News & Stories - exciting updates from the Russell-Cotes

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News & Stories – exciting updates from the Russell-Cotes

Aged 18-25? Join us on the Going Places Project!

Interested in exhibitions and collections? Curious about heritage? Want to have your say in how exhibitions are curated? Are you aged 18-25? Join us on the Going Places programme!

Swanage Cousins Reunite with Their Flower Fairy Portrait at Russell-Cotes Exhibition

Swanage cousins who modelled for Flower Fairies™ creator Cicely Mary Barker have been reunited with original artwork more than 70...

New Mini Exhibition Now Open

New Mini Exhibition, Reading the Room: Domestic Interiors in Art, is now open in the Print Room at the Russell-Cotes Art Gallery & Museum in Bournemouth

Where Dorset Landscapes Meet the Magic of Flower Fairies™

Cicely Mary Barker is best known for her Flower Fairies, a series of fairy illustrations featuring botanically accurate plants, inspired by a lifelong fascination with the natural world.

Artist as Witness: Powerful New Exhibition at Russell-Cotes Explores the Impact of War through Art

Artist as Witness explores 100 years of war art at Russell-Cotes, with 70+ works from WWI to Ukraine, including rare loans and powerful new pieces.

Russell-Cotes to share its collection with museums UK-wide in major touring project

Beautiful Russell-Cotes Conservatory Welcomes Visitors Again after Restoration

After years of battling leaks and strategically positioning buckets to catch rainwater, the restoration of this stunning Victorian glasshouse is complete.

New Exhibition Coming Soon - May Morris: Art & Advocacy

The Russell-Cotes Art Gallery & Museum is thrilled to announce its upcoming exhibition, May Morris: Art & Advocacy, which is on loan from the William Morris Society.

Running from 5 April until 5 October 2025, the exhibition explores the wide-ranging talents of May Morris, the younger daughter of Arts...

Russell-Cotes thrilled to be awarded over £1.5 million for vital repairs of exposed building

The Russell-Cotes Art Gallery and Museum has been awarded a grant of over £1.5 million from the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sports, delivered by Arts Council England. The museum is one of 29 museums nationally to be awarded a share of £24.8 million in this fourth round of Museum Estate and Development Funding.

Exciting opportunity to join the Russell-Cotes as a Freelance Exhibition Researcher and Curator for exhibition on The Tempera Revival

Exciting opportunity to join the Russell-Cotes as a Freelance Exhibition Researcher and Curator for an exhibition on The 19th century Tempera Revival

Russell-Cotes awarded £30,000 towards groundbreaking new Tempera Revival Exhibition

The Russell-Cotes is thrilled to announce it has been awarded a £30,000 Curatorial Research Grant by the Paul Mellon Centre for...

Artists in Purbeck: Spirit of Place now open!

Artists in Purbeck: Spirit of Place opens with Private View at the Russell-Cotes Art Gallery & Museum in Bournemouth, attended by the Mayor of Bournemouth

Russell-Cotes acquires sketches of landmark Lucy Kemp-Welch painting

The Russell-Cotes Art Gallery & Museum, is thrilled to announce the acquisition of a significant collection of sketches by celebrated Bournemouth-born artist, Lucy Kemp-Welch (1869). This landmark acquisition, made possible with funding from the Arts Council England/V&A Purchase Grant Fund and Art Fund, adds 5 sketches to the Russell-Cotes’ permanent collection.

A Painter in Paris: Albert de Belleroche

New exhibition, A Painter in Paris: Albert de Belleroche (1864-1944), arrives at the Russell-Cotes! This landmark exhibition, presented in partnership with Liss-Llewellyn Fine Art, marks the first major retrospective dedicated to the Welsh-born painter and lithographer, Albert de Belleroche.

Russell-Cotes Art Gallery & Museum Receives £36,000 from Bournemouth Civic Society for Recreation of Historic Children's Garden Pavilion

The Russell-Cotes Art Gallery & Museum is thrilled to announce the receipt of a generous £36,303 donation from the Bournemouth...