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.

How do I get to Manchester Art Gallery?

The nearest railway station is Manchester Oxford Road, about 0.5 km away. Drivers can use postcode M1 4HR.

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.

Galleries · North West England

Manchester Art Gallery

In or near Manchester.

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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

Getting there & planning your visit

To visit Manchester Art Gallery, the nearest railway station is Manchester Oxford Road, which is 0.5 km away. Admission is free, and the gallery is wheelchair accessible. The postcode for sat-nav is M1 4HR.

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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
Annual visitors: ~514,852/year
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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