Procure museus e pinturas

Wakefield / Reino Unido

Wakefield é uma cidade às margens do rio Calder e na borda oriental do Peninos, no distrito metropolitano de West Yorkshire, Inglaterra. No Censo de 2001 contava com uma população de 76.886 habitantes, aumentando ligeiramente em seus cinco wards para um total de 77.512 no Censo de 2011. Wakefield era apelidada "Merrie City" na Idade Média.

The Hepworth Wakefield

Wakefield / Reino Unido

The Hepworth Wakefield is an art museum in Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England, which opened on 21 May 2011. The gallery is situated on the south side of the River Calder and takes its name from artist and sculptor Barbara Hepworth who was born and educated in the city.The gallery was designed by British architect David Chipperfield, who won an architectural design competition managed by RIBA Competitions and was built by Laing O'Rourke with funding from Wakefield Council, Arts Council England and the Heritage Lottery Fund. Yorkshire Forward, the Homes and Communities Agency, and the European Regional Development Fund have also supported the building of the gallery alongside a number of charitable trusts, corporations and private individuals. The Hepworth Wakefield is a registered charity under English law.The gallery cost £35 million to build. Five weeks after opening it had received 100,000 visitors. In May 2012 it celebrated its first birthday, having received over 500,000 visitors in the year. In October 2015, the gallery launched the £30,000 biennial Hepworth Prize for Sculpture as part of the celebrations marking its 5th anniversary.

National Coal Mining Museum for England

Wakefield / Reino Unido

The National Coal Mining Museum for England is based at the site of Caphouse Colliery in Overton, Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England. It opened in 1988 as the Yorkshire Mining Museum and was granted national status in 1995.

Nostell Priory

Wakefield / Reino Unido

Nostell Priory is a Palladian house located in Nostell, near Crofton close to Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England, approached by the Doncaster road from Wakefield. It dates from 1733, and was built for the Winn family on the site of a medieval priory. The Priory and its contents were given to the National Trust in 1953 by the trustees of the estate and Rowland Winn, 3rd Baron St Oswald.

Woolley Hall

Wakefield / Reino Unido

Woolley Hall is a country house in Woolley, West Yorkshire, England. It is a Grade II* listed building.

Pontefract Museum

Wakefield / Reino Unido

Pontefract Museum is a local museum in Pontefract, West Yorkshire, England. The collections cover archaeology, archives, decorative and applied art, fine art, photographs and social history.