Swindon Museum & Art Gallery

Discover one of Swindon’s hidden gems, a museum that offers an outstanding collection of modern art and fascinating glimpse into local history. Learn, discover and enjoy Swindon’s collections in a listed building in the Old Town area.

It has many exhibitions including archaeology, Egyptology, geology and local history. Look out for the gharial, a member of the crocodile family who steals the show. he museum owns a modern art collection of outstanding quality and importance. Stored collections are showcased through temporary exhibitions throughout the year.

At any given time you might catch artworks by renowned British artists like Lucian Freud, Henry Moore, David Hamilton, Frank Auerbach, Howard Hodgkin, Leon Kossof, Ben Nicholson, Graham Sutherland, and Walter Sickert.

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