The Hepworth Wakefield

Art Fund Museum of the year 2017 WINNER

Our award winning galleries, function rooms and large blank canvas spaces provide a stunning contemporary backdrop to your event, whether it be a meeting, conference, launch, dinner, party or wedding.

Choose from the modern purpose-built auditorium: the learning studios, comprising four informal, flexible spaces; the private meeting room; the café bar; and the foyer. Our spectacular gallery spaces can also be made available for very special out-of-hours, exclusive events.

The Calder is The Hepworth Wakefield’s new blank canvas space. A large converted 800 square metre Victorian Mill, its scale and aesthetic make it a wonderful space for launches, photoshoots and dinners for up to 280.

In addition, our wider site comprises an imposing pedestrian bridge with views to the local boatyard, a large lawned areas, sculpture gardens and an industrial backdrop of adjacent 18th century textile mills.

The Hepworth Wakefield Garden, designed by internationally acclaimed landscape architect Tom Stuart-Smith, is a beautifully landscaped garden free for all to enjoy.

A large foyer space which is accessible by the road which is ideal for car launches.

Adjacent to the River Calder