Glynn Vivian Art Gallery

Glynn Vivian Art Gallery

The Glynn Vivian Art Gallery is the largest art gallery in Swansea, Wales.

The gallery displays a broad spectrum of visual arts from the original bequest of Richard Glynn Vivian (1835-1910), and includes work by Old Masters as well as an international collection of porcelain and Swansea china.

The gallery is situated on Alexandra Road opposide the old Swansea Central Library and near Swansea Central police station. It completed after Vivian's death in 1911.

External links

* [http://www.swansea.gov.uk/index.cfm?articleid=1394 Glynn Vivian Art Gallery] (official site)
* [http://www.swanseaheritage.net/museums/glynn_history.asp The Glynn Vivian Art Gallery on Swansea Heritage website]
* [http://www.bbc.co.uk/wales/southwest/sites/swansea/pages/glynviv_friendspics.shtml?6 BBC Wales feature on the Glynn Vivian Art Gallery exhibits]


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