Worcester City Art Gallery & Museum

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

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Worcester City Art Gallery & Museum
Worcester City Art Gallery & Museum
Shown in Worcestershire
Established	1833
Location	Worcester
Coordinates	52°11′47″N 2°13′21″W / 52.1963°N 2.2224°W / 52.1963; -2.2224
Website	www.museumsworcestershire.org.uk/museums/worcester-city-art-gallery-museum/

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

History

The museum was founded in 1833 by members of the Worcestershire Natural History Society.^[2] It was originally located on Angel Street, but moved to larger premises on Foregate Street in 1836.^[3] Since 1896 it has been located in the Victoria Institute, which was established as a combined public library, museum, and School of Art and Science.^[4]

The Worcestershire Regiment Museum collection moved from Norton Barracks to the Worcester City Art Gallery & Museum in 1970.^[5]

In 2021 the Art Gallery & Museum received a donation of £300,000 from an unnamed donor.^[6]^[7]

Collections

The gallery has a programme of contemporary art and craft exhibitions.^[8] Displays include the industrial history of Worcester, local geology, natural history, together with 19th- and 20th-century paintings, prints, and photographs.^[9] The Worcester Soldier galleries display the collections of the Worcestershire Regiment and the Queen's Own Worcestershire Hussars.^[10]

References

^ "Worcester City Art Gallery & Museum". Culture24. Retrieved 10 June 2018.
^ "Worcester City Art Gallery and Museum". Contemporary Art Society. Retrieved 10 June 2018.
^ Bridges, Tim; Mundy, Charles (1996). Worcester: A Pictorial History. Chichester: Phillimore. p. 136. ISBN 0850339901.
^ Brooks, Alan; Pevsner, Nikolaus (2007). The Buildings of England: Worcestershire. New Haven: Yale University Press. pp. 722–723. ISBN 9780300112986.
^ "Worcestershire Regimental Collection". Stand Firm Strike Hard. Retrieved 8 November 2014.
^ Barnett, Christian (8 September 2021). "Mystery donation to Worcester art gallery will kickstart first major investment since the 90s". Worcester News. Retrieved 10 September 2021.
^ "Donation offer of £300,000 to boost Worcester art gallery". BBCNews. 28 August 2021. Retrieved 10 September 2021.
^ "Worcester City Art Gallery and Museum". Shropshire Guild of Contemporary. Archived from the original on 7 July 2012. Retrieved 10 June 2018.
^ "Worcester City Museum and Art Gallery". Art Fund. Retrieved 10 June 2018.
^ "Worcester Soldier galleries". Visit Worcestershire. Retrieved 10 June 2018.

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