Featured Stories
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The Marianne North Gallery displays her life's work depicting more than 900 species of plants.
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Browse the online gallery of Marianne's paintings from around the world.
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The beautifully restored Marianne North Gallery is an experience not to be missed.
Marianne North Gallery
The beautifully restored and refurbished Marianne North Gallery has now re-opened and is an experience not to be missed. The Gallery first opened in 1882 and is the only permanent solo exhibition by a female artist in Britain. Kew visitors can enjoy the Victorian treasure house in all its glory and view the remarkable botanical art collection of the pioneering Marianne North.
April 2011 - see the Marianne North audio slideshow on the BBC website
Go behind the scenes with the Library, Art & Archives blog
Announcements
- A selection of Marianne North prints are now available to buy online. You can see them all here.
Restoring the Gallery
Find out about Kew's major restoration project
Crumbling roof, leaky walls and mould
on paintings! Discover what other
nightmares have been keeping Kew's
crack restoration team awake in the
small hours.
Marianne and Kew
Artist, adventurer and philanthropist
Why did Marianne give up the good
life to pursue her passion for recording
flowers, landscapes, animals and
birds with her paintbrush - before
donating her paintings to Kew?
Visit the Gallery
Plan your visit to the spectacular Marianne North Gallery
Be dazzled by the beautiful art collection,
see the stunning Gallery restoration and
have fun playing on the new touch-screen
interactive installations.
Conserving the Paintings
How we restored Marianne North's paintings
The Marianne North Conservation Project began in 2008 in a newly built Art Conservation Studio in the Herbarium
at Kew.
