Lady Lever Art Gallery

Om museet

The gallery was founded by the soap manufacturer William Hesketh Lever, later Lord Leverhulme, who wanted to share his collections with the workers of his model village, Port Sunlight, and with the public. At first he showed small displays in the village library and in Hulme Hall, but he then needed a larger building. He began planning it in 1913 with the architects William and Segar Owen of Warrington, who designed a low classical building with mostly rooflit galleries so that it would not overwhelm the surrounding cottages.

King George V laid the foundation stone on 25 March 1914 by remote control, pressing a button on a model of the village in Hulme Hall. The building was formally opened on 16 December 1922 by Princess Beatrice. Lever chose works from his own collection for it and bought others specifically for display.

Today the gallery is part of National Museums Liverpool. Its collections include Victorian and Pre-Raphaelite paintings, English furniture, Wedgwood pottery, Chinese ceramics, sculpture and tapestries. Some rooms close from time to time for maintenance.

Højdepunkter

• Pre-Raphaelite paintings such as The Blessed Damozel by Rossetti and The Scapegoat by Holman Hunt
• Bubbles and The Black Brunswickers by Millais
• Wedgwood collection and 18th-century furniture
• Chinese pottery and porcelain
• Mortlake and Gobelins tapestries
• Setting in the model village of Port Sunlight

Permanente udstillinger

• South End galleries – Rooms 1 to 9 with Wedgwood, Chinoiserie, 18th-century furniture and paintings, and Chinese pottery and porcelain.
• Lever the Collector – A gallery on the history of the Lady Lever Art Gallery and its founder, with touch screens and tactile interactives.
• Tapestries and period rooms – Mortlake and Gobelins tapestries with 17th- and 18th-century furniture in period-style rooms.

Grundlagt

1922

Ejer

National Museums Liverpool

Entrépriser & rabatter

Der er gratis entré.

Entry is free and donations are welcome. A charge may apply for temporary exhibitions and some events.

Tilgængelighed

• Delvis kørestolsvenlig
• Elevator
• Handicaptoilet
• Handicapparkering
• Servicehunde tilladt
• Taktile tilbud
• Rundvisninger på tegnsprog: ingen oplysninger
• Letlæste tilbud: ingen oplysninger
• Synstolkning

The main entrance has nine steps with a ramp beside them. A step-free entrance at the front, facing the fountain, leads into the basement with the shop, cafe, toilets and a lift to the ground floor. The lift takes a manual or electric wheelchair with one companion. Two manual wheelchairs can be borrowed at the information desk. Many rooms are small with displays on raised platforms, routes are narrow and may be difficult for larger wheelchairs, and two small mezzanine galleries can only be reached by narrow stairs. There is an accessible toilet with baby changing in the basement, but no Changing Places toilet. Two accessible parking spaces are on the street outside the gallery. Guide dogs are welcome, and other assistance animals should be discussed with the gallery 7 days before a visit. Most galleries have benches. Ear defenders can be borrowed. Some rooms have low light levels to protect objects, and several rooms contain mirrors. Some touch screens have captioned videos, there are tactile objects in some rooms, and a visual story is available. Audio description in the temporary exhibition room is induction loop enabled. Free audio guides, transcribed for the highlights, are available online.

Børn og familie

Velegnet til børn og familier

• Familieomvisninger & workshops
• Opgavehæfte, skattejagt eller audioguide for børn
• Interaktive stationer
• Puslerum

Trails are available from a stand in the entrance area. The family activity rooms in the basement are currently closed except for special events. Baby changing is in the accessible toilet in the basement, the cafe has highchairs and bottle warming, and breastfeeding is welcome. Some rooms have touch screens, tactile objects and building activities for children. Free treasure trails, including Animals, My Home and Lever the Collector, and family events listed in the What's on programme.

Transport & parkering

The gallery is in the model village of Port Sunlight, with its main entrance at the front of the building by the fountain.

Service & spisesteder

• Café
• Museumsbutik
• Garderobe
• Opbevaringsskabe

The cafe in the basement serves hot and cold drinks, sandwiches and cakes from 10am, with hot food between 12 noon and 3pm, and staff will warm baby bottles. The small shop in the basement sells books, posters, cards and gifts and has the same hours as the gallery. Free lockers and a cloakroom are next to the information desk, and large bags are discouraged in the galleries. There is no indoor picnic area, but the grass around the gallery can be used for picnics.

Arrangementer & udlejning

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