It’s full circle, back to Bebington for WSA’s special 75th anniversary Annual Members’ Exhibition at a new location, Mayer Hall.
The Lady Lever Art Gallery was the home of the Society’s first exhibition in 1949. It then moved to the Williamson Art Gallery & Museum until this year. A change of artistic direction at the Williamson means it cannot currently host this annual event. So, Mayer Hall, a former art gallery with its high ceilings, skylights, original features and space is the perfect alternative fit.
The hall has an impressive artistic history dating back to the late 1860s. Philanthropist and lover of arts and antiquities, Joseph Mayer opened Mayer Park and its neighbouring free library for the community. A decade later he added Mayer Hall which became a museum, art gallery and community space. A man of incredible generosity, he would surely be happy to see art hanging on its walls again.
Securing funding (from The Ulrike Michal Foundation for the Arts), for a specialised hanging system has been WSA’s first successful bid to bring Mayer Hall back to a contemporary version of the gallery it was a century and a half ago.
Mayer Hall, The Village, Bebington, Wirral CH63 7PL.
Opening times: Wednesday, Friday, Sat and Sundays, 10-5pm, Thursdays 1-7.30pm. Closed Monday and Tuesdays.
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