Galleries · North East England
Middlesbrough Institute of Modern Art
Middlesbrough Institute of Modern Art — art Museum in Middlesbrough, England.
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 1 h–2 h
- Best time of year
- Year-round
- Nearest railway station
- Middlesbrough · 0.5 km
- Free entry
- Family-friendly
- Wheelchair accessible
About
Middlesbrough Institute of Modern Art is an art gallery in the United Kingdom. Records date its origin to 2007. Wikidata describes it as: "art Museum in Middlesbrough, England". Coordinates: 54.5745°, -1.2327°.
Photo gallery
Protected designations
- Site of Special Scientific Interest: Teesmouth and Cleveland Coast SSSI
Designations sourced from Natural England open data under OGL v3.
From the Wikipedia article
MIMA, or Middlesbrough Institute of Modern Art, is a contemporary art gallery based in the centre of Middlesbrough, England. The gallery was formally launched on Sunday, 27 January 2007; since 2014, it has been part of Teesside University.
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Background
History
The gallery's opening marked the completion of an accumulative journey for the art collection of post-industrial Middlesbrough. The early artistic heritage of a town as young as Middlesbrough rested largely on the success of the Linthorpe Art Pottery (1879–1889), co-launched by Christopher Dresser, out of the Sun Brickworks that also built the suburb of Linthorpe. A School of Art opened alongside the Mechanics' Institute in the old town's Durham Street, in 1870, and by the 1950s that, too, had relocated to Linthorpe. The region's cultural profile was further boosted by the Cleveland International Drawing Biennale, until that competition's extinction in the 1990s. A site for the town's first…
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- Coordinates
- 54.5745, -1.2327
- District
- Middlesbrough
- Parish
- Middlesbrough, unparished area
- Postcode
- TS1 2AZ
- Parliamentary constituency
- Middlesbrough and Thornaby East
- Established
- 2007
- Nearest railway station
- Middlesbrough — 0.5 km
- Opening
- Mo-Sa 10:00-16:30; Su 12:00-16:00
- Official site
- www.visitmima.com
Sources
- wikidata: Q6841855 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Middlesbrough Institute of Modern Art (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- commons: Middlesbrough Institute of Modern Art - MIMA.jpg (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Middlesbrough Institute of Modern Art?
- Middlesbrough Institute of Modern Art is in North-East England, United Kingdom (postcode TS1 2AZ), in the parish of Middlesbrough, unparished area.
- When was Middlesbrough Institute of Modern Art built?
- Built or established in 2007.
- Is Middlesbrough Institute of Modern Art a protected site?
- Yes — Middlesbrough Institute of Modern Art is part of the Teesmouth and Cleveland Coast SSSI Site of Special Scientific Interest.
- Is Middlesbrough Institute of Modern Art free to visit?
- Yes, Middlesbrough Institute of Modern Art is free to enter.
- How do I get to Middlesbrough Institute of Modern Art?
- The nearest railway station is Middlesbrough, about 0.5 km away. Drivers can navigate to postcode TS1 2AZ.