Worcester City Art Gallery & Museum

The gallery holds a number of works by Henry Harris Lines, including this one, Holt Church, as well as Lines' notebooks

The Worcester City Art Gallery & Museum is an art gallery and local museum in Worcester, the county town of Worcestershire, England.[1]

The museum was founded in 1833 by members of the Worcestershire Natural History Society.[2] It is located in a Victorian building in central Worcester, which opened in 1896.[1] The gallery has a programme of contemporary art and craft exhibitions.[3] Displays include the industrial history of Worcester, local geology, natural history, together with 19th- and 20th-century paintings, prints, and photographs.[4] There are also collections of uniforms and medals.

See also

References

  1. 1 2 Worcester City Art Gallery & Museum, Culture24, UK.
  2. ↑ Worcester City Art Gallery and Museum, Contemporary Art Society.
  3. ↑ Worcester City Art Gallery and Museum, Shropshire Guild of Contemporary Craft, UK, 2010.
  4. ↑ Worcester City Museum and Art Gallery, The Art Fund, UK.

Coordinates: 52°11′47″N 2°13′21″W / 52.1963°N 2.2224°W / 52.1963; -2.2224


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