Programme of Events 2019-2020

6pm, 12 May 2020 6pm, 19 November 2019

The Servants' Quarters

Janet Bitton, Head Housekeeper, will

take you on a tour of 'below stairs' at

Chatsworth, not currently open to the

public.

The tour will explore how the 6th Duke

built the North Wing in the 19th century

to entertain, with the necessary labyrinth

of operational space for the servants to

deliver these elaborate parties. Rooms to

explore will include everything from beer

cellars, sculleries and laundries to music

vestibules. Janet will also touch on the

modern uses of these rooms.

Curiosities of the Devonshire Collections

Alice Martin, Devonshire Collections

Manager, will deliver a private viewing of

some key items from one of the most

important private collections in Europe.

Hosted in the Library, Patrons will be

given a rare insight into some of the

more curious and unusual items in the

collection, including little known

Edwardian gadgets used for early

scientific discoveries. This will include the

complex and fascinating instruments

belonging to inventor and scientist Henry

Cavendish.

6.30pm , 18 March 2020 6pm, 8 July 2020

VIP Exhibition Launch Party

Patrons will be invited to join us for the

launch of our newest exhibition entitled

‘Life Stories’ which will be on display in

the house from the 21st March to the 4th

October 2020.

Designed to unlock the stories of

Chatsworth through the juxtaposition of

portraits and related objects throughout

the visitor route. The exhibition aims to

encourage our visitors to look deeper at

our portraits and consider the themes

identity, narrative and legacy.

The importance of water at

Chatsworth

Steve Porter, Head of Gardens and

Landscape, will explain the complex and

fascinating water system that is integral

to the Gardens at Chatsworth.

Patrons will follow the route of the

water, from a stream above

Chatsworth, to the lakes in Stand Wood

before arriving in the garden to turn on

some of Chatsworth most iconic water

features. We will also explore water's

historic functional role in powering the

estate with Chatsworth's ground-