Opening Hours
We are currently open Wednesday – Sunday, 10am – 4.30pm with last entry at 4pm.
Our Jane Austen 250 exhibition, Sisters of the Pen: Jane Austen, Influence, Legacy, runs from 1st May 2025 until 1st March 2026.
What’s on
Thursday 1st May 2025 to Sunday 1st March 2026
Exhibition: Sisters of the Pen: Jane Austen, Influence, Legacy
Saturday 31st January 2026 to Sunday 15th February 2026
Library Display: Snowdrop Secrets
Wednesday 11th February 2026
Free Online Event: New Research in Women's Writing
Sunday 15th February 2026
Snowdrop Sunday
Enjoy the great outdoors at Chawton House: take a walk in the Parkland, or see the historic features of our Garden, from the Walled Garden to the Wilderness.
Browse our online shop and discover our selection of beautiful gifts and souvenirs for loved ones, including our Chawton House x Tatty Devine jewellery.
Visit our current exhibition, Sisters of the Pen: Jane Austen, Influence, Legacy, open until 1 February. Discover the women writers who inspired Austen, and those she inspired.
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