Worcester City Art Gallery & Museum facts for kids

Worcester City Art Gallery & Museum

Worcester City Art Gallery & Museum
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Established	1833
Location	Worcester

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

History

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

The museum was 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 Worcestershire Regiment Museum collection moved from Norton Barracks to the Worcester City Art Gallery & Museum in 1970.

Collections

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. The Worcester Soldier galleries display the collections of the Worcestershire Regiment and the Queen's Own Worcestershire Hussars.