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Bury Art Gallery and Museum
At Bury Art Gallery, Museum and Archives you'll find world-famous Victorian paintings, challenging contemporary art, mysterious objects and fascinating documents from Bury's past in a distinctive Edwardian building that is a work of art in itself.
The art gallery was specially built to house the Wrigley Collection, over two hundred oil paintings, watercolours, prints and ceramics collected by local paper manufacturer Thomas Wrigley. His three children gave them to the town in 1897 to be enjoyed by all.
The oil paintings include Turner's Calais Sands, Landseer's The Random Shot (currently on loan to The Lowry), Constable's Hampstead Heath and Clausen's Spring Morning: Haverstock Hill (currently on loan to The Tate). A selection of Wrigley watercolours is displayed for a shorter period each year for conservation reasons.
Successive curators have added to Wrigley's legacy and there are 20th century paintings by Pasmore, Burra, Lowry and a growing selection of contemporary artists.