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West Park Museum

West Park Museum

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Open to the public

Museum or gallery in Cheshire

38 artworks

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West Park Museum is a single cell, red brick and terracotta building set in the second earliest municipal park in Britain. The Museum was presented to the town of Macclesfield in 1898 by Marianne Brocklehurst and her brother, Peter Pownall Brocklehurst. It houses collections of local art, Charles Tunnicliffe paintings, and Egyptian artefacts.

77 Prestbury Road, Macclesfield, Cheshire SK10 3BJ England

info@silkmacclesfield.org.uk

01625 613210

West Park Museum is open to the public from Tuesday to Sunday, 1.30pm–4.30pm (1pm–4pm, from November to Easter). Admission is free. Not all the paintings are currently on display, so please telephone before visiting to avoid disappointment.

http://www.silkmacclesfield.org.uk

Artworks

  • Gentlemen on Horseback
    Gentlemen on Horseback Henry Calvert (1798–1869)
    West Park Museum
  • Joseph Edge: The Macclesfield Pedestrian
    Joseph Edge: The Macclesfield Pedestrian R. Bradbury (active 1806–c.1820) (attributed to)
    West Park Museum
  • Saint Catherine Comforting the Philosophers as They are Executed by Emperor Maxentius
    Saint Catherine Comforting the Philosophers as They are Executed by Emperor Maxentius Master of the Schotten Altar (active late 14th C–early 15th C) (circle of)
    West Park Museum
  • Interior of a Highland Byre
    Interior of a Highland Byre Edwin Henry Landseer (1802–1873)
    West Park Museum
  • Battle Scene
    Battle Scene Cornelis van Poelenburgh (1594/1595–1667)
    West Park Museum
  • The Panda
    The Panda Nina Colmore (1889–1973)
    West Park Museum
  • Two Barnacle Geese
    Two Barnacle Geese Charles Frederick Tunnicliffe (1901–1979)
    West Park Museum
  • 31 more

Artists

  • The Omnibus
    Mabel Frances Layng (1881–1937)
  • Off Jersey
    John Callow (1822–1878)
  • Landscape with Cattle
    Rosa Bonheur (1822–1899)
  • Portrait of a Lady with a Bouquet
    unknown artist
  • Battle Scene
    Cornelis van Poelenburgh (1594/1595–1667)
  • The Monarch of the Glen
    Edwin Henry Landseer (1802–1873)
  • The Archaeologist: Interior of the Musée Calvet, Avignon with a Man Examining Sculpture
    Henry Edward Detmold (1854–1924)
  • Gentlemen on Horseback
    Henry Calvert (1798–1869)
  • The Farmhouse: Summer Day
    Leghe Suthers (1856–1924)
  • Macclesfield Park, Cheshire
    George Stewart

Venues in Cheshire

  •
    Catalyst Science Discovery Centre and Museum
  • Cheshire Military Museum
  • Cheshire Record Office
  • Chester Castle
  • Chester Town Hall
  • Congleton Museum
  • Countess of Chester Hospital
  • Crewe Heritage Centre
  • Ellesmere Port Civic Offices
  • Englesea Brook Chapel and Museum