Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool opens

Liverpool Art GalleryOn 6 Sept 1877, the Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool opened in a purpose-built building by Sherlock & Vale. Mayor Andrew Barclay Walker donated £10,000 to pay for the building. Image: Photograph of the Walker Art Gallery, William Brown Street, Liverpool, England (GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.2).

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Amy Woodson-Boulton, “The City Art Museum Movement and the Social Role of Art”

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6 Sep 1877

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