Our Executive Director, Gillian Dow was at Winchester Cathedral today for the official unveiling of the new £10, featuring Jane Austen’s image. Read the speech she gave, commemorating Jane Austen’s enduring legacy. History, real solemn history, I cannot be [...]
BSECS Visiting Fellow, Dr Brianna Robertson-Kirkland, tells us about an exciting new find: instructions to an 1801 Music Game by Anne Gunn (née Young) Anne Young’s Musical Game laid out and ready to be played at the Decorative [...]
Chawton House Library Lower Reading Room The executive team and board of trustees – recently enhanced by several new appointments – are currently undertaking a strategic review of Chawton House Library. We are focusing on shaping the [...]
Sarah received flowers from staff and volunteers at Chawton House Library, and also a bouquet from our neighbours and partners at Jane Austen's House Museum Today we bid a fond farewell to one of our longest serving [...]
This International Women’s Day 2017, we are launching a campaign on behalf of the many talented women writers who have been neglected and forgotten throughout history. #WomensWrites #BeBoldForChange #IWD2017 2017 is a big year for Jane Austen: 200 years after [...]
A complete set of Jane Austen's novels from her family’s library has today returned home all the way from Texas, USA. This was a remarkable surprise gift to Chawton House Library from collector Sandra Clark. Prof Janine Barchas hands [...]
After more than 20 years as the Chair of the Board of Trustees, Dr Sandy Lerner has announced that she is stepping down from the board, and taking on the honorary position of Founding Patron. Founder Sandy Lerner [...]
We are currently enjoying the final day of our ‘Emma at 200’ exhibition, which saw Jane Austen’s fourth novel placed back within the global context from which it sprung, and to which it contributed. The exhibition covered the global, family, [...]
Chawton House Library, a registered charity, conserves a unique collection of women’s writing (1600-1830) within the Elizabethan manor house once owned by Jane Austen’s brother Edward. The village of Chawton is in the heart of the glorious Hampshire countryside [...]
Have you looked at our reviews on TripAdvisor recently? There are lots of lovely reviews from our visitors, who have enjoyed seeing the house, grounds and of course our books. There are several mentions of our Garden Manager's [...]