The Atkinson is a home for music, theatre, art, literature and history, based in a beautifully refurbished nineteenth-century building in the centre of Southport. The collections include over 3,500 artworks and 25,000 pieces of social history, which are displayed on rotation across the museum and galleries. Many of these artworks, encompassing a huge variety of artists, styles and themes, are available to purchase as prints on the Art UK Shop.