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.JPG) Portico of the Mercer Art Gallery | |
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| Location | 31, Swan Road, Harrogate, North Yorkshire |
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| Coordinates | 53°59′40″N 1°32′49″W / 53.99444°N 1.54694°W |
| Type | Art gallery |
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| Collections | British 19th- to 21st-century art. |
| Collection size | c. 2,000 works |
| Architect | Arthur Hiscoe (1876 rebuild) |
| Owner | North Yorkshire Council |
| Website | Mercer Art Gallery, Friends of the Mercer Art Gallery and Mercer Gallery on Facebook |
The Mercer Art Gallery, formerly the Mercer Gallery and locally known as The Mercer, is an art gallery in Harrogate, North Yorkshire, England. It was established in Lower Harrogate's Old Town Hall building in 1991. Owned by North Yorkshire Council, it has a collection of over 2,000 items, comprised mainly of 19th- to 21st-century artworks, including pieces by local artists. It hosts a rolling series of exhibitions of its own and borrowed artworks, keeping most of its own collection in storage for much of the time, or loaned out to exhibitions at other galleries, and to local establishments.
In 2022, local historian Malcolm Neesam bequeathed the Walker Neesam Archive to the gallery. The Mercer also continues to acquire and exhibit items of contemporary and local art. One of its recent acquisitions is a set of drawings by Eva Leigh, which it exhibited in 2024.