One of the most notable features of the Harbour Office is the display of paintings and sculptures. Built up since the mid-nineteenth century by numerous Harbour Commissioners, the fine art collection includes a few seventeenth and eighteenth century portraits by unknown artists, nineteenth century French and Italian sculptures and bronzes, nineteenth century Irish paintings and sculptures and an assortment of paintings by twentieth century northern Irish artists such as Joseph W Carey, William Conor, Frank McKelvey and Maurice Wilks.