Galleries · South East England
Victoria Art Gallery
Victoria Art Gallery — art museum in Bath, Somerset, England, United Kingdom.
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 1 h–2 h
- Best time of year
- Year-round
- Nearest railway station
- Bath Spa · 0.6 km
- Paid entry
- Family-friendly
- Wheelchair accessible
About
Victoria Art Gallery is an art gallery in the United Kingdom. Records date its origin to 1900. Heritage designation: Grade II* listed building. Address: BA2 4AT. Wikidata describes it as: "art museum in Bath, Somerset, England, United Kingdom". Coordinates: 51.3826°, -2.3586°.
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Protected designations
- Site of Special Scientific Interest: Combe Down and Bathampton Down Mines SSSI
- Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty: Cotswolds
Designations sourced from Natural England open data under OGL v3.
From the Wikipedia article
The Victoria Art Gallery is a public art museum in Bath, Somerset, England. It was opened in 1900 to commemorate the Diamond Jubilee of Queen Victoria. It is a Grade II* listed building and houses over 1,500 objects of art including a collection of oil paintings from British artists dating from 1700 onwards. The ground floor was at one time a public library.
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Background
Description
The building was designed in 1897 by John McKean Brydon, and has been designated as a Grade II* listed building. It originally was partly used as a public library but was converted in 1990 to house and display only art works. The building is constructed of limestone ashlar rendered in its upper half and occupies a corner site. It is a two storey building with an attic tower with a lead-covered dome. There are nine bays on Bridge Street and one on Grand Parade and each floor consists mainly of one large rectangular room. A flight of stone steps rises to the circular entrance hall which leads to the former library. The main stair is approached through an arch and is a seventeenth century…
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- Coordinates
- 51.3826, -2.3586
- District
- Bath and North East Somerset
- Parish
- Bath and North East Somerset, unparished area
- Postcode
- BA2 4AT
- Parliamentary constituency
- Bath
- Established
- 1900
- Nearest railway station
- Bath Spa — 0.6 km
- Opening
- PH, Tu-Su 10:00-17:00; Mo off;
- Official site
- www.victoriagal.org.uk
Sources
- wikidata: Q7926563 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Victoria Art Gallery (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- commons: Victoria Art Gallery, Bridge Street, Bath - geograph.org.uk - 3831148.jpg (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Victoria Art Gallery?
- Victoria Art Gallery is in South-East England, United Kingdom (postcode BA2 4AT), in the parish of Bath and North East Somerset, unparished area.
- When was Victoria Art Gallery built?
- Built or established in 1900.
- Is Victoria Art Gallery a listed building?
- Victoria Art Gallery is officially recognised as Grade II* listed building listed.
- Is Victoria Art Gallery a protected site?
- Yes — Victoria Art Gallery is part of the Combe Down and Bathampton Down Mines SSSI Site of Special Scientific Interest and the Cotswolds National Landscape (AONB).
- How do I get to Victoria Art Gallery?
- The nearest railway station is Bath Spa, about 0.6 km away. Drivers can navigate to postcode BA2 4AT.
- How busy is Victoria Art Gallery?
- Victoria Art Gallery draws around 92,000 visitors a year.