Art Museum

The Wilson

The Wilson
The Wilson

The Wilson is an art museum in Gloucestershire, United Kingdom.

About The Wilson

The Wilson, formerly known as Cheltenham Art Gallery and Museum, in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, was opened in 1899. It offers free admission, and has a programme of special exhibitions. It was renamed The Wilson in honour of polar explorer Edward Wilson, a son of Cheltenham, in 2013 after the building was extended. The gallery and museum is managed by The Cheltenham Trust.

The museum is housed in part of a Regency building on Clarence Street (Cheltenham Library currently occupies much of the original building), designed as the Cheltenham Public Library by architect William Hill Knight, who also designed the Cheltenham Synagogue and Montpellier Walk.

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1899

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Artworks shown from The Wilson are in the public domain; images via the open-access programs of their source collections. Spotted an error in this record? Tell us.