20 Mar – 21 Oct 2026

Staging the Baroque: Vanbrugh at Castle Howard

Exhibition on Vanbrugh's use of scale, shadow and light, curated by the architect Roz Barr

Staging the Baroque: Vanbrugh at Castle Howard
Photo: Tilman2007, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

The centrepiece of Castle Howard's Vanbrugh 300 year, this exhibition curated by the architect Roz Barr explores how Sir John Vanbrugh, playwright, soldier, spy and self-taught architect, used scale, shadow and light to create one of Britain's most theatrical houses, from his first meeting with the 3rd Earl of Carlisle at London's Kit-Cat Club onwards. It closes in late October.

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