Leamington Spa Art Gallery & Museum, Royal Pump Rooms
Leamington Spa Art Gallery & Museum provides opportunities for everyone to benefit from, enjoy and participate in the creation, interpretation and preservation of the Arts and Heritage.
The Art Gallery & Museum has a permanent collection of over 11,000 objects in the fields of art, crafts, sculpture, local and social history, archaeology and ethnography. Most have been donated by local people, beginning in the 1860s and continuing to the present day.
The Art Gallery & Museum continues to collect by donation and purchase in the fields of art, crafts, sculpture and local and social history.
Medical History:
The Art Gallery & Museum has adopted Medical History as a new area for collecting since the move to the Royal Pump Rooms in 1999. This reflects the history of the building as a centre for medical treatments, especially hydrotherapy and physiotherapy, for nearly two centuries.
Royal Pump Rooms Project:
From its opening in 1814 the Assembly Rooms and Baths in the Royal Pump Rooms had been used to provide health treatments, social activities and recreational services for local residents and visitors. By the late 1980s it was clear that the building required major redevelopment if it was to maintain its position as a key public facility into the 21st century. This was the background to its redevelopment as a home for Leamington’s principal cultural attractions. The town's Art Gallery & Museum, Library and Tourist Information Centre were moved to the restored building, which they share with the refurbished Assembly Rooms and new Tea Rooms. Work began on site in winter 1997 and the refurbished Royal Pump Rooms opened to the public in summer 1999. The total cost of the project was £7.1 million.
VISITORS INFORMATION:
Opening Times - Art Gallery & Museum
Tues, Wed, Fri, Sat 10.30am - 5pm. Thurs 1.30pm - 8pm. Sun & Bank Hols 11am - 4pm. Mon Closed
Address:
Royal Pump Rooms
The Parade
Royal Leamington Spa
CV32 4AA