Usher Art Gallery. The Collection is the county museum and gallery for Lincolnshire in England.
It is an amalgamation of the Usher Gallery and the City and County Museum. The museum part of the enterprise is housed in a new, purpose-built building close by the Usher Gallery in the city of Lincoln.
Lincoln consists of two parts, that at the top of the cliff and that in the Witham valley. The site of the collection is on the steep slope between the two and within the Roman colonia which linked the first century legionary fortress with the shipping and commerce in the river.
The Usher Gallery was built to house the collection of James Ward Usher, using funds he bequeathed for the purpose. It was designed by the architect, Sir Reginald Blomfield and was officially opened on 25 May 1927 by the Prince of Wales.
It is a basically simple building faced in stone with brick panels separated by simplified Tuscan pilasters above which is a frieze decorated with triglyphs and a roof line finished with a balustrade. The portico, central in the south facade, is topped by a broken pediment and urn finials. It stands in a small park on the hillside looking southwards across the lower town. The Usher Gallery is the only purpose-built public art gallery in Lincolnshire and a Grade II* Listed Building. The Usher is owned by Lincoln City Council but leased to Lincolnshire County Council. Following an architectural de
It is an amalgamation of the Usher Gallery and the City and County Museum. The museum part of the enterprise is housed in a new, purpose-built building close by the Usher Gallery in the city of Lincoln.
Lincoln consists of two parts, that at the top of the cliff and that in the Witham valley. The site of the collection is on the steep slope between the two and within the Roman colonia which linked the first century legionary fortress with the shipping and commerce in the river.
The Usher Gallery was built to house the collection of James Ward Usher, using funds he bequeathed for the purpose. It was designed by the architect, Sir Reginald Blomfield and was officially opened on 25 May 1927 by the Prince of Wales.
It is a basically simple building faced in stone with brick panels separated by simplified Tuscan pilasters above which is a frieze decorated with triglyphs and a roof line finished with a balustrade. The portico, central in the south facade, is topped by a broken pediment and urn finials. It stands in a small park on the hillside looking southwards across the lower town. The Usher Gallery is the only purpose-built public art gallery in Lincolnshire and a Grade II* Listed Building. The Usher is owned by Lincoln City Council but leased to Lincolnshire County Council. Following an architectural de
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