Harris Museum & Art Gallery

Harris Museum, Art Gallery & Library

Open to the public

Museum or gallery in Lancashire

1,261 artworks

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Remarkable collections of fine art, costume and textiles, ceramics and glass, and history are all housed in a stunning Grade I listed building. You’ll find a vibrant programme of exhibitions, including contemporary art, new media and photography.

Market Square, Preston, Lancashire PR1 2PP England

Theharris@preston.gov.uk

01772 258248

The Museum Café is a beautiful setting in which to enjoy lunch, or simply take time out in the most striking architectural space in the city. There’s also a museum shop stocking gifts, books, toys and cards, many of which are inspired by the Harris’ collections. The gallery is open Monday 11am–5pm, Tuesday to Saturday 10am–5pm.

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Artworks

  • Matinee entr'acte – An Essay in Portraiture
    Matinee entr'acte – An Essay in Portraiture William Russell Flint (1880–1969)
    Harris Museum & Art Gallery
  • Girl Making a Bouquet of Flowers
    Girl Making a Bouquet of Flowers Augustus Leopold Egg (1816–1863)
    Harris Museum & Art Gallery
  • Fresco
    Fresco James Fitton (1899–1982)
    Harris Museum & Art Gallery
  • Supplication
    Supplication Alfred Elmore (1815–1881)
    Harris Museum & Art Gallery
  • Low Sweetie
    Low Sweetie Thomas Scheibitz (b.1968)
    Harris Museum & Art Gallery
  • Mr and Mrs Richard Bull and Family
    Mr and Mrs Richard Bull and Family Arthur Devis (1712–1787)
    Harris Museum & Art Gallery
  • Thérèse Lessore Sickert
    Thérèse Lessore Sickert Arturo di Stefano (b.1955)
    Harris Museum & Art Gallery
  • 1,254 more

Artists

  • William Farington
    William Cranke
  • The Preston By-Election of 1862
    Vladimir Ossipovitch Sherwood (1832–1897)
  • Low Sweetie
    Thomas Scheibitz (b.1968)
  • The Singer
    Anthony Pilbro (b.1954)
  • Blacksmith at Work
    Richard Holmes (1868–1938)
  • The Deluge
    Francis Danby (1793–1861)
  • Self Portrait
    James Sant (1820–1916)
  • A Sylvan Stream
    George Faulkner Wetherbee (1851–1920)
  • Necropolis
    Peter Howson (b.1958)
  • Finchley Road Fields, Hampstead
    Claude Hayes (1852–1922)

Stories

Curations

  • An_Aerial_Battle_JPG_jpg
    Showcase
    Art of the Second World War: Commemorating the 80th Anniversary of the Battle of Britain

    14 artworks curated by Holly Nesbitt, Collections Assistant

  • Swans, Cookham Bridge
    Showcase
    20th Century spotlight: The Harris, Preston

    68 artworks curated by David Saywell, Head of Digital Assets

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