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Lady Lever Art Gallery

Port Sunlight Village, CH62 5EQ, England
0151 478 4136
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Ranked #1 of 6 shopping in Wirral
Type: Art Galleries
Fee: No
Recommended length of visit: 1-2 hours
Owner description: The Lady Lever Art Gallery is a real treasure, housing a stunning collection of paintings as well as exquisite furniture, Chinese collections,... more » Owner description: The Lady Lever Art Gallery is a real treasure, housing a stunning collection of paintings as well as exquisite furniture, Chinese collections, tapestries, sculpture, Wedgwood and classical antiquities in a beautiful building.There are several rooms, centred around the main hall. The paintings on display include pieces by Reynolds, Gainsborough, Stubbs, Turner, Millais, Rossetti, Holman Hunt and Waterhouse, to name but a few. The gallery also includes a dining room and shop. Admission is free. « less
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Swindon, United Kingdom
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41 reviews 41 reviews
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19 helpful votes 19 helpful votes
5 of 5 stars Reviewed 5 June 2013

This gallery is a gem in the beautiful setting of Port Sunlight, which in itself is well worth strolling around. It is welcoming, small in scale so as not to be overwhelming and houses one of the most impressive displays of pre-raphellite art I have seen. The exhibition on Sunlight Soap advertising is fascinating and the sculptures are exquisite, especially... More

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London, United Kingdom
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5 of 5 stars Reviewed 1 June 2013

This gallery in Port Sunlight was built by Lever to hold his art collection in memory of his wife - and to make it freely available for his workers living in Port Sunlight. He was immensely rich so he collected items from far and wide, including some great pre-Raphaelite items. The gallery is small but everywhere you look there are... More

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Petersfield, United Kingdom
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47 helpful votes 47 helpful votes
5 of 5 stars Reviewed 16 May 2013

Port Sunlight's highlight is a fascinating place. Take a guided you for greater interest. Delightfully small so it's manageable. Port Sunlight itself is also well worth a visit.

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London, United Kingdom
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26 helpful votes 26 helpful votes
5 of 5 stars Reviewed 13 May 2013

If you enjoy art and ancient objects a visit to this art deco era gallery is a must. There's a basement restaurant serving delicious local dishes too! A busy shop sells books,prints and souveniers.

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Sudbury,ON
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5 of 5 stars Reviewed 26 April 2013

This Gallery has the best collection of the Pre-Raphaelites in England and they are very well displayed, good lighting, no crowding of works togethers, excellent descriptions. The integration of paintings with sculpture and furniture makes for a relaxed feeling. Here you can see Burne-Jones at his most interesting in the context of the early Pre-Raphaelites, Millais, D.G. Rosetti. The Gallery... More

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Newcastle-under-Lyme, United Kingdom
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5 helpful votes 5 helpful votes
3 of 5 stars Reviewed 25 April 2013 via mobile

Went with high expectations and on the whole was not disappointed, save for the fact that I visited the gallery primarily to see the Wedgwood collection only to be informed that it was not on display as several of the rooms were closed due to the roof restoration; it being one of them. Their website does say rooms may be... More

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Stafford, United Kingdom
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5 of 5 stars Reviewed 24 April 2013

We visited on 20th. April as members of a large party. We had a tour around the art gallery conducted by Cliff ,a brilliant, funny,yet extremely knowledgable guide, with such a wealth of information which linked many of the paintings and other exhibits together. Thoroughly enjoyable, and very educational without being stuffy. Most of us had coffee and lunch in... More

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3 of 5 stars Reviewed 5 April 2013

Quite an amazing gem of a place tucked away in port sunlight. Not massive, but quite a varied collection of art works, mostly dominated by Victorian pieces, but a couple of masters there! Mixed also are a number of re created rooms, with period furniture, so a mini museum and gallery! We visited the cafe in the basement after reading... More

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Holywell,Flintshire
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27 helpful votes 27 helpful votes
5 of 5 stars Reviewed 1 April 2013

Wirral can count itself extremely lucky to have this wonderful art gallery, provided by Lord Lever. It's got a nice mixture of paintings, including some which were bought specifically to be used in the early days of soap advertising of Sunlight and Pears soap. It's wonderful, and very moving, to see the originals. Visitors from Wales, if they look hard... More

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London, United Kingdom
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1 of 5 stars Reviewed 19 March 2013

I find this place entrancing and deeply irritating simultaneously. some truly magical works and some arguably masterful accomplishments by British artists are vigorously publicised yet none of these works and I do mean none are available as prints in the shop. whilst the lady behind the counter offered her sympathy and dven phoned so called H Q I find it... More

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