Editing Harewood House (section)

===21st century===
The house is the family seat of the Lascelles family, and home of [[David Lascelles, 8th Earl of Harewood|David Lascelles]], the eighth [[Earl of Harewood|Earl]].<ref name="Jones"/> The house and grounds have been transferred into a trust ownership structure managed by Harewood House Trust and are open to the public for most of the year. Harewood won a ''Large Visitor Attraction of the Year'' award in the 2009 national ''Excellence in England'' awards.<ref name="hh2003">Harewood House website. ''Harewood Card Newsletter. Autumn/Winter 2003–04'' [http://www.harewood.org.uk/newsletter/newsletter4.pdf Harewood.org] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070928142157/http://www.harewood.org.uk/newsletter/newsletter4.pdf |date=28 September 2007 }}. Retrieved 1 December 2006.</ref>

Harewood houses a collection of paintings by masters of the Italian Renaissance, family portraits by [[Sir Joshua Reynolds]], [[John Hoppner]] and [[Sir Thomas Lawrence]], and modern art collected by the 7th Earl and Countess. Changing temporary exhibitions are held each season in the Terrace Gallery. Catering facilities in the house include Michelin-starred fine dining.<ref>[http://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/community/michelin-star-restaurant-moves-into-stately-home-to-offer-tasty-posh-nosh-1-4776971 "Michelin star restaurant moves into stately home to offer tasty posh nosh"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120731052609/http://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/community/michelin-star-restaurant-moves-into-stately-home-to-offer-tasty-posh-nosh-1-4776971 |date=31 July 2012 }}, ''[[Yorkshire Evening Post]]''. Retrieved 2 August 2013</ref>

As well as tours of the house and grounds, Harewood has more than {{convert|100|acre}} of gardens, including a [[Himalayas|Himalayan]] garden and its [[stupa]], an educational bird garden (closed February 2023),<ref>{{cite web |publisher=Harewood House Trust |url=https://harewood.org/harewood-statement/ |title=Harewood Statement |accessdate=24 May 2023 |archive-date=9 December 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231209053037/https://harewood.org/harewood-statement/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> an adventure playground and the historic [[All Saints' Church, Harewood|All Saints' Church]] with its alabaster tombs. From May 2007 to October 2008 the grounds contained Yorkshire's first planetarium, the [[Yorkshire Planetarium]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/news/leeds-planetarium-a-meteoric-failure-1-2240476|title=Leeds planetarium – a meteoric failure|access-date=31 March 2018|archive-date=1 April 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180401005153/https://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/news/leeds-planetarium-a-meteoric-failure-1-2240476|url-status=live}}</ref>

The [[Leeds Country Way]] passes through the Harewood Estate, to the south of the house and lake, as does the route of [[The White Rose Way]].

In a 2005 documentary, David Lascelles spoke about his ancestors' links with the slave trade,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.leeds-live.co.uk/news/leeds-stately-home-exposing-links-25227805|title=Leeds stately home exposing its links to the slave trade to educate others|website=Leeds Live|first=Jaimie|last=Kay|date=11 October 2022|access-date=14 May 2023|archive-date=14 May 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230514083852/https://www.leeds-live.co.uk/news/leeds-stately-home-exposing-links-25227805|url-status=live}}</ref> and in 2007, as part of the ''[[BBC Look North (East Yorkshire and Lincolnshire)|BBC Look North]]'' programme, actor [[David Harewood]] visited the house and interviewed Lascelles, as his ancestors in Barbados had been enslaved by the Earls of Harewood.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/west_yorkshire/6487229.stm|title=Actor quizzes Viscount on slavery|work=[[BBC News]]|date=23 March 2007|access-date=15 April 2015}}</ref> In March 2023, it was announced that a portrait of Harewood had been commissioned and would be hung in Harewood House.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://harewood.org/about/blog/missing-portraits/missing-portraits-david-harewood-obe/|title=MISSING PORTRAITS: David Harewood OBE|website=Harewood House Blog|date=6 March 2023|access-date=14 May 2023}}</ref><ref name="kolirin">{{cite news |last1=Kolirin |first1=Lianne |title=David Harewood's portrait will hang in stately home owned by family that enslaved his ancestors |url=https://edition.cnn.com/style/article/david-harewood-portrait-gbr-scli-intl-gbr/index.html |access-date=9 March 2023 |work=CNN |date=6 March 2023 |archive-date=9 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230309025451/https://edition.cnn.com/style/article/david-harewood-portrait-gbr-scli-intl-gbr/index.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2023/mar/06/complex-emotions-harewood-house-commissions-portrait-of-david-harewood|title='Complex emotions': Harewood House commissions portrait of David Harewood|newspaper=[[The Guardian]]|first=Aamna|last=Mohdin|date=6 March 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2023/03/06/david-harewood-portrait-hung-home-family-who-enslaved-ancestors/|title=David Harewood portrait to be hung at home of family who enslaved his ancestors|newspaper=[[Daily Telegraph|The Telegraph]]|date=6 March 2023|archive-date=14 May 2023|access-date=14 May 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230514083839/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2023/03/06/david-harewood-portrait-hung-home-family-who-enslaved-ancestors/|url-status=live}}</ref>