Compton Verney

Compton Verney is an award-winning gallery housed in a Grade I-listed Georgian mansion amid 120 acres of Capability Brown parkland in Warwickshire. The six permanent collections are as rich as they are idiosyncratic, spanning 17th- and 18th-century Neapolitan paintings, northern European 15th- and 16th-century works, British portraiture, miniatures and folk art (with the largest collection of the latter in the U.K.), Chinese treasures, and the Marx-Lambert Collection of popular glass, ceramics and other objects. Compton Verney fell into disrepair in the 20th century, but was saved from ruin in the 1990s by the philanthropist Sir Peter Moores. Moores funded a major restoration, transforming the mansion into a public art gallery which officially opened in 2004. Its innovative temporary exhibition and residency program covers international contemporary art and artists. Outdoor sculpture became a major new focus in 2024 to mark the museum’s 20th anniversary, with permanent works installed in the grounds by Louise Bourgeois, Larry Achiampong and Helen Chadwick among others.