| THE ART GALLERY AND LIBRARY |
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| The Art Gallery, Museum, and Public Library were erected between
1898 and 1901 at a cost of £36,727. In the Art Gallery is housed the famous collection
of pictures presented by the family of the late Thomas Wrigley, Esq. The collection
contains oil paintings, water colour drawings, engravings, and statuary, and consists
principally of the works of eminent artists of the British School of Painting during
the latter half of the XIX century.
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| The Public Library has (a) reading rooms, with the leading newspapers,
periodicals, and magazines in profusion ; (b) an excellent reference library ;
(c) a first class lending library, containing over 20,000 volumes of well selected
literature ; and (d) a juvenile section, with branches in each of the elementary
schools of the town.
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