Inside of gallery with paintings and sculptures

Watts Gallery

Explore our site Includes the Historic Galleries, De Morgan Exhibition, Temporary Exhibition and Sculpture Gallery.

Watts Gallery

Built to display the work of Victorian artist George Frederic Watts, Watts Gallery first opened in 1904.

Here you can see George's artwork. From his early years to celebrated portraits, symbolic paintings and larger-than-life sculptures in the Sculpture Gallery.

You can also visit the De Morgan Foundation's Decoration or Devotion? The exhibition features works by artists Evelyn and William De Morgan.

Visit our Temporary Exhibition space for our changing programme of must-see exhibitions. See What's on.

Two visitors look at each other in front of painting of sun

Opening times

Includes Historic Galleries, De Morgan Exhibition, Temporary Exhibition and Sculpture Gallery

Open daily, 10.30am - 5pm, including bank holidays. Last admission is 4.30pm.
Closed 24 - 26 December and 1 January. Closing at 4pm on 31 December.

Please note that the Historic Galleries will be closing at 4pm on Tuesday 28 January 2025 for a private event.

Please note that the Temporary Exhibition will be closed until 11.45am on Monday 3 March 2025.

  1. A Guide to Watts Gallery

    £5.99
Glass case with tiles and a vase

De Morgan Exhibition

Discover pottery and paintings from the De Morgan Collection
Plaster model of a women in foreground, with Alfred Lord Tennyson statue in background, featuring a man and dog

Sculpture Gallery

Witness George Frederic Watts' breath-taking sculptures.
Women holds phone up to artwork in De Morgan Gallery

Take a tour

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Exhibitions and events

  1. Historic gallery features oil paintings in gold frames and sculptures
    Event

    Watts Gallery tour

    More info Included with admission
  2. Vase in glass case in gallery
    Event

    De Morgan exhibition tour

    More info Included with admission

  • Visitors walk through tall ceiling gallery full of large sculptures
  • Two visitors with their backs to camera view a gold-framed painting in the blue-walled Historic Gallery
  • A visitor sits on a bench in front of a large beach scene painting

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