A Miracle at Cylinders! – announcing a miracle at Cylinders! Over the week-end of February 4th and 5th a miracle occurred at Cylinders, performed by a group of hardy Polish mountaineers who arrived from all over England. As most of … Continue reading →

Over the week-end of February 4th and 5th a miracle occurred at Cylinders, performed by a group of hardy Polish mountaineers who arrived from all over England. As most of you will know, Cylinders was badly struck by Storm Arwen … Continue reading →

MA students from the Royal College of Art arriving to install their ‘Merzbau Pavilions’ exhibition at Cylinders, July 2021

The new Drawing Office at Cylinders was completed in 2018. Acknowledgements to the Cumbria Fells & Dales LEADER+ programme, and their helpful management team. Newly rendered and painted The opening of the new little museum and reading-room is scheduled for … Continue reading →

Cylinders, site of the Merz Barn, the morning after Storm Arwen (November 27th). Our great cypress has gone – but see how it missed doing much greater damage! (Took the sewage pipe out however). Total damage has yet to be … Continue reading →

November 2020 It has been a long time since we have issued an update on the Merz Barn.  Like the rest of the country we have been hoping for a let-up in the Covid-19 pandemic, or the arrival of a viable … Continue reading →

IPPON GALLERY EXHIBITION: Gustav Metzger & Kurt Schwitters at the Merz Barnfrom October 9th 2021. Photo Debbie Akam. Installation by Cian Quayle and Ian Hunter. Sound installations by Christopher Fox and Marc McKiernan. Vintage Flit gun as used by Metzger … Continue reading →

Exhibition   9 October – 15 November 2021. Open daily 10am – 5pm Two works by Gustav Metzger (1926-2017) – Rubbish Bag (1960/2021) and Dancing Tubes (2014) – will be installed at the Merz Barn, Elterwater, the site of Kurt Schwitters’ last great (unfinished) work. … Continue reading →

From 6 pm, July 7th 2021 Shippon Gallery, The Merz Barn, Cylinders, Langdale, Ambleside LA22 9JB Invitation to Film Screening & a Talk celebrating Prism Arts 2 year outreach arts programme exploring the life and times of Kurt Schwitters The Fragments … Continue reading →