What’s on

8 Apr 2025–Apr 2026

Join us to see JMW Turner’s oil sketch 'Waves Breaking on a Lee Shore at Margate (Study for ‘Rockets and Blue Lights’)' at Turner, part of a year-long festival celebrating 250 years since the artist's birth.

Wednesdays, 3:30pm–4:30pm

Fun-filled drawing sessions for little ones!

Since April 2024

'Slices of Peace' is a public artwork by artist and designer Yinka Ilori MBE installed in Orchard Park – a new public park in Kings Hill, near West Malling in Kent.

Since 2017

See one of a series of one hundred, solid cast-iron figures by Antony Gormley exploring the experience of being human.

Apr 2025–Apr 2026

Celebrating 250 years since the birth of JMW Turner. #Turner250

Sat 14 Jun–Sun 26 Oct 2025

Explore paintings, collages, photography, video and installation pieces created by local young artists inspired by the sea.

Sat 14 Jun–Sun 26 Oct 2025

Join us this summer to discover The Sunken Boat: A glimpse into past histories, an exhibition by Anna Boghiguian, which will explore global maritime histories and today’s environmental and geopolitical crises.

Fri 2 May–Sun 21 Sep 2025

This summer, artist Cassi Namoda transforms our iconic Sunley Gallery windows overlooking Margate’s beaches and the North Sea.

Fri 7 Feb-Sun 1 Jun 2025

Come and meet this giant commission by Lily Mixe, alongside Young Creatives X RNLI.

22 Feb–26 Oct 2025

Make your mark in our Clore Learning Studio with the Chalk Stream. Our Clore Learning Studio has been transformed into a Chalk Stream. Designed for play, alongside the children’s art library of over 400 books and regular workshop programme.

8 Apr 2025–Apr 2026

Join us to see JMW Turner’s oil sketch 'Waves Breaking on a Lee Shore at Margate (Study for ‘Rockets and Blue Lights’)' at Turner, part of a year-long festival celebrating 250 years since the artist's birth.

Sun 23 Nov 2025

Thu 18 Sep 2025, 5.30–6.30pm (doors open 5.20pm)

Join Anna Boghiuian and Nabila Abdel Nabi for a conversation discussing the themes of Anna's current exhibition The Sunken Boat: A glimpse into past histories.

Since April 2024

'Slices of Peace' is a public artwork by artist and designer Yinka Ilori MBE installed in Orchard Park – a new public park in Kings Hill, near West Malling in Kent.

Since 2017

See one of a series of one hundred, solid cast-iron figures by Antony Gormley exploring the experience of being human.

Apr 2025–Apr 2026

Celebrating 250 years since the birth of JMW Turner. #Turner250

Sat 14 Jun–Sun 26 Oct 2025

Explore paintings, collages, photography, video and installation pieces created by local young artists inspired by the sea.