Wednesday 21st October 2026 to Sunday 1st November 2026
Venue: Chawton House
What separates a medicine from a poison, and a household remedy from something altogether more sinister?
Delve into the darker side of the Chawton House collection in this special Gothic display exploring poisons, potions and remedies. Discover botanical works revealing plants with the power to heal or harm. Then enter the world of Gothic fiction, where poison becomes a weapon of secrecy, revenge and murder, and explore how real anxieties about medicine, chemistry and the natural world found their way into some of the period’s darkest stories.
Included in the price of admission.
