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Highlights of the Russell Coates Art Gallery and Museum.
Lecturer: Dr James Taylor
Tuesday 05 May 2026Discover the eclectic collection and awesome seaside home of Sir Merton and Lady Annie Russell-Cotes situated on the East Cliff of Bournemouth. Funded by their ownership of the Royal Bath Hotel and astute art dealing they acquired remarkable Victorian and Edwardian artworks partly inspired by their world travels. After their deaths in the 1920s curators acquired Modern British Art, and additional paintings from the C19th including Dante Gabriel Rossettis masterwork Venus, turner of hearts. In fact, the museum features an exceptional range of female subjects that underpin this talk.