Get ready for the Grand Tour

The Grand Tour is a groundbreaking example of cultural tourism that will showcase the region’s astonishing wealth of art, architecture and landscape to a new generation of local, national and international visitors.

It is a partnership between Chatsworth, Derby Museums, The Harley Gallery and Nottingham Contemporary with Experience Nottinghamshire, Visit Peak District & Derbyshire and a fringe programme at other leading venues across the two regions. Season one runs from July 4 to September 20.

As part of the fringe programme of The Grand Tour, a new exhibition at the Galleries of Justice Museum - Re-imagining Prison Reform: Past, Present and Future - will tell the story of an alternative Grand Tour. This was a tour of the sub-culture that most civilised British citizens could not possibly imagine, a tour of the prisons and gaols in Britain and Europe.

The Grand Tour Fringe will feature a number of events and exhibitions across Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire where there are strong connections with the original grand tours of the aristocracy – when iconic figures like Lord Byron, actually took The Grand Tour. Such tours contributed to shaping the art collections of private estates such as Chatsworth House and the Welbeck Estate.

Check the website for further details at www.galleriesofjustice.org.uk