Event
16th July 2026
Curator Tour: House of Stories at Chatsworth
Join a guided tour of House of Stories led by exhibition curator Fran Baker.
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16th July 2026
4:00 pm - 5:00 am
Event Details
Thursday 30 April - sorry, sold out
Thursday 25 June - sorry, sold out
New date just added: Thursday 16 July
New date just added: Thursday 3 September
Thursday 24 September - sorry, sold out
4pm to 5pm
Price: £25 per person
Join Head of Archive and Library, Fran Baker, on a special tour of this year’s exhibition - House of Stories: Tales from the Chatsworth Library.
The Devonshire family have been passionate readers, collectors, and champions of literature since the 17th century. Through seventeen generations, they have assembled one of Britain’s most important private book collections, preserving rare first editions, exquisitely decorated books, and personally annotated volumes, with works of fiction, poetry, and drama playing a key part in this remarkable collection.
This is the first time that Chatsworth is showcasing some of the most treasured literary works from the Chatsworth Library shelves.
Fran will offer a guided tour of the exhibition, taking a deep dive into some of the rare books, manuscripts and letters on display in the collection.
For full details please see here.
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