
What’s on
Monday 26th March 2018 to Friday 7th December 2018
Exhibition: 'The art of freezing the blood'
Tuesday 24th April 2018
Looking After Roses
Thursday 26th April 2018
Evening Talk: In Her Mother’s Footsteps: Mary Shelley and Mary Wollstonecraft

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A real life Pride and Prejudice story and seasonal greetings
Our round up of this month’s news, events and highlights at Chawton House.
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17th April 2018
Tales from the garden: April
Monthly garden update: April Garden Manager Andrew looks for ways to brighten the grounds during the April showers. Wet weather and me don’t make good

4th April 2018
What do you know about female literary friendships?
Back in October 2017, we welcomed two writers and friends to Chawton House to give an evening talk about their co-authored book, A Secret Sisterhood.

20th March 2018
Putting Forgotten Manuscripts in Plain “Site”
Bluestocking Elizabeth Sarah Wilmot’s Poems Meet 21st-Century Technology by Grace Chen and Ann Cheng What do you get when an 18th-century British woman writer’s poems