Permanent collection of oil and watercolour paintings, North Devon slipware, porcelain, pewter and Napoleonic bone model ships. Local artefacts include items from local industry and a model of Bideford's long bridge.

A view of Bideford from Upcott Hill, showing the launch of the 'Copiapo' in 1862. One of a number of fine oil paintings in the Art Gallery's permanent Collection.

Bone Model Ship of the Brunswick Class, made by French prisoners during the Napoleonic Wars, 1793 - 1815. Constructed of mutton bone, metal, wood and thread from their clothing. Prisoners often sold these models to provide luxuries for themselves and sometimes even married local girls. Other prisoners found life much more difficult.

'Appledore Quay' by Hubert Coop, RBA, 1873 - 1953.
This painting is one of the bequest to the town of Bideford by this artist, given "proper housing" by Thomas Burton when he built the Gallery in 1951.

Judith Ackland was brought up in Bideford and attended its Art School. She met Mary Stella Edwards in London and together they produced many watercolour paintings which can be seen throughout Britain. The Gallery holds a large collection of the paintings they produced during their life together at Bucks Mills near Clovelly.

An example from an exhibition "The River Torridge, Source to Sea" by Sheila Hutchinson, painted during the 1940's for the Festival of Britain Exhibition in Bideford Art School in 1951. Sheila was born in 1906 and died in 1999, having spent her life as a professional calligrapher. Her watercolours follow the traditional North Devon style.