Galleries · Scottish Lowlands
Hatton Gallery
Hatton Gallery — art museum in Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom.
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 1 h–2 h
- Best time of year
- Year-round
- Nearest railway station
- Haymarket · 0.2 km
- Free entry
- Family-friendly
- Wheelchair accessible
About
Hatton Gallery is an art gallery in the United Kingdom. Records date its origin to 1925. Part of North East Museums. Wikidata describes it as: "art museum in Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom". Coordinates: 54.9796°, -1.6150°.
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From the Wikipedia article
The Hatton Gallery is Newcastle University's art gallery in Newcastle upon Tyne, England. It is based in the university's Fine Art Building and part of North East Museums. The Hatton Gallery closed in February 2016 for a £3.8 million redevelopment and reopened in 2017.
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Background
History
The Hatton Gallery was founded in 1925, by the King Edward VII School of Art, Armstrong College, Durham University (Newcastle University's Department of Fine Art), in honour of Richard George Hatton, a professor at the School of Art. Richard Hamilton's seminal Man, Machine and Motion was first exhibited at the Hatton in 1955 before travelling to the ICA, so the Hatton can claim to have been the birthplace of Pop Art. In 1997, the university authorities voted to close down the gallery, but a widespread public campaign against the closure, leading to a £250,000 donation by Dame Catherine Cookson, ensured the survival of the gallery. As part of the Great North Museum project, the gallery's…
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- Coordinates
- 54.9796, -1.6150
- District
- Newcastle upon Tyne
- Parish
- Newcastle upon Tyne, unparished area
- Postcode
- NE1 8QB
- Parliamentary constituency
- Newcastle upon Tyne Central and West
- Established
- 1925
- Nearest railway station
- Haymarket — 0.2 km
- Opening
- Mo-Sa 10:00-17:00
- Official site
- www.northeastmuseums.org.uk
Sources
- wikidata: Q5682144 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Hatton Gallery (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Hatton Gallery?
- Hatton Gallery is in the Scottish Lowlands, United Kingdom (postcode NE1 8QB), in the parish of Newcastle upon Tyne, unparished area.
- When was Hatton Gallery built?
- Built or established in 1925.
- Is Hatton Gallery free to visit?
- Yes, Hatton Gallery is free to enter.
- How do I get to Hatton Gallery?
- The nearest railway station is Haymarket, about 0.2 km away. Drivers can navigate to postcode NE1 8QB.