The exhibit features recent gifts to the center by Mr. Mellon and is installed in the Founder's Room, which will be open to the public for the first time this summer. The room, generally reserved for private functions at the museum, commemorates Mr. Mellon's generosity to the center. He was particularly interested in the start of races at Newmarket, a subject captured in three of his works that are on view. English life and culture are depicted in two paintings of Oxford and Cambridge by topographical artist Thomas Malton, the Younger, 1748-1804, and in sporting paintings by John Fernley and James Ward. A group of small sculptures by John Skeaping, 1901-1980, will also be on display, as will some of Mr. Mellon's earlier gifts to the center.
Admission is free.