Located in the town of Barnard Castle, Teesdale, County Durham, England, The Bowes Museum is an art museum with a renowned art collection that belonged to John Bowes and his wife Joséphine Chevalier, Countess of Montalbo. The collection, which contain more than 800 paintings, includes priceless paintings by El Greco, Canaletto, Jean-Honoré Fragonard, Francisco Goya, and François Boucher. It also contains a large collection of decorative art, textiles, ceramics, tapestries, clocks and costumes, historic local items and the early works of French glassmaker Émile Gallé. The building that hosts the museum was built as a public art gallery in a grand French style of the First Empire, within landscaped gardens.
Newgate, Barnard Castle DL12 8NP, UK