Volunteer on a mission for equality
This photograph was taken during the first of my many visits to Harewood House.
Cleaning the Chippendale Chairs
With the House closed due to Covid 19, the conservation team have been deep cleaning the State Bedroom Chippendale Chairs.
Recovering Identity in Harewood’s West Indian Archive
In this article, Olivia Wyatt discusses the importance of surviving plantation inventories and how they can be used to recover the identities of enslaved African Caribbeans.
Harewood, Slavery and the Caribbean
Regarded as one of England’s ‘Treasure Houses’, Harewood House’s history, like most prominent British institutions, is closely linked to slavery and colonialism. Here, you’ll learn more about this intricate history.
Power. Whiteness. Resistance.
In this blog, Olivia Wyatt, researcher, historian and former Harewood volunteer challenges the ‘facts’ of the archive.
Harewood and the Barbadian Revolt of 1816
On the evening of the 14 April 1816 – 208 years ago to this day – fires were lit in…
Carnival Messiah
Nobody who attended the performances of Geraldine Connor’s epic masterpiece Carnival Messiah at Harewood House will ever forget it.
The Gift of a Green Turtle
Whilst exploring Harewood’s Old Kitchen, visitors may notice an unusual decoration perched above one of its cooking ranges – a…
Object in Focus: Harewood's Dining Room Chairs
This chair, part of a set of 20, was made by Thomas Chippendale for the State Dining Room at Harewood…
Seeds of Hope
Seeds of Hope was an interdisciplinary and innovative response to the centenary of the end of World War I.