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Southend-on-Sea / Vereinigtes Königreich

Southend-on-Sea ist eine Stadt in der Grafschaft Essex in Großbritannien mit 182.463 Einwohnern . Das Seebad liegt am nördlichen Ufer der Themse-Mündung in die Nordsee und ist Industriezentrum mit Elektro- und Pharmaindustrie sowie kultureller Mittelpunkt der Region mit Theatern, Kinos, Museen und Galerien. Seit 1998 ist das Borough of Southend-on-Sea eine selbständige Verwaltungseinheit innerhalb der Verwaltungsregion East of England.

Beecroft Art Gallery

Southend-on-Sea / Vereinigtes Königreich

Beecroft Art Gallery is a gallery in Southend-on-Sea, Essex, England. Prior to 2014, the gallery was formerly located in and Edwardian building on Station Road at Westcliff-on-Sea which was donated to the people of Southend-on-Sea in 1952 by Walter Beecroft to house his eclectic collection of art works. Walter Beecroft was a solicitor in nearby Leigh. He had already set up an Art Gallery Sub-Committee of the Public Libraries & Museum Committee in 1928, and in 1947 he proposed to endow a building to become and Art Gallery. Eventually, this led to the Beecroft Art Gallery on Station Road. Beecroft also endowed the Beecroft Bequest, an art purchase fund administered by the Museums Association. The gallery was resited in 2014 to the former home of the Central Library on Victoria Avenue, Southend-on-Sea.