What’s On at The Sherborne
The Sherborne’s calendar brings together art, food, conversation, and community. You might arrive to find an exhibition opening, a tasting supper, or musicians playing in the gardens. Every visit offers something new to discover.
Our What’s On listings are updated regularly, featuring exhibitions, talks, performances, and workshops. Many events are free or ticketed at accessible prices — part of our commitment to making culture open to all. If you’re able, please consider making a donation to support our work; your voluntary contribution, however big or small, helps keep our doors open and our programmes running.
Upcoming events.
The Baron’s Metamorphoses: Myths for a Failing Admiralty
A vivid, immersive exhibition inspired by Ovid’s Metamorphoses, where gods, fools and admirals drift through a world of collapse, comedy and reinvention.
The Sound of the Baroque Returns to The Sherborne
For one week only, composer and pianist Richard Thomas Jones brings the sound of a period-correct harpsichord back to The Sherborne. Performed intermittently during gallery opening hours from 3–8 June, this fleeting musical moment is part of our cultural programme’s commitment to delight, surprise and champion thought leadership through art, history and imagination.
Last Meal on Death Row - Mat Collishaw
As part of Of Myths and Murals, Last Meal on Death Row by Mat Collishaw brings a quieter, more unsettling register to the programme. Known for works that pair seductive beauty with darker moral and psychological questions, Collishaw turns here to the final meals requested by condemned prisoners in the United States.
Sir Quentin Blake: The Joy of the Frog
A joyful new mural by Sir Quentin Blake brings movement, humour and imagination to The Sherborne’s atrium staircase, creating a playful counterpoint to Thornhill’s dramatic Calydonian Boar Hunt.
Exhibition on Screen: Turner & Constable
Celebrating the 250th anniversary of their births, this documentary explores Turner and Constable’s intertwined lives, rivalry and legacy — filmed alongside Tate Britain’s groundbreaking exhibition. Running time 93 mins. Director David Bickerstaff. Certificate 12A.
Easter Art Buffet
Join us at The Sherborne for a free Easter Art Buffet for families, with playful junk modelling and spring-themed making across three creative days.
The Folke Altarpiece: The Resurrection
Known as the Folke Altarpiece, this newly conserved work attributed to Sir James Thornhill returns to view on loan from St Lawrence Church, Folke.
Quentin Blake – Airborne over Sherborne
Quentin Blake’s drawings have always carried a sense of lift — a line that leaps, characters that feel mid-motion, stories that seem to rise off the page. Airborne over Sherborne invites you into that feeling of flight and freedom, set within our luminous First Floor Georgian Room Galleries.
SOLD OUT - Typist Artist Pirate King(12)
Typist Artist Pirate King is a wildly original and deeply touching road movie inspired by the life and art of Audrey Amiss—an eccentric, overlooked British artist whose extraordinary creativity was long overshadowed by her struggles with mental health.
Quentin Blake’s, A Christmas Carol
This festive season, step into a uniquely atmospheric celebration of Dickens and Blake at The Sherborne. Presented in the very building where Charles Dickens delivered a legendary public reading of A Christmas Carol in 1854, this intimate candlelit display brings together Sir Quentin Blake’s original illustrations for the classic tale.
Visitors will explore Scrooge, the Cratchits, and the four ghosts through Blake’s playful, expressive drawings, guided through the galleries by battery-powered candles for a wonderfully immersive experience.
The exhibition offers a rare chance to see Dickens’ beloved ghost story interpreted by one of Britain’s most cherished artists—while standing in the historic space where the author once captivated his audience.
Running alongside Quentin Blake: Our Friends in the Country, this show forms the first chapter of a year-long trilogy celebrating Blake’s remarkable imagination.
Find opening hours and visitor information on our Plan your visit page.
Christmas Lights Switch On
Join us for a truly magical evening as we welcome the festive season at The Sherborne with our annual Christmas Lights Switch-On.
Bring friends, family, and little ones for a warm and joyful community celebration filled with sparkle, music, and festive cheer.
Finding Vivian Maier(12)
Finding Vivian Maier is the extraordinary true story of a woman whose brilliance went unnoticed during her lifetime. Vivian Maier worked for decades as a nanny in New York and Chicago, quietly documenting the world through her Rolleiflex camera.