Programme of Events 2019-2020
6pm, 12th May 2020 6pm, 19th November 2019
The Servants' Quarters
Janet Bitton, Head Housekeeper, will
take you on a tour of 'below stairs' at
Chatsworth, not currently open to the
public.
The tour will explore how the 6th Duke
built the North Wing in the 19th century
to entertain, with the necessary labyrinth
of operational space for the servants to
deliver these elaborate parties. Rooms to
explore will include everything from beer
cellars, sculleries and laundries to music
vestibules.
Curiosities of the Devonshire Collections
Alice Martin, Devonshire Collections
Manager, will deliver a private viewing of
some key items from one of the most
important private collections in Europe.
Hosted in the Library, Patrons will be
given a rare insight into some of the
more curious and unusual items in the
collection, including little known
Edwardian gadgets used for early
scientific discoveries. This will include the
complex and fascinating instruments
belonging to inventor and scientist Henry
Cavendish.
6.30pm , 18th March 2020 6pm, 8th July 2020
VIP Exhibition Launch Party
Patrons will be invited to join us for the
launch of our newest exhibition entitled
'Life Stories' which will be on display in
the house from the 21st March to the 6th
October 2020.
Designed to unlock the stories of
Chatsworth through the juxtaposition of
portraits and related objects throughout
the visitor route. The exhibition aims to
encourage our visitors to look deeper at
our portraits and consider the themes
identity, narrative and legacy.
Importance of Water at Chatsworth
Steve Porter, Head of Gardens and
Landscape, will explain the complex and
fascinating water system that is integral
to the Gardens at Chatsworth.
Patrons will follow the route of the
water, from a stream above
Chatsworth, to the lakes in Stand Wood
before arriving in the garden to turn on
some of Chatsworth most iconic water
features. We will also explore water's
historic functional role in powering the
estate with Chatsworth's ground-
breaking turbine house.