Kettle’s Yard is the modern and contemporary art gallery belonging to the University of Cambridge. It is unusual in that it is housed in a large house, offering very intimate displays. Small rooms mean you can find yourself having to wait to move from one room to another.

It is a journey of discovery, as Kettles Yard contains many amazing contemporary art works including sculptures by Henry Moore, Barbara Hepworth and paintings by Ben Nicholson, Alfred Wallis, Joan Miro.

Kettle’s Yard is the vision of Jim and Helen Ede who lived here between 1958-1973. It still retains a very homely ambiance. A former curator at the Tate Gallery, London; Jim Ede set out to postion his chosen artworks beside ceramics, furniture, glass reflecting what he referred to as ‘a continuing way of life from these last fifty years, in whic stray objects, stones, glass, pictures, sculpture, in light and space, have been used to make manifest the underlying stability.’

The House remains very much as he left it, although there is a changing programme of exhibitions located within the exhibtion space.

Cafe on site

Practical Info

Kettles Yard is a short walk from the centre of Cambridge, just across the Magdalene Bridge and beside the Museum of Cambridge. Anyone taking a walk along the Backs of the Colleges, will pass Kettles Yard.

No parking on site. As parking is very limited within Cambridge itself, park & ride is the best option.

There are frequent trains between London and Cambridge. Kettles Yard is approximately 30 minutes walk from the railway station.

Open Wednesday-Sunday 11am-5pm

Free entry

kettlesyard.cam.ac.uk