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Open: Tuesday–Sunday, 11am–5pm

We are closed on Bank Holiday Mondays.

Kettle’s Yard will be closed on Thursday 12 March.

Kettle’s Yard will be open on Good Friday (Friday 3 April) and closed on Easter Sunday (Sunday 5 April).

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Open: Tuesday–Sunday, 11am–5pm

We are closed on Bank Holiday Mondays.

Kettle’s Yard will be closed on Thursday 12 March.

Kettle’s Yard will be open on Good Friday (Friday 3 April) and closed on Easter Sunday (Sunday 5 April).

Kenji Umeda

Born 1948 – Died 2019

Umeda was born in Japan. While studying in Cambridge, in the early 1960s he helped Jim Ede with the cleaning of Kettle’s Yard. After working as a painter, he became interested in sculpture, following a visit to Carrara, the home of marble.