Galleries · West Midlands
Manchester Art Gallery
Manchester Art Gallery — publicly owned art gallery in Manchester, UK.
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 1 h–2 h
- Best time of year
- Year-round
- Nearest railway station
- Manchester Oxford Road · 0.5 km
- Free entry
- Family-friendly
- Wheelchair accessible
About
Manchester Art Gallery is an art gallery in the United Kingdom. Records date its origin to 1824. Designed by Charles Barry. Built in the Neoclassicism style. Heritage designation: Grade I listed building. Wikidata describes it as: "publicly owned art gallery in Manchester, UK". Coordinates: 53.4786°, -2.2414°.
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From the Wikipedia article
Manchester Art Gallery, formerly Manchester City Art Gallery, is a publicly owned art museum on Mosley Street in Manchester city centre, England. The main gallery premises were built for a learned society in 1823 and today its collection occupies three connected buildings, two of which were designed by Sir Charles Barry. Both of Barry's buildings are listed. The building that links them was designed by Hopkins Architects following an architectural design competition managed by RIBA Competitions. It opened in 2002 following a major renovation and expansion project undertaken by the art gallery. Manchester Art Gallery is free to enter and open six days a week, closed Mondays. It houses many works of local and international significance and has a collection of more than 25,000 objects. More than half a million people visited the museum in the period of a year, according to figures released in April 2014.
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Background
History
(1826), the first piece acquired by the gallery]] The Royal Manchester Institution was a scholarly society formed in 1823. It was housed in what is now the art gallery's main gallery building on Mosley Street. The first object acquired for its collection, James Northcote's A Moor (a portrait of the celebrated black actor Ira Aldridge), was bought in 1827.
Architecture
, one of the three Manchester Art Gallery buildings]] Manchester Art Gallery is housed in three connected buildings. The City Art Gallery building, which faces onto Mosley Street, was designed and constructed between 1824 and 1835. It originally housed the Royal Manchester Institution. Designed by architect Sir Charles Barry in the Greek Ionic style, the building is now Grade I listed. The two-storey gallery is built in rusticated ashlar to a rectangular plan on a raised plinth. The roof is hidden by a continuous dentilled cornice and plain parapet. Its 11-bay façade has two three-bay side ranges and a central five-bay pedimented projecting portico with six Ionic columns. Set back behind…
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- Coordinates
- 53.4786, -2.2414
- District
- Manchester
- Parish
- Manchester, unparished area
- Postcode
- M1 4HR
- Parliamentary constituency
- Manchester Central
- Phone
- +44 161 235 8888
- Established
- 1824
- Nearest railway station
- Manchester Oxford Road — 0.5 km
- Opening
- Tu-Su 10:00-17:00
- Official site
- manchesterartgallery.org
Sources
- wikidata: Q2638817 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Manchester Art Gallery (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- commons: Manchester Art Gallery - geograph.org.uk - 1748756.jpg (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Manchester Art Gallery?
- Manchester Art Gallery is in the West Midlands, United Kingdom (postcode M1 4HR), in the parish of Manchester, unparished area.
- When was Manchester Art Gallery built?
- Built or established in 1824. Designed by Charles Barry.
- Is Manchester Art Gallery a listed building?
- Manchester Art Gallery is officially recognised as Grade I listed building listed.
- Is Manchester Art Gallery free to visit?
- Yes, Manchester Art Gallery is free to enter.
- How do I get to Manchester Art Gallery?
- The nearest railway station is Manchester Oxford Road, about 0.5 km away. Drivers can navigate to postcode M1 4HR.
- How busy is Manchester Art Gallery?
- Manchester Art Gallery draws around 514,852 visitors a year.