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The Waterford Art Collection, formerly known as ‘The Waterford Municipal Art Collection’ is acknowledged as one of the oldest and best municipal collections of art in Ireland.

Originally founded as the Waterford Art Museum in 1939, the collection has grown considerably since and it now comprises over 550 works of art including works by: Paul Henry (RHA), Jack B. Yeats (RHA), Mainie Jellett, Louis Le Brocquy (RHA), Letitia Hamilton (RHA), Dermod O’Brien (PPRHA), Evie Hone (RHA), Mary Swanzy (HRHA), Maurice MacGonigal (PPRHA) Hilda Roberts (HRHA), Seán Keating (PPRHA), Carey Clake (PPRHA), Charles Lamb (RHA, RUA), Patrick Stevenson (PPRUA), Colin Middleton (MBE, RHA, RUA), and George Russell (aka. AE), as well as contemporary acquisitions of work by Michael (Ben) Hennessy, Pauline Bewick, Martin Gale (RHA), James Hanley (RHA), Michael Mulcahy, Mick O’Dea (PPRHA), Donald Teskey (RHA), and Una Sealy (RHA).

The collection is now housed at the Waterford Gallery of Art, 31-32 O’Connell Street, in a former bank building built in 1845. The building was designed by the Waterford born architect Thomas Jackson (1807 – 1890).


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Make sure to come by the gallery this Friday 26th, 16:15-16:45 to see a new site specific performance piece by the fabulous students from @theatresetu and @setuvisualartdept . Our exhibitions would not be possible, and nowhere near as interesting, without the incredible support, donations, and loans from some very generous people! This 1942 portrait of Mrs Pamela Grove by Augustus John OM RA (1978-1961) was for a long time miscredited in the Waterford Art Collection as the work of ‘Augustus J Peral’. It currently features in our ‘100 Years of the FNCI’ exhibition after some remedial conservation and reframing. A small selection of some of the fantastic artwork made by pupils age 6-9 from Christchurch National School, Waterford. Garter Lane Arts Centre in Collaboration with Waterford Gallery of Art are delighted to offer a talk by Curator, Writer and Researcher, Jane Morrow on her practice and projects as part of our Creative Professional development Programming. Always great to get a mention in the papers! Lovely write up and reminder about the FNCI centenary exhibitions currently taking place around the country include our own ‘100 Years of the FNCI’. Great to see a packed house in the gallery last night for @theatrevamps intense and ‘scarier than the movie’ (audience review) adaptation of Misery. Easter egg hunt today at WGOA from 11am-4pm. https://www.instagram.com/p/C5F4v0itKvO/