Manchester Art Gallery
Manchester City Galleries forms part of Manchester City Council’s Cultural Directorate, which also includes Cultural Strategy and the Renaissance in the Regions North West programme.
Manchester City Galleries operates four venues in and around the city:
Manchester Art Gallery
Gallery of Costume, Platt Hall
Heaton Hall
Wythenshawe Hall
We care for the city’s internationally renowned and Designated collections of fine art, decorative art and costume, as well as the City’s war memorials and public art.
Manchester Art Gallery
Manchester Art Gallery is one of the region’s most popular cultural destinations, attracting over 400,000 visits each year. Between 1998 and 2002, a £35million refurbishment and expansion programme transformed the venue into a world-class gallery for Manchester. Since then, Manchester Art Gallery has won many awards and has developed a national reputation for its high quality, audience focused services.
Manchester Art Gallery houses many of the city’s most important fine and decorative art works, which have been Designated as being of national importance. Our collection covers over six centuries up to the present day, but we are especially renowned for our 19th century British paintings. Particular visitor favourites include our collection of major Pre-Raphaelite works and the impressionistic paintings of Adolphe Valette.
VISITORS INFORMATION:
Opening hours
We are open Tuesday-Sunday 10am-5pm.
We are closed Mondays except Bank Holidays, and also closed 1 January, Good Friday, 24-26 and 31 December.
Entry is free
Closures:
20-23 July
During the week we'll be installing a giant kaleidoscope so we will be screening off the left hand side of the Clore Gallery. You will be able to peep through the spyholes in the temporary wall to see the installation going on.
24-25 July
Due to essential maintenance the top floor of Manchester Art Gallery (including our current exhibition A World Observed 1940 - 2010: Photographs by Dorothy Bohm and the Gallery of Craft & Design) will be closed for the weekend of 24 and 25 July. We're sorry for any inconvenience this may cause.
How to get here:
By Metrolink Tram
St Peter’s Square or Mosley Street stations are the nearest Metrolink stations. Both are on the Altrincham and Eccles lines.
By Bus
Nearest bus stops are St Peter's Square or Piccadilly Gardens.
By Train
To Manchester Piccadilly, Manchester Oxford Road or Manchester Victoria stations. Take the Metrolink from Victoria or Piccadilly (Altrincham or Eccles direction) to Mosley Street or St Peter's Square.
By Car
Manchester is ringed by the M60, linking to the UK's extensive motorway network. Follow signs to the city centre. Car parking is available at the NCP car parks on Chepstow Street, Faulkner Street or Sackville Street. All are within five minutes of the gallery. The nearest disabled parking is on Nicholas Street or Princess Street, approximately 50m from the main entrance.
By Coach
The coach drop off point is at the groups' entrance on Princess Street.
Address:
Manchester Art Gallery
Mosley Street,
Manchester M2 3JL