Glebe Gallery and Garden – Derek Hill House
Explore a world-class collection of art
Site Closed
The Glebe House and Gallery and its grounds will close to the public for a period beginning on the 2nd of September 2024 to facilitate a major conservation programme of works. The grounds will reopen as soon as possible but it is not envisaged that this will be before January 2025. The Glebe Gallery and Glebe House will reopen in phases for the summer of 2025. The site will not be open for Easter 2025.
We very much regret any inconvenience this causes our visitors but we are excited to be able to progress these much needed works in advance of our bicentenary in 2028. Please keep an eye on our social media for updates on the works and reopening the site.
Admission
Adult: €5.00
Group/Senior: €4.00
Child/Student: €3.00
Family: €13.00
Gallery – Free of charge.
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Glebe Gallery and Garden – Derek Hill House
This elegant Regency house, dating from 1828, is set in woodland gardens near the town of Letterkenny in County Donegal. The celebrated painter Derek Hill lived and worked here from the 1950s until the 1980s, when he presented the house to the Irish state – along with an extraordinary collection of art.
Hill was a man of exquisite taste. The house itself, is as he left it – beautifully decorated with William Morris textiles and furniture of oriental design. His collection includes hundreds of works by some of the leading lights of the art world, such as Pablo Picasso, Georges Braque, Louis le Brocquy and Auguste Renoir. There are also choice pieces from further afield, including Japan and the Islamic world.
Hill’s studio, which adjoins the house, has been transformed into a modern and stylish gallery, which now plays host to changing exhibitions.
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Gallery
Opening Times
Grounds : Daily dawn – dusk
Glebe House and Gallery :
Currently closed for conservation works
Tearooms : 11:00 – 16:00
Notice
In June, September, and October the House and Gallery are closed on Fridays
Getting Here
18km from Letterkenny on R251
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Facilities
- Art
- Baby Changing
- Brochure
- Café
- Car park
- Card Accepted
- Exhibition
- Family Toilet
- Guided tours
Restrictions
- Limited Access
- Uneven walkways
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