architect of DPG
We all know what a fantastic building Dulwich Picture Gallery is, and maybe we all know that it was the first public art gallery in England, but do you know the following???
1. Who designed Dulwich Picture Gallery?
2. Dulwich Picture Gallery wasn’t just built as a picture gallery. It had 2 other functions too. What were they? (One of the different functions remains today)
strange object on the Gallery roof
3. What are the strange objects on the roof of the gallery? Well, there are an awful lot of them, but I mean like the one on the left.
4. Why on earth is there an old red phone box in the disabled car park?
5. Which architect designed the new build which opened in 2000?
red and yellow brick
6. Why is the new bit (café etc) on College Road built in red brick when the Gallery is in yellow brick? (So many people ask that)
7. Why are there snakes on the ceiling of the mausoleum?
busts on the empty coffin
8. There is a forth empty coffin in the mausoleum with no name on it. Who was it intended for?
9. Who are the busts of on the empty coffin?
10. Why is the Gallery in the Guinness Book of Records?
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Answers on Friday 26 September
