York Art Gallery
A municipal art gallery on Exhibition Square with six centuries of European painting and the largest collection of studio pottery in Britain.
York Art Gallery was converted from the 1879 Yorkshire Fine Art Exhibition Hall and reopened after an extension in 2015. Its collection ranges from 14th-century Italian religious paintings to modern British artists such as L. S. Lowry and Stanley Spencer. A ceramics centre (CoCA) displays thousands of pieces of British studio pottery. Admission is about £10, and there are frequent temporary exhibitions. The fountain on Exhibition Square, with Bootham Bar and the Minster in view, is a classic photo spot.
Opening hours
10:00–17:00
Nearby sights
- Museum Gardens & St Mary's Abbey
- Mansion House, York
- Stonegate
- Bettys Café Tea Rooms
- Barley Hall
- York Minster
- Treasurer's House
- Holy Trinity Church, Goodramgate