 Worcester City Art Gallery & Museum | |
  Shown in Worcestershire | |
| Established | 1833 |
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| Location | Worcester |
| Coordinates | 52°11′47″N2°13′21″W / 52.1963°N 2.2224°W |
| Website | www |
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 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]
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]
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