Lady Lever Art Gallery

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Port Sunlight Village, Lower Rd, Birkenhead, Bebington, Wirral CH62 5EG

The Lady Lever Art Gallery was built by the industrialist and philanthropist  Willam Lever, 1st Viscount Lever, and opened in 1922.

He endowed the gallery to showcase his vast collection of paintings sculpture and artifacts. It is named in memory of his wife Elizabeth Hulme (Lady Lever) who had died in 1913. The gallery’s alternative name is Hulme Hall.