contains an outstanding collection of Tiffany glassware presented to the town by Joseph Briggs, an Accrington man who had joined TiffanyAs in the late 19th century and eventually became art director and assistant manager. The Art Nouveau vases are considered to be the most important such group in Europe. One of the most striking items is a glass mosaic exhibition piece, designed by Briggs himself and entitled Sulphur Crested Cockatoos. The gallery also has displays about the, famous within the UK as the smallest home town battalion of volunteers servicemen who fought in the First World War. More than half the battalion were killed or wounded within half an hour on the Pals’ first day of action.