Join Director of Cultural Legacies Bryan Biggs, on a tour that offers insight into how the Bluecoat was transformed from a charity school to the first arts centre in the UK.
Explore their building, with over 300 years of interesting history, that has hosted a wide range of visitors and exhibitors such as Picasso, Matisse and Stravinsky, through to contemporary artists like Sonia Boyce, Jeremy Deller and John Akomfrah.
This years Heritage Open Day theme is ‘Creativity Unwrapped’. Their tours will unwrap the heritage of the Bluecoat, demonstrating that creativity has always been at the heart of what they do.
Tour times
Sat 09 Sep, 2pm – 3:30pm
Sun 10 Sep, 2pm – 3:30pm