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.
O Fundo Nacional para Locais de Interesse Histórico ou Beleza Natural, conhecido como "National Trust", é uma organização de conservação na Inglaterra, País de Gales e Irlanda do Norte, e é a maior, em número de membro, organização no Reino Unido. A entidade filantrópica se descreve como "uma associação de caridade que trabalha para preservar e proteger lugares e espaços históricos - para sempre, para todos".
O Fundo Nacional para Locais de Interesse Histórico ou Beleza Natural, conhecido como "National Trust", é uma organização de conservação na Inglaterra, País de Gales e Irlanda do Norte, e é a maior, em número de membro, organização no Reino Unido. A entidade filantrópica se descreve como "uma associação de caridade que trabalha para preservar e proteger lugares e espaços históricos - para sempre, para todos".
O Fundo Nacional para Locais de Interesse Histórico ou Beleza Natural, conhecido como "National Trust", é uma organização de conservação na Inglaterra, País de Gales e Irlanda do Norte, e é a maior, em número de membro, organização no Reino Unido. A entidade filantrópica se descreve como "uma associação de caridade que trabalha para preservar e proteger lugares e espaços históricos - para sempre, para todos".
O Fundo Nacional para Locais de Interesse Histórico ou Beleza Natural, conhecido como "National Trust", é uma organização de conservação na Inglaterra, País de Gales e Irlanda do Norte, e é a maior, em número de membro, organização no Reino Unido. A entidade filantrópica se descreve como "uma associação de caridade que trabalha para preservar e proteger lugares e espaços históricos - para sempre, para todos".
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.
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.
The Courtauld Gallery is an art museum in Somerset House, on the Strand in central London. It houses the art collection of the Courtauld Institute of Art, a self-governing college of the University of London specialising in the study of the history of art.
The Courtauld collection was formed largely through donations and bequests and includes paintings, drawings, sculptures and other works from medieval to modern times; it is particularly known for its French Impressionist and Post-Impressionist paintings. The collection contains some 530 paintings and over 26,000 drawings and prints. The head of the Courtauld Gallery is Ernst Vegelin. The gallery closed on 3 September, 2018 for a major redevelopment, called Courtauld Connects, and is due to reopen in 2021.
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.
O Brooklyn Museum , fundado em 1895 e localizado no Eastern Parkway, em Nova York na subprefeitura de Brooklyn, é o segundo maior museu de arte na cidade de Nova York, e um dos maiores nos Estados Unidos. Atualmente, Arnold L. Lehman é o diretor do museu.
Uma das primeiras intituições de arte no mundo, sua coleção permanente inclui mais de um milhão e meio de objetos, desde obras-primas do Antigo Egito até arte contemporânea e arte de diversas outras culturas.
Situado numa área de 52 mil m², construído em arquitetura Beaux Arts, tem aproximadamente 500 mil usuários por ano. Localizado na área Central de Brooklyn, o museu está a meia hora do centro de Manhattan e cerca de 15 minutos do centro de Brooklyn.
É servido pela estação de metrô Eastern Parkway–Brooklyn Museum, da linha IRT Eastern Parkway Line, e pela estação Botanic Garden, da linha Franklin Avenue Shuttle.
O museu está localizado na Washington Avenue, na subprefeitura do Brooklyn, e é vizinho do Brooklyn Botanic Garden, do Mount Prospect Park, da área central da Brooklyn Public Library, do parque Prospect Park e dos bairos: Prospect Heights, Crown Heights e Flatbush.
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.
A Galleria Borghese é um museu em Roma, Itália.
A sua colecção compreende várias esculturas e pinturas de Gian Lorenzo Bernini, Caravaggio, Leonardo da Vinci, Raffaello, Rubens, Ticiano.
O museu está instalado na Villa Borghese Pinciana, um palácio construído entre 1613 e 1616 para Scipione Borghese.
Em 1902, o Estado italiano adquiriu em definitivo o conjunto, assegurando o benefício público.
The Scuola Grande di San Rocco is a building in Venice, northern Italy. It is noted for its collection of paintings by Tintoretto and generally agreed to include some of his finest work.
