Kirkcaldy Galleries is the main museum, library and exhibition space in Kirkcaldy in Fife, Scotland.
The land for the town's museum and art gallery was donated by John Nairn on the former site of Balsusney House, the home of John Maxton. This was opened in 1925, with the first chairman of trustees local cloth-manufacturer businessman John Blyth, the maternal grandfather of politician Michael Portillo.
The art gallery holds the largest collection of paintings by William McTaggart and Scottish Colourist Samuel Peploe aside from the National Galleries of Scotland.
The museum contains many significant works by the Glasgow Boys. Situated on the ground floor, is the museum's award-winning permanent exhibition covering the town's industrial heritage. The museum also has a cafe which displays examples of Wemyss Ware pottery, made in the town from around the 1890s to 1930s.In 2012 Fife Council undertook a £2.5m refurbishment of the building, which reopened in June 2013. It now contains a museum, library, children's library, PC suite, cafe, gift shop, meeting rooms, museum, local family and history rooms and gallery spaces.
The Galleries opening was attended by local author Val McDermid, Wolf from
Gladiators, MP and former Prime Minister Gordon Brown and artist Jack Vettriano.
In 2015, Kirkcaldy Galleries became the first institution in Fife to display work by American photographer Diane Arbus.
The Museum of Croydon is a museum located within the Croydon Clocktower arts facility in Central Croydon, England. It showcases historical and cultural artefacts relating to the London Borough of Croydon and its people. The museum is owned and run by Croydon Council.
It is located on the upper ground floor of Croydon Clocktower, but also incorporates the Riesco Gallery, on the lower ground floor, which displays Roman and Anglo-Saxon collections and a collection of Chinese ceramics. The museum originally opened under the name Lifetimes in 1995; and re-opened under its present name, following a major redevelopment and redesign, in 2006. Admission is free, and many of the displays are hands-on and interactive.
The National Army Museum is the British Army's central museum. It is located in the Chelsea district of central London, adjacent to the Royal Hospital Chelsea, the home of the "Chelsea Pensioners". The museum is a non-departmental public body. It is usually open to the public from 10:00am to 5:30pm, except on 25–26 December and 1 January. Admission is free.
Having reopened in March 2017 following a major £23.75 million re-development project including £11.5m from the Heritage Lottery Fund, the museum houses five galleries that cover British military history from the English Civil War up to modern day.This remit for the overall history of British land forces contrasts with those of other military museums in the United Kingdom concentrating on the history of individual corps and regiments of the British Army. It also differs from the subject matter of the Imperial War Museum, another national museum in London, which has a wider remit of theme but a narrower remit of time .
The Leicester Museum & Art Gallery is a museum on New Walk in Leicester, England, not far from the city centre. It opened in 1849 as one of the first public museums in the United Kingdom. New Walk contains displays of science, history and art, both international and local. The original building was designed by Joseph Hansom, designer of the hansom cab. It has been expanded several times, most recently in 2011.
The Shipley Art Gallery is an art gallery in Gateshead, Tyne and Wear, England, located at the south end of Prince Consort Road. It has a Designated Collection of national importance.
Edinburgh College of Art is one of eleven Schools in the College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences at the University of Edinburgh. Tracing its history back to 1760, it provides higher education in art and design, architecture, history of art, and music disciplines for over two thousand students, and is at the forefront of research and research-led teaching in the creative arts, humanities, and creative technologies. ECA comprises five subject areas: School of Art, Reid School of Music, School of Design, School of History of Art, and Edinburgh School of Architecture & Landscape Architecture . ECA is mainly located in the Old Town of Edinburgh, overlooking the Grassmarket; the Lauriston Place campus is located in the University of Edinburgh's Central Area Campus, not far from George Square.
The college was founded in 1760, and gained its present name and site in 1907. Formerly associated with Heriot-Watt University, its degrees have been issued by the University of Edinburgh since 2004. The College formally merged with the University on 1 August 2011, combining with the School of Arts, Culture and Environment and continues to exist with the name Edinburgh College of Art as an enlarged school in the College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences.
Британская библиотека — национальная библиотека Великобритании и самая большая национальная библиотека в мире по количеству каталогизированных предметов. По оценкам, в ней хранится 170—200 миллионов предметов из многих стран. В качестве библиотеки обязательного депонирования Британская библиотека получает копии всех книг, выпущенных в Великобритании и Ирландии , в том числе значительную долю зарубежных изданий, распространяемых в Великобритании. Библиотека является неведомственным государственным органом, финансируемым Департаментом культуры, средств массовой информации и спорта.
Британская библиотека является крупной исследовательской библиотекой, имеющей предметы на многих языках и во многих форматах, как печатных, так и цифровых: книги, рукописи, журналы, газеты, журналы, звукозаписи и записи музыки, видео, сценарии пьес, патенты, базы данных, карты, марки, гравюры, рисунки. Коллекции библиотеки включают около 14 миллионов книг, а также значительные запасы рукописей и исторических предметов, начиная с 2000 года до нашей эры. Собрание библиотеки увеличивается примерно на три миллиона предметов каждый год, что занимает 9,6 км новых полок. В читальных залах библиотеки есть места для более чем 1200 читателей.
До 1973 года библиотека была частью Британского музея. Закон 1972 года о Британской библиотеке отделил библиотеку от музея, но до 1997 года Британская библиотека находилась в здании музея, когда она переехала в специально построенное здание в районе Сент-Панкрас . Также в состав библиотеки входят хранилище документов и читальный зал, находящиеся около Бостон-спа, Уэст-Йоркшир.
О городской резиденции см. Дворец Лихтенштейнов на Банкгассе
Загородный дворец Лихтенштейнов, называемый Садовым — дворец в стиле барокко, принадлежащий княжескому роду Лихтенштейнов. Расположен в Альзергрунде — 9-м районе Вены. Здесь помещается художественная коллекция Лихтенштейнов.
The Usher Gallery is an art museum in Lincoln, England. The gallery displays a collection of artworks by painters such as J. M. W. Turner and L. S. Lowry. Established in 1927, it is run as part of the Collection. According to 2019 proposals by the Lincolnshire County Council, the gallery is scheduled for closure.
Художественная галерея и музей Келвингроув — находится в Глазго. Является самым посещаемым музеем Шотландии и шестым по посещаемости в Великобритании. Расположен в районе Вест-Энд в парке Келвингроув, на берегу реки Келвин, недалеко от главного кампуса Университета Глазго на Гилморехилле.В музее 22 галереи, в которых размещены различные экспонаты, в том числе произведения искусства эпохи Возрождения, чучела животных и артефакты из древнего Египта.
The Wellcome Library is founded on the collection formed by Sir Henry Wellcome , whose personal wealth allowed him to create one of the most ambitious collections of the 20th century. Henry Wellcome's interest was the history of medicine in a broad sense and included subjects such as alchemy or witchcraft, but also anthropology and ethnography. Since Henry Wellcome’s death in 1936, the Wellcome Trust has been responsible for maintaining the Library's collection and funding its acquisitions. The library is free and open to the public.
Национальный железнодорожный музей — технический музей в Йорке, Великобритания, входящий в британскую Группу Музея науки. Посвящён истории железнодорожного транспорта Великобритании и его влиянию на общество. Удостоен множества наград, в том числе European Museum of the Year Award в 2001 году. В музее хранится национальная коллекции исторически значимых железнодорожных транспортных средств, а также собрание других артефактов, письменных и графические работ.
The Musée des Augustins de Toulouse is a fine arts museum in Toulouse, France which conserves a collection of sculpture and paintings from the Middle Ages to the early 20th century. The paintings are from throughout France, the sculptures representing Occitan culture of the region with a particularly rich assemblage of Romanesque sculpture.
The Tullie House Museum and Art Gallery is a museum in Carlisle, Cumbria, in England. Opened by the Carlisle Corporation in 1893, the original building is a converted Jacobean mansion, with extensions added when it was converted. At first the building contained the museum and also a library, an art school and a technical school.The building, including the extensions, is a Grade I listed building, and the wall, gates and railings in front of the house are separately Grade I listed.The two schools were moved in the 1950s and the library in 1986. The museum expanded into the city Guildhall in 1980 and with new space available from 1986 it underwent an extensive redevelopment over 1989–90 and again in 2000–01.
Since May 2011 the museum has been an independent charitable trust, the Tullie House Museum and Art Gallery Trust. It is one of the three members of the Cumbria Museum Consortium, along with Lakeland Arts and the Wordsworth Trust. In 2012–15 and 2015–18 this consortium was one of the 21 museums or consortia to be funded by Arts Council England as "Major Partner Museums".
The Yale Center for British Art at Yale University in downtown New Haven, Connecticut, houses the largest and most comprehensive collection of British art outside the United Kingdom. The collection of paintings, sculpture, drawings, prints, rare books, and manuscripts reflects the development of British art and culture from the Elizabethan period onward.
Королевские музеи изящных искусств — музейный комплекс в Брюсселе и его пригороде Икселе. Содержит значительную коллекцию живописи и скульптуры, находящуюся в собственности бельгийского государства. В состав комплекса входят
Музей старинного искусства
Музей современного искусства
Музей Магритта
Музей Fin de siècle
Музей Вирца
Музей Менье .
Национальная художественная галерея, или Национальная Пинакотека — художественный музей в Афинах, основанный в 1900 году и посвящённый греческому и европейскому искусству от 14 века до современности. Также известен как Музей Александроса Суцоса , Национальная галерея Греции. Скульптурная коллекция в послевоенное время выделилась в отдельный музей-спутник — Национальную глиптотеку.
