House of Doors installation at the Houses of Parliament

Houses of Parliament, Parliament Square, London
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This event ended on Monday 3rd of December 2018
Admission
Free but a ticket is required
Venue Information
The Palace of Westminster
House of Commons, SW1A 0AA
Nearest Tube/Rail Stations
Westminster 0.09 miles

'House of Doors' is a contemporary sculpture which explores issues of women’s equality and access, and how that access has changed over time.

The focal point of the 'House of Doors' is a large sculpture, created in response to Harriet Halhed’s painting 'The Little Girl at The Door' (1910), which shows a small girl standing at a closed door. The sculpture, a monolithic structure, references architectural details from significant sites of women’s equality and exclusion including the Houses of Parliament.

The placement of the sculpture in Westminster Hall marks the centenary of the Parliament (Qualification of Women) Act which, on 21 November 1918, allowed women to stand for Parliament. Visitors are invited to consider how access to public life has changed since 1918, with particular emphasis on the spaces and roles that were closed to women and that have since opened up.

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