toggle site navigation National Museums Liverpool Visit What's On Stories Collections Learn Shop Join & Support Walker Art Gallery Beautiful paintings, sculpture and decorative art from the 13th century to the present day. Open Tuesday to Sunday 10am - 4pm Closed William Brown St , Liverpool, L3 8EL What's on Collections Getting here Visit information Explore online About Shop What's on Past Present Future: Celebrating Craft From 18th May 2021 Celebrating 50 years of craft collecting with a series of new displays that showcase amazing works by established and emerging makers in the North West Find out more Sickert: A Life in Art 18 Sep 2021—27 Feb 2022 Explore one of Britain’s most important and uncompromising artists in the largest retrospective of Sickert's work to be held in the UK for more than 30 years. Book tickets Refractive Pool: Contemporary Painting in Liverpool Coming in 2022 See the work of local artists in a new exhibition borne from a project aiming to celebrate the diversity of painting in the city today. Find out more View all 10am to 3pm on weekdays and 10am to 4pm at weekends Eat and drink Enjoy delicious food and drinks from our café. Collections Paintings The Walker Art Gallery has one of the most important and renowned painting collections in the UK The collection includes European Renaissance paintings, masterpieces by Rubens, Rembrandt, Turner and Stubbs, Pre-Raphaelite artworks by Rossetti and Millais, Impressionist works by Monet an… Walker Art Gallery Sculpture The Walker Art Gallery's sculpture collection is particularly known for its outstanding collection of works made between the 18th century and the First World War, from the high period of neo-classicism to the era of 'New Sculpture' in Britain. Walker Art Gallery Decorative art The Walker has a great collection of British and European decorative art, dating from 1300 to the present day. Walker Art Gallery View all Getting here Getting Here Walker Art Gallery William Brown St , Liverpool, UK L3 8EL Car Train Bus The Walker is close to the entrance to the Queensway Tunnel. There is pay and display parking outside the gallery on William Brown Street and behind World Museum on Hunter Street. The nearest other car park is at Queen Square. Get Directions Open Tuesday to Sunday 10am - 4pm Closed Visit information Opening hours Our opening hours are Tuesday - Sunday, 10am -4pm. We are closed every Monday except for bank holidays. The Walker Art Gallery will be closed Wednesday 1 December for staff training. We apologise for any inconvenience or disappointment this may cause. You do not need to book a ticket in advance. Find out more and read our FAQs Gallery closures The Walker Art Gallery’s Medieval, Renaissance and Baroque displays (Rooms 1-4) are closed to visitors until autumn 2022. The closure is to facilitate a major refurbishment of these galleries. We apologise for any inconvenience caused. Free entry Admission to the Walker Art Gallery is free, except for special exhibitions. Exhibitions are free for members. Donate Room guide Explore the very best of the Walker Art gallery, including our world-renowned Pre-Raphaelites collection. View room guide Access and facilities Planning a visit? Find out all you need to know before exploring the collection. Find out more Family visits There's fun for all the family at the Walker Art Gallery! Check out our family-friendly events and our dedicated children's gallery, Big Art for Little Artists. Find out more Schools and groups The Walker Art Gallery offers a wide range of free activities, workshops and resources for education and community groups of all ages. Find out more Support us Become a member Become a member at National Museums Liverpool and unlock a whole year of incredible experiences and new discoveries, plus exclusive members-only benefits. Go First. Go Free. Discover More. Find out more Explore online Highlights audio tour Our free audio guides connect you to a world of insight and expertise, bringing our world-leading collections to life. Our fascinating Walker highlights guide explores some of the most renowned artworks in our collection, including 'Dante's Dream' by Dante Gabriel Rossetti and 'Peter Getting Out of Nick's Pool' by David Hockney. Listen now John Moores Painting Prize The John Moores Painting Prize brings together the best in contemporary British painting right now. You can visit the virtual tour from the 2020 exhibition online. The next John Moores Painting Prize will be exhibited in early 2023. Find out more Virtual tours If you're not ready to visit us just yet, you can explore some of our galleries and exhibitions online including our 'An English lady's Wardrobe' exhibition. Take a virtual tour About County Sessions House County The County Sessions House was built between 1882 and 1884 to house the Quarter Sessions for the West Derby Hundred of the county of Lancaster. Find out more History of the gallery The Walker Art Gallery is the national gallery of the North. For 130 years it has housed Liverpool’s most outstanding art collection. Many of the gallery’s most important works have been on display in the city for nearly 200 years. Find out more The Oratory The Oratory is the former chapel of St James’s Cemetery, a now disused burial ground which occupies the rocky hollow on the east side of Liverpool’s Anglican Cathedral. Find out more Shop Catalogue Linda McCartney Retrospective Highlights £9.99 John Moores Painting Prize 2020 Catalogue £12.99 Sickert: A Life in Art Catalogue £14.99 Sgt Pepper's Press Launch Print £10.00 Shop all Our Nearby Museums & Galleries Closed International Slavery Museum Hear the untold stories of enslaved people and learn about historical and contemporary slavery. Walker Art Gallery 22 mins 0.9mi Directions International Slavery Museum Closed Lady Lever Art Gallery A beautiful building housing one of the UK's finest collections of fine and decorative art. Walker Art Gallery 19mins 5.4mi Directions Lady Lever Art Gallery Closed Sudley House Explore the house of George Holt and his family, a Victorian merchant with impeccable taste in period furniture and paintings. Walker Art Gallery 23mins 4.8mi Directions Sudley House Closed World Museum Discover treasures from around the world, explore outer space and meet live creatures! 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