Thursday Lates
We’re open until 8.30pm one Thursday a month (apart from our changeover months of May and November), when you can take in our collection and exhibitions after hours.
Enjoy talks and studio workshops, as well as free tours and drop in creative activities. Pallant Café will be open serving a selection of food & drink and you can browse the Bookshop’s fabulous art books, prints and gifts.
Admission to exhibitions is free if you purchase a ticket for a talk, film screening or studio workshop, otherwise admission is half price.
Thursday Late | Celebrating Pride
Thursday 18 June 2026, 5–9.30pm, Free
Enjoy free evening access to the galleries, creative activities and tours, plus from 7pm a lively courtyard programme of entertainment, and at 6pm a separately ticketed in-conversation on Queer Art with Mollie Barnes and Gemma Rolls-Bentley alongside Director Simon Martin.
Thursday Late | July
Thursday 16 July 2026, 5–8.30pm, Half price admission
This July, enjoy an evening with artist Haroun Hayward in a special talk on Path Through Trees, alongside a behind-the-scenes Library drop-in, a curator’s tour of British Landscapes: A Sense of Place, drop-in life drawing with Wendy Barratt, and a Studio drink and draw workshop.
Thursday Late | August
Thursday 20 August 2026, 5–8.30pm, Half price admission
Join us this August for an evening of workshops and tours, featuring art historian and comedian Verity Babbs with her talk Art Laughs: Art History’s Funniest Bits, alongside a Library Behind the Scenes session, a guided tour of British Landscapes: A Sense of Place, drop-in creative activities in the gallery, and a Studio drink and draw workshop.
Thursday Late | September
Thursday 17 September 2026, 5–8.30pm, Half price admission