Royal Manchester Institution

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The Royal Manchester Institution was a 19th-century learned society and art institution in Manchester that played a key role in promoting the visual arts and later evolved into what is now Manchester Art Gallery.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf art institution
cultural organisation
learned society
architectOfBuildingUsed Charles Barry
architecturalStyleOfBuildingUsed Greek Revival
buildingCompletion 1835
buildingConstructionStart 1824
buildingNowHouses Manchester Art Gallery
buildingUsed Royal Manchester Institution building
category art museum precursor
defunct cultural organisation
learned society of the United Kingdom
collectionBecame core collection of Manchester Art Gallery
collectionType drawings
fine art
paintings
prints
sculpture
country United Kingdom
dissolvedOrAbolished 1882
evolvedInto Manchester Art Gallery
fieldOfInterest aesthetics
art history
visual arts
foundedInPeriod 19th century
governance managed by a committee of subscribers
hasHeritageDesignation Grade I listed building (for its former building)
headquartersLocation Manchester
historicalSignificance precursor of a major municipal art gallery
inception 1823
locatedIn England
Manchester
Mosley Street
North West England
mainActivity collecting works of art
hosting lectures
organising art exhibitions
supporting local artists
notableRole development of public art collections in Manchester
promotion of the visual arts in northern England
ownedByAfterDissolution Manchester Corporation
purpose art education
promotion of the visual arts
public exhibitions of art
regionServed Lancashire
Manchester
successor Manchester Art Gallery
typeOfMembership subscription-based

Referenced by (3)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Royal Manchester Institution ("Royal Manchester Institution building")
buildingUsed
Manchester Art Gallery
formerName
Manchester Art Gallery ("Royal Manchester Institution building")
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