Galleries · Yorkshire & the Humber
York Art Gallery
York Art Gallery — Art gallery in York, United Kingdom.
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 1 h–2 h
- Best time of year
- Year-round
- Nearest railway station
- York · 0.8 km
- Family-friendly
- Wheelchair accessible
About
York Art Gallery is an art gallery in the United Kingdom. Records date its origin to 1892. Heritage designation: Grade II listed building. Managed by York Museums Trust. Part of York Museums Trust. Address: YO1 7EW. Wikidata describes it as: "Art gallery in York, United Kingdom". Coordinates: 53.9631°, -1.0864°.
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From the Wikipedia article
York Art Gallery is a public art gallery in York, England, with a collection of paintings from 14th-century to contemporary, prints, watercolours, drawings, and ceramics. It closed for major redevelopment in 2013, reopening in summer of 2015. The building is a Grade II listed building and is managed by York Museums Trust.
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Background
History
The gallery was created to provide a permanent building as the core space for the second Yorkshire Fine Art and Industrial Exhibition of 1879, the first in 1866 having occupied a temporary chalet in the grounds of Bootham Asylum. The 1866 exhibition, which ran from 24 July to 31 October 1866 was attended by over 400,000 people and yielded a net profit for the organising committee of £1,866. A meeting of this committee in April 1867 committed to "applying this surplus in providing some permanent building to be devoted to the encouragement of Art and Industry". The result was the development of a second exhibition, housed in a newly constructed building designed by a York architect named…
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- Coordinates
- 53.9631, -1.0864
- District
- York
- Parish
- York, unparished area
- Postcode
- YO1 7EW
- Parliamentary constituency
- York Central
- Established
- 1892
- Nearest railway station
- York — 0.8 km
- Official site
- www.yorkartgallery.org.uk
Sources
- wikidata: Q8055361 (CC0)
- wikipedia: York Art Gallery (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- commons: 1257852 City Art Gallery, Exhibition Square York 20240520 0048.jpg (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is York Art Gallery?
- York Art Gallery is in Yorkshire, United Kingdom (postcode YO1 7EW), in the parish of York, unparished area.
- When was York Art Gallery built?
- Built or established in 1892.
- Who runs York Art Gallery?
- York Art Gallery is operated by York Museums Trust.
- Is York Art Gallery a listed building?
- York Art Gallery is officially recognised as Grade II listed building listed.
- How do I get to York Art Gallery?
- The nearest railway station is York, about 0.8 km away. Drivers can navigate to postcode YO1 7EW.
- How busy is York Art Gallery?
- York Art Gallery draws around 81,402 visitors a year.