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The Walker Art Gallery is a public gallery that is free for everybody to visit. It is full of paintings, sculpture and crafts from the last 800 years. Some of the art is from the 13th century and is very old, but some of the art is very new.

The building is very old too; it opened in 1877.

How many years ago was this?

This trail helps you to explore the Walker Art Gallery. You will learn about where things are, meet the people who work here and find out what the galleries are about.

There are some things you cannot do in the gallery.

You cannot eat or drink. You cannot smoke.You cannot take flash photographs.You should put your mobile phone on silent.

You cannot touch the paintings or sculptures in the Walker Art Gallery. Why do you think this is? Complete

the sentences below using some of these words.

Old, special, damage, protect, break, dirty, fragile.

The paintings and sculptures are very ____________.

They are easy to _________________.

Our hands may __________ the paintings and sculptures.

We must __________ the paintings and sculptures so that they can be looked at by future generations.

The Walker Art Gallery is a large building. To help you find your way around you can get a map of it at the front desk as you enter. Ask a member of staff behind the desk if you can’t find one.

Use the map to help you find your way around. As you explore, write the words listed below on the floorplan as you pass their locations. Use the pictures next to the words to help you.

Ground Floor

First Floor

Gents Toilets

Ladies Toilets

Café

Stairs

Sculpture Gallery

Room 4

Room 6

Room 9

Room 11

Room 13

Your first visit

Finding your way around

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Ground Floor

Craft & Design Gallery

Room 1

First Floor

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FEach of the rooms in the Walker Art Gallery contains different types of art. Go and explore them and then complete the sentences below. You can use the map you picked up earlier to help you.

Rooms 6 to 9 contain ___________________________________________ art.

Room 11 contains ______________________________________________ art.

Rooms 12 to 15 contain _________________________________________ art.

Meet the Walker Art Gallery staff

There are so many paintings, sculptures and objects in the Walker Art Gallery, it is difficult to see everything in one visit! Explore the galleries, choose an artwork that you like, draw it in the box below and then fill in the questions.

likebeautifulhate

uglydon’t likeinteresting

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Lots of different people work in the Walker Art Gallery. You can ask them for help when you visit.

Find somebody who works here and ask them about their favourite painting. The question below might help if you fill in the missing letters.

“Excuse me, wh_t is your f_vour_te paint_g? Can y_u tell me wh_re itis pl_ _se?”

Write their answer below.

Name of painting __________________________Artist ___________________________________Room ___________________________________

Go to the room and find it. Do you like it?

Fill in the sentence below using some of the following words.

I ___________________ it, because it is__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________.

Artist:

Title:

I like it because