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Walker Art Gallery

At the Walker Art Gallery, visitors explore two floors filled with Italian and Dutch paintings from the 14th to 16th centuries, European art from the 16th to 19th centuries with works by Rembrandt, Poussin and Degas, and an outstanding collection of Victorian and Pre-Raphaelite British art. The gallery also holds sculpture, prints, drawings, watercolours and decorative arts ranging from Gothic ivories to contemporary British ceramics. Among the notable pieces on display is 'Cardinal Sin', a sculpture altered by Banksy, and Edgar Degas's sculpture 'La Masseuse'. In addition to its permanent collection, the gallery holds temporary exhibitions and hosts the John Moores Painting Prize, the UK's most important contemporary painting competition.

Things to do at Walker Art Gallery: 8 missions

• Discover The Coat of Many ColoursDon't miss this work by Ford Madox Brown in the same suite of rooms.
• See And When Did You Last See Your Father?It is the painting in which a Royalist boy is questioned by Parliamentarian soldiers.
• Enjoy Big Art for Little ArtistsA gallery for children under eight, with creative activities and storytelling.
• Admire Peter Getting Out of Nick's PoolIt is one of Hockney's best-loved works in the building.
• Take in Holy Family in a GardenRubens presents this work alongside significant others by Murillo and Lippi.
• Admire Lorenzo and IsabellaIt is one of John Everett Millais's earliest fully Pre-Raphaelite and influential paintings.
• Explore Portrait of the Artist as a Young ManThe Old Masters rooms include this work by Rembrandt.
• Take in The ScapegoatIt is a haunting image of a goat abandoned in the Dead Sea wilderness as a symbol of Christ.

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Source: liverpoolmuseums.org.uk