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Leamington Spa Art Gallery and Museum Leamington Spa

Leamington Spa Art Gallery and Museum, Royal Pump Rooms, The Parade, Leamington Spa, CV32 4AA

01926 742700

Leamington Spa Art Gallery and Museum
Prices at Leamington Spa Art Gallery and Museum Leamington Spa from Admission free The Art Gallery & Museum has a permanent collection of over 11,000 objects in the fields of art, crafts, sculpture, local and social history, archaeology and ethnography. Most have been donated by local people, beginning in the 1860s and continuing to the present day. Art Gallery This is located in the former hydrotherapy pool at the Royal Pump Rooms. It provides a superb location for the display of Warwick District Council's 17th century paintings and 19th - 21st century visual arts collections. These include works by major British artists such as Terry Atkinson, Sir Terry Frost, Ivon Hitchens, Simon Lewty, L S Lowry, Paul Nash, Marc Quinn, Stanley Spencer, Mark Titchner and Gillian Wearing. Local History Gallery The museum’s Local History Gallery is on the site of the exotic former Turkish Bath, which was added to the Royal Pump Rooms in 1863. The displays tell the story of Leamington's development from a rural village to the elegant and thriving town of today. At the heart of the story is the discovery of the spa water and how the local community used it to promote Leamington as a health resort in the 19th and 20th century. The 'Hammam', part of the Turkish Bath, has been incorporated into the Local History Gallery. The Hammam has strong Islamic influences in its style, colouring and stained glass. The original paint work, tiles and brickwork have been uncovered and the original decorative scheme recreated. Some of the glass is the restored original; the rest was made in 1998 to complement it by stained glass artist and designer William Nichol. Haddie's Gallery Join Haddie the circus elephant and explore our family gallery to discover what life was like for a child in Victorian Leamington Spa. Find out about Sam Lockhart, the world famous elephant trainer, journey along the river Leam and try out games played by Victorian children. There are fun interactives, exciting historical objects and artworks from across our collections.