[1][2] The gallery is operated by the Nature in Art Trust,[3] a registered charity (No: 1000553[4])[3] set up in 1982[3] as the "Society for Wildlife Art of the Nations".

[3] Its Vice-Presidents[3] are Dr. Heather Angel, Lord Barber of Tewkesbury, Dr. David Bellamy, Sonja Fuchs OBE, Lord Griffiths of Fforestfach, David Gower OBE, David Lank CM, Professor Sir Ghillean Prance, Dr. Shirley Sherwood, and Judge David Turner, QC.

Among its permanent collection are works by notable nature artists including Eric Ennion, George Edward Lodge, David Shepherd, Archibald Thorburn and Charles Tunnicliffe; as well as more general artists such as Pablo Picasso.

The gallery holds regular exhibitions of loaned works; subjects of those dedicated to the work of a single artist have included Joy Adamson, Peter Scott and David Shepherd.

Other visiting exhibitions have included the annual Wildlife Photographer of the Year.