Rugby Art Gallery and Museum

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Rugby Art Gallery and Museum
A modern yellow brick building with name "Rugby Art Gallery, Museum & Library", with a central glass entrance hall across which "Hall of Fame" is written.
Rugby Art Gallery, Museum and Library in 2019
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General information
AddressLittle Elborow Street, CV21 3BZ
Town or cityRugby, Warwickshire
CountryUnited Kingdom
Coordinates52°22′18″N 1°15′52″W / 52.3717°N 1.2645°W / 52.3717; -1.2645Coordinates: 52°22′18″N 1°15′52″W / 52.3717°N 1.2645°W / 52.3717; -1.2645
Opened2000
Design and construction
Architecture firmCPMG Architects
Website
www.ragm.co.uk

The Rugby Art Gallery and Museum is a combined art gallery and museum in central Rugby, Warwickshire, in England. The purpose-built building housing it is shared with Rugby library; it was opened in 2000 and was built in the place of Rugby's previous library.[1][2][3]

The art gallery holds "The Rugby Collection", over 170 items of 20th century and contemporary British art, including prints, drawings and paintings by artists such as L. S. Lowry, Stanley Spencer, Paula Rego and Graham Sutherland. The collection was built up by Rugby Borough Council from 1946 onwards and still collects "works by British artists of 'promise and renown' ". There is also a "Local Art Collection".[4][1]

The museum hosts a collection of Roman artefacts, excavated from the nearby Roman town of Tripontium.[5] It also has a display of the social and industrial history of Rugby,[6][2] and the "Redding Collection" of some 25,000 mid-20th-century photographic negatives taken at the Rugby photographic studio of George Redding.[7] In December 2006, the Rugby World Cup was exhibited at the museum. The facility became the permanent physical home of the World Rugby Hall of Fame in November 2016.[8]

The building also houses the town's visitor centre.[9]

As part of a national venture called Get it Loud in Libraries, the building has played host to gigs of various music artists such as Plan B and British Sea Power.

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References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b "Rugby Art Gallery and Museum Art Collections". Art UK. Retrieved 10 December 2018.
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b "Directory of attractions - Rugby Art Gallery and Museum". The Rugby Town. Retrieved 10 December 2018.
  3. ^ "Rugby Library and Information Centre". Warwickshire County Council. Retrieved 7 July 2021.
  4. ^ "The Rugby Collection". www.rugby.gov.uk. Rugby Art Gallery and Museum. Retrieved 7 July 2021.
  5. ^ "The Archaeology Collection". www.ragm.co.uk. Rugby Art Gallery and Museum. Retrieved 7 July 2021.
  6. ^ "The Social History Collection". www.rugby.gov.uk. Rugby Museum and Art Gallery. Retrieved 7 July 2021.
  7. ^ "The Redding Photographic Collection". www.ragm.co.uk. Rugby Museum and Art Gallery. Retrieved 7 July 2021.
  8. ^ "World Rugby Hall of Fame: Jonny Wilkinson attends launch". BBC News Coventry and Warwickshire. 17 November 2016. Retrieved 27 April 2017.
  9. ^ "Rugby visitor centre". The Rugby Town. Retrieved 3 October 2019.

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