Curator Tour: Leighton House, A Journey through 100 Years
Wednesday 5 November 2025, 1pm - 2pm
Leighton House is famous for the richness of its High Victorian interiors. But the appearance of the house today is the result of several decades of painstaking recovery and recreation which you will discover on this tour.
To coincide with the exhibition Leighton House: Journey through 100 Years, join Senior Curator, Daniel Robbins in an exclusive tour as he time-travels through the last few decades of Leighton House, from the whitewashed interiors of the post-war period to the splendour of the present day. Daniel has led the museum's major restoration (2008-2010) and its latest award-winning refurbishment (2018-2022) and he will share fascinating insights of both projects.
Meet Daniel Robbins
Daniel Robbins is the Senior Curator of two of London’s most significant house museums, Leighton House and Sambourne House. He was responsible for the award-winning project to restore the historic interiors of Leighton House completed between 2008-2010 and he has also successfully led the Hidden Gem to National Treasure redevelopment focused on the additions made to the building in the twentieth century . Formerly with Glasgow Museums, he has organised many exhibitions and contributed to numerous catalogues and publications around nineteenth-century art, architecture and design. Daniel is an accredited lecturer for the Arts Society and has lectured across the UK and internationally including the Frick, New York and the Ponce Museum in Puerto Rico, where Leighton’s celebrated Flaming June can be found.
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Wednesday 5 November 2025, 1pm - 2pm
Leighton House is famous for the richness of its High Victorian interiors. But the appearance of the house today is the result of several decades of painstaking recovery and recreation which you will discover on this tour.
To coincide with the exhibition Leighton House: Journey through 100 Years, join Senior Curator, Daniel Robbins in an exclusive tour as he time-travels through the last few decades of Leighton House, from the whitewashed interiors of the post-war period to the splendour of the present day. Daniel has led the museum's major restoration (2008-2010) and its latest award-winning refurbishment (2018-2022) and he will share fascinating insights of both projects.
Meet Daniel Robbins
Daniel Robbins is the Senior Curator of two of London’s most significant house museums, Leighton House and Sambourne House. He was responsible for the award-winning project to restore the historic interiors of Leighton House completed between 2008-2010 and he has also successfully led the Hidden Gem to National Treasure redevelopment focused on the additions made to the building in the twentieth century . Formerly with Glasgow Museums, he has organised many exhibitions and contributed to numerous catalogues and publications around nineteenth-century art, architecture and design. Daniel is an accredited lecturer for the Arts Society and has lectured across the UK and internationally including the Frick, New York and the Ponce Museum in Puerto Rico, where Leighton’s celebrated Flaming June can be found.
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