Marjorie Morgan looks into the incredible life of William Dorsey Swann. What is Drag? Where did the concept of Drag Queens start? There are multiple answers to those two simple questions. Drag has ...

The art critic John Ruskin, a great admirer of Turner, described this as, "...the last oil he painted before his noble hand forgot its cunning." It is a re-working of an earlier picture and a ...

National Museums Liverpool are aware of the recent report in “The Post” which was published on 08 February 2025 about allegations concerning the conduct of Laurence Westgaph (“the Article”). The ...

This webinar, Reframing African Collections, brings together scholars, specialists, and stakeholders for collective conversations on the historical impacts of enslavement and their cultural legacies.

In this walk-through, Kemi Onabulé (artist featured in our Conversations exhibition) and Edwin Coomasaru (art historian and writer) will explore the collection of the Walker Art Gallery and how ...

Capturing a clear, high-quality image of your painting is crucial when submitting it for an art prize. Follow these steps to ensure your artwork is well-represented.

Come along and create your own paper wildflowers in our mindful workshop or plant spring bulbs to take away and grow a mini meadow at home in our family workshops. Join our natural history experts in ...

Lizard with long snake-like body with prominent groove along the flanks, large head, forelegs absent, hind legs reduced to tiny cylindrical stumps. Adults uniformly brown, younger animals grey with ...

Green glazed steatite rectangular plaque seal from a finger ring. Engraved with designs on both faces and sides, including Thutmose III as a sphinx on one side and in a smiting scene on the other.

Portrait in oils of Colonel Arent Schuyler De Peyster in uniform of the Dumfries Volunteers, of which he was Commandant 1794 - 1822. De Peyster, born in New York in 1736, was an officer with the ...

Ivory disc or lid from a pyxis with engraved decoration. and a small central hole for the handle, with remains of the peg in the centre. The central medalion decoration is of a lozenge formed out of 4 ...