Win an original Robert Olley oil painting for £2.50

Tickets for the prize draw cost £2.50 each and can be bought in person at the museum shop or online. 

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Legendary South Shields artist Robert Olley has donated one of his original oil paintings to the Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums Development Trust, in order to raise funds for South Shields Museum & Art Gallery via a prize draw.  

The painting entitled ‘Fag Break’ has never been on display before and was inspired by shipbuilding, ship repair and associated industries in South Tyneside, where thousands were once employed.  

Ten other paintings by Robert Olley currently feature on loan in the museum’s exhibition Pushing the Boat Out: Shipbuilding and Ship Repair in South Tyneside until Saturday 12 November, alongside a wealth of other objects. 

The winner of the painting will be drawn by museum staff at South Shields Museum & Art Gallery at 2pm on Wednesday 19 October 2022.

Full terms and conditions can be downloaded here.