About Gainsborough's House

Gainsborough's House is the birthplace museum of Thomas Gainsborough (1727-1788), one of the greatest painters in the history of British art. More of his paintings, drawings and prints are on display here at any one time than anywhere else in the world. The collection encompasses Gainsborough's whole career, from early portraits or landscapes painted in Suffolk in the 1750s to later works from his London period of the 1770s and 80s. A varied programme of exhibitions of both historic British and contemporary art is organised throughout the year. The historic house dates back to the 16th century with an attractive walled garden.