal Pump Room Museum as part of a North Yorkshire scheme called Inspired by Heritage.

Each residency is designed to offer the artist or maker the opportunity to develop and create at least one piece of new work inspired by a specific collection or heritage site.

Serena Partridge is a textile artist from Norton/Malton. Serena's inspiration is drawn mainly from historical fashion, which she distorts in scale and proportion to produce curious objects with fictional labels.

Cabinets of Curiosity, 2001, her first exhibition, toured widely in the UK.

Serena was captivated by her first visit to the Royal Pump Room Museum, finding it bursting with inspiration. She said, 'I was fascinated to read about the many famous visitors to Harrogate, including Agatha Christie and the Russian royals. I want to explore so many aspects of the museum collections... the town's spa history, the costume, ephemera such as letters, photographs and newspaper cuttings.'

Serena will be working with the museum and its collections throughout the year. During her residency, she will give occasional talks and workshops, and she will set up her studio in the museum for a short period.

Other Inspired by Heritage artists will be working at Newby Hall, Fountains Abbey and Studley Royal, Malham Tarn and Field Studies Centre, Rosedale Abbey and the Whitby Museum.

The programme has been developed as part of the Art Connections project and is supported by the Esmée Fairbairn Foundation, Harrogate Borough Council and Chrysalis Arts Development.