The gallery will be closed to the public until 8 February 2002 to allow for building work and gallery improvements to be completed. The improvements are part of the NMGM Into the Future project supported by grants from the Heritage Lottery Fund and the European Regional Development Fund as well as local businesses and individuals.
The Walker will reopen on 8 February 2002 with a major exhibition of work by George Romney, 1734-1802 in the new special exhibition galleries. A new gallery dedicated to craft and design will open in summer 2002.
The Walker Art Gallery apologises for any inconvenience caused by the closure. For details about access to specific paintings, contact the information desk on 0151 478 4199.

Walker Art Gallery

The Walker's collection includes some world-famous masterpieces. Eminent 19th century collectors, who made their fortunes from the thriving port of Liverpool, brought together many of the greatest treasures. 
In the award-winning Sculpture Gallery, the centrepiece is John Gibson's marble statue, "The Tinted Venus". A fine collection of Renaissance and Old Master paintings includes "Christ Discovered in the Temple" by Simone Martini, a powerful early Rembrandt self-portrait and one of Poussin's finest classical landscapes. 
The contemporary collection holds many prize-winning paintings from the internationally renowned Liverpool John Moores Exhibition, staged by the Walker Art Gallery every two years. Works include David Hockney's "Peter Getting Out of Nick's Pool", first prize winner in 1967. Other important 20th century paintings include works by Sickert, Nash, Bridget Riley, Bomberg and Lowry. The next John Moores Exhibition will open in September 2002.