Art Museum

Towner Eastbourne

Towner Eastbourne
Towner Eastbourne

Towner Eastbourne is an art museum in Eastbourne, United Kingdom.

About Towner Eastbourne

Towner Eastbourne (formerly Towner Art Gallery) is an art gallery located in Eastbourne, East Sussex, on the south coast of England. The gallery hosts one of the most significant public art collections in the South of England and draws over 100,000 visitors a year. It was described by ITV News as "the region's biggest art gallery" in 2017.

It was established with a bequest in 1920, from John Chisholm Towner who had served as a local alderman. It was first homed in Manor Gardens, adjacent to Gildredge Park in the Old Town area of Eastbourne. Opening there in 1923, it closed when the building was sold in 2005. In 2009, it re-opened in a purpose-built facility adjacent to the Congress Theatre, near Eastbourne's seafront. The venue will host the 2023 Turner Prize.

Towner Eastbourne by the numbers

Founded
1923
Visitors / year
1,500

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