South Shields Museum and Art Gallery’s is an art gallery located in South Shields, England. Its collection consists of mainly 19th and 20th-century works by British artists located in a 150 year old Victorian building.

With the exception of the occasional nationally recognized artists, the collection is largely local in character. Many paintings are of local scenes and interests with a heavy empasis on maritime subjects and the shipping industry of the River Tyne and North East coast.

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