The New Art Gallery Walsall

Gallery Square
Walsall
West Midlands
WS2 8LG
England

Website

www.artatwalsall.org.uk

E-mail

info@artatwalsall.org.uk

Telephone

01922 654400

Fax

01922 654401

All information is supplied by the venues or providers themselves and every effort is made to ensure it is correct. Please remember to double check opening hours with the venue concerned before making a special visit.
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The New Art Gallery Walsall opened in February 2000 in the
heart of Walsall town centre. A unique civic building for Walsall, the gallery is also a rare example of a brand-new
building for the millennial arts. The 21 million world class gallery was made possible by £15.75 million Arts Lottery
funding (the 1000th lottery grant awarded since the lottery
began in 1994) and commissioned by Walsall Metropolitan
Borough Council, which wanted nothing but the best for this
vibrant West Midlands town.

Venue Type:

Gallery

 Opening hours

Tues-Sat 1000-1700
Sun 1100-1600
Open Bank Holidays

Closed Mondays

 Admission charges

Free admission

 General services and facilities
  • Brochure or leaflet available with directions to museum
  • Guided tours
  • Information point provided
  • Pre-booking service for groups
  • Cafeteria
  • Parking for coaches
  • Refreshments
  • Restaurant
  • Shop
 Children and families
  • Activities for pre-school children
  • Events and resources for children and families
  • Baby changing facilities
 Disability access
  • Events/teaching/resources for people with disabilities
  • Induction loops in lecture theatres
  • Sign language interpretation available
  • Touch exhibits
  • Parking for disabled available
  • Toilets for disabled
  • Wheelchair access to all public areas
  • Wheelchairs available for loan
 Schools services and facilities
  • Direct teaching services for schools
  • Member of staff available with responsibility for education
  • Primary school education service available
  • Printed/audio-visual information available for schools
  • Secondary school education service available
  • Education facilities available
 Research and adult learning
  • Academic publications and resources available
  • Teaching/resources available for HE/FE students
  • Library
 Commercial and hire services
  • Facilities for private functions and events
  • Meeting room available

Gallery Square
Walsall
West Midlands
WS2 8LG
England

Website

www.artatwalsall.org.uk

E-mail

info@artatwalsall.org.uk

Telephone

01922 654400

Fax

01922 654401

All information is supplied by the venues or providers themselves and every effort is made to ensure it is correct. Please remember to double check opening hours with the venue concerned before making a special visit.

On permanent display is The Garman Ryan Collection which was donated to the people of Walsall by Lady Kathleen Garman, widow of sculptor Sir Jacob Epstein, in 1973. This
unique collection is displayed in a two storey house consisting of a series of initimate, interconnecting rooms, each with a window, making a house for the collection over
the first and second floors of the gallery.

Key artists and exhibits

  • Two remarkable women created The Garman Ryan Collection, Kathleen Garman, lover and later wife of artist
  • Jacob Epstein, and her life-long friend Sally Ryan, a talented sculptor. Together, they formed an art collection that is
  • initimate, adventurous and eclectic, reflecting their wide-ranging tastes. Works by well-known European artists, including Monet, Rembrandt, Constable, Van Gogh and Picasso, are displayed alongside beautiful artefacts from many different cultures across the world. The galleries chart the long, productive and often controversial career of Jacob Epstein, and serve as a memorial to the Epstein's extraordinary circle of family and friends - Augustus John,
  • Modigliani, Gaudier-Brzeska and Epstein's one-time son-in-law Lucian Freud.

Collections services

  • General guide to collections available
  • Object identification and/or written enquiry service
  • Specialist publications on collections available

Gallery Square
Walsall
West Midlands
WS2 8LG
England

Website

www.artatwalsall.org.uk

E-mail

info@artatwalsall.org.uk

Telephone

01922 654400

Fax

01922 654401

All information is supplied by the venues or providers themselves and every effort is made to ensure it is correct. Please remember to double check opening hours with the venue concerned before making a special visit.
Resources listed here may include websites, bookable tours and workshops, books, loan boxes and more. You may need to scroll down or click on headers to see them all.
 face to face resources

Art Cart

http://www.artatwalsall.org.uk/learning/family.pdf

Every Sunday and bank holiday 11.00-16.00, the Art Cart comes out with three different activities to help you explore our collections. It has different activities each month, moving around the gallery. All ages are welcome to drop in at anytime for these free sessions.

How to obtain

Contact The New Art Gallery on info@artatwalsall.org.uk or call 01922 654400 for more details.

Baby Palace

http://www.artatwalsall.org.uk/learning/family.pdf

These monthly sessions are especially for carers with babies 0-2 years. Spend some relaxed time with your baby in a multi-sensory session. Explore touch, smell, sound and colour in a calm environment with gentle lighting. Come along once a month at one of the following times: 10.30-11.30, 12.00-1.00, 14.00-15.00.

How to obtain

Baby Palace sessions are free but booking is essential. Contact the gallery on info@artatwalsall.org.uk or call 01922 654400 for specific dates and extra information.

Saturday Storytelling

Anyone can pop into the library for a family story time every Saturday at 12.15 for a little quiet time together exploring the magical world of books.

How to obtain

Saturday Storytelling is open to all. Contact info@artatwalsall.org.uk or call 01922 654400 for more details.

Gallery Square
Walsall
West Midlands
WS2 8LG
England

Website

www.artatwalsall.org.uk

E-mail

info@artatwalsall.org.uk

Telephone

01922 654400

Fax

01922 654401

All information is supplied by the venues or providers themselves and every effort is made to ensure it is correct. Please remember to double check opening hours with the venue concerned before making a special visit.
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