The Shipley Art Gallery, on Prince Consort Road, Gateshead, opened to the public on 29th November 1917. Local solicitor Joseph Ainsley Davidson Shipley (1822-1909) had left his collection of paintings and part of his fortune to fund a public gallery. The classical building, designed by Arthur Stockwell, was built in 1915. When it opened the gallery included 359 of Shipley's collection plus another 145 provided by the Gateshead committee overseeing the gallery.
Co-Curate is a project which brings together online collections, museums, universities, schools
and community groups to make and re-make stories and images from North East England and Cumbria.
Co-Curate
is a trans-disciplinary project that will open up 'official' museum and 'un-officia'l co-created
community-based collections and archives through innovative collaborative approaches using
social media and open archives/data.