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The execution of Charles I

Killing of a 'treasonous' King

Art at Hillsborough Castle

Hillsborough Castle has become a place in which to see amazing art

Cumberland Art Gallery highlights

Find out more about the gallery and the display of works from the Royal Collection at Hampton Court Palace.

The story of Hillsborough Castle and Gardens

‘The Grandest House in County Down’

The story of Banqueting House

Four hundred years of history and the site of a royal execution

The Rubens ceiling

The crowning glory of the Banqueting House

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State Entrance Hall

Start your tour in the magnificent state entrance, where royals, politicians and peacemakers all enter the castle.

  • In line with castle opening times
  • Hillsborough Castle
  • Included in combined castle tour and gardens tickets (Members go free)
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The Castle

Discover elegant State Rooms still used by the royal family inside Hillsborough Castle.

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Cumberland Art Gallery

Discover masterpieces by Rembrandt, Caravaggio, van Dyck, and more at the Cumberland Art Gallery at Hampton Court Palace.

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  • In line with palace opening hours
  • Hampton Court Palace
  • Included in palace admission (Members go free)
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William III's apartments

Enjoy the beautiful State Apartments and private rooms of William III and Mary II at Hampton Court Palace as part of your visit.

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  • In line with palace opening hours
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Red Room

Political history meets royal life and a spectacular collection of art, deep in the heart of Hillsborough Castle.

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The Maze

Lose yourself in the most famous maze in the world. The Hampton Court Maze is still baffling visitors after 300 years.

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  • 10.00 - 16.00
  • Hampton Court Palace
  • Included in palace admission (Members go free)
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Cumberland Art Gallery highlights

Find out more about the gallery and the display of works from the Royal Collection at Hampton Court Palace.

Searching for the Young Black Man in the Portrait of William III, Part 1

A young Black man dressed in blue and gold holding a helmet stands beside William III in a portrait that is a focal point of our exhibition: Untold Lives: A Palace at Work. Who was he? Where did he live and when? Why is he in the painting with William III? And how can historians unravel the mystery surrounding him?

Searching for the Young Black Man in the Portrait of William III, Part 2

The next step in our search was to look at sources and pictures on William III's life before he arrived in England, and his first court, to attempt to discover more about this young man, and why he might have been painted with the King.

Hampton Court Palace as a Victorian art gallery

This little watercolour, painted by an unknown artist in the 1850s, is a revealing glimpse of what it was like to visit Hampton Court Palace in the 19th century.

Mary, Marchioness of Downshire: A Life in Miniature

Research and Interpretation Producer Emma Lawthers takes a brief glimpse into the lives of the Mary and the Hill family of Hillsborough Castle, as seen through the lens of a very unique object.

Art and decorative arts collections

Art and decorative arts collections at Historic Royal Palaces.