Jane Austen and the Art of Writing exhibition now open!

We’re thrilled to launch our programming for the 250th anniversary of Jane Austen’s birth with the opening of our brand-new permanent exhibition, Jane Austen and the Art of Writing.  

Opening today, 9 October 2024, the exhibition celebrates Jane Austen as a ground-breaking and ambitious writer in the very house where she created her six beloved novels – directly linking Jane Austen’s creative process with the domestic space from which it came. Drawing on the Museum’s extraordinary collection, it celebrates Jane Austen’s creative genius and show how seriously she took her craft, animating and sharing the physical and mental processes she used to develop her works – from her earliest teenage writings to her adult novels, inspirations, pioneering techniques, and publication.

This inspirational exhibition, free with House entry, showcases treasures from our extraordinary collection, including objects that inspired Jane Austen and a full set of first editions of her novels – rarely seen together. The exhibition uses facsimiles of surviving manuscripts, touch objects, film and audio to provide a hands-on experience for visitors and to explain Jane Austen’s writing process.

This permanent exhibition opens today, 9 October 2024, and is free with House entry. We can’t wait to share it with you!

To find out more about our celebrations in 2025 to mark the 250th anniversary of Jane Austen’s birth, head over to our dedicated Jane Austen 250 page.