Southend Central Museum
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The Central Museum is a museum in Southend-on-Sea
, Essex
, England
. The museum contains a planetarium and is home to the Beecroft Art Gallery
which contains over 2000 pieces including works by Lear
, Molenaer
, Seago
and Constable
.
The museum was opened in April 1981 in an Edwardian building that was previously Southend's first free public library.
Southend-on-Sea
Southend-on-Sea is a unitary authority area, town, and seaside resort in Essex, England. The district has Borough status, and comprises the towns of Chalkwell, Eastwood, Leigh-on-Sea, North Shoebury, Prittlewell, Shoeburyness, Southchurch, Thorpe Bay, and Westcliff-on-Sea. The district is situated...
, Essex
Essex
Essex is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in the East region of England, and one of the home counties. It is located to the northeast of Greater London. It borders with Cambridgeshire and Suffolk to the north, Hertfordshire to the west, Kent to the South and London to the south west...
, England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
. The museum contains a planetarium and is home to the Beecroft Art Gallery
Beecroft Art Gallery
Beecroft Art Gallery is a museum in Station Road, Westcliff-on-Sea, Essex, England.The gallery has varied collections ranging from 17th century Dutch paintings to contemporary works, as well as a collection of local views and sea views.-External links:*...
which contains over 2000 pieces including works by Lear
Edward Lear
Edward Lear was an English artist, illustrator, author, and poet, renowned today primarily for his literary nonsense, in poetry and prose, and especially his limericks, a form that he popularised.-Biography:...
, Molenaer
Jan Miense Molenaer
Jan Miense Molenaer , was a Dutch Golden Age genre painter whose style was a precursor to Jan Steen's work during Dutch Golden Age painting. He shared a studio with his wife, Judith Leyster, also a genre painter, as well as a portraitist and painter of still-life...
, Seago
Edward Seago
Edward Brian Seago RBA ARWS RWS was an English artist who painted in both oils and watercolours.The son of a coal merchant, born in Norwich, Seago was a self-taught artist, , and enjoyed a wide range of admirers from the British Royal family and the Aga Khan to the common man...
and Constable
John Constable
John Constable was an English Romantic painter. Born in Suffolk, he is known principally for his landscape paintings of Dedham Vale, the area surrounding his home—now known as "Constable Country"—which he invested with an intensity of affection...
.
The museum was opened in April 1981 in an Edwardian building that was previously Southend's first free public library.