Laing Art Gallery – Virtual Tour

The Laing Art Gallery in Newcastle upon Tyne, England, was designed in the Baroque style with Art Nouveau style.

The Laing Art Gallery opened in 1904 and contains paintings, watercolors, and decorative historical objects, including Newcastle silver.

In the early 1880s, Newcastle was a major glass producer in the world and enameled glasses, which are on view along with ceramics and diverse contemporary works by UK artists. 

The gallery’s collection of seminal paintings includes artists such as Sir Joshua Reynolds, Edward Burne-Jones, William Holman Hunt, and Ben Nicholson. 

There is also an extensive collection of 18th- and 19th-century watercolors and drawings, including work by J. M. W. Turner.

Highlights of Laing Art Gallery

• “Isabella and the Pot of Basil” by William Holman Hunt
• John Martin’s dramatic The Destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah
• Portrait of Miss Jane Monck by Joseph Wright of Derby
• The Stone Pickers by George Clausen
• Sad News by Edgard Farasyn 

Highlights

• Museums:             Laing Art Gallery
• City:                      Newcastle upon Tyne
• Country:                England
• Opened:                1904
• Type:                     Art Gallery
• Location:               New Bridge St W, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom

A Virtual Tour of the Museums in the United Kingdom

London Museums

• The British Museum
• The National Gallery, London
• Tate Britain
• The Wallace Collection
• The Victoria and Albert Museum
• Queen’s Gallery, Buckingham Palace
• Courtauld Gallery
• Tate Modern, London
• Science Museum, London
• National Portrait Gallery, London
• Natural History Museum
• Charles Dickens Museum
• Hampton Court Palace
• Sherlock Holmes Museum
• British Library
• Imperial War Museum
• Churchill War Rooms
• Florence Nightingale Museum
• Foundling Museum
• Grant Museum of Zoology and Comparative Anatomy
• Cutty Sark, Royal Museums Greenwich
• National Maritime Museum, Greenwich
• Old Royal Naval College, Greenwich
• Queen’s House, Greenwich
• Royal Observatory, Greenwich
• Guildhall Art Gallery
• HMS Belfast
• Jewel Tower
• Jewish Museum London
• Bank of England Museum
• London Transport Museum
• Museum of London
• Museum of London Docklands
• National Army Museum, London
• Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology
• Royal Air Force Museum London
• Shakespeare’s Globe
• Sir John Soane’s Museum
• St Paul’s Cathedral
• City of London Police Museum
• Household Cavalry Museum
• Museum of Freemasonry
• Tower Bridge, London
• Tower of London
• Wellcome Collection
• Westminster Abbey

Edinburgh Museums

• National Museum of Scotland
• Scottish National Gallery

Glasgow Museums

• Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum

Liverpool Museums

• Walker Art Gallery

Manchester Museums

• Manchester Art Gallery

Bath Museums

• Roman Baths (Bath)

Birmingham Museums

• Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery

Leeds Museums

• Leeds Art Gallery

Newcastle upon Tyne Museums

• Laing Art Gallery

Map for the Laing Art Gallery

Laing Art Gallery – Newcastle upon Tyne

Laing Art Gallery

‘Through Sea and Air’ Charles Napier Hemy at The Laing Art Gallery

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“Be happy while you’re living, for you’re a long time dead.”
– Scottish Proverb

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Photo Credit: Gareth James / Laing Art Gallery, Newcastle