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Art Gallery Attractions In Huddersfield

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Huddersfield is a large market town in West Yorkshire, England. It is the 11th largest town in the United Kingdom, with a population of 162,949 at the 2011 census. It lies halfway between Leeds and Manchester. Huddersfield is near the confluence of the River Colne and the River Holme. Within the historic county boundaries of the West Riding of Yorkshire, it is the largest urban area in the metropolitan borough of Kirklees and the administrative centre of the borough. The town is known for its role in the Industrial Revolution, and for being the birthplaces of rugby league, Labour Prime Minister Harold Wilson, and the film star James Mason. Huddersfield...
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  • 1. Huddersfield Art Gallery Huddersfield
    The Huddersfield Art Gallery is an art gallery in Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, northern England. The gallery is run by Kirklees Council who own Figure Study II, the first painting by Francis Bacon to enter a public art gallery in the UK. It was purchased by the Contemporary Art Society in 1946 and offered to Kirklees Council in 1952, after it was rejected by Tate which, at the time, had felt Bacon not to have been an important artist.
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  • 2. Chatsworth House Bakewell
    Chatsworth House is a stately home in Derbyshire, England, in the Derbyshire Dales 3.5 miles northeast of Bakewell and 9 miles west of Chesterfield . The seat of the Duke of Devonshire, it has been home to the Cavendish family since 1549. Standing on the east bank of the River Derwent, Chatsworth looks across to the low hills that divide the Derwent and Wye valleys. The house, set in expansive parkland and backed by wooded, rocky hills rising to heather moorland, contains an important collection of paintings, furniture, Old Master drawings, neoclassical sculptures, books and other artefacts. Chatsworth has been selected as the United Kingdom's favourite country house several times.
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