Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
The Leicester Museum & Art Gallery (until 2020, New Walk Museum and Art Gallery) is a museum on New Walk in Leicester, England, not far from the city centre. [1] It opened in 1849 as one of the first public museums in the United Kingdom. [2] Leicester Museum & Art Gallery contains displays of science, history and art, both international and local.
On 17 November 2015, Sir Peter Bazalgette, Sir David Attenborough and Michael Attenborough CBE opened the Attenborough Arts Centre's new £1.5 million art gallery, one of the largest contemporary art galleries in the region. The building was funded by over 1,000 public donations, Arts Council England and the University of Leicester. [5]
Leicester: Industry: Gas industry museum, on production and supply of gas, and gas related artifacts and domestic appliances. National Space Centre: Leicester: Science: Space science and astronomy New Walk Museum and Art Gallery: Leicester: Multiple: Dinosaurs, geology, art, Ancient Egypt, natural history, world art Newarke Houses Museum ...
The museum also houses a 1950s Leicester street scene modelled in Wharf Street with a number of model shops, as well as an exhibition of toys from Tudor times to the present. [ 1 ] Other collections relate to Leicester's industrial and hosiery industry, such as Corah's and Wolsey, major clothing firms in Leicester.
Leicester Galleries was an art gallery located in London from 1902 to 1977 that held exhibitions of modern British, French and international artists' works. Its name was acquired in 1984 by Peter Nahum , who operates " Peter Nahum at the Leicester Galleries " in Mayfair .
Founded in 1921, the garden was established on the present 16-acre (6.5 ha) site in 1947. The garden is used for research and teaching purposes by the university's Genetics (formerly Biology) Department and features events such as sculpture and art exhibitions, music performances and plant sales. It is open to the public.
Leicester Museum & Art Gallery; N. National Space Centre; Newarke Houses Museum; R. Retro Computer Museum This page was last edited on 17 February 2024, at 23:09 ...
Phoenix Cinema and Arts Centre is a cinema, art gallery and Café Bar in the city centre of Leicester, England.The four-screen, recently refurbished cinema shows everything from micro-budget independent films to the latest Hollywood blockbusters, and often hosts festivals and special events.