Art Galleries in the UK
273 museums
575 Wandsworth Road (Khadambi Asalache House)
Clapham
An ordinary south London terraced house transformed inside by decades of hand-carved fretwork by poet and woodcarver Khadambi Asalache
Aberystwyth Arts Centre
Aberystwyth
Wales's largest arts centre, with three galleries and a major contemporary ceramics collection, on the University's Penglais campus
Andrew Logan Museum of Sculpture
Berriew
Wales's most dazzling museum — where Mirror Balls meet Alternative Miss World in mid-Wales
Arbroath Art Gallery
Arbroath
Angus Council's civic art collection, including two Bruegel the Younger paintings, within Arbroath Library
Art Collection University of Stirling
Stirling
One of Scotland's finest contemporary art collections, woven into campus life since 1967
Astley Cheetham Art Gallery
Stalybridge
One of the finest collections of Pre-Raphaelite and Victorian art outside the national museums
BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Art
Gateshead
BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Art stands as one of the world's most distinctive and ambitious contemporary art spaces, housed in a dramatically converted…
Barbara Hepworth Sculpture Garden
St Ives
The preserved studio and garden of Britain's greatest sculptor
Beatrix Potter Gallery
Hawkshead
The original watercolours that enchanted the world — in the office of the solicitor Beatrix Potter married
Beecroft Art Gallery
Southend-on-sea
Southend's public art collection — over 2,000 works spanning four centuries
Belleek Pottery Visitor Centre
Belleek
Ireland's Oldest Pottery — Hand-Crafted Parian Porcelain Since 1857
Bilston Craft Gallery
Bilston
A specialist contemporary craft gallery in a beautiful Art Deco building, celebrating the craft traditions of Bilston and the wider world
Blackwell, The Arts & Crafts House
Bowness-on-Windermere
Blackwell is one of the most complete and best-preserved examples of Arts and Crafts domestic architecture in Britain, set dramatically above the eastern shore…
Blandford Fashion Museum
Blandford Forum
A specialist historic costume collection in Georgian townhouses rebuilt after Blandford's Great Fire of 1731
Broadway Museum & Art Gallery
Broadway
Fine art from the Ashmolean's founding collections, displayed in a Cotswolds Tudor house
Brunei Gallery, SOAS
London
Changing Exhibitions on the Art and Culture of Asia, Africa, and the Middle East
Bury Art Museum and Sculpture Centre
Bury
Turner, Constable, and International Sculpture in the Heart of Greater Manchester
Burton Art Gallery and Museum
Bideford
North Devon's leading gallery — British art, Bideford lace, and the story of a great Atlantic port
Bushey Museum and Art Gallery
Bushey
Herkomer's art school, Lucy Kemp-Welch and the artists' colony that made a Hertfordshire village famous
Canolfan Ucheldre Centre
Holyhead
Anglesey's principal arts centre, in a converted Victorian convent in Holyhead
Cartwright Hall Art Gallery
Bradford
Victorian elegance meets artistic excellence in Bradford's magnificent park gallery
Castle Douglas Art Gallery
Castle Douglas
Scottish Art in the Heart of Galloway — Scotland's Food Town
Central Saint Martins Museum and Study Collection
London
The creative archive of one of the world's leading art schools
Chapter Arts Centre
Cardiff
Cardiff's artist-led multi-disciplinary arts centre in a converted 1907 school, running since 1971
Chiddingstone Castle
Chiddingstone
Japanese art, Egyptian antiquities and Jacobite relics in a Gothic castle above a Tudor village
Christ Church Picture Gallery
Oxford
Oxford college's outstanding Old Master paintings and drawings, including works by Michelangelo, Raphael, and Leonardo
Coalport China Museum
Ironbridge
Two centuries of English porcelain in the Ironbridge Gorge World Heritage Site
Compton Verney
Stratford-upon-avon
World-class art collections in a stunning Robert Adam mansion set in Capability Brown parkland in the heart of Warwickshire
Cooper Gallery
Barnsley
Turner, Constable, and van Dyck in Barnsley's intimate civic art gallery — one of Yorkshire's hidden art treasures
Court Barn Museum
Chipping Campden
The Guild of Handicraft and a century of Cotswold craft, beside St James's Church
Crafts Study Centre
Farnham
The national collection of British studio crafts — Bernard Leach, Lucie Rie, Hans Coper, and more
Derby Museum and Art Gallery
Derby
Home to the world's largest collection of Joseph Wright paintings
Dick Institute Museum and Art Gallery
Kilmarnock
Kilmarnock's gift of art, nature, and heritage since 1901
Ditchling Museum of Art + Craft
Ditchling
Where art, craft and faith forged an extraordinary village colony
Dovecot Studios
Edinburgh
Scotland's leading tapestry studio, where visitors can watch weavers at work
Duff House
Banff
William Adam's masterpiece on the Aberdeenshire coast — a country house gallery from the National Galleries of Scotland
Durham University Oriental Museum
Durham
Northern England's gateway to the art and cultures of the Orient
Edinburgh Printmakers
Edinburgh
Scotland's oldest open-access print studio and a leading contemporary print gallery, based in the converted Castle Mills building on the Union Canal
Elmhirst Heritage Centre
Totnes
The Dartington collection of Modern British art and ceramics, shown publicly for the first time in the Elmhirsts' own house
Essex Collection of Art from Latin America
Colchester
One of the UK's most significant collections of modern and contemporary Latin American art, housed within the University of Essex's Albert Sloman Library
F.E. McWilliam Gallery And Studio
Banbridge
The work of F.E. McWilliam — Northern Ireland's greatest sculptor, including the Women of Belfast
Falmouth Art Gallery
Falmouth
Cornish art from Newlyn to St Ives, plus a nationally renowned collection of magical automata
Fashion and Textile Museum
London
Contemporary fashion and textile design in Zandra Rhodes' vibrant museum
Ferens Art Gallery
Hull
The Ferens Art Gallery stands as one of the finest regional art galleries in England, housing an exceptional collection spanning seven centuries of European…
Fitzwilliam Museum
Cambridge
The Fitzwilliam Museum stands as one of Britain's greatest art and antiquities museums, a treasure house of world-class collections housed in a magnificent…
Fry Art Gallery
Saffron Walden
Bawden, Ravilious, and the Great Bardfield artists — the heart of mid-century British art in Essex
Gainsborough's House
Sudbury
The world's greatest collection of Gainsborough in his Suffolk birthplace
Gallery of Modern Art
Glasgow
The Gallery of Modern Art (GoMA) is Glasgow's contemporary art museum housed in one of the city's finest neoclassical buildings in the heart of Royal Exchange…
Gawthorpe Textiles Collection
Burnley
Thirty Thousand Pieces of Needlework Genius in a Jacobean Masterpiece
Glasgow Print Studio
Glasgow
Contemporary printmaking, studio access, and gallery exhibitions in Glasgow's Trongate
Glasgow School of Art
Glasgow
Charles Rennie Mackintosh's architectural masterpiece — a defining work of world art and design heritage
Glynn Vivian Art Gallery
Swansea
Wales's regional art gallery - from Old Masters to cutting-edge contemporary
Goldsmiths Textile Collection & Constance Howard Gallery
London
4,000+ textile and print objects, built on textile artist Constance Howard's teaching collection at Goldsmiths
Gordon Russell Museum
Broadway
The life and furniture designs of Sir Gordon Russell, a pioneering figure in twentieth-century British good design
Hartlepool Art Gallery
Hartlepool
Contemporary visual art in a stunning converted Victorian church at the heart of Hartlepool
Hatton Gallery
Newcastle upon Tyne
Home of Kurt Schwitters' Merzbarn — one of the 20th century's most important artworks
Heath Robinson Museum
Pinner
The wonderfully complicated world of Britain's best-loved comic illustrator
Hospitalfield
Arbroath
A historic house and working artist-residency estate in Arbroath, blending Victorian Gothic interiors with contemporary art
Huddersfield Art Gallery
Huddersfield
Outstanding Lowry collection and modern British art in West Yorkshire
Ikon Gallery
Birmingham
Internationally significant contemporary art, free admission, in a Victorian Gothic gem
York Art Gallery
York
York Art Gallery, reopened in 2015 following a transformative £8 million refurbishment, stands as one of England's leading regional art museums. Located in a…
Jackfield Tile Museum
Ironbridge
Five thousand tiles and a century and a half of decorative ceramic art in the Ironbridge Gorge
John Creasey Museum
Salisbury
A small Salisbury gallery celebrating a prolific crime writer's gift to his adopted city
Kettle's Yard
Cambridge
Kettle's Yard represents a unique vision in the museum world—a place where art is experienced not in the formal context of gallery walls but within the…
Kirkcudbright Galleries
Kirkcudbright
Celebrating the Kirkcudbright artists' colony, including E.A. Hornel and Jessie M. King
Lady Lever Art Gallery
Liverpool
Edwardian masterpiece showcasing Pre-Raphaelite treasures in a model village
Lady Waterford Hall
Ford
Biblical scenes in a Northumberland village — Louisa Waterford's extraordinary mural masterpiece
Laing Art Gallery
Newcastle upon Tyne
Discover five centuries of British art in the heart of Newcastle
Leamington Spa Art Gallery and Museum
Leamington Spa
Art, history and heritage in Leamington's historic Royal Pump Rooms
Little Holland House
Carshalton
One man's hand-made masterpiece — Arts and Crafts devotion in a Carshalton cottage
Llantarnam Grange Arts Centre
Cwmbran
South-east Wales's dedicated applied arts and craft gallery, in a nineteenth-century grange house, Cwmbran
Maclaurin Art Gallery
Ayr
Scottish art in a Georgian mansion — one of Ayrshire's finest cultural destinations
Maidstone Museum and Art Gallery
Maidstone
An Elizabethan manor house filled with world-class collections — free to all
Manchester Art Gallery
Manchester
Six centuries of art from Pre-Raphaelite masterpieces to contemporary innovation
McLean Museum and Art Gallery
Greenock
James Watt's birthplace — art, history, and innovation on the Clyde
Mellerstain House
Gordon
The finest Adam house in Scotland — unsurpassed Georgian rooms and a magnificent landscape
Mercer Art Gallery
Harrogate
Victorian and contemporary art in a beautiful Regency spa building at the heart of Harrogate
Mid Wales Arts Centre
Caersws
A sculpture park and gallery centred on the Stefan Knapp enamel collection, at Maesmawr near Caersws
MIMA (Middlesbrough Institute of Modern Art)
Middlesbrough
Where contemporary art meets everyday life
Minerva Arts Centre
Llanidloes
The Quilt Association's exhibition space for Welsh quilting and textile heritage, Llanidloes
Minories Art Gallery
Colchester
Colchester's oldest art gallery, presenting a changing programme of contemporary art in a historic Georgian townhouse
Mission Gallery
Swansea
Wales's leading contemporary craft gallery, in a former seamen's mission chapel, Swansea
MOMA Machynlleth
Machynlleth
A redundant chapel turned gallery and concert hall, holding four centuries of Welsh art in a mid-Wales market town
Mostyn
Llandudno
Wales's leading contemporary art gallery, in an Edwardian building with a major modern extension, Llandudno
Museum of Royal Worcester
Worcester
Three centuries of Royal Worcester porcelain in one extraordinary collection
Nature in Art Gallery and Museum
Gloucester
The world's first museum dedicated to art inspired by nature
Naughton Gallery at Queen's
Belfast
Contemporary and historic art within Queen's University Belfast's landmark Lanyon Building
New Walk Museum and Art Gallery
Leicester
Leicester's treasure house of art, natural history, and ancient Egypt
Nottingham Castle Museum & Art Gallery
Nottingham
Nottingham Castle Museum & Art Gallery occupies one of England's most historically significant sites, crowning a sandstone outcrop that has been fortified…
Nottingham Contemporary
Nottingham
Nottingham Contemporary stands as one of the UK's largest contemporary art spaces outside London, housed in a striking purpose-built facility that has become…
Nuneaton Museum And Art Gallery
Nuneaton
George Eliot Country — Where Literature Meets Local Heritage
Oriel Davies Gallery
Newtown
Mid Wales's principal contemporary art gallery, set in Newtown's riverside Park since 1994
Oriel y Parc Gallery and Visitor Centre
St Davids
Pembrokeshire's landscape art gallery and National Park visitor centre, on the edge of St Davids
Oriel Ynys Môn
Llangefni
Anglesey's premier gallery and heritage centre — celebrating the island's art, history, and natural world in the heart of Llangefni
Oriel Myrddin Gallery
Carmarthen
South-west Wales's principal contemporary art and craft gallery, in a converted Victorian school, Carmarthen
Orleans House Gallery
Twickenham
Richmond's riverside art gallery in a magnificent baroque house surrounded by woodland gardens
Pannett Art Gallery
Whitby
Whitby's own art gallery celebrating the town's maritime heritage and the artists it inspired
Peter Scott Gallery
Lancaster
Lancaster University's public gallery — contemporary and modern art on the Bailrigg campus
Petworth House and Park
Petworth
One of England's Greatest Art Collections in a Magnificent Deer Park
Pitzhanger Manor
London
Sir John Soane's own experimental country retreat, now a historic house and contemporary art gallery
Pollok House
Glasgow
Pollok House stands as one of Scotland's finest Edwardian country houses, situated within the magnificent 360-acre Pollok Country Park in southwest Glasgow.…
Ranger's House - The Wernher Collection
London
Georgian villa housing an extraordinary art collection
RIBA Collections (Library, Drawings and Photographs Collections)
London
One of the world's great architectural research collections — drawings, photographs and archives at RIBA's Portland Place headquarters
Robert Gordon University Art & Heritage Collections
Aberdeen
Fine art, applied art and architectural heritage from Gray's School of Art and Robert Gordon University's predecessor institutions, displayed across the working campus
Rodmarton Manor
Rodmarton
A Cotswold Arts and Crafts masterpiece built 1909–1929 for the Biddulph family, with exceptional hand-crafted interiors and furnishings entirely in situ
Royal Academy of Music Museum
London
Rare instruments and musical treasures at Britain's oldest conservatoire
Royal Birmingham Society of Artists
Birmingham
One of Britain's oldest artists' societies — gallery, member exhibitions, and open competitions in Birmingham's Jewellery Quarter since 1814
Royal Cambrian Academy of Art
Conwy
Wales's foremost art academy since 1881, in a purpose-built gallery within Conwy's medieval walled town
Royal Holloway Art Collections and Picture Gallery
Egham
Thomas Holloway's Victorian art collection in the Château de Chambord-inspired Founder's Building, opened by Queen Victoria in 1886
Royal Shakespeare Company Collection
Stratford-upon-avon
Four centuries of Shakespeare brought to life
Ruskin Library
Lancaster
The world's largest collection of John Ruskin — drawings, manuscripts, diaries, and the archive of a visionary Victorian mind
Ruskin Museum
Coniston
John Ruskin, Donald Campbell's Bluebird, and the deep heritage of Coniston — Lake District's most surprising museum
Salford Museum and Art Gallery
Salford
Victorian pioneering spirit — England's first public park and one of Britain's oldest free museums
Sandham Memorial Chapel
Burghclere
Stanley Spencer's visionary WWI murals in a chapel lit only by daylight
Scarborough Art Gallery
Scarborough
Fine art in a Victorian villa overlooking Scarborough's South Bay
School of Art Gallery and Museum
Aberystwyth
15,000 Objects of Fine and Decorative Art at Aberystwyth University
Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art
Edinburgh
Scotland's gallery for modern and contemporary art in beautiful parkland
Scottish National Portrait Gallery
Edinburgh
Scotland's story told through portraits of famous Scots
Sime Gallery
Worplesdon
The original grotesque and fantastical art of illustrator Sidney Sime, in a Surrey village hall
Spode Museum Trust Heritage Centre
Stoke-on-Trent
Spode ceramics and the factory archive, on the Stoke works where bone china was perfected
Stoneywell
Ulverscroft
Ernest Gimson's Arts and Crafts masterpiece — a cottage grown from the Charnwood Forest rock
Stourbridge Glass Museum
Stourbridge
Four centuries of English glassmaking excellence in the heart of the Black Country
Tabley House Collection
Knutsford
Sir John Fleming Leicester's pioneering collection of British art, in a John Carr-designed Palladian mansion
Talbot Rice Gallery
Edinburgh
The Talbot Rice Gallery, the University of Edinburgh's public art gallery, occupies a magnificent position within the Old College designed by architect William…
Taliesin Arts Centre
Swansea
Swansea University's arts centre for film, performance and visual art exhibitions, Singleton campus
Tameside Central Art Gallery
Ashton-under-Lyne
Art for Tameside — a free public gallery in the heart of Ashton-under-Lyne
The Alasdair Gray Archive
Glasgow
The visual and literary archive of Alasdair Gray, author of Lanark, with a restaging of his working studio
The Atkinson
Southport
Southport's cultural heart — art, museum, library, theatre, and literature under one roof
The Barber Institute of Fine Arts
Birmingham
World-class art from the 13th to 20th century in an Art Deco jewel
The Biscuit Factory
Newcastle upon Tyne
The UK's largest independent art gallery in Newcastle's creative Ouseburn Valley
The Burrell Collection
Glasgow
The Burrell Collection is one of the world's greatest personal art collections, gifted to Glasgow by shipping magnate Sir William Burrell (1861-1958) and his…
The Cinema Museum
London
The Cinema Museum is a unique institution dedicated to preserving the history and heritage of cinema-going in Britain, housed appropriately in the former…
The Gibberd Gallery
Harlow
The indoor gallery of Harlow Sculpture Town, and home of the Gibberd watercolour collection
The Grundy Art Gallery
Blackpool
Blackpool's free gallery for art, culture, and curiosity since 1911
The Homewood
Esher
Patrick Gwynne's 1938 modernist family home in Esher, Surrey, a landmark of English Modern Movement architecture
The Young Gallery
Salisbury
Salisbury's public gallery for changing contemporary and community art since 1913
The Kelpies & The Helix Visitor Centre
Falkirk
Inside the world's largest equine sculptures — the iconic Kelpies of Falkirk
The Lace Guild Museum
Stourbridge
The art and craft of lace, past and present, at the home of The Lace Guild
The Leach Pottery
St Ives
Britain's most influential studio pottery — Bernard Leach's living legacy in St Ives
The Lightbox
Woking
Award-winning gallery and museum beside the Basingstoke Canal, home to the Ingram Collection of modern British art
The Lighthouse
Glasgow
The Lighthouse is Scotland's Centre for Design and Architecture, housed in a landmark building that was Charles Rennie Mackintosh's first public commission -…
The MAC (Metropolitan Arts Centre)
Belfast
Contemporary arts center - galleries, theatre, dance, and creativity
The Mackintosh House
Glasgow
The most authentic collection of Mackintosh domestic design in the world
The McManus: Dundee's Art Gallery and Museum
Dundee
Dundee's treasure house of art, history, and culture in a Victorian Gothic masterpiece
The Munnings Art Museum
Dedham
Sir Alfred Munnings's Dedham home and studios, holding the only permanent retrospective of his work
The New Art Gallery Walsall
Walsall
An award-winning contemporary art gallery in the heart of Walsall, housing the remarkable Garman Ryan Collection
The Nicholson Museum and Art Gallery
Leek
Silk, embroidery, and the Leek dyehouses where William Morris learned his colours.
The Potteries Museum & Art Gallery
Stoke-on-Trent
World-class ceramics in the heart of the Potteries
The Raven Mason Collection
Newcastle-under-Lyme
Mason's Ironstone and the Staffordshire ceramic tradition — a specialist collection near Keele
The Riverfront Theatre & Arts Centre
Newport
Newport's professional theatre and arts centre, on the banks of the River Usk
The Ropewalk
Barton upon Humber
Contemporary craft and visual arts in a converted 19th-century ropewalk — the cultural heart of Barton-upon-Humber
The Stanley and Audrey Burton Gallery
Leeds
University of Leeds art collection in the iconic Parkinson Building
The Suttie Arts Space
Aberdeen
Britain's only commissioning contemporary art gallery inside an acute hospital, open around the clock at Aberdeen Royal Infirmary
The Victoria Gallery and Museum
Liverpool
Art, science, and heritage in a Victorian architectural masterpiece
The Whitaker
Rossendale
Rossendale's museum and gallery — art, natural history and local heritage in the heart of Lancashire
The Whitworth
Manchester
Art gallery in the park with world-class collections and award-winning architecture
The Wyllieum
Greenock
The world of George Wyllie, 'Scul?tor' — Straw Locomotive, Paper Boat and a lifetime of Clyde-coast art
The Women's Art Collection
Cambridge
Europe's largest collection of art by women, lived with daily across a Cambridge college
TheGallery, Arts University Bournemouth
Bournemouth
Contemporary art and design exhibitions at Arts University Bournemouth, with a national and international touring programme
Touchstones Rochdale
Rochdale
Rochdale's arts, heritage and community — a vibrant cultural hub for Greater Manchester
Towneley Hall Art Gallery and Museum
Burnley
Five Centuries of Art and History in Lancashire's Finest Manor
University of Dundee Museums
Dundee
Free changing exhibitions from the University of Dundee's art, science and natural history collections
University of Oxford - Bate Collection of Musical Instruments
Oxford
Where music history comes alive
University of Salford Art Collection
Salford
University art collection with L.S. Lowry works and north-west art, open to the public
University of South Wales Museum
Pontypridd
Art, Design and Visual Culture at the University of South Wales
Upton House And Gardens
Banbury
El Greco, Bruegel, and Stubbs in a 1930s country house with extraordinary terraced gardens
Waddesdon Manor
Waddesdon
A French Renaissance chateau in England housing one of the world's finest Rothschild collections
Wales Millennium Centre
Cardiff
Cardiff Bay's landmark performing arts centre, home to free exhibitions and the Bocs immersive art space
Walker Art Gallery
Liverpool
One of Europe's finest art galleries showcasing seven centuries of European painting and sculpture
Watts Gallery – Artists' Village
Guildford
A Victorian genius's gallery and Arts and Crafts village in the Surrey Hills
Wednesbury Museum and Art Gallery
Wednesbury
Ruskin Pottery, Pre-Raphaelites, and the Black Country's decorative arts tradition
Welsh Quilt Centre
Lampeter
Jen Jones's collection of historic Welsh quilts, in Lampeter's Town Hall
West Park Museum and Art Gallery
Macclesfield
A century of curiosity in the heart of Macclesfield's park
William Lamb Sculpture Studio
Montrose
The preserved studio of a sculptor who lost his right hand at the Front and taught himself to work with his left
Williamson Art Gallery and Museum
Birkenhead
World-class Liverpool porcelain, outstanding Victorian paintings, and Merseyside maritime heritage — free admission
Wolverhampton Art Gallery
Wolverhampton
Home to one of the UK's finest Pop Art collections, alongside Victorian masterworks and cutting-edge contemporary art in the heart of the West Midlands
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