Rugby Art Gallery and Museum — Attraction in Rugby

This is a delightfully intriguing and interesting museum and art gallery set in the heart of Rugby. The museum and art gallery is held over three floors with the entrance, shop, cafe and library on the ground floor and then the social history gallery and balcony gallery and on the second floor you have the main art gallery and the archaeology gallery. The balcony gallery on the first floor has some wonderful that look outstanding and amazing on the eye and some interesting constructed ceramic artwork and other small sculpture artwork which is again beautifully displayed, presented and constructed. The social history gallery is absolutely great and shows a list of objects from Rugby over its time and these objects range from plaques, radiation meters, Clocking in Clock, Stocks, Tool Box and an Old Rugby Ball and all of these items are in tremendous condition and are brilliantly displayed. The great thing about the social history it is not bombarded with information displays and there are plenty of objects to see allowing you to focus on the objects themselves and read the information allowing you to know exactly what they are and how they work and from looking at the objects you can get a clear of the history of Rugby and how it has changed over time. The second floor has the archaeology gallery which details information about the Roman Settlement of Tripontium which was only few miles from Rugby and the gallery is laid out like a Roman Market to give you a clear idea of what it would have been like in Roman Times to you a clear idea of Roman Life. The Archeology Gallery details a brief history which is very informative so you can get an idea of the settlement and its significance. There are displays on Roman Fashion and Trade and Food and Farming where you can learn further useful information about the jewellery they wore, the goods they traded and the food they ate giving a full idea of their way of life. In the displays you can see some fantastic artefacts such as jewellery and pottery which are in outstanding condition and wonderfully presented. There is also Roman Coins you can see which are in amazing condition considering their age. There is nice display showing a reconstruction of a bathhouse and why bathing was so important to the Romans. There is also a nice displays about how archaeologists find the artefacts they did in the local from the digs they engaged in, which is fascinating stuff. The main art gallery has some fabulous portraits which have amazing details on them to the point are very life like and also there is some wonderful sculpted art to see, which is exquisite and amazing how it is has been constructed to get to the amazing standard that it is. The great thing about the art gallery is that it is always changing with the wonderful artworks they have on displays throughout the year so it allows you to visit multiple times to see a great variety of artwork and there is an opportunity to look at the artwork and judge it placing it on a piece of paper and putting it in boxes for competitions, which is fun and interesting. The staff are also very friendly and helpful and tell you about the artwork on display. There is a cafe with a wonderful array of food and drink at reasonable prices and alsoa gift shop with a great range of souvenirs at affordable prices. Overall this is a great and amazing place to visit which makes for a pleasant and delightful day out. Well worth whilst...

I made the journey to have a look at the current exhibition "Beyond the Canvas : A Celebration of British Sculpture " which runs until 7th June 2025. If you get the chance you should visit. It is a wonderful exhibition including works by Barbara Hepworth and Elizabeth Frink as well as canvasses by these two and Henry Moore. Its free too so there's no reason not to go and...

A small free to enter museum adjacent to library. We have learnt that there was once a Roman village called Tripontium 4 miles from Rugby. Local knowledge level up.🤗 For the size of the museum, it took us about 30minutes to view all the arts and displays. And this is us, taking our time. There are also space for crafts and drawings...