Arts Centre sights in Colchester

1. firstsite

   • Colchester, England
   • Sights › Arts centre

   Opinion has been divided about Colchester’s newest attraction – a new arts centre housed inside stunning a curved-glass and copper building. Inside, it’s also visually striking – lots of space, lots of light, installations flowing seamlessly into one another, and seats to perch on if you wish to leaf through some art books. The contemporary visual art on display is carefully chosen to be presented alongside historical works for context, and most exhibitions are temporary, with the exception of the magnificent Berryfield Mosaic – a Roman artefact found on firstsite’s location in 1923, and now under glass in the centre of the gallery space. There’s an interactive element to…

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