Harris Museum Open Exhibition 2026 — Preston

Professional photography, cinematic walkthrough video, and Matterport 3D virtual tour for the Harris Open Exhibition 2026 — the first full-scale Open Exhibition at the Harris in four years following a major building refurbishment.

Preston, Lancashire February 2026 Museum

The Challenge

The Harris Open Exhibition is a large-scale, densely hung salon-style show across multiple interconnected gallery rooms, each with its own lighting conditions and colour temperature. Capturing individual artworks with accuracy while simultaneously conveying the energy and scale of the full exhibition — without disrupting visitors or gallery staff — required careful scheduling, fast lens changes and precise exposure management across drastically different lighting environments.

About the project

The Harris Museum & Art Gallery in Preston commissioned Bulldog Productions to document the Harris Open Exhibition 2026 — the first full-scale Open Exhibition at the Harris in four years following a major building refurbishment. The brief required comprehensive professional photography covering all gallery spaces, a cinematic walkthrough video, and a 3D virtual tour to extend reach beyond the physical exhibition.

What we delivered

Bulldog Productions carried out a full-day shoot across all gallery spaces at the Harris, working methodically room by room. Wide environmental shots established the scale and atmosphere of the exhibition, while detail photography captured standout individual works — from large-scale oil paintings and sculptural installations to delicate hand-knitted pieces and mixed-media canvases. A cinematic walkthrough video was produced to give online audiences a guided tour of the full show, and a Matterport 3D scan was completed to create an interactive virtual tour for the Harris website.

Gallery

Harris Museum Open Exhibition 2026 — bold red feature wall filled with mixed artworks, sculpture display cases and print browsing table

Harris Museum Open Exhibition 2026 — wide red feature wall with large mosaic-style close-up portrait as centrepiece, flanked by display cases

Harris Museum Open Exhibition 2026 — side gallery wall with large landscape oil paintings and red accent wall in background

Harris Museum Open Exhibition 2026 — wide gallery view featuring white floor installation with colour spots, surrounded by red walls hung with paintings

Harris Museum Open Exhibition 2026 — gallery corner with glass display case housing circular artwork, red accent wall with mixed paintings behind

Harris Museum Open Exhibition 2026 — glass display case containing bronze and terracotta bust sculpture with red wall artworks visible behind

Harris Museum Open Exhibition 2026 — sculptural floor installation of fragmented white plaster body parts arranged within a wire frame structure

Harris Museum Open Exhibition 2026 — floor-level view of white plaster sculptural hands and legs from the fragmented body installation

Harris Museum Open Exhibition 2026 — close-up detail of hand-knitted white figurines arranged as a procession on a display plinth

Harris Museum Open Exhibition 2026 — close-up of an intricately hand-knitted chess set with white and grey character pieces on a black and white board

Harris Museum Open Exhibition 2026 — close-up of a crocheted beehive sculpture with miniature bee figures displayed in a glass exhibition case

Harris Museum Open Exhibition 2026 — detail of oil portrait painting of a young woman with dark hair displayed on the red feature wall

Harris Museum Open Exhibition 2026 — close-up detail of figurative oil painting depicting three women seated on a park bench against a night sky

Harris Museum Open Exhibition 2026 — large figurative portrait painting of a father and child against a blue brick wall

Harris Museum Open Exhibition 2026 — detailed oil painting of two harlequin and jester figures in a historical cobbled street scene

Harris Museum Open Exhibition 2026 — red feature wall showing large monochrome figure painting alongside vibrant colourful cityscape oil painting

Harris Museum Open Exhibition 2026 — large wildflower meadow oil painting with rich floral detail, displayed alongside nature cyanotype prints

Harris Museum Open Exhibition 2026 — large textural mixed-media canvas with layered text fragments displayed alongside pencil drawings and photography prints

Harris Museum Open Exhibition 2026 — red feature wall section displaying bold figurative and portrait paintings in varied styles and scales

Harris Museum Open Exhibition 2026 — white gallery wall hung with pencil drawings, prints, an owl illustration and a large figurative oil painting

Harris Museum Open Exhibition 2026 — gallery entrance view with mannequin wearing blue and white tie-dye garment, large portrait visible through doorway

Harris Museum Open Exhibition 2026 Preston — exhibition entrance sign panel beside a large colourful quilted textile artwork on the red feature wall

The results

The Harris received a complete professional media package: 24 high-resolution exhibition photographs, a cinematic walkthrough video, and a fully navigable 3D virtual tour. The imagery was used across the Harris website, social media channels and press releases, significantly extending the reach of the exhibition beyond Preston to regional and national audiences.

3D Virtual Tour

View full screen on Matterport

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