Visit
Makers Galleries
Spaces dedicated to makers and materials
Gain a keen understanding of the skills and processes involved in creating objects
Inside the Makers Galleries
Our first-floor galleries are dedicated to the people behind the objects and the techniques and skills that go in to making them.
Through interactive displays across six galleries, you’ll meet a range of historical and contemporary craftspeople, and be able to get hands-on, exploring craft techniques and materials.
Gallery Highlights
A selection from the Makers Galleries
Dragon, 20th century
Bust of a screaming child, Netherlands, 1700-1725
Close Helmet, steel, 1515
Head of an Ibis, bronze, 747-332 BC
Sallet, steel, 1460-1480
A salt bowl, silver, 1726
Jockeys in the Rain, Edgar Degas, Paris, France, 1883-1886
Close helmet, Germany, about 1520
Longsword, steel, circa 1325-1350
The Red Ballet Skirts, Edgar Degas, France, circa 1900
Mortuary urn, China, Yang Shao period, circa 3000-2000 BC
Self-Portrait as a Fisherman, woodblock print, circa 1835
Pelican in her Piety, Thomas Toft, Staffordshire, circa 1671-1689
Virgin Mary and Christ Child, Germany, circa 1440-1460
St John the Baptist, France, circa 1500-1510
