Turner HouseGallery

The Turner House on Plymouth Road in Penarth opened to the public on 27 June 1888, built by the flour-milling businessman James Pyke Thompson to display his personal collection of paintings, prints and china, and named after the artist J.M.W. Turner, whom he admired. Cardiff architect Edward Seward, also responsible for the city's Coal Exchange and Royal Infirmary, designed the Grade I listed building. After Pyke Thompson's death his brothers established a trust in 1899, and the National Museum of Wales took on trusteeship in 1921. A 1950 renovation created the ground-floor gallery and balcony still used today. Now run by Penarth Town Council in partnership with National Museum Wales, the single-site gallery hosts a changing programme of exhibitions by Welsh and visiting artists, with free admission Thursday to Sunday.