Acquired by the Royal Borough of Greenwich in 1967, the house opened as a local history library and contemporary art gallery — known as Woodlands Art Gallery — in 1972. It held an extensive range of solo and group exhibitions.
In October 2003, the local history library was moved to a new site on the Royal Arsenal site in Woolwich - now the Greenwich Heritage Centre, and the gallery subsequently closed. The council sought proposals to redevelop Woodlands House, the adjacent Mycenae House and surrounding grounds, with a proposal incorporating premises for a local Steiner School being approved in July 2006.
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