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Open: Tuesday–Sunday, 11am–5pm

We are closed on Bank Holiday Mondays.

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About Us

Discover more about Kettle’s Yard

Welcome to Kettle’s Yard

Kettle’s Yard is the University of Cambridge’s modern and contemporary art gallery. Kettle’s Yard is a beautiful house with a remarkable collection of modern art and a gallery that hosts modern and contemporary exhibitions.

What We Do

Kettle’s Yard, part of the University of Cambridge, is a leading gallery and unique house with a remarkable collection of 20th-century art. Its founders Jim and Helen Ede believed in art’s ability to transform lives, a vision upheld today through critically acclaimed exhibitions, pioneering community and learning programmes, and research of the highest quality. Our aim is to offer an inspiring and enriching experience for everyone who visits.

A sculpture in the shape of a dancer sits on a table with a big window behind it.

Jobs & Opportunities

Any new jobs that we are currently recruited for will be listed on our website.

See jobs here

You can also volunteer with Kettle’s Yard. For more information about volunteering or work experience please visit the page below.

Find out more about volunteering

Policies

Read our policies to learn more about our ways of working and commitments.

Networks

Annual Reports

Image Licensing

To license an image from our collection, please visit Bridgeman Art Library.

Please note that most works in our collection remain under artistic copyright, and require additional permission from the artist or their estate. Artistic copyright extends from the life of the artist to 70 years from the end of the calendar year in which the artist died. It is the responsibility of the licensee to obtain relevant additional copyright clearance.

Unless otherwise specified, all images are © Kettle’s Yard, University of Cambridge.

Personal and educational use of our images is permitted free of charge. Please contact collections@kettlesyard.cam.ac.uk with details of your request.

View the collection here

Photo: © Kettle's Yard