Rugby Art Gallery and Museum

Based in the heart of Warwickshire the town of Rugby is famous as the birthplace of rugby football, but there is more to Rugby than football. An art gallery and museum has existed in Rugby town centre since at least 1929 where it used to be housed within the old library.

In the mid 1990’s Rugby Borough Council began a project to redevelop the old library site into a purpose built art gallery, museum and library combined facility, that would be ideal for housing the Rugby Collection of fine art and that could be developed into a key resource for the people of Rugby and beyond. Thanks to generous funding from Rugby Borough Council and Warwickshire County Council (who manage the library) the new Rugby Art Gallery and Museum opened its doors in 2000.

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