Places of interest near Parliament Street, Harrogate Yorkshire England
Places of interest near
Published: 13th July 2010
The Mercer Gallery
The Mercer Gallery was originally built as the first spa building in 1806 'The promenade Room' which has been restored to it's former glory.
Now housing the districts excellent collection of fine art.
The fine art collection which consists of some 2000 works of art, mainly from the 19th and 20th centuries. The collection includes works by William Powell Frith, Atkinson Grimshaw, Sir Edward Burne-Jones, Dame Laura Knight, Alan Davie and many more. The collection is not on permanent display. Paintings, prints and drawings from it are featured in our lively and diverse exhibition programme throughout the year.
The gallery has two spaces, the Main Gallery and the smaller North Gallery. The changing exhibition programme for both galleries ranges from national touring exhibitions of painting, photography, sculpture and crafts to exhibitions from the permanent collections to displays by local artists.
