Christ Church Picture Gallery

Over het museum

The Christ Church Picture Gallery belongs to Christ Church, one of the colleges of the University of Oxford, and describes itself as Britain's first public art collection. Its core is a group of 16th- and 17th-century Italian paintings bequeathed by General John Guise, later enriched by 14th- and 15th-century paintings given by W. T. H. Fox-Strangways and Walter Savage Landor.

The paintings concentrate on Italian art from the 14th to the 18th centuries and include works by Filippino Lippi, Tintoretto, Veronese and Annibale Carracci, whose monumental Butcher's Shop is one of the most striking pictures, as well as Northern artists such as Anthony van Dyck and Frans Hals. The works on paper include about 2,000 Old Master drawings and 3,000 prints, among them drawings attributed to Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo, Dürer, Raphael and Rubens. Because paper is sensitive to light, these are shown only in rotating exhibitions.

The gallery occupies a Grade II listed building of the 1960s that no longer provides the environmental conditions the collection needs. Since the end of April 2026 it has been closed while the building is renovated and extended, with more exhibition space, better security and climate control, and improved disabled access including a lift. During the closure the collection is kept in specialist storage and some of the best-known works are lent to other institutions.

Hoogtepunten

• Annibale Carracci, The Butcher's Shop
• Filippino Lippi, The Wounded Centaur
• Tintoretto, The Martyrdom of St Lawrence
• About 2,000 Old Master drawings, including Leonardo and Michelangelo
• Paintings by Van Dyck and Frans Hals

Opgericht

1968

Beheerder

Christ Church, University of Oxford

Toegangsprijzen & kortingen

The gallery is closed for renovation and extension, and no reopening date has been published.

Toegankelijkheid

• Rolstoeltoegankelijk: geen informatie
• Lift: geen informatie
• Aangepast toilet: geen informatie
• Gehandicaptenparkeerplaats: geen informatie
• Hulphonden welkom: geen informatie
• Tastmodellen / voelbare objecten: geen informatie
• Rondleidingen in gebarentaal: geen informatie
• Informatie in eenvoudige taal: geen informatie
• Audiodescriptie: geen informatie

The redevelopment is planned to bring improved disabled access, including lift access via Canterbury Quad.

Kinderen & gezin

The gallery is closed for renovation and extension, and no reopening date has been published.

Bereikbaarheid & parkeren

The gallery is closed for renovation and extension, and no reopening date has been published.

Service & horeca

The gallery is closed for renovation and extension, and no reopening date has been published.

Evenementen & zaalverhuur

The gallery is closed for renovation and extension, and no reopening date has been published.

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