England’s treasures

THIS year’s exhibitions at the Treasure Houses of England include:

Beaulieu's Motorsport Exhibition opens on March 6, with two new displays: Grand Prix Greats and Road, Race and Rally.

Burghley's exhibition – Collectibles and Curiosities – displays objects that are not normally seen by visitors. Rather than being devoted to 'Works of Art', the exhibition highlights an astonishing variety of unusual objects collected by the family. 

• Duty Calls: from Waterloo to World War II explores the stories of Castle Howard, gives a glimpse into a hitherto unknown chapter of the family and estate.

• Harewood will showcase a collection of gift boxes in a special display on the State Floor in the new A Gift from the Whole Nation (April 3-November 1). The boxes are some of the 'thank you' presents given by Princess Mary in 1914 to send to the troops at Christmas. More than 426,000 gift boxes were made and distributed in just two months.

At Woburn Abbey visitors can see - from March 27 - the largest private collection of Venetian Views by Canaletto on public view.

Art in Clay at Hatfield House (July 3-5) showcases some of the finest ceramics currently being made by individual makers in the UK and Europe.

From May, the Leeds Castle Dog Collar Collection returns to public display. 

More than 130 collars document the history of canine fashions from the 16th century to the 21st. 

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Picture Credit: "Grand Prix car interior c1939" unascribed via Wikimedia Commons; "CastleHoward01" by Dave59 via Wikimedia Commons; "Westminster Abbey by Canaletto, 1749". Licensed under Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons. Dog collars courtesy leeds-castle.com/Attractions/The+Dog+Collar+Museum