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North Gallery
A look through the North Gallery
The displays and objects are organised by a number of universal human themes and experiences such as mortality, danger, family, beauty, love, tolerance, faith and hope.
Inside the North Gallery
Take a wander through the quietly stunning North Galleries and ‘meet’ the different people shown in our beautiful objects.
See sculpture, armour and decorative arts from all over the world - Ancient Rome, Greece and Egypt, Medieval Europe, the middle east and Chinese civilisations.
Old friends such as the Luohan and Rodin’s Eve are waiting to welcome you back to this unique, relaxing space, affectionately known as a 'Walk in the Woods'.
A walk through the North Gallery
Enjoy the sense of space and views out to the woodland surroundings
Earthenware figure of a Demon Guardian (one of a pair), Chinese, 8th century
A partial view of the sandstone portal of the Hornby Arch
Enjoy the space where you'll meet fascinating characters from across the ages
View of the gallery looking from west to east
You'll meet some interesting and surprising characters here
Gallery Highlights
A selection from the North Gallery
Dish, showing the Martyrdom of St Sebastian, Germany, 16th century
Buddhist Luohan (disciple of the Buddha) was made circa 1484
Eve after the Fall, by Auguste Rodin, France, 1881
St Walburga of Eichstätt accompanied by four nuns, about 1600–25
Tomb Guardian, Tang Dynasty, 618–906
Miniature crib, made in Holland, 1480-1500
Head of an Egyptian queen, 1550–1295 BC
Guanyin, goddess of Mercy, Song Dynasty, 1100–1200
Goddess Sekhmet in the form of a lioness, 18th Dynasty, reign of Amenhotep III, circa 1390-1352 BC
Enamel and gilt copper shrine casket, Limoges, France circa 1200-1210
The Helmet Maker’s Once-Beautiful Wife, 1885-87
