Whitechapel Gallery

The Whitechapel Gallery is a public art gallery in on the north side of Whitechapel High Street, in the . The original building, designed by Charles Harrison Townsend, opened in 1901 as one of the first publicly funded galleries for temporary exhibitions in London.
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  • Opening hours:
    Tuesday—Wednesday and Friday—Sunday: 11:00 AM—6:00 PM
    Thursday: 11:00 AM—9:00 PM
  • Email: info@whitechapelgallery.org
  • Type: Art gallery
  • Description: art gallery in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets
  • Also known as: “White Chapel Gallery” and “Whitechapel Art Gallery”
  • Address: 77-82 Whitechapel High Street, London, E1 7QX

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Brick Lane and The Tower of London.

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is a street in the , in the . It runs from Swanfield Street in in the north, crosses the Bethnal Green Road before reaching the busiest, most commercially active part which runs through , or along its eastern edge. is situated 480 feet north of Whitechapel Gallery.

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, officially His Majesty's Royal Palace and Fortress of , is a historic citadel and castle on the north bank of the in , England. is situated 3,200 feet southwest of Whitechapel Gallery.

Metro station
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Aldgate East is a London Underground station located on Whitechapel High Street in the neighbourhood of the , East London.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Whitechapel and Spitalfields.

Suburb
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is an area in the , London, England. It is in and part of the . It is the location of and the borough town centre.

Quarter
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is an area in London, , and is located in the . It is in and situated in the . is formed around Commercial Street and .

Quarter
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was a gate in the former defensive wall around the . The gate gave its name to High Street, the first stretch of the A11 road, that takes that name as it passes through the ancient, extramural Portsoken Ward of the City of London.

Whitechapel Gallery

Latitude
51.51616° or 51° 30′ 58″ north
Longitude
-0.07036° or 0° 4′ 13″ west
Wheelchair access
limited
Open location code
9C3XGW8H+FV
Open­Street­Map ID
way 264131965
Open­Street­Map feature
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Open­Street­Map feature
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Wiki­data ID
Q1814654
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In Other Languages

From Chinese to Swedish—“Whitechapel Gallery” goes by many names.
  • Chinese: “克雷格·歐曼”
  • Chinese: “白教堂畫廊”
  • Chinese: “白教堂美術館”
  • Czech: “Whitechapel Gallery”
  • Dutch: “Whitechapel Art Gallery”
  • Dutch: “Whitechapel Gallery”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “معرض وايت تشابل”
  • French: “Whitechapel Gallery”
  • German: “Whitechapel Art Gallery”
  • Greek: “Πινακοθήκη του Ουάιτσαπελ”
  • Hebrew: “וייטצ’אפל”
  • Indonesian: “Galeri Whitechapel”
  • Italian: “Whitechapel Art Gallery”
  • Japanese: “ホワイトチャペル・ギャラリー”
  • Russian: “Галерея Уайтчепел”
  • Spanish: “Whitechapel Gallery”
  • Swedish: “Whitechapel Art Gallery”

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