Manchester Art Gallery

Manchester / Regno Unito

Manchester Art Gallery, formerly Manchester City Art Gallery, is a publicly owned art museum on Mosley Street in Manchester city centre. 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 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 seven days a week. 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.

People's History Museum

Manchester / Regno Unito

The People's History Museum in Manchester, England, is the UK's national centre for the collection, conservation, interpretation and study of material relating to the history of working people in the UK. It is located in a grade II-listed, former hydraulic pumping station on the corner of the Bridge Street and Water Street designed by Manchester Corporation City Architect, Henry Price.The museum tells the story of the history of in Great Britain and about people's lives at home, work and leisure over the last 200 years. The collection contains printed material, physical objects and photographs of people at work, rest and play. Some of the topics covered include popular radicalism, the Peterloo Massacre, 19th century trade unionism, the women's suffrage movement, dockers, the cooperative movement, the 1945 general election, and football. It also includes material relating to friendly societies, the welfare movement and advances in the lives of working people.

Manchester Metropolitan University

Manchester / Regno Unito

La Manchester Metropolitan University è un'università situata a Manchester, Inghilterra. L'Università trae le sue origini dal Manchester Mechanics Institute e la Manchester School of Design, che formarono il Politecnico di Manchester nel 1970. Il Politecnico quindi guadagnò lo status di università con il Further and Higher Education Act, diventando nel 1992 la Manchester Metropolitan University. Oggi ha sede nella città Manchester, con distaccamenti nella contea di Cheshire. La Manchester Metropolitan University è un membro accrditato della Association of MBAs. È membro della University Alliance, della Association of Commonwealth Universities, della North West Universities Association, Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business e della European University Association. È anche sede della Manchester School of Art, della Manchester School of Theatre, così come della Manchester School of Architecture gestita in collaborazione con la University of Manchester.

Whitworth Art Gallery

Manchester / Regno Unito

The Whitworth is an art gallery in Manchester, England, containing about 55,000 items in its collection. The gallery is located in Whitworth Park and is part of the University of Manchester. In 2015, the Whitworth reopened after it was transformed by a £15 million capital redevelopment that doubled its exhibition spaces, restored period features and opened itself up to its surrounding park. The gallery received more than 440,000 visitors in its first year and was awarded the Art Fund’s Museum of the Year prize in 2015.In June 2017, Maria Balshaw stepped down as the director to take up her new role as the Director of Tate. Nick Merriman was acting Interim Director of the WhitworthOn 11 October 2018 it was announced that Alistair Hudson would be the new Director of Manchester Art Gallery and the Whitworth. Hudson, previously Director at MIMA, is a co-director of the Asociación de Arte Útil.

Municipio di Manchester

Manchester / Regno Unito

Il Municipio di Manchester è un monumento neogotico nella città di Manchester, in Inghilterra. Questo edificio è la sede del Manchester City Council e ospita varie istituzioni di governance locale. A nord del municipio c'è Albert Square e a sud c'è St Peter's Square, dove il cenotafio di Manchester si affaccia sull'ingresso sud. Completato dall'architetto Alfred Waterhouse nel 1877, l'edificio presenta imponenti murales dell'artista Ford Madox Brown che rappresentano importanti eventi nella storia della città. L'edificio è ora elencato come English Heritage dal 1952.

The Christie NHS Foundation Trust

Manchester / Regno Unito

The Christie NHS Foundation Trust in Withington, Manchester, manages the Christie Hospital, one of the largest cancer treatment centres of its type in Europe. The Christie became a NHS Foundation Trust in 2007 and is also an international leader in cancer research and development, home to the Paterson Institute for Cancer Research.

Università di Manchester

Manchester / Regno Unito

L'Università di Manchester è una università situata a Manchester, nel Regno Unito.

Science and Industry Museum

Manchester / Regno Unito

The Science and Industry Museum in Manchester, England, is a large museum devoted to the development of science, technology and industry with emphasis on the city's achievements in these fields. The museum is part of the Science Museum Group, a non-departmental public body of the Department for Culture, Media and Sport, having merged with the National Science Museum in 2012.There are extensive displays on the theme of transport , power , Manchester's sewerage and sanitation, textiles, communications and computing. The museum is an Anchor Point of the European Route of Industrial Heritage; and is situated on the site of the world's first passenger railway station – Manchester Liverpool Road – which opened as part of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway in September 1830. The railway station frontage and 1830 warehouse are both Grade I listed.

Withington Community Hospital

Manchester / Regno Unito

Withington Community Hospital is a hospital in south Manchester, England, managed by the Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust.