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John Hansard Gallery

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The John Hansard Gallery specialises is exhibiting new and recent major public contemporary art from around the world. Admission is free and everyone is welcome. We look forward to seeing you soon.

As part of its commitment to reaching different audiences the John Hansard Gallery offers FREE tours, discussions and activities. The Gallery particularly welcomes educational groups and those with particular access needs. The Gallery also offers regular interpretative talks of Exhibitions, often led by participating artists and Curators or by art critics. New talks are being scheduled all of the time. All talks are FREE unless otherwise stated.

The John Hansard Gallery is situated on the west side of the University's Highfield campus, behind the Turner Sims Concert Hall and beside the University Health Service. The Gallery is well situated for those wishing to explore Southampton and its numerous activities and attractions.

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Further Information: Visitors to the Gallery are permitted to park in a number of car parks on the University of Southampton's Highfield campus (see the campus map above) including those unmarked bays between the Gallery, the Mathematics Building (building 54) and the Murray/Social Sciences Building (building 58); those behind the Physics Building (building 46); the Pay and Display car park off University Crescent; and the Visitors Car Park off University Road.
Special Features: In accordance with its policy of keeping contemporary cultural debate at the core of its programme, the John Hansard Gallery has an established history of producing highly acclaimed conferences. Many of these draw international speakers, keynotes and audiences to critically discuss the issues raised by particular exhibitions. Additionally, the Gallery's Critical Interventions conference series aims to address broad moral issues by simultaneously engaging critical artistic practice and interdisciplinary academic discourse.