UCL Art Museum

Description

UCL Art Museum is situated at the heart of UCL. UCL Art Museum has its origins as a teaching and research collection, now opening up this interdisciplinary academic activity through exhibitions and public programming.

Explore with over Over 10,000 works of art across a range of media make up its collections. These are publicly accessible through temporary exhibitions and displays across the university campus. Under UCL’s dome in the library is the Flaxman Gallery, the pinnacle of a vast collection of art works by Flaxman, showcasing the artist’s plaster models in a unique architectural setting. 

Entry to the museum is free. If you are looking for Best place for day out with kids and families then this is the perfect destination offering fun, adventure, and unforgettable memories for everyone.

Features

  • Free
  • Host birthday parties: No

Features

Collections and research:

  • Artist Collaborations: Making new work in response to the collections and linking current research at UCL with the collections and with a wide range of audiences.
  • Curating Equality: A research hub and virtual platform for uncovering hidden histories in UCL’s collections and addressing their contemporary relevance.
  • Disruptors and Innovators: Exhibition dedicated to remarkable women whose lives and careers were shaped by what they learnt, taught and researched at UCL.
  • Virtual Exhibitions: Knowledge exchange project focusing on how new technology can be adapted for blended and remote learning for academic and museum audiences.
  • Witnessing Terror: Exhibition and programme of events based on printed images representing key events and personae from the French Revolution.

Facilities

Parking: We recommend visitors park in the pay & display car parks surrounding the university.

What to see

Highlights from the UCL Art Museum

  • St. Michael overcoming Satan.
  • The Lord's Prayer: Deliver us from evil.
  • The Four Founders of UCL.
  • Monument to Major-General Sir Barry Close.
  • Under Milk Wood.
  • Female figure lying on her back.
  • The Nativity.
  • Marmor Homericum.
  • Rustic Scene: Villagers Dancing.

For more information please visit: https://www.ucl.ac.uk/museums-collections/ucl-art-museum/highlights-ucl-art-museum

Price

Price: Free

Birthday Parties

Offer Birthday Parties: No

Due to installation of artworks, we will be closed to public opening from Wednesday 01 April and reopen on Wednesday 13 May at 1pm. 

Address: UCL Art Museum, Gower Street, London, UK

Post Code: WC1E 6BT

Council: Camden

County: Greater London

  • By car: Vehicle access to University College London is restricted. If driving, we recommend visitors park in the pay & display car parks surrounding the university. Limited onsite accessible parking can be booked in advance on a first-come, first-served basis.
  • Underground: Euston Square (Circle, Hammersmith & City, Metropolitan), Warren Street (Northern, Victoria), Goodge Street (Northern), Euston (Northern, Victoria, National Rail), Russell Square (Piccadilly).
  • Bus: Routes 1, 18, 24, 29, 30, 68, 91 and 134 all stop within walking distance.
  • Parking: We recommend visitors park in the pay & display car parks surrounding the university.

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