Worcester City Art Gallery & Museum
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The Worcester City Art Gallery & Museum is an art gallery
and local museum
in Worcester
, the county town of Worcestershire
, England
.
The museum was originally founded in 1833 by members of the Worcestershire Natural History Society. It is located in a Victorian
building in central Worcester, which opened in 1896. The gallery has a programme of contemporary art
and craft
exhibitions. Displays include the industrial history of Worcester, local geology, natural history, together with 19th and 20th century paintings, prints, and photographs. There are also collections of uniforms and medals.
Art gallery
An art gallery or art museum is a building or space for the exhibition of art, usually visual art.Museums can be public or private, but what distinguishes a museum is the ownership of a collection...
and local museum
Local museum
A local museum is a museum that covers local history. Its collection normally includes objects with a local connection of some sort. Such museums are often small in nature and have a low budget for their running costs...
in Worcester
Worcester
The City of Worcester, commonly known as Worcester, , is a city and county town of Worcestershire in the West Midlands of England. Worcester is situated some southwest of Birmingham and north of Gloucester, and has an approximate population of 94,000 people. The River Severn runs through the...
, the county town of Worcestershire
Worcestershire
Worcestershire is a non-metropolitan county, established in antiquity, located in the West Midlands region of England. For Eurostat purposes it is a NUTS 3 region and is one of three counties that comprise the "Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire" NUTS 2 region...
, 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 was originally founded in 1833 by members of the Worcestershire Natural History Society. It is located in a Victorian
Victorian architecture
The term Victorian architecture refers collectively to several architectural styles employed predominantly during the middle and late 19th century. The period that it indicates may slightly overlap the actual reign, 20 June 1837 – 22 January 1901, of Queen Victoria. This represents the British and...
building in central Worcester, which opened in 1896. The gallery has a programme of contemporary art
Contemporary art
Contemporary art can be defined variously as art produced at this present point in time or art produced since World War II. The definition of the word contemporary would support the first view, but museums of contemporary art commonly define their collections as consisting of art produced...
and craft
Craft
A craft is a branch of a profession that requires some particular kind of skilled work. In historical sense, particularly as pertinent to the Medieval history and earlier, the term is usually applied towards people occupied in small-scale production of goods.-Development from the past until...
exhibitions. Displays include the industrial history of Worcester, local geology, natural history, together with 19th and 20th century paintings, prints, and photographs. There are also collections of uniforms and medals.
External links
- Worcester City Art Gallery & Museum web page
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