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University of Cambridge

Open: Tuesday–Sunday, 11am–5pm

We are closed on Bank Holiday Mondays.

Please note that the Garden Kitchen café at Kettle’s Yard will be closed from Tuesday 21 – Friday 24 April inclusive for essential maintenance.

Kettle’s Yard house will close at 3.30pm on Friday 24 April with last entry to the house at 2.30pm. Please note the shop at Kettle’s Yard will remain open as usual to 5pm.

Book Tickets

Open: Tuesday–Sunday, 11am–5pm

We are closed on Bank Holiday Mondays.

Please note that the Garden Kitchen café at Kettle’s Yard will be closed from Tuesday 21 – Friday 24 April inclusive for essential maintenance.

Kettle’s Yard house will close at 3.30pm on Friday 24 April with last entry to the house at 2.30pm. Please note the shop at Kettle’s Yard will remain open as usual to 5pm.

Mary Kessell

Born 1914 – Died 1978
Mary Kessell was born in London. She studied at the Clapham School of Art and the Central School of Arts and Crafts. A landscape and mural painter as well as an illustrator, in 1945 she worked in Germany as an Official War Artist.