Watts Gallery

Down Lane
Compton
Guildford
Surrey
GU3 1DQ
England

Website

www.wattsgallery.org.uk

E-mail

info@wattsgallery.org.uk

Telephone

01483 810235

Fax

01483 810285

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.
Watts Gallery Exterior
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First opening its doors to the public in 1904, Watts Gallery is a purpose built art gallery created for the display of the great Victorian artist George Frederic Watts OM RA (1817-1904). The building was expanded between 1905-6 to add more gallery space and create a sculpture gallery to house Watts’s monumental models of Physical Energy and Tennyson. After a major restoration project visitors can now experience the paintings by Watts in the historic galleries set against their original decorative schemes.

G.F. Watts holds a unique position within British art. He was critically acclaimed, admired by his fellow artists, both home and abroad, and was popularly adored, allowing him the platform to explore his idea of a poet-painter who could preach eternal truths and provoke social reform.

Over one hundred paintings by G.F. Watts are on permanent display at Watts Gallery. Spanning a period of seventy years they include portraits, landscapes and his major symbolic works. Each gallery allows visitors to experience a different aspect of this major artist’s work. From the dramatic entrance of the Livanos Gallery to the monumental sculpture and studio artefacts in the Sculpture Gallery, the Watts Gallery shows the unique collection left by the artist for his legacy in the heart of a village. There is also the opportunity to explore the life and art of G.F. and Mary Watts in the Richard Jefferies Gallery where paintings are shown alongside archival material and costume.

Venue Type:

Museum, Library, Archive, Gallery, Heritage site, Industrial heritage site, Sacred space

 Opening hours

Tues to Sat 11.00-17.00
Sun 13.00–17.00

Mondays apart from Bank Holidays
Check for opening times over Christmas and New Year.

 Admission charges

Adult: £7.50 (£6.50 without donation for Gift Aid)
Children under 16: Free
Students: £3.50
Friends of Watts Gallery: Free
Art Fund: Free
Carers: Free
Tuesday ALL TICKETS: £2

Groups: Coach parties welcome if booked in advance. Group rates/ tours available.

 General services and facilities
  • Brochure or leaflet available with directions to museum
  • Guided tours
  • Information point provided
  • Pre-booking service for groups
  • Cafeteria
  • Gardens open to public
  • Picnic area
  • Refreshments
  • Restaurant
  • Shop
 Children and families
  • Activities for pre-school children
  • Events and resources for children and families
  • Baby changing facilities
 Disability access
  • Audio guides specifically for blind and partially sighted people
  • Events/teaching/resources for people with disabilities
  • Large print information and/or interpretation
  • 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
  • Adult lectures and courses held
  • Teaching/resources available for HE/FE students
  • Library
  • Library with public access
  • Mail order service available
  • Research facilities for academics
  • Study facilities
 Commercial and hire services
  • Facilities for private functions and events
  • Meeting room available

Additional info

Our library and archive is open to the public by appointment only.

Down Lane
Compton
Guildford
Surrey
GU3 1DQ
England

Website

www.wattsgallery.org.uk

E-mail

info@wattsgallery.org.uk

Telephone

01483 810235

Fax

01483 810285

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.

Collection details

Decorative and Applied Art, Fine Art, Archives

Collections services

  • General guide to collections available
  • Object identification and/or written enquiry service
  • Public access available to collections information
  • Specialist publications on collections available
  • Object study facilities available (enquire in advance)

Down Lane
Compton
Guildford
Surrey
GU3 1DQ
England

Website

www.wattsgallery.org.uk

E-mail

info@wattsgallery.org.uk

Telephone

01483 810235

Fax

01483 810285

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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