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Sainsbury Centre
Sainsbury Centre, University of East Anglia, Norfolk Road Norwich, NR4 7TJ
The Sainsbury Centre is a world-class art museum with a unique perspective on how art can foster cultural dialogue and exchange.
Following a radical relaunch in 2023 the Sainsbury Centre is the first museum in the world to formally recognise the living lifeforce of art, enabling people to build relationships across an arts landscape.
The art of the Sainsbury Centre is able to help reframe and answer the most important questions people have in their lives. It is not a museum to only learn more about artists, cultures or movements like Francis Bacon, the Tang Dynasty or Modernism, it is a place of experience, where collections are animate, and visitors are emotionally connected.
One of the first museums in the world to display art from all around the globe and from all time periods equally and collectively, Sir Robert and Lady Lisa Sainsbury created one of the most sought after yet nonconformist art collections. In 1973 they donated their collection, which transcended traditional barriers between art, architecture, archaeology and anthropology, to the UEA, and created an entirely new type of museum.
Housed in Sir Norman Foster’s revolutionary first ever public building, the space aimed for an interactive relationship between people, object and landscape, where art was placed within an open yet intimate ‘living area’.
Visit WebsiteOpening Times
Tuesday - Friday
9.00 - 18.00
(exhibitions open 9.30am)
Saturday - Sunday
10.00 - 17.00
Closed Mondays, including bank holidays
Prices
Our Universal Ticket grants access to the permanent collection, lower and mezzanine galleries, and Sculpture Park.
Tickets operate on a ‘Pay If and What You Can’ basis, so you can choose the price from free through to full membership.
Upon arrival, please go to gallery reception where our universal ticket is available.
Facilities
Café
Car Parking
Picnic Site
Baby Changing
Disabled Access
Toilets
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