New Walk Museum and Art Gallery
New Walk Museum and Art Gallery
53 New Walk
Leicester
Leicestershire
LE1 7EA
England
Website
www.leicester.gov.uk/museumsandgalleries
Enquiries
Telephone
Reception
0116 225 4900
Fax
General
0116 225 4927
On the historic New Walk, Leicester's original museum has collections spanning the natural and cultural world. A family friendly day-out, displays include Dinosaurs, Egyptians, Geology, The Den, Wild Space and World Arts.
The art galleries showcase Modern and Old Masters, contemporary art and craft exhibitions and permanent galleries of Arts & Crafts and Picasso Ceramics: The Attenborough Collection.
The museum offers a varied events programme, Costa coffee shop with free Wi-Fi access and gift shop including a range of exhibition merchandise and contemporary craft and design. The venue is also available for private hire and licensed for civil marriage and naming ceremonies.
Venue Type:
Museum, Gallery
On the historic New Walk, Leicester's oldest museum has collections spanning the natural and cultural world. A family friendly day-out, displays include Egyptians, Wild Space, World Arts and Leicester’s Fine Art collection. Changing exhibitions feature works by Modern and Old Masters with Leicester’s German Expressionist collection, one of the most notable outside of Germany.
Collection details
World Cultures, Natural Sciences, Fine Art, Decorative and Applied Art, Archaeology
The Dinosaur Gallery: Exploring Lost Worlds
- 3 September 2011 — 31 December 2015 *on now
The Rutland Dinosaur is back!
The Dinosaur, a Cetiosaurus, is taking centre stage in the new exhibition that will show extinct animals were not ‘prehistoric monsters’ but living and breathing creatures. Discover what life was like millions of years ago and see how the world and the living things on it change constantly over time. Explore lost worlds and find out how dinosaurs and other prehistoric animals lived.
Suitable for all ages, the gallery includes new dinosaur interactives, hands-on activities and cutting edge reconstructions of marine reptiles.
Suitable for
- Any age
- Family friendly
Where
New Walk Museum & Art Gallery
Website
http://www.leicester.gov.uk/dinosaurs
Picasso Ceramics: The Attenborough Collection
- 18 August 2011 — 31 December 2015 *on now
Following on from the highly successful 2007 exhibition, New Walk Museum & Art Gallery is delighted to present Picasso: The Attenborough Collection, a permanent gallery of selected key works from the collection of Lord and Lady Attenborough.
In 1954 Richard and Sheila Attenborough paid their first visit to the Madoura pottery in Vallauris, where Picasso had been working for several years with Georges and Suzanne Ramié. The Attenboroughs started with modest purchases, leading to a collection numbering some 150 pieces.
All of Picasso’s activity with ceramics centred around the Madoura pottery factory in Vallauris, France. Picasso made plates, jugs and tiles but he also designed new forms combining aspects of painting and sculpture in ceramics. The majority of the collection consists of Editions and Original Impressions; multiple works that Picasso insisted the pottery should produce and sell inexpensively, so that everyone could own a ‘Picasso’.
This intimate permanent exhibition shows a changing display of around forty works selected from the unique collection, curated by renowned Picasso expert, Dr Marilyn McCully.
In 2007, Lord and Lady Attenborough announced that their Picasso ceramics collection would be entrusted to the City of Leicester to commemorate the lives of their daughter, Jane Mary, and their granddaughter, Lucy Elizabeth, who perished together in the Asian Tsunami on 26th December 2004.
Suitable for
- Any age
Where
New Walk Museum & Art Gallery
Admission
Free admission
Website
http://www.leicester.gov.uk/picasso
The Den
- 31 March 2012 — 31 December 2020 *on now
Come and investigate The Den! The Den is a dedicated space for children aged five and under and their families. Explore exciting new ways to experience museum objects and how they open up opportunities for fun and learning around the museum.
Look, listen, touch, move - in The Den there are no right or wrong answers... the only limit is your imagination!
Suitable for
- 0-4
- 5-6
Where
New Walk Museum & Art Gallery, Leicester
Admission
Free admission
Website
http://www.leicester.gov.uk/theden
The Arts & Crafts Gallery
- 19 October 2013 — 31 October 2015 *on now
The Arts & Crafts movement was one of the most important and influential styles of the 20th century. Ernest Gimson, the architect and designer who represents this style in its purest form, was born in Leicester. This gallery celebrates his life and work alongside that of his closest friends and associates. It also shows their continuing legacy through the works of modern makers who are still inspired by his ideas and ideals today.
Suitable for all ages, visitors can explore the harsh realities of living and working in Victorian cities, follow the Arts & Crafts designers in their move to the countryside and understand their principles of good design, good work and good living. The gallery also explores the many ways the Arts & Crafts movement was inspired by nature and take our 'Taste Test' to discover if there really is such a thing as ‘good taste’.
Suitable for
- Any age
Admission
Free admission
Website
http://www.leicester.gov.uk/artsandcrafts
Highlights of the Modern Collection
- 1 October 2013 — 5 January 2014 *on now
New Walk Museum & Art Gallery has always had a strong tradition of collecting contemporary art work and this exhibition showcases some of the most important examples of the art collected from the last century.
The exhibition provides an interesting snapshot of artwork from Britain and further afield since 1930 with portraits, landscapes and still lives by key 20th century artists including Peter Doig, Terry Frost, Stanley Spencer and Sandra Blow.
Suitable for
- Any age
Admission
Free admission
Website
The Ancient Egqyptians
http://www.leicestermuseums.ac.uk/discoveryzone/egypt_explorer/index.htm
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