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Russell-Cotes Art Gallery & Museum

Dorset

Free entry and free exhibitions

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About

Historically important cliff-top museum housed in a Grade II Listed Victorian house with an internationally renowned art collection.

The museum was built for Sir Merton and Lady Russell-Cotes in 1901. The building and its contents were gifted to the people of Bournemouth in 1908 and new art galleries were added. The Russell-Cotes collection is especially strong in European and Japanese arts and a number of its works are regularly on loan at galleries around the world.

You can book tickets online for Russell-Cotes Art Gallery & Museum through Art Tickets.

Russell-Cotes Art Gallery & Museum

East Cliff Promenade, Bournemouth, Dorset, BH1 3AA

01202 451858

Opening times

Temporary opening days will be Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Saturdays and Sundays.

This will be under constant review as we adapt to the new circumstances. Please check website for the most up to date information.

We are very occasionally closed for functions. Please check the website for latest details before starting your journey.

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Free entry and free exhibitions

£7.50

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Exhibitions and events at Russell-Cotes Art Gallery & Museum

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EXHIBITION

Beyond the Brotherhood: The Pre-Raphaelite Legacy

Russell-Cotes Art Gallery & Museum, Bournemouth
Until 27 September 2020

Free exhibitions

Exhibitions nearby

Temporarily closed

Nicholas Beer in his Studio

As You See Me - British Portraiture: A Living Tradition

The Salisbury Museum, Salisbury
Until 27 September 2020

Free exhibitions

Temporarily closed

John Betjeman Bronze Sculpture by Martin Jennings

Illustrious Britons by Martin Jennings: The Bronze Maquettes

Arundells, Salisbury
Until 23 September 2020

50% off entry

Temporarily closed

Graham Sutherland, Arthur Jeffress, 1955

A Complete Portrait of Arthur Jeffress

Southampton City Art Gallery, Southampton
Until 5 September 2020

Free to all

10% off

Temporarily closed

Edward Bawden, An Old Crab and a Young (From Aesop’s Fables), c. 1956, Linocut on paper, Pallant House Gallery, Chichester (The David Leslie Medd Bequest, 2009) © The Estate of Edward Bawden

An Outbreak of Talent: Bawden, Marx, Ravilious, and their Contemporaries

Pallant House Gallery, Chichester
5 August – 1 November 2020

50% off exhibitions

Art we’ve helped buy at Russell-Cotes Art Gallery & Museum

Well-Head, Carved Panel & Lion's Mask

Acquired 1931

Costume Design for 'The Merchant of Venice'

Acquired 1932

Chinese Wooden Figure

Acquired 1933

Drawings for 'Punch' magazine

Acquired 1934

Venus Verticordia

Acquired 1945

The Peasants Repast

Acquired 1955