Walker Art Gallery

The Walker Art Gallery is an art gallery in Liverpool that has one of England's largest art collections outside of London. It is a member of the National Museums Liverpool organization. The collection of the Walker Art Gallery dates from 1819 when the Liverpool Royal Institution purchased 37 paintings from William Roscoe's collection, which he had to sell due to the failure of his banking firm, though it was saved from being split up by his friends and associates.

The Walker's collection includes Italian and Netherlandish paintings from 1300 to 1550, European art from 1550 to 1900, including works by Giambattista Pittoni, Rembrandt, Poussin, and Degas, 18th and 19th-century British art, including a major collection of Victorian painting and many Pre-Raphaelite works, a large collection of prints, drawings, and watercolors, and 20th-century works by artists such as Lucian Freud, From Gothic ivories through British ceramics up to the current day, the select collection of minor or decorative arts encompasses a wide spectrum.

The famous Minneapolis Sculpture Garden is located directly across from the Center. The park includes Frank Gehry's Standing Glass Fish, Siah Armajani's Irene Hixon Whitney Bridge, a 375-foot-long footbridge that spans 16 lanes of traffic and connects the Garden to Loring Park, and Claes Oldenburg and Coosje van Bruggen's Spoonbridge and Cherry sculpture, which also serves as a fountain.

Location: William Brown St, Liverpool, UK

Website: walkerart.org