Explore seascapes from the North Yorkshire Coast, by Robert Ernest Roe Robert Ernest Roe (1851 – 1930) was very skilled at painting coastal subjects and his subject matter shows a strong attraction to the coastlines of North Yorkshire and the North East, especially...
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Birch Bark Rolls from Star CarrRotunda Museum, Scarborough A number of very special objects have been found in the archaeological site ‘Star Carr’, dating from the Middle Stone Age or Mesolithic period. The objects found there, including these rolls of...
Explore the Scarborough Lifeboat in Paint At Scarborough Art Gallery Scarborough has a long history of maritime painting, particularly throughout the Victorian era. Arguably, it reached a peak after the appointment of Albert Strange as headmaster of the new...
Sculpture of Wilfred Owen by Anthony Padgett In 2016, sculptor Anthony Padgett created a series of bronze sculptures of Wilfred Owen to commemorate the war poet at places of importance to him during his life, including Scarborough and Tameside. The works are now part...
