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and his son Patrick Williamson. Local support for the establishment of the museum also came from members and families of the nearby Birkenhead Art Club (founded 1908) who helped contributed artworks and funding to the building.
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The gallery also hosts regular exhibitions that can include work by nationally and internationally renowned artists. There are regular musical concerts and the gallery is also a venue for art and crafts workshops.
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in style, and was deliberately designed to blend in with the local surroundings. Financial support for its establishment was primarily provided by John Williamson, a Director of the
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The art gallery and museum opened on 1 December 1928, the single-storey building is
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Williamson Art Gallery

Birkenhead
Merseyside
Neo-Georgian
Cunard Steamship Co. Ltd.
Victorian
Liverpool porcelain
Della Robbia pottery
Cammell Laird
Mersey Ferries
River Mersey
RMS Mauretania
Philip Wilson Steer
Albert Joseph Moore

Listed buildings in Claughton, Merseyside
Birkenhead Priory





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9780853235279
"The Williamson Art Gallery"
Williamson Art Gallery and Museum
53°23′06″N 3°02′25″W / 53.38491°N 3.04028°W / 53.38491; -3.04028
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art display, art museum or gallery in the United Kingdom

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