The McLean Museum and Art Gallery is a museum and art gallery situated in Greenock, Inverclyde, Scotland. It is the main museum in the Inverclyde area and opened in 1876. Most notably it features an exhibition of items related to James Watt, the Greenock-born inventor, a Mummy Cartonnage from Herakleopolis Magna and a collection of British and Scottish art. The principal entrance to the museum is on Kelly Street, in the Greenock West area. The former Curator is Val Boa. The Watt Institution includes the Art Gallery, Watt Hall, Watt Library and Inverclyde Archives.
Il National Trust for Places of Historic Interest or Natural Beauty è un'organizzazione che lavora per conservare e proteggere l'eredità storica e naturale di Inghilterra, Galles e Irlanda del Nord. Il Trust non è attivo in Scozia, dove c'è un indipendente National Trust for Scotland.
Secondo il sito web ufficiale:
Fu fondato nel 1895 da Octavia Hill, Robert Hunter e Hardwick Rawnsley.
Il primo edificio acquisito dal National Trust fu, nel 1896, la Clergy House di Alfriston .Nel 2009-2010 le proprietà del National Trust più visitate sono state :
Wakehurst Place Garden — 439.627
Stourhead — 351.358
Waddesdon Manor — 348.308
Abbazia di Fountains — 339.326
Attingham Park - 257.340
Polesden Lacey — 256.493
Belton House — 249.785
Ponte di corda di Carrick-a-Rede — 248.609
Calke Abbey - 244.767
St Michael's Mount — 240.557
Il National Trust for Places of Historic Interest or Natural Beauty è un'organizzazione che lavora per conservare e proteggere l'eredità storica e naturale di Inghilterra, Galles e Irlanda del Nord. Il Trust non è attivo in Scozia, dove c'è un indipendente National Trust for Scotland.
Secondo il sito web ufficiale:
Fu fondato nel 1895 da Octavia Hill, Robert Hunter e Hardwick Rawnsley.
Il primo edificio acquisito dal National Trust fu, nel 1896, la Clergy House di Alfriston .Nel 2009-2010 le proprietà del National Trust più visitate sono state :
Wakehurst Place Garden — 439.627
Stourhead — 351.358
Waddesdon Manor — 348.308
Abbazia di Fountains — 339.326
Attingham Park - 257.340
Polesden Lacey — 256.493
Belton House — 249.785
Ponte di corda di Carrick-a-Rede — 248.609
Calke Abbey - 244.767
St Michael's Mount — 240.557
Il National Trust for Places of Historic Interest or Natural Beauty è un'organizzazione che lavora per conservare e proteggere l'eredità storica e naturale di Inghilterra, Galles e Irlanda del Nord. Il Trust non è attivo in Scozia, dove c'è un indipendente National Trust for Scotland.
Secondo il sito web ufficiale:
Fu fondato nel 1895 da Octavia Hill, Robert Hunter e Hardwick Rawnsley.
Il primo edificio acquisito dal National Trust fu, nel 1896, la Clergy House di Alfriston .Nel 2009-2010 le proprietà del National Trust più visitate sono state :
Wakehurst Place Garden — 439.627
Stourhead — 351.358
Waddesdon Manor — 348.308
Abbazia di Fountains — 339.326
Attingham Park - 257.340
Polesden Lacey — 256.493
Belton House — 249.785
Ponte di corda di Carrick-a-Rede — 248.609
Calke Abbey - 244.767
St Michael's Mount — 240.557
Il National Trust for Places of Historic Interest or Natural Beauty è un'organizzazione che lavora per conservare e proteggere l'eredità storica e naturale di Inghilterra, Galles e Irlanda del Nord. Il Trust non è attivo in Scozia, dove c'è un indipendente National Trust for Scotland.
Secondo il sito web ufficiale:
Fu fondato nel 1895 da Octavia Hill, Robert Hunter e Hardwick Rawnsley.
Il primo edificio acquisito dal National Trust fu, nel 1896, la Clergy House di Alfriston .Nel 2009-2010 le proprietà del National Trust più visitate sono state :
Wakehurst Place Garden — 439.627
Stourhead — 351.358
Waddesdon Manor — 348.308
Abbazia di Fountains — 339.326
Attingham Park - 257.340
Polesden Lacey — 256.493
Belton House — 249.785
Ponte di corda di Carrick-a-Rede — 248.609
Calke Abbey - 244.767
St Michael's Mount — 240.557
The Manx Museum in Douglas, Isle of Man is the national museum of the Isle of Man. It is run by Manx National Heritage.
The museum opened in 1922, in a building that was formerly Noble's Old Hospital. It was expanded and remodeled during 1986–89.The museum serves as headquarters of Manx National Heritage.The museum bears no relation to the institution with the same name formed by Trevor Ashe in 1825.
Abbot Hall Art Gallery is a museum and gallery in Kendal, England. Abbot Hall was built in 1759 by Colonel George Wilson, the second son of Daniel Wilson of Dallam Tower, a large house and country estate nearby. It was built on the site of the old Abbot’s Hall, roughly where the museum is today. Before the Dissolution of the Monasteries this was where the Abbot or his representative would stay when visiting from the mother house of St Mary's Abbey, York. The architect is unknown. During the early twentieth century the Grade I listed building was dilapidated and has been restored as an art gallery.
Jersey Heritage is an independent trust in Jersey which is responsible for the island's major historic sites, museums, and public archives. It holds collections of artefacts, works of art, documents, specimens, and information relating to Jersey's history, culture, and environment.
The Trust was formally registered in Jersey on 3 June 1983.
The Trust is financed by an annual grant from the States of Jersey, and self-generated income.
The University of Glasgow's museum dedicated to William Hunter is the oldest museum in Scotland. It covers the Hunterian Museum, the Hunterian Art Gallery, the Mackintosh House, the Zoology Museum and the Anatomy Museum, all located in various buildings on the main campus of the University in the west end of Glasgow.
Bangor University is a university in Bangor, Wales. It received its Royal Charter in 1885 and was one of the founding institutions of the federal University of Wales. Officially known as University College of North Wales , and later University of Wales, Bangor , in 2007 it became Bangor University, independent from the University of Wales.
La Courtauld Gallery si trova in Somerset House-Strand a Londra, in Gran Bretagna. La Somerset House, che ospita le opere, è stata disegnata da sir William Chambers ed è uno dei più imponenti edifici inglesi del Settecento.
La Courtauld Gallery è parte del The Courtauld Institute of Art, universalmente considerato tra i migliori centri per lo studio della storia dell'arte nel Regno Unito e nel mondo.
Aberdeen Art Gallery is the main visual arts exhibition space in the city of Aberdeen, Scotland. It was founded in 1884, in a building designed by Alexander Marshall Mackenzie, with a sculpture court added in 1905. In 1900 it received the art collection of Alexander Macdonald, a local granite merchant.The gallery is noted for its fine collection of modern Scottish and international art, including works by Ken Currie, Gilbert & George, Ivor Abrahams, Bridget Riley and Bruce McLean.
The permanent collection includes 18th-century works by Henry Raeburn, William Hogarth, Allan Ramsay and Joshua Reynolds, and 20th-century works by Paul Nash and Francis Bacon, the Post-Impressionists and the Scottish Colourists, as well as applied arts and crafts.
The central hall is supported by granite columns in a variety of colours, derived from different quarries in the local area and far beyond.
At the western end of the building, with a room inside and a monument outside, is a major war memorial. The Memorial Court court has a display of several books of remembrance and rolls of honour, commemorating the fallen of World War I, World War II, the Merchant Navy and Fishing Fleets in World War II, and from conflicts after 1945.
The Gallery was closed for a programme of renovations commencing in 2015. The gallery re-opened in November 2019, with comedian John Bishop, being one of the first people to visit.
Touchstones Rochdale is an art gallery, museum, local studies centre, visitor information centre and café forming part of the Central Library, Museum and Art Gallery in Rochdale, Greater Manchester, England. It is a Grade II listed building.The first part of the stone building was opened as a library in 1884 with the museum and gallery being added in 1903 and extended in 1913. It became an art and heritage centre in 2003. It houses collections ralating to local history and related topics, with changing exhbitions over time.
La galleria Borghese è un museo statale italiano, con sede nella villa Borghese Pinciana a Roma. Ospita tuttora gran parte della collezione d'arte iniziata da Scipione Borghese, cardinal-nipote di Paolo V, cui si deve anche la costruzione della villa stessa.
Vi sono esposte opere di Gian Lorenzo Bernini, Agnolo Bronzino, Antonio Canova, Caravaggio, Raffaello, Perugino, Lorenzo Lotto, Antonello da Messina, Cranach, Annibale Carracci, Pieter Paul Rubens, Bellini, Tiziano. Si può considerare unica al mondo per quel che riguarda il numero e l'importanza delle sculture del Bernini e delle tele del Caravaggio..
È di proprietà del Ministero per i beni e le attività culturali, che dal 2014 la ha annoverata tra gli istituti museali dotati di autonomia speciale.
